Grainger (surname)

Grainger is a surname of English origin.^[1] It is a variant of the surname Granger which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff.^[2] The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor.^[2] This officer's Anglo-Norman title was grainger, and Old French grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin granicarius (a derivative of granica, meaning "granary").^[2]

• 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 (1933–2022), English footballer
• Daniel Grainger (born 1986), English footballer
• David Liddell-Grainger (1930–2007), Scottish politician
• Esther Grainger (1912–1990), Welsh artist
• Mark Grainger (born 1950), Builder/Developer
• 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 British, politician
• James Grainger (c. 1721–1766) Scottish poet and physician
• John Grainger (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) (c. 1803–1872), land owner and member of the South Australian Legislative Council
• John Harry Grainger, architect and civil engineer
• Katherine Grainger (born 1975), Scottish Olympic rower
• Martin Allerdale Grainger (1874–1941), English born Canadian journalist, author, forester
• Martin Grainger (born 1972), English (soccer) football player
• Natalie Grainger (born 1977), English professional squash player
• Nicholas Grainger (born 1994), English swimmer
• Oliver Grainger, Canadian voice actor
• Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born American composer and pianist
• Porter Grainger (1891–c.1955), African-American pianist, songwriter, playwright, and music publisher
• Richard Grainger, (1797–1861), British builder
• Roy Gordon Grainger (born 1962), New Zealand born, physicist
• Sam Grainger, (1924–1986), American comic book artist
• Thomas Grainger, (1794–1852), English civil engineer
• William W. Grainger (19??–19??), American founder of W.W. Grainger industrial supply company

• Chlo Grainger, fictional character on the television series Waterloo Road
• Mr. Ernest Grainger, fictional character on the television series Are You Being Served?
• Mika Grainger, fictional character on the television series Waterloo Road
• Scott Grainger, Sr., character from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless

• Granger (name)

Surname list

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