Craighead may refer to: ;Surname *

Alexander Craighead Alexander Craighead (1705–1766) was a Scots-Irish American preacher. Biography Early life Alexander Craighead was born in Donegal, Ulster, Ireland on March 18, 1707. He emigrated to North America with his father, the Reverend Thomas Craighead. ...

(1705–1766), Scots-Irish American preacher *

Alison Craighead Jon Thomson (born 1969) and Alison Craighead (born 1971) are London-based visual artists, who work with video, sound and the internet. Life and work Jon Thomson was born in London London is the capital and largest city of England and ...

(born 1971), London-based visual artist *

Brander Craighead Brander Craighead (born September 8, 1990) is a former Canadian football offensive lineman who played two seasons for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders in the first round of the ...

(born 1990), Canadian football player *

David Craighead (organist) David Craighead (January 24, 1924 – March 26, 2012) was a noted American organist. Craighead was born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. He studied with Alexander McCurdy at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, receiving a ...

(1924–2012), American organist * David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, KT FRSE PC (born 1938), former first Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom *

Harold Craighead Harold G. Craighead (born September 21, 1952) is an American professor of applied and engineering physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he holds the title of Charles W. Lake Professor of Engineering. Education and career Ha ...

, American professor of applied and engineering physics at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York *

Jane Elizabeth Sophia Engelhard Craighead Charles W. Engelhard Jr. (February 15, 1917 – March 2, 1971) was an American businessman, a major owner in Thoroughbred horse racing, and a candidate in the 1955 New Jersey State Senate Elections. He controlled an international mining and metal ...

, wife of Charles W. Engelhard, Jr., American businessman *

John Craighead John Craighead (born November 23, 1971) is a retired professional ice hockey right winger. He played five games for the Toronto Maple Leafs during 1996–97 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1991 to 2005, was spent in the minor l ...

(born 1971), retired professional ice hockey right winger *

Thomas Craighead (politician) Thomas B. Craighead (1798–1862) was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Arkansas. He served in the Arkansas State Senate representing Crittenden and Mississippi Counties. Early life Craighead was born 1798 to the Reverend Tho ...

(1798–1862), American politician and lawyer from the state of Arkansas *

Thomas B. Craighead (minister) Thomas Brown Craighead (1753-1824) was an American Presbyterian minister and educator. He served as the president of the Davidson Academy from 1786 to 1806, and Cumberland College from 1806 to 1809, two precursors to the University of Nashville. By ...

, American Presbyterian minister and educator *

Frank C. Craighead Sr. Frank Cooper Craighead Sr. (1890-1982) was an American entomologist and naturalist, who specialized among other subjects on the larvae of Coleoptera. Craighead worked as principal entomologist for the United States Department of Agriculture a ...

(1890–1982) American entomologist *

Frank and John Craighead Frank Cooper Craighead Jr. (August 14, 1916 – October 21, 2001) and John Johnson Craighead (August 14, 1916 – September 18, 2016), twin brothers, were American Conservation movement, conservationists, naturalists, and researchers who made i ...

(born 1916), twin American naturalists and conservationists ;Locations * Craighead County, Arkansas, county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas * Craighead Caverns, extensive cave system located in Sweetwater, Tennessee * Craighead-Jackson House, historic two-story, brick house in Knoxville, in the U.S. state of Tennessee ;Maritime * USS ''Craighead'' (AK-175), Alamosa-class cargo ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II

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