John Griffin may refer to:

Lawyers

John Griffin (judge) John Griffin (born 1774 or 1779 – death unknown) was an American judge. He was one of the original judges of the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory. Griffin was born in either Scotland or Virginia.Chardavoyne says Griffin was born in Scotland ...

(1774/1779 – after 1823), American jurist and member of the Michigan Territorial Supreme Court, 1806–1823 *

John Bowes Griffin Sir John Bowes Griffin QC (19 April 1903 – 2 February 1992) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as a government lawyer and judge in a number of British colonies in the mid 20th Century. His last positions were as chief justice of th ...

(1903–1992), British lawyer, Chief Justice of Uganda and first Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament

Politicians

John Griffin (Allegany County, New York) John Griffin (c. 1771 – February 9, 1846, Cuba, Allegany County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life While living in Ontario County, New York, he fought in the War of 1812. He removed to Cuba NY in 1820. He was F ...

(c. 1771–1846), New York politician * John Gardner Griffin (1815–?), Wisconsin and Connecticut politician * John K. Griffin (1789–1841), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, 1831–1841 *

John Strother Griffin John Strother Griffin (1816–1898) was a surgeon attached to the General Stephen W. Kearney expedition from New Mexico to California, a landowner and founder of East Los Angeles and a member of the Common Council of the city of Los Angeles, wh ...

(1816–1898), American surgeon and politician in Los Angeles * John W. Griffin (politician) (1927–2006), American local political figure in Ohio * John Griffin (MP) (fl. 1414), English politician

Sports personalities

* John Griffin (rugby union) (1859–1895), English doctor who played international rugby for Wales *

Corn Griffin John Charles "Corn" Griffin (July 24, 1911 – January 9, 1973) was an American heavyweight boxer whose career lasted from 1930 to 1936 and included the memorable June 14, 1934 TKO loss to James J. Braddock, recreated for the 2005 film '' ...

(John Charles Griffin, 1911–1973), American boxer * John Griffin (baseball) (1913–1984), American baseball player *

John Griffin (alpine skier) John Griffin (3 January 1930 – 12 December 2005) was a Canadian alpine skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. ol ...

(1930–2005), Canadian alpine skier *

John Griffin (defensive back) John Watson Griffin (born November 2, 1939) is a former American football defensive back who played college football for Memphis State (1959–1962) and professional football for the Los Angeles Rams (1963), the Denver Broncos (1964–1966), and t ...

(born 1939), American football defensive back * John Griffin (basketball) (born 1956), American college basketball player and coach *

John Griffin (rugby league) John Charles Griffin is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented the New Zealand national rugby league team. Playing career A West Coast representative, Griffin represented the South Island in 1976 in a match against Sydney Met ...

(), New Zealand rugby player *

John-Ford Griffin John-Ford David Griffin (born November 19, 1979) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays. Early life An All-State athlete at Sarasota High School, was part of a s ...

(born 1979), American Major League Baseball outfielder * John Griffin (hurler) (born 1984), Irish hurler with the Kerry hurling team *

John Griffin (running back) John Anthony Griffin (born December 17, 1988) is an American football running back, who most recently played for the Omaha Mammoths of the Fall Experimental Football League. He signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 201 ...

(born 1988), American football player

Others

John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden Field Marshal John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, 1st Baron Braybrooke (13 March 1719 – 25 May 1797), (born Whitwell), KB, of Audley End in Essex, was a British nobleman and soldier. He served as a junior officer with the ...

(1719–1797), English nobleman and army officer *

John Howard Griffin John Howard Griffin (June 16, 1920 – September 9, 1980) was an American journalist and author from Texas who wrote about and championed racial equality. He is best known for his 1959 project to temporarily pass as a black man and journey throug ...

(1920–1980), American journalist and novelist *

John Joseph Griffin John Joseph Griffin (1802 – 9 June 1877) was an English chemist and publisher. Life Griffin was born in 1802 in Shoreditch, London, the son of a bookseller and publisher. The family moved to Glasgow when he was young. In present-day his famil ...

(1802–1877), English chemist and publisher *

John Smith Griffin John Smith Griffin (1807–1899) was an American missionary in Oregon Country who participated at the Champoeg Meetings that created the Provisional Government of Oregon in 1843. In Oregon he served as a tutor at Fort Vancouver and later organiz ...

(1807–1899), American missionary in Oregon Country *

John W. Griffin (archaeologist) John Wallace Griffin (November 8, 1919, Connersville, Indiana – September 3, 1993) was the State Archaeologist of Florida, the Director of the St. Augustine Historical Society, and a Regional Archaeologist for the National Park Service. Backgrou ...

(1919–1993), American historian in Florida *

Johnny Griffin John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin's career began in the mid-1940s and continued until the month of ...

(1928–2008), American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist *

John Griffin (businessman) John Patrick Griffin (born 1 August 1942) is a British businessman. He is the founder of Addison Lee cab and courier company. Early life John Patrick Griffin was born on 1 August 1942 in the UK to a civil engineering contractor father. He was r ...

(born 1942), British businessman and philanthropist * John H. Griffin (1914–1988), Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

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