Grubb is a family name and may refer to the following: * Armstead Otey Grubb (1903–1968), American educator and acting president of Lincoln University * Catharina Elisabet Grubb (1721–1788), Finnish industrialist *

Curtis Grubb Curtis Grubb (17301789), Patriot and oldest son of Peter and Martha Bates Grubb, was a second-generation member of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty along with his younger brother Peter Jr. The brothers operated the Cornwall Ironworks, making si ...

(c. 1730 – 1789), American patriot and politician, majority owner and operator of the Cornwall Iron Works, son of Peter Grubb, the Works' founder * Dale Grubb (born 1949), member of the Indiana House of Representatives *

Davis Grubb Davis Alexander Grubb (July 23, 1919 – July 24, 1980) was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his 1953 novel '' The Night of the Hunter'', which was adapted as a film in 1955 by Charles Laughton. Biography Born in M ...

(1919–1980), American writer * Edward Grubb (Quaker) (1854–1939), English Quaker * Edward Burd Grubb, Jr. (1841–1913), American Civil War commander, businessman and politician * Evelyn Grubb, American human rights and veterans' rights activist *

Freddie Grubb Frederick Henry Grubb (27 May 1887 – 6 March 1949) was a British road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He won silver medals in the individual road race and the team road race. In 1914, after he retired from racing, he ...

(1887–1949), British road racing cyclist and businessman * Gerd Grubb (born 1939), Danish mathematician * George Grubb, Lord Provost and ex officio Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh * Gunnila Grubb (1692–1729), was a Swedish composer * Henry Bates Grubb (1774–1823), founder of the Grubb iron empire, son of Peter Grubb, Jr. *

Howard Grubb Sir Howard Grubb (28 July 1844 – 16 September 1931) was an optical designer from Dublin, Ireland. He was head of a family firm that made large optical telescopes, telescope drive controls, and other optical instruments. He is also noted for h ...

(1844–1931), Irish telescope maker *

Ignatius Cooper Grubb Ignatius Cooper Grubb (April 12, 1841 – June 20, 1927) was a Delaware politician, jurist and historian who served as an associate justice of the Court of Errors and Appeals from 1886 to 1897 and as the Associate Justice at large of the Delaware ...

(1841–1927), American politician, jurist and historian * James Grubb (1771–1806), American politician *

Jeff Grubb Jeff Grubb (born August 27, 1957) is an author who writes novels, short stories, and comics and a computer and role-playing game designer in the fantasy genre. Grubb worked on the ''Dragonlance'' campaign setting under Tracy Hickman, and the ...

(born 1957), author and game designer * Jehu Grubb (c. 1781 – 1854), American settler and member of the Ohio House of Representatives, unacknowledged son of Curtis Grubb * Jennifer Grubb, American professional soccer player and coach * John Grubb (1652–1708), early Delaware settler and member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly *

Johnny Grubb John Maywood Grubb, Jr. (born August 4, 1948 in Richmond, Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter, who also occasionally played at first base. He played with the San Diego Padres (1972–1976), Cleveland In ...

(born 1948), former Major League Baseball player * Kenneth Philip Grubb (1895–1976), United States District Court judge *

Kevin Grubb Kevin Grubb (April 19, 1978 – May 6, 2009) was an American race car driver from Mechanicsville, Virginia. He was the younger brother of former race car driver Wayne Grubb. He was under suspension from NASCAR competition due to two violatio ...

(1978–2009), NASCAR driver *

Lillian Metge Lillian Margaret Metge (née Grubb; 22 June 1871 – 10 May 1954) was an Anglo-Irish suffragette and women's rights campaigner. She founded the Lisburn Suffrage Society, which she left to become a militant activist, leading on an explosion at th ...

née Grubb (1871– 1954), Anglo-Irish suffragette and women's rights campaigner *

Margaret Grubb Margaret Louise "Polly" Grubb (September 22, 1907 – November 17, 1963) was the first wife of pulp fiction author and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, to whom she was married between 1933 and 1947. She was the mother of Hubbard's first son, L ...

(1907–1963), first wife of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard * Nathaniel Grubb (c. 1693 – 1760), mill owner and member of the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly from 1749 to 1758 * Norman Grubb (1895–1993), missionary and General Secretary of the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade * Ole W. Grubb (1891–1981), American politician *

Peter Grubb (mason) Peter Grubb (17021754), the founder of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty, discovered Cornwall Iron Mines and established Cornwall Iron Furnace, together one of the largest ironworks in Colonial Pennsylvania. The Cornwall Iron Mines are the largest ...

(c. 1702 – 1754), founder of the Cornwall Iron Works and builder of the Cornwall Furnace in colonial Pennsylvania * Peter Grubb, Jr. (1740–1786), American patriot, operator of the Cornwall Iron Works, and son of the above Peter Grubb *

Peter Grubb (zoologist) Peter Grubb (1942 - 23 December 2006) was an English zoologist. He often collaborated with Colin Groves and described several new mammal taxa including '' Felis margarita harrisoni'' (a subspecies of the sand cat), the Bornean yellow muntjac, the ...

(1942–2006), British zoologist * Peter J. Grubb (born 1936), British ecologist *

Robert Grubb Robert Grubb (born 31 January 1950) is an Australian actor. He studied acting at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), where he graduated in 1978. There he was a fellow student of actor Mel Gibson. Grubb played the role of Dr. Geoffrey St ...

(born 1950), Australian actor * Sarah Tuke Grubb (1756–1790), Quaker minister, writer and founder of a girls' school in Ireland * Sarah Pim Grubb (1746–1832), Irish businesswoman and Quaker benefactor * Sophronia Farrington Naylor Grubb (1834–1902), American activist *

Thomas Grubb Thomas Grubb (4 August 1800 – 19 September 1878) was an Irish optician and founder of the Grubb Telescope Company. He was born near Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland, the son of William Grubb Junior, a prosperous Quaker farmer and his sec ...

(1800–1878), Irish optician * Warner Norton Grubb (1900–1947), American petroleum executive and senior petroleum distribution officer with the U.S. Navy during World War II * Wayne Grubb (born 1976), former NASCAR driver * William Irwin Grubb (1862–1935), U.S. federal judge who struck down key portions of President Roosevelt's New Deal

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