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People surnamed Grainger

* Allerdale Grainger (1848–1923), full name Henry Allerdale Grainger, newspaper editor and politician in South Australia * Brian Grainger (born 1983), American musician * Charles F. Grainger American mayor *

Colin Grainger Colin Grainger (10 June 1933 – 19 June 2022) was an English footballer, as well as being a former singer and recording artist. As a footballer he played as an outside left and had a 16-year career in the Football League from 1950 to 1966. He ...

(born 1933), English footballer * Daniel Grainger (born 1986), English footballer *

David Liddell-Grainger David Ian Liddell-Grainger (26 January 1930 – 12 March 2007) was a Scottish politician. Personal life David Liddell-Grainger was the son of Captain Henry Hubert Liddell-Grainger (1886–1935), Scots Guards, JP, DL, of a landed gentr ...

(1930–2007), Scottish politician * Esther Grainger (1912–1990), Welsh artist * Gail Grainger (born 1954), English actress * George Grainger (cricketer) (1887–1977), English cricketer * George Grainger (footballer) (1921–1998), Australian rules footballer * George G. Grainger (1876–1944), American football player and coach * Holliday Grainger (born 1988), English actress *

Ian Liddell-Grainger Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponding to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. It is a popular name in Sc ...

British, politician *

James Grainger James Grainger (c. 1721–1766) was a Scottish doctor, poet and translator. He settled on St. Kitts from 1759 until his death of a fever on 16 December 1766. As a writer, he is best known for his poem ''The Sugar Cane'', which is now valued as an ...

(c. 1721–1766) Scottish poet and physician *

John Grainger John Grainger (1830, Belfast– 1891) was an Irish cleric and antiquarian. Grainger was educated at Belfast Academy and Trinity College, Dublin. After gaining a Doctorate of Divinity he became Rector of Broughshane, County Antrim. He was an in ...

(1830–1891), Irish cleric and antiquarian * John Grainger (footballer, born 1912), English professional (soccer) footballer * John Grainger (footballer, born 1924), English professional (soccer) footballer *

John Grainger (politician) John Grainger (c. 1803 – 5 December 1872) was an English real estate investor and member of the South Australian Legislative Council from February 1851 to December 1854. History He may have been the John Grainger who arrived in SA in Septembe ...

(c. 1803–1872), land owner and member of the South Australian Legislative Council * John Harry Grainger, architect and civil engineer *

Katherine Grainger Dame Katherine Jane Grainger (born 12 November 1975) is a British former rower and current Chair of UK Sport. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion. She served as Chancell ...

(born 1975), Scottish Olympic rower *

Martin Allerdale Grainger Martin Allerdale Grainger (17 November 1874 – 15 October 1941) was a Canadian journalist, forester and author. In literary circles, he is best known for his 1908 novel ''Woodsmen of the West'', a realist work about the logging industry. He was ...

(1874–1941), English born Canadian journalist, author, forester *

Martin Grainger Martin Grainger (born 23 August 1972) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made 380 appearances and scored 44 goals in the Football League and Premier League. He was an attacking left back who could also ...

(born 1972), English (soccer) football player * Natalie Grainger (born 1977), English professional squash player * Nicholas Grainger (born 1994), English swimmer *

Oliver Grainger Oliver Grainger (born May 9, 1988) is a Canadian former child voice actor. Grainger is the voice actor for Dongwa, Sagwa's older brother, on '' Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat''. He also is the voice actor of D.W. Read on ''Arthur'' between Se ...

, Canadian voice actor *

Percy Grainger Percy Aldridge Grainger (born George Percy Grainger; 8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 and became an American citizen in 1918. In the course of a long an ...

(1882–1961), Australian-born American composer and pianist *

Porter Grainger Porter Grainger ( Granger; October 22, 1891 − October 30, 1948) was an American pianist, songwriter, playwright, and music publisher. Biography When Grainger was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Granger family name did not include an "i". A ...

(1891–c.1955), African-American pianist, songwriter, playwright, and music publisher *

Richard Grainger Richard Grainger (9 October 17974 July 1861) was a builder in Newcastle upon Tyne. He worked with the architects John Dobson and Thomas Oliver, and with the town clerk, John Clayton, to redevelop the centre of Newcastle in the 19th century. ...

, (1797–1861), British builder *

Roy Gordon Grainger Roy Gordon Grainger (born 19 February 1962) is a New Zealand physicist. He is head of the Earth Observation Data Group in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Sub-Department at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow in Physics ...

(born 1962), New Zealand born, physicist *

Sam Grainger Samuel E. Grainger (June 14, 1930 – July 25, 1990)

William W. Grainger (19??–19??), American founder of W.W. Grainger industrial supply company

Fictional people surnamed Grainger

* Chlo Grainger, fictional character on the television series ''Waterloo Road'' *Mr. Ernest Grainger, fictional character on the television series ''

Are You Being Served? ''Are You Being Served?'' is a British sitcom created and written by executive producer David Croft (Croft also directed some episodes) and Jeremy Lloyd, with contributions from Michael Knowles and John Chapman, for the BBC. Set in London ...

'' * Mika Grainger, fictional character on the television series ''Waterloo Road'' * Scott Grainger, Sr., character from the American soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''

People surnamed Grainger

Fictional people surnamed Grainger

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