Duff (given Name)
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Duff is a given name, almost always masculine, which may refer to:


Men

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Dub, King of Scotland Dub mac Maíl Coluim ( Modern Gaelic: ''Dubh mac Mhaoil Chaluim'', ), sometimes anglicised as Duff MacMalcolm, called ''Dén'', "the Vehement" and, "the Black" (born c. 928 – died 967) was king of Alba. He was son of Malcolm I and succeeded to ...
(died 967), sometimes anglicised as Duff MacMalcolm * Duff Bruce, Scottish footballer in the 1920s *
Duff Cooley Duff Gordon "Sir Richard" Cooley (March 29, 1873August 9, 1937) was a professional baseball player whose career spanned 17 seasons, 13 of which were spent in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cooley, an outfielder and first baseman, had a career batt ...
(1873–1937), American baseball player *
Duff Cooper Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich, (22 February 1890 – 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician and diplomat who was also a military and political historian. First elected to Parliament in 192 ...
(1890–1954), British politician, diplomat and author *
Duff Gibson Duff Gibson (born August 11, 1966) is a Canadian skeleton racer who competed from 1999 to 2006. He was born in Vaughan, Ontario. His father was born on December 13, 1937. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, He won the gold medal in the men's ...
(born 1966), Canadian retired skeleton racer and Olympic and world champion * Duff Green (1791–1875), American teacher, military leader, politician, journalist, author, diplomat, industrialist and businessman *
Duff Hart-Davis Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born 3 June 1936), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis is a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who writes for ''The Independent'' newspaper. He is married to Phyllida Barstow and has one son and one daughter, th ...
(born 1936), British biographer, naturalist and journalist * Duff Wilson, American investigative reporter


Women

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Duff Twysden Mary Duff Stirling Smurthwaite, Lady Twysden (22 May 1891 – 27 June 1938) was a British socialite best known for being the model for Brett Ashley in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel ''The Sun Also Rises''.M. C. Rintoul, ''Dictionary of Real Peo ...
(1893–1938), British socialite best known as the inspiration for Brett Ashley in Hemingway's novel ''The Sun Also Rises''


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