Floyd (given Name)

Floyd is a masculine Anglo-Welsh given name deriving from the

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, of or about Wales * Welsh language, spoken in Wales * Welsh people, an ethnic group native to Wales Places * Welsh, Arkansas, U.S. * Welsh, Louisiana, U.S. * Welsh, Ohio, U.S. * Welsh Basin, during t ...

''Llwyd'' (“

gray Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...

, gray-haired”) and thus cognate with Lloyd. Notable people with this name include: *

Floyd Abrams Floyd Abrams (born July 9, 1936) is an American lawyer. A member of Cahill Gordon & Reindel since 1963 and currently senior counsel, he has argued in 13 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Abrams was co-counsel to ''The New Yor ...

(born 1936), American attorney *

Floyd Bannister Floyd Franklin Bannister (born June 10, 1955) is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros (–), Seattle Mariners (–), Chicago White Sox (–), Kansas City R ...

(born 1955), retired Major League Baseball pitcher *

Floyd Collins William Floyd Collins (July 20, 1887 – February 13, 1925) was an American cave explorer who became trapped and died in what became Mammoth Cave National Park. The incident earned major media attention during the efforts to rescue him. ...

(1887–1925), American pioneer caver *

Floyd Council Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer. He was a practitioner of the Piedmont blues, which was popular in the southeastern United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was som ...

(1911–1976), American blues musician *

Floyd Cramer Floyd Cramer (October 27, 1933 – December 31, 1997) was an American pianist who became famous for his use of melodic "whole-step" attacks. He was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His signatur ...

(1933–1997), American pianist *

Floyd Favors Floyd Favors (born December 3, 1963, in Washington, D.C.) is a retired boxer from the United States. He is best known for winning the amateur world title in the men's bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifti ...

(born 1963), American boxer *

Floyd Gottfredson Arthur Floyd Gottfredson (May 5, 1905July 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse (comic strip), ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip, which he worked on from 1930 until his retirement in 1975. His contri ...

(1905–1986), American cartoonist best known for his work on the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip *

Floyd Heard Floyd Wayne Heard (born March 24, 1966, in West Point, Mississippi) is a retired track and field sprinter from the United States, best known for setting the 1986 world's best year performance in the men's 200 m. He did so on 7 July 1986 at a me ...

(born 1966), American track and field sprinter * Floyd Hudlow (1943–2021), American football player *

Floyd Jones Floyd Jones (July 21, 1917 – December 19, 1989) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after World War II, and a number of his recor ...

(1917–1989), American blues singer *

Floyd Landis Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. At the 2006 Tour de France, he would have been the third non-European winner in the event's history, but was disqualified after testing positive for p ...

(born 1975), American cyclist *

Floyd Levine Floyd Levine (born February 23, 1932) is an American film and television actor. Career He played Dr. Ralph Harris in the 1978 film '' Bloodbrothers''. He also played Gen. Duncan in the 1988 film '' Braddock: Missing in Action III'' and Lt. Me ...

(born 1932), American film and television actor *

Floyd Little Floyd Douglas Little (July 4, 1942 – January 1, 2021) was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Denver Broncos, initially in the American Football League (AFL) and later the National Football League (NFL). He pl ...

(1942–2021), American football halfback *

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. (né Sinclair; born February 24, 1977) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed between 1996 and 2017. He list of undefeated boxing world champions, retired with an undefeated record a ...

(born 1977), American five-division boxing champion * Floyd Mayweather Sr., American welterweight boxer and trainer * Floyd MacMillan Davis (1896–1966), American painter and illustrator *

Floyd Odlum Floyd Bostwick Odlum (March 30, 1892 – June 17, 1976) was an American lawyer and industrialist. He has been described as "possibly the only man in the United States who made a great fortune out of the Depression", referring to the Great Depre ...

(1892–1976), American lawyer and businessman *

Floyd B. Olson Floyd Bjørnstjerne "Skipper" Olson (November 13, 1891 – August 22, 1936) was an American politician and lawyer who served three-terms as the 22nd Governor of Minnesota from January 6, 1931 until his death in office at the age of forty-four o ...

(1891–1936), Governor of Minnesota *

Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962. At the age of 21, he became the youngest boxer in his ...

(1935–2006), two-time world heavyweight boxing champion *

Floyd D. Rose Floyd D. Rose (born 1948) is an American musician and engineer who invented the ''Floyd Rose Locking Tremolo'' System in the late 1970s, eventually founding a company of the same name to manufacture and license his products. This double locking ...

, inventor of Floyd Rose guitar bridge *

Floyd Simmons Floyd Macon Simmons (April 10, 1923 – April 1, 2008) was an American athlete and actor who competed mainly in the Olympics decathlon in 1948 and 1952 winning bronze at both Olympic Games. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. Biograph ...

(1923–2008), American athlete *

Floyd Simmons (American football) Floyd Weston Simmons (February 19, 1925 – August 6, 1996) was an American professional football running back who played one season with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steele ...

(1925–1996), American football player *

Floyd Smart Floyd George Smart (April 1, 1894 – November 15, 1955) was an American track and field athlete. Smart was United States champion in the 440 yd hurdles in 1917 and 1919 and in the long jump in 1919. Biography Smart became an athlete at Lyons To ...

(1894–1955), American athlete * Floyd Talbert (1923-1982), member of

Easy Company E Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles", is a company in the United States Army. The company was referred to as "Easy" after the radio call for "E" in the pho ...

, Band of Brothers. *

Floyd Tillman Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914 – August 22, 2003) was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 a ...

(1914–2003), American country musician *

Floyd Vivino Floyd Vivino (born October 19, 1951), known professionally as Uncle Floyd, is an American television, film, and stage performer primarily known for his comedy/variety TV show ''The Uncle Floyd Show'' (1974–1998). Early life Vivino was born i ...

(born 1951), American comedian known as Uncle Floyd Fictional characters: * Dr. Floyd Charles, a character in the ''

Left Behind ''Left Behind'' is a multimedia franchise of apocalyptic fiction written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, released by Tyndale House Publishers from 1995 to 2007. The bestselling premillennial novels are Christian eschatological narrat ...

'' book series *

Floyd Lawson Floyd Lawson (Floyd the Barber) is a fictional character on the American sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show.'' Floyd was primarily portrayed by actor Howard McNear. Character overview Floyd the Barber was the slow-paced, somewhat absent-minded ba ...

, barber in the TV show ''

The Andy Griffith Show ''The Andy Griffith Show '' is an American sitcom television series that was aired on CBS from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968, with a total of 249 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons—159 in black and white and 90 in color. The series ...

'' *

Floyd Lawton Deadshot is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer David Vern Reed and artist Lew Sayre Schwartz based on a concept from Bob Kane, the character first appeared in ''Batman (comic book), Batman ...

aka Deadshot,

supervillain A supervillain, supervillainess or supercriminal is a major antagonist and variant of the villainous stock character who possesses Superpower (ability), superpowers. The character type is sometimes found in comic books and is often the primary ...

antihero An antihero (sometimes spelled as anti-hero or two words anti hero) or anti-heroine is a character in a narrative (in literature, film, TV, etc.) who may lack some conventional heroic qualities and attributes, such as idealism and morality. Al ...

assassin Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives. Assassinations are orde ...

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

and enemy of

Batman Batman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on M ...

Floyd Gerhardt Floyd Gerhardt is a fictional character in the second season of the FX television series '' Fargo'' and is portrayed by Jean Smart. Smart received widespread critical acclaim for her performance, winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for ...

, a main character on the TV series '' Fargo'' * Floyd Hebert, a supporting character in the 2013 video game

Grand Theft Auto V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...

* Floyd Malloy, antagonist in 1985 animated show ''

M.A.S.K. A mask is a covering worn on the face, or an object depicting a face. Mask may also refer to: Technology Computing * Mask (computing) In computer science, a mask or bitmask is data that is used for bitwise operations, particularly in a b ...

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Floyd Pepper Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, or simply The Electric Mayhem, are an American Muppet rock group that debuted in 1975 on the pilot for the sketch comedy television series ''The Muppet Show''. They are the house band for ''The Muppet Show'', ...

, a puppet character on the TV series ''The Muppet Show'' * Floyd, Dick's roommate, ''

True Romance ''True Romance'' is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It features an ensemble cast led by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt ...

'' * Floyd, a mouse character from

Garfield and Friends ''Garfield and Friends'' is an American animated television series based on the comic strip '' Garfield'' by Jim Davis. The show aired on CBS as part of its Saturday morning children's lineup from September 17, 1988, to December 10, 1994. Th ...

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