Godfrey
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People
- Godfrey of BouillonGodfrey of BouillonGodfrey of Bouillon was a medieval Frankish knight who was one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. He was the Lord of Bouillon, from which he took his byname, from 1076 and the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1087...
(c. 1060–1100), leader of the First Crusade - Godfrey of CambraiGodfrey of CambraiGodfrey of Cambrai was the prior of Winchester Abbey from 1082 until his death in 1107. He also was the composer of many poems, writing eulogies of English kings and ecclesiastics, and a book of moral epigrams in the style of Martial...
(11th century), prior and poet - Godfrey of ChichesterGodfrey of ChichesterGodfrey was a medieval Bishop of Chichester. The first Bishop of Chichester, was Stigand who died in 1087, it seems that he was followed by Godfrey...
(11th century), bishop of Chichester - Ambrose GodfreyAmbrose GodfreyAmbrose Godfrey-Hanckwitz , also known as Gottfried Hankwitz, also written Hanckewitz, or Ambrose Godfrey as he preferred to be known, was a German-born British phosphorus manufacturer and apothecary...
(1660–1741), phosphorus manufacturer - Arthur GodfreyArthur GodfreyArthur Morton Godfrey was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname, The Old Redhead...
(1903-1983), American radio and television broadcaster - Brian GodfreyBrian GodfreyBrian Cameron Godfrey was a Welsh international footballer.Brian was an inside forward who started his league career at Everton where he only made one appearance before joining Scunthorpe United in June 1960...
(1940–2010), Welsh footballer - Sir Dan GodfreyDan GodfreySir Dan Godfrey was a British music conductor and member of a musical dynasty that included his father Dan Godfrey...
(1868–1939), British bandmaster and composer - Daniel Strong GodfreyDaniel Strong GodfreyDaniel Strong Godfrey Daniel Strong Godfrey Daniel Strong Godfrey (b. 1949 Atlanta, Georgia is an American composer who has written for symphonic band as well as a large body of chamber and orchestral music....
(b. 1949), American composer - DeWitt GodfreyDeWitt GodfreyDeWitt Godfrey is an American sculptor, best known for his large abstract constructions of banded steel installed in public sites. Godfrey was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan; he earned a B.A. in Art from Yale University in 1982 and an M.F.A. in Sculpture from the...
(born 1960), an American modernist sculptor - Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey. Magistrate murdered in 1678
- Harry Godfrey (1909–1988), British businessman and scholar
- Paul GodfreyPaul GodfreyPaul Victor Godfrey, CM, OOnt is a businessman and former Canadian politician. During his career, Godfrey was a North York alderman, Chairman of Metro Toronto, President of the Toronto Sun and head of the Toronto Blue Jays. He was instrumental in bringing the Toronto Blue Jays to Toronto and has...
(born 1939), former president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays - Richard Godfrey (1945–2003), British art historian
- Robert John GodfreyRobert John GodfreyRobert John Godfrey is a British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid.Born on the Leeds Castle estate in Kent, England, Godfrey was educated at Finchden Manor in Tenterden, which was described by its founder George Lyward as a "therapeutic community for adolescents", other alumni of...
(born 1947), British composer, pianist and founder member of The Enid - Thomas Godfrey Evans (1920–1999), English cricketer
- Tommy GodfreyTommy GodfreyTommy Godfrey was an English film and television actor, mostly playing working-class Cockney characters.His television credits included Love Thy Neighbour, Mind Your Language, The Avengers, Bless This House, Till Death Us Do Part, Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, The Goodies and On the Buses.His film...
(1916–1984), British actor - Godfrey (comedian)Godfrey (comedian)Godfrey C. Danchimah, Jr. , professionally known as Godfrey, is an American comedian and actor who has appeared on BET, VH1, Comedy Central, and feature films such as Soul Plane, Original Gangstas, Zoolander, and Johnson Family Vacation...
(born 1969), stage name of Godfrey Danchimah - Godfrey StaffordGodfrey StaffordDr Godfrey Harry Stafford CBE, MA FInstP, FRS is a British physicist and directed the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories from 1969 to 1981. He went on to be a master at St Cross College, in Oxford and president of the Institute of Physics. In 1950 Dr. Stafford married Helen Goldthorp Clark, an...
(born 1920), British physicist - Godfrey Furchtgott (born 1993), American prodigy, violinist.
- Michael Godfrey (Present), Colonel, United States Army
- see also Steve Godfrey (disambiguation) (including Steve, Stevan or Stephen Godfrey)
Fiction
- Glorious GodfreyGlorious GodfreyGlorious Godfrey is a DC Comics villain created by Jack Kirby, originally as part of The Fourth World series of comic books in the early 1970s. He first appeared in Forever People vol. 1 #3 .-Fictional character biography:...
, often known just by the name "Godfrey", a DC Comics supervillain