Griffith

Griffith is a surname of Welsh origin which derives from the given name Gruffudd. The prefix Griff (originally Gruff) may mean "strong grip" and the suffix, udd, means "chief"/"lord". The earliest recorded example of the surname was "Gryffyth" in 1295,^[1], but the given name is older. People with the surname, or its variants include:

• Alan Arnold Griffith, British engineer specializing in fracture mechanics and aircraft gas turbine engines
• Anastasia Griffith, British actress
• Andy Griffith, American actor, writer, producer
• Anthony Griffith, English footballer
• Arthur Griffith, Irish Republican leader
• Bill Griffith, (born 1944), American cartoonist
• Clark Griffith, MLB Hall of Famer
• Corinne Griffith, silent film era actress, and author
• D.W. Griffith, American film director
• Edward Griffith, British naturalist
• Edward H. Griffith (1894-1975), American film director [1]
• Ellen Griffith, grandmother of LL Cool J
• Emile Griffith, first World Boxing Champion
• Francis Llewellyn Griffith, British Egyptologist (1862-1934)
• Frank Kingsley Griffith, British Liberal politician and judge
• Frederick Griffith who discovered a transforming principle, later shown to be DNA
• George Griffith, writer
• Griffith J. Griffith, Welsh-American industrialist known for donating land for Griffith Park in Los Angeles
• Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor
• Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor
• Jamie Bamber (Griffith), British actor
• Jason Griffith, American voice actor that is the current voice of Sonic the Hedgehog
• Jessica (J.L.) L. Griffith, American author
• John Griffith, a number of people called John Griffith
• Justin Griffith, NFL fullback who currently plays for the Oakland Raiders
• Kenneth Griffith, Welsh actor and documentary film maker
• Melanie Griffith (born 1957), American actress
• Morgan Griffith, American politician from Virginia
• Nanci Griffith, American singer, guitarist, songwriter
• Nathaniel Griffith, fifth Paramount Chief of Lesotho (1913–1939)
• Peter Griffith (1933-2001), American actor
• Samuel Griffith, an Australian politician and jurist who had a large part in composing the Constitution of Australia
• Ralph T.H. Griffith, Indologist
• Virgil Griffith, American hacker
• Xiomara Griffith, Venezuelan judoka

See also

• Griffiths
• Gruffudd/Gruffydd

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