The surname Duff has several origins. In some cases, it is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic ''Ó Duibh'' ("descendant of ''Dubh''"), ''Mac Giolla Duibh'' ("son of the servant of ''Dubh''"), ''Mac Duibh'' ("son of ''Dubh''"). The surname ''Duff'' is also sometimes a short form of '' Duffin'' (when of Gaelic origin), and '' MacElduff'' (from ''Mac Giolla Duibh''), and '' Duffy'' (a name with multiple origins).. This webpage cited: . The Gaelic ''dubh'' ("black", "dark") is a word-element which forms a part of several Gaelic names. Le Duff is the gallicized variant of the Breton surname ''An Du'' which means The Black.

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Alan Duff Alan Duff (born 26 October 1950) is a New Zealand novelist and newspaper columnist. He is best known as the author of the novel '' Once Were Warriors'' (1990), which was made into a film of the same name in 1994. Biography Alan Duff was bo ...

(born 1950), New Zealand writer *

Alexander Duff (missionary) Alexander Duff (25 April 1806, in Edinburgh – 12 February 1878, in Sidmouth), was a Christian missionary in India; where he played a large part in the development of higher education. He was a Moderator of the General Assembly and conven ...

(1806–1878), founder of Scottish Church College, Calcutta *

Alexander Duff (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff (20 February 1862 – 22 November 1933) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, China Station. Naval career Duff joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1875. He was promoted Command ...

(1862–1933), British admiral *

Andrew Duff Andrew Nicholas Duff, OBE (born 25 December 1950) is a British politician who presided over the Union of European Federalists (UEF) from 2008 to 2013. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for ...

, British politician * Anne Macintosh Duff (born 1925), Canadian watercolor artist * Anne-Marie Duff, British actress *

Antony Duff Sir Arthur Antony Duff (25 February 1920 – 13 August 2000) was a senior British diplomat and Director General of MI5. Early life and naval service Born in 1920 to Admiral Sir Arthur Allen Morison Duff KCB and Margaret Grace Dawson at Var Tr ...

, past head of MI5 * Arthur Duff (1899–1956), Irish composer * Bob Duff (rugby union) (1925–2006), New Zealand rugby union player and coach * Cara Leland Duff, later Lady Fairhaven * Chris Duff, American expedition sea kayaker *

Damien Duff Damien Anthony Duff (born 2 March 1979) is an Irish professional football manager and former player who played predominantly as a winger. He has been the manager of League of Ireland club Shelbourne F.C. since November 2021. He began his pro ...

, Irish football manager and former player *

Dick Duff Terrance Richard Duff (born February 18, 1936) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 18 seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo Sabres, Los Angeles Kings, and New York Rangers in the National H ...

, Canadian ice hockey player * Douglas Duff, policeman and author *

Duncan Duff Duncan Duff (born 1964 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) is a British stage, television and film actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London 1985 - 1987. He is best known for His role in Not Going out as Pete and for A Quiet Pas ...

, Scottish actor * Edward Gordon Duff, British bibliographer and librarian *

Elmyra Duff The ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' animated television series features an extensive cast of characters. The show's central characters are mostly various forms of anthropomorphic animals, based on Looney Tunes characters from earlier films and shows. ...

, fictional character from ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' *

Ernest Duff Ernest Duff (June 2, 1931 - May 27, 2016) was an American businessman, lawyer and former bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was the founder of Southern Tire Mart, a large independent commercial tire dealership in North ...

(1931–2016), American businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop * Captain

George Duff Captain George Duff RN (c. 1 February 1764 – 21 October 1805) was a British naval officer during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, who was killed by a cannonball at the Battle of Trafal ...

of the Royal Navy who commanded HMS ''Mars'' at the Battle of Trafalgar * George F. D. Duff, (1926–2001) Canadian mathematician *

Gordon William Duff Sir Gordon William Duff, (born 27 December 1947) is a British medical scientist and academic. He was Principal of St Hilda's College, Oxford, from 2014 to 2021. He was Lord Florey Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Sheffie ...

, British professor *

Hailey Duff Hailey Caitlin Rose Duff (born 24 January 1997) is a Scottish curler from Forfar. She is the 2022 Olympic Champion in women's curling. At the international level, she is a curler, playing lead for skip Eve Muirhead. At the national level, ...

(born 1997), Scottish curler *

Haylie Duff Haylie Katherine Duff (born February 19, 1985) is an American actress, singer and songwriter, and the older sister of American singer and actress Hilary Duff. She is best known for her roles as Sandy Jameson in the television series '' 7th Heave ...

, American actress, Hilary's sister *

Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including seven Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, four Teen Choice Awards and two Young Artist Awards. She began her acti ...

, American pop singer and actress, Haylie's sister * Howard Duff, American actor *

Jamal Duff Jamal E. Duff (born March 11, 1972) is an American actor and former American football player in the National Football League (NFL). Early years Duff was born in Columbus, Ohio, but as a child, moved west with his family to Tustin, California, ...

, American actor and former NFL American football player * James Duff (disambiguation) * Jason Duff, Australian field hockey player *

Jill Duff Jillian Louise Calland Duff (called Jill; Worsley; born 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2018, she has been the Bishop of Lancaster, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn. Previously, she had been Director of St Mellitus C ...

, Anglican priest and Bishop-designate of Lancaster * John Duff (disambiguation) * Louis Le Duff, French billionaire businessman *

Lyman Poore Duff Sir Lyman Poore Duff (7 January 1865 – 26 April 1955) was the eighth Chief Justice of Canada. He was the longest serving justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Early life and career Born in Meaford, Canada West (now Ontario) to a Con ...

, Canadian Chief Justice *

Michael Duff (physicist) Michael James Duff FRS, FRSA is a British theoretical physicist and pioneering theorist of supergravity who is the Principal of the Faculty of Physical Sciences and Abdus Salam Chair of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London. Educatio ...

, British physicist and string theorist *

Michael Duff (footballer) Michael James Duff (born 11 January 1978) is a Belfast born football manager and former Burnley player who is currently manager of Barnsley. In a career spanning from 1995 to 2016, in which he made over 700 appearances, he played as a defend ...

, Northern Ireland footballer *

Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet Sir Charles Michael Robert Vivian Duff, 3rd Baronet (3 May 1907 – 3 March 1980) was a British socialite who was Lord Lieutenant first of Caernarvonshire, and then of Gwynedd. Family Duff was the only son of Sir Robert George Vivian Duff, 2nd B ...

, British hereditary peer * Mickey Duff, British boxing promoter * Sir

Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff (21 February 1829 – 12 January 1906), known as M. E. Grant Duff before 1887 and as Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff thereafter, was a Scottish politician, administrator and author. He served as the Under-Sec ...

(1829–1906), Scottish politician and author *

Norwich Duff Admiral Norwich Duff FRSE (15 August 1792 – 21 April 1862) was a Royal Navy officer. Life The son of Captain George Duff RN, and Sophia Dirom, he was born at 9 South Castle Street, Edinburgh. He entered the Royal Navy in July 1805, just befor ...

, British admiral * Patrick Duff, British singer-songwriter * Peggy Duff, British activist * Philip S. Duff, American newspaper editor and politician *

Reggie Duff Reginald Alexander "Reggie" Duff (17 August 1878 – 13 December 1911) was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905. Duff made his Test debut along with Warwick Armstrong, against England at Melbourne in 1901–02 a ...

, Australian cricketer * Rick Duff, Canadian boxer * Robert Duff (disambiguation) * Roger Duff, New Zealand ethnologist * Shane Duff, Northern Irish footballer * Stan Duff (1919–1941), English footballer * Thomas Duff, Irish architect *

Tom Duff Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

, Canadian computer scientist * Warren B. Duff, film and television writer and producer * William E. Duff, American writer on counterespionage In the British Royal Family: *

Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife, (; 17 May 1891 – 26 February 1959), known as Princess Arthur of Connaught after her marriage, was the eldest surviving grandchild of King Edward VII. Alexandra and her younger sister, Maud, had the dist ...

(1891–1959), née Duff * Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893–1945), née Duff Scottish aristocrats: *

William Duff, 1st Earl Fife William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (1697 – 30 September 1763), of Braco, Banff, was a Scottish landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734. Early life Duff was the eldest surviving son of William Duff, merchant, of Dipp ...

(c. 1696 – 1763) *

James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (29 September 1729 – 1809) was a Scottish aristocrat and Member of Parliament. Heritage James Duff was second son of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife, and Jean Grant (daughter of Sir James Grant of Pluscardine, Baron ...

(1729–1809) *

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(1731–1811) * James Duff, 4th Earl Fife (1776–1857) * James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (1814–1879) * Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife (1849–1912) (became Duke of Fife in 1887) * Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849–1912)

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