Graydon is a name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Graydon Eggers Graydon Poe Eggers Sr. (October 13, 1903 – January 11, 1994) was an American college football and college basketball coach and professor of English. He was the first head football coach at Appalachian State Normal School–now known as Appala ...

(1903–1994), American football coach *

Graydon Henning Graydon Henning is an economic historian from the University of New England in New South Wales, Australia. He is a specialist in Australian economic history with a particular interest in maritime transport, business, and mining history, 1870– ...

, Australian maritime historian * Graydon Hoare, software developer who designed the programming language Rust * Graydon Nesfield (born 1944), Barbadian cricketer * Graydon Nicholas (born 1946), former Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick *

Graydon Oliver Graydon Oliver (born June 15, 1978) is a retired American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won four titles during his career. Upon retiring from the tour, Oliver took a job in the energy sector (Leor Energy Leor Energy was ...

(born 1978), retired American professional tennis player *

Graydon Parrish Graydon Parrish (born April 3, 1970) is a realist painter living in Austin, Texas. He is both trained in and an exponent of the atelier method which emphasizes classical painting techniques. Life Graydon Parrish was born in Phoenix, Arizona, b ...

(born 1970), American figurative painter * Graydon Smith, Canadian politician *

Graydon Staniforth Graydon Staniforth (born 23 November 1973 in West Wyalong, Australia) is a former Australian Sevens international rugby union player and now coach who played fullback and on the wing for Glasgow Warriors. Staniforth started playing with Austra ...

(born 1973), Australian rugby union player

Middle name

* Benjamin Graydon Allmark (1911–2004), Canadian politician * Edward Graydon Carter (born 1949), Canadian-born American journalist and author * Julia Graydon Sharpe (1857–1939), American female portrait artist *

Michael John Graydon Soroka Michael John Graydon Soroka (born August 4, 1997) is a Canadian professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). A native of Calgary, Soroka graduated from Bishop Carroll High School. He was drafted 28th o ...

(born 1997), Canadian baseball pitcher * Louis Graydon Sullivan (1951–1991), American author and activist

Surname

* Alexander Gradon or Graydon (1666–1739), Irish politician * Alexander Graydon (1752–1818), American author and officer *

Cliff Graydon Cliff Graydon is a farmer and former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2007 to 2019, representing the electoral division of Emerson. Graydon was born in Arnaud, Manitoba and has farme ...

(born 1946 or 1947), Canadian politician *

Gordon Graydon Gordon Graydon (December 7, 1896 – September 19, 1953) was a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peel from 1935 to 1953. Background Graydon received his early education at S.S. No. 6 Chinguacousy in the Cou ...

(1896–1953), Canadian politician * Gordon Graydon (Alberta politician) (born 1942), Canadian politician * Jay Graydon (born 1949), American record producer *

Joe Graydon Joe Graydon (born Joseph G. Dosh, February 6, 1919 – May 19, 2001), was an American big band vocalist, television host, personal manager and concert producer. He is the father of Grammy-winning songwriter Jay Graydon. He is father of Gary Joseph ...

(1919–2001), American musician *

John Graydon (disambiguation) John Graydon (1666–1726) was an English navy officer. John Graydon may also refer to: * John Graydon (politician) (1693–1774), Irish politician * Michael John Graydon Soroka (born 1997), Canadian baseball pitcher See also * Graydon (disambi ...

, multiple people * Katharine Merrill Graydon (1858–1934), American classical scholar *

Keith Graydon Keith Graydon (born 10 February 1983) is an Irish footballer who plays for Morpeth Town as a midfielder and a striker. Club career Born in Dublin, County Dublin, Graydon was a member of the Home Farm youth system before joining English cl ...

(born 1983), Irish football player *

Michael Graydon Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael James Graydon, (born 24 October 1938) is a retired Royal Air Force (RAF) officer. He was a fast jet pilot in the 1960s, a squadron commander in the 1970s and a station commander in the 1980s before serving as Air Of ...

(born 1938), Royal Air Force air marshal *

Ray Graydon Raymond Jack Graydon (born 21 July 1947) is an English former footballer and manager. In a 16-year professional career in the English Football League and North American Soccer League he scored 139 goals in 484 league and cup appearances. A win ...

(born 1947), English football manager * Richard Graydon (1922–2014), British stunt performer *

Robert Graydon (disambiguation) Robert Graydon may refer to two Irish politicians: * Robert Graydon (1671–1725) Robert Graydon (1671 – 1725) was an Irish politician. Graydon sat as a Member of Parliament for Harristown in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House o ...

, multiple people *

Thomas Graydon Thomas Hetherington "Blondy" Graydon (March 30, 1881 – October 1949) was an All-American football player. While attending Harvard, he was selected as fullback on the All-American teams of 1901 and 1902. Early years Graydon was the son of Ann ...

(1881–1949), All-American football player *

William Graydon (disambiguation) William Graydon may refer to: * William Edward Graydon or 220 Kid (born 1989), English record producer and DJ * William Murray Graydon (1864–1946), American writer See also * Graydon (disambiguation) * Graydon (name) Graydon is a name. Notable ...

, multiple people

Fictional characters

* Graydon, a character from the 2000 film ''

What Planet Are You From? ''What Planet Are You From?'' is a 2000 American science fiction comedy film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Michael Leeson, Garry Shandling, Ed Solomon, and Peter Tolan based on a story by Leeson and Shandling. The film stars Shandlin ...

'' * Graydon Creed, a Marvel Comics supervillain