Grubb is a family name and may refer to the following: *

Armstead Otey Grubb Armstead Otey Grubb (March 14, 1903 – December 5, 1968) was an American educator who served as professor of French and Spanish and as head librarian at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania. From 1957 to 1960, Grubb served as acting pres ...

(1903–1968), American educator and acting president of Lincoln University *

Catharina Elisabet Grubb Catharina Elisabet Grubb (February 8, 1721 – March 31, 1788) was a Finnish industrialist. She was the daughter of merchant Nils Grubb from Stockholm and Gunnila Grubb and sister of Michael Grubb and married to merchant, industrialist and shipowne ...

(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 Evelyn Fowler Grubb (August 9, 1931 – December 28, 2005) was the wife of an American Vietnam War Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war, she was also a co-founder and then later served as the national coordinator of the National League ...

, 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 Henry Bates Grubb (February 6, 1774 – March 9, 1823) was a third-generation member of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty, the founder of the family's enterprises headquartered at Mount Hope near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and perhaps the family's ...

(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 ''F ...

(born 1957), author and game designer *

Jehu Grubb Jehu Grubb (a.k.a. John Grubb) ( – 1854), unacknowledged son of the prominent ironmaster Curtis Grubb, was an early settler who became a leading citizen in Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio. Grubb served in the War of 1812, was a justice of ...

(c. 1781 – 1854), American settler and member of the Ohio House of Representatives, unacknowledged son of Curtis Grubb *

Jennifer Grubb Jennifer Leigh Grubb (born July 20, 1978) is an American former Women's association football, women's soccer player. Career Grubb was the only Women's United Soccer Association, WUSA player to participate in every minute of every game for her te ...

, American professional soccer player and coach *

John Grubb John Grubb (1652–1708) was a two-term member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and was one of the original settlers in a portion of Brandywine Hundred that became Claymont, Delaware. He founded a large tannery that continued in opera ...

(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 Kenneth Philip Grubb (September 14, 1895 – March 11, 1976) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education and career Born in Mauston, Wisconsin, Grubb was a United Stat ...

(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 Nathaniel Grubb (1693–1760) was a Willistown mill owner who served ten years in the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly from 1749 to 1758. A member of the Quaker religious sect, he broke with the Society during the conservative reform movement ...

(c. 1693 – 1760), mill owner and member of the Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly from 1749 to 1758 *

Norman Grubb Norman Percy Grubb MC (2 August 1895 – 15 December 1993) was a British Christian missionary and Evangelist, writer, and theological teacher. Biography Early life Grubb was born in Hampstead, England, the son of an Anglican vicar. ...

(1895–1993), missionary and General Secretary of the Worldwide Evangelization Crusade *

Ole W. Grubb Ole William Grubb (July 31, 1891 – January 29, 1981) was an American politician who served one two-year term in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat. Before being elected to the legislature, 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 Peter John Grubb (born 9 August 1935 in Ilford, London) is a British ecologist and emeritus professor of botany at Cambridge University. Early life Grubb was born on 9 August 1935 to Harold Amos Grubb and Phyllis Gertrude ''née'' Hook. He att ...

(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 Sophie Naylor Grubb (, Naylor; November 28, 1834 – November 5, 1902) was a 19th-century American activist. During the civil war, she began to manifest the ability, energy and enthusiasm for activism that distinguished her through life. She publi ...

(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 secon ...

(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 Wayne Grubb (born July 19, 1976) is a former NASCAR driver and now a crew chief for GC Motorsports International. He ran 52 NASCAR Busch Series races and 7 Craftsman Truck Series races before he retired late in the 2000 season. He is the older br ...

(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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