John Griffin
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Sports personalities
- John Griffin (rugby player)John Griffin (rugby player)John Griffin was an English doctor who became an international rugby union forward for Wales despite having no connections to the country.-Personal background:...
(1859–1895), English doctor who played international rugby for Wales - John Charles Griffin (born 1911), American boxer known as Corn Griffin
- John-Ford GriffinJohn-Ford GriffinJohn-Ford David Griffin is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.-Early life:An All-State athlete at Sarasota High School, was part of a state championship team in 1996 for the Sailors. Griffin played college baseball under head coach Mike Martin for the Florida State University Seminoles from...
(born 1979), American Major League Baseball outfielder - John Griffin (hurler)John Griffin (hurler)John Griffin is a hurler who plays with the Kerry Hurling team and with his club Lixnaw he also playes football with Finuge. He won County Championships with Lixnaw in 2005 and 2007. He was Kerry captain and also won a Christy Ring Cup All Star the same year. He played on Irish Hurling/Shinty...
, hurler with the Kerry Hurling team
Others
- John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (1719–1797), English nobleman and army officer
- John Griffin (judge)John Griffin (judge)John Griffin was an American jurist. He was one of the original judges of the Supreme Court of Michigan Territory....
(1774/1779 – after 1823), American jurist and member of the Michigan Territorial Supreme Court, 1806–1823 - John K. GriffinJohn K. GriffinJohn King Griffin was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born near Clinton, South Carolina, Griffin pursued an academic course.He engaged as a planter.He served in the State house of representatives 1816–1819....
(1789–1841), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, 1831–1841 - John Joseph GriffinJohn Joseph Griffin- 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, and he studied at the Andersonian Institution. He also received training in chemistry at Paris and at Heidelberg....
(1802–1877), English chemist and publisher - John Smith GriffinJohn Smith GriffinJohn Smith Griffin was an American missionary in Oregon Country who participated at the Champoeg Meetings that created the Provisional Government of Oregon in 1843...
(1807–1899), American missionary in Oregon Country - John W. Griffin (archaeologist)John W. Griffin (archaeologist)John W. Griffin was the State Archaeologist of Florida, the Director of the St. Augustine Historical Society, and a Regional Archaeologist for the National Park Service.-Background:...
(1919–1993), American historian in Florida - John Howard GriffinJohn Howard GriffinJohn Howard Griffin was an American journalist and author much of whose writing was about racial equality. He is best known for darkening his skin and journeying through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to experience segregation in the Deep South in 1959...
(1920–1980), American journalist and novelist - John W. Griffin (politician) (1927–2006), American local political figure in Ohio
- Johnny GriffinJohnny GriffinJohn Arnold Griffin III was an American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist.- Early life and career :Griffin studied music at DuSable High School in Chicago under Walter Dyett, starting out on clarinet before moving on to oboe and then alto sax...
(1928–2008), American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist - John Griffin, founder of the UK's largest taxicab business, Addison LeeAddison LeeAddison Lee is a London-based private hire company, currently the largest taxicab company in the United Kingdom.-John Griffin:Co-founder John Griffin was born in Ireland to a civil engineering contractor father...
See also
- John Griffin CarlisleJohn Griffin CarlisleJohn Griffin Carlisle was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party during the last quarter of the 19th century. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1889 and as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1893 to 1897 during the Panic...
(1834–1910), American congressman from Kentucky - Jonathon GriffinJonathon GriffinJonathon Griffin is a part Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League and the Central District Bulldogs in the South Australian National Football League...
(born 1986), Australian aboriginal footballer - Griffin (The Invisible Man)Griffin (The Invisible Man)Griffin is a fictional character, the eponym and antagonist of H. G. Wells's science fiction novel The Invisible Man, first published in 1897. Griffin is a young scientist who wants to create the ultimate humanoid by creating a race of invisible people....
, Jack Griffin, fictional character - Griffin (surname)Griffin (surname)Griffin was the 75th most common surname on the island of Ireland in 1891. In Wales, Griffin has been established as the 65th most frequent Welsh surname...