Granger (name)

Look up granger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Granger is a surname of English and French origin. It is an occupational name for a farm bailiff.^[1] The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor.^[1] 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").^[1]

• Amos P. Granger (1789–1866), U.S. Representative from New York
• Ann Granger (born 1939), British author
• A. O. Granger (1846–1914), American industrialist and soldier
• Betty Granger, Canadian education figure
• Bill Granger (1969–2023), Australian chef
• Bradley F. Granger, U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Charles Granger (disambiguation)
  • Charles Granger (1912–1995), Newfoundland politician
  • Charles Henry Granger (1812–1893), American artist
  • Charles T. Granger (1835–1915), judge of the Iowa Supreme Court
• Clive Granger (1934–2009), British economist
• Daniel L. D. Granger (1852–1909), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
• Danny Granger (born 1983), American basketball player
• David Granger (disambiguation)
  • David A. Granger (born 1945), Guyanese soldier
  • David Granger (bobsleigh) (1903–2002), American Olympic bobsledder
  • David Granger (footballer) (born 1955), Australian rules footballer
• Dorothy Granger (1911–1995), American actress
• Farley Granger (1925–2011), American actor
• Flavel K. Granger (1832–1905), American politician and farmer
• Francis Granger (1792–1868), U.S. Representative from New York
• Geddes Granger (1935–2016), Trinidad and Tobago politician
• Gideon Granger (1767–1822), American politician and lawyer
• Gilles-Gaston Granger (1920–2016), French philosopher
• Gordon Granger (1821–1876), U.S. soldier during the Civil War
• Hoyle Granger (born 1944), American football player
• James Granger (1723–1776), English author and clergyman
• Jean-Pierre Granger (1779–1840), French painter
• Jedediah W. Granger (1818–1902), American politician in Wisconsin
• Jeff Granger (born 1971), American baseball player
• John Granger, American author
• Kate Granger (1981–2016), English doctor who started the #hellomynameis campaign
• Kay Granger (born 1943), U.S. Representative from Texas
• Keith Granger (born 1968), English footballer
• Kenneth Granger (born 1951), New Zealand rugby player
• Lester Granger (1896–1976), American civic leader
• Mick Granger (1931–2016), English footballer
• Miles T. Granger (1817–1895), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• Oliver Granger (1794–1841), U.S. Latter Day Saint figure
• Robert S. Granger (1816–1894), U.S. Army officer
• Scotty Granger (born 1987), American singer, songwriter, music producer
• Stewart Granger (1913–1993), English actor
• Stewart Granger (basketball) (born 1961), Canadian professional basketball player
• Tasmeen Granger (born 1994) Zimbabwean cricketer
• Thomas Granger (1625–1642), first person hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Thomas Colpitts Granger (1802–1852), British Radical politician and barrister
• Ursula Granger (1738—1800), enslaved cook of Thomas Jefferson
• Walter K. Granger (1888–1978), U.S. politician
• Walter W. Granger (1872–1941), American vertebrate paleontologist
• Wayne Granger (born 1944), American professional baseball player
• W. R. Granger (1873–1925), American-born Canadian sports administrator

• Becky Granger, character on the ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street
• Colby Granger, fictional character in the television show Numb3rs
• Emmet Granger, fictional character in Red Dead Redemption 2
• Granger, Montag's guide outside the city in Fahrenheit 451
• Geraldine Granger, fictional character in the Vicar of Dibley
• Hermione Granger, fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter
• Hiro Granger, fictional character of the anime and manga series of Beyblade
• Jack Granger, fictional character in the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
• Lorelei Granger, fictional character in the book Frindle
• Terry Granger, fictional character of the 2014 film No Good Deed
• Tyson Granger, fictional character of the anime and manga series of Beyblade
• Granger, fictional character in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

• Granger (Tourtechot) (c. 1680s–1734), French physician and traveller known as Granger, previous name perhaps Tourtechot
• Granger K. Costikyan (1907–1998), American banker

• Grainger (name)