Granger (name)
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Granger is a surname
of English
and French
origin. It is an occupational name for a farm bailiff
. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor
. 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
").
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
origin. It is an occupational name for a farm bailiff
Bailiff
A bailiff is a governor or custodian ; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed...
. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor
Lord of the Manor
The Lordship of a Manor is recognised today in England and Wales as a form of property and one of three elements of a manor that may exist separately or be combined and may be held in moieties...
. This officer's Anglo-Norman
Anglo-Norman language
Anglo-Norman is the name traditionally given to the kind of Old Norman used in England and to some extent elsewhere in the British Isles during the Anglo-Norman period....
title was grainger, and Old French
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin
Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the written Latin of Late Antiquity. The English dictionary definition of Late Latin dates this period from the 3rd to the 6th centuries AD extending in Spain to the 7th. This somewhat ambiguously defined period fits between Classical Latin and Medieval Latin...
granicarius (a derivative of granica, meaning "granary
Granary
A granary is a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. In ancient or primitive granaries, pottery is the most common use of storage in these buildings. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals.-Early origins:From ancient times grain...
").
People surnamed Granger
- Amos P. GrangerAmos P. GrangerAmos Phelps Granger was a U.S. Representative from New York, cousin of Francis Granger.Born in Suffield, Connecticut, Granger attended the public schools. In 1811, he moved to Manlius, New York, where he was president of the town for several years. He served as captain in the War of 1812 at...
, U.S. Representative from New York - Ann GrangerAnn GrangerPatricia Ann Granger is a British crime writer.Granger was born in Portsmouth, England. She took a Modern Languages degree at the University of London, taught English for a year in France, but eventually went to work in the visa sections of British consulates and embassies in Yugoslavia,...
, British author - Betty GrangerBetty GrangerBetty Granger is a former school trustee in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. During the 2000 federal election, her comments about Asian immigration to Canada provoked a national political controversy....
, Canadian education figure - Bill GrangerBill GrangerBill Granger is a self-taught cook, restaurateur and food writer, based in his native Australia, but also working internationally.-Career:In the late 1980s, Granger relocated from Melbourne to Sydney to study art. He found inspiration in the city's lifestyle, light and harbour views. He worked...
, Australian chef - Bradley F. GrangerBradley F. GrangerBradley Francis Granger was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Granger was born in Lowville, New York and attended the public schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1847, and commenced practice in Tecumseh, Michigan...
, U.S. Representative from Michigan - Charles GrangerCharles GrangerCharles Ronald McKay Granger, PC, OC was a Canadian and Newfoundland politician.Born in Catalina, Newfoundland and Labrador, one of two children of David Charles and Emilie Sarah Granger, Granger was educated at St...
, Newfoundland politician. - Charles Henry GrangerCharles Henry GrangerCharles Henry Granger born in Saco, Maine, a town just south of Portland where the Saco River meets the Atlantic...
(1812-1893), U.S. artist - Clive GrangerClive GrangerSir Clive William John Granger was a British economist, who taught in Britain at the University of Nottingham and in the U.S.A. at the University of California, San Diego. In 2003, Granger was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, in recognition that he and his co-winner, Robert F...
, British economist - Daniel L. D. GrangerDaniel L. D. GrangerDaniel Larned Davis Granger was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Granger attended the common schools....
, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island - Danny GrangerDanny GrangerDanny Granger, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the NBA. He is mainly a small forward, though he does log time at the power forward position. He is also able to initiate the team's offense and so is regarded as one who can play the point forward position...
, U.S. professional basketball player - David Granger (disambiguation)
- David A. GrangerDavid A. GrangerDavid A. Granger is a Guyanese politician and retired military officer who served for a time as Commander of the Guyana Defence Force....
, (born 1945), Guyanese soldier - David Granger (bobsleigh)David Granger (bobsleigh)David Granger was an American bobsledder and businessman who competed in the late 1920s. He won a silver medal in the five-man bobsleigh event at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. He died in New York City....
, (1903–2002), U.S. Olympic bobsledder - David Granger (footballer)David Granger (footballer)David Granger is a former leading Australian rules footballer, playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League and Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League.-St Kilda :...
, (born 1955), Australian rules footballer
- David A. Granger
- Dorothy GrangerDorothy GrangerDorothy Granger was an American actress best known for her roles in short subject comedies in Hollywood.-Career:...
, U.S. actress - Farley GrangerFarley GrangerFarley Earle Granger was an American actor. In a career spanning several decades, he was perhaps best known for his two collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, Rope in 1948 and Strangers on a Train in 1951.-Early life:...
, U.S. actor - Francis GrangerFrancis GrangerFrancis Granger was a Representative from New York. He was the son of Gideon Granger, another Postmaster General, and the first cousin of Amos P. Granger.-Biography:...
, U.S. Representative from New York - Gaskynd Granger, Caribbean labor figure
- Geddes GrangerGeddes GrangerHis Excellency Makandal Daaga, born Geddes Granger, is a Trinidad and Tobago political activist and former revolutionary. He is also a son of Gaskynd Granger, and cousin of David A. Granger. He was the leader of the 1970 Black Power Revolution. During the unrest he was arrested and charged. The...
, Trinidad and Tobago politician - Gideon GrangerGideon GrangerGideon Granger was an early American politician and lawyer. He was the father of Francis Granger.Born in Suffield, Connecticut, Granger attended and graduated from Yale University and became a lawyer. He was considered a brilliant political essayist...
, U.S. politician, lawyer - Gilles-Gaston GrangerGilles-Gaston GrangerGilles Gaston Granger , is an analytic philosopher.His works discuss the philosophy of logics, mathematics, human and social sciences, Wittgenstein, Aristotle, and Jean Cavaillès. He produced the authoritative translation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into French...
, French philosopher - Gordon GrangerGordon GrangerGordon Granger was a career U.S. army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Chickamauga.-Early life & Mexico:...
, U.S. soldier during the Civil War - Hoyle GrangerHoyle GrangerHoyle John Granger is a former collegiate and professional American football player in the United States. He played his college football at Mississippi State. He was the first pick in the fifth round of the 1966 American Football League draft, by the Houston Oilers...
, U.S. football player - James GrangerJames GrangerJames Granger was an English clergyman, biographer, and print collector. He is now known as the author of the Biographical History of England from Egbert the Great to the Revolution .-Life:...
, British author - Jean-Pierre Granger, French painter
- Jeff GrangerJeff GrangerJeffery Adam Granger Jeffery Adam Granger Jeffery Adam Granger (born December 16, 1971 in San Pedro, California is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Kansas City Royals and the Pittsburgh Pirates.-High school:...
, U.S. baseball player - John GrangerJohn GrangerJohn Granger is a speaker and writer whose principal focus is the intersection of literature, faith and culture. He is most well known as the author of several books analysing J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. He writes a weblog called 'the Hogwarts Professor'.Granger was born in Corning, New...
, U.S. author - Kay GrangerKay GrangerKay Granger , a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas, currently represents the 12th congressional district in the U.S...
, U.S. Representative from Texas - Kenneth GrangerKenneth GrangerKenneth William Granger in Wellington. He played six matches for the All Blacks in 1976 but no tests and he was a very good rugby player for Manawatu which won the Ranfurly Shield and won the National Provincial Championship first division in 1980.-External links:...
, New Zealand rugby player - Lester GrangerLester GrangerLester Blackwell Granger was an African American civic leader who organized the Los Angeles, California, chapter of the National Urban League ....
, U.S. civic leader - Miles T. GrangerMiles T. GrangerMiles Tobey Granger was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, Granger moved with his parents to Canaan, Connecticut, in 1819....
, U.S. Representative from Connecticut - Nick Granger, Australian cricketer
- Oliver GrangerOliver GrangerOliver Granger was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement. He was the subject of one of the prophecies of movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr.-Early life:...
, U.S. Latter Day Saint figure - Robert S. GrangerRobert S. GrangerRobert Seaman Granger was a career officer in the United States Army, reaching the brevet rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
, (1816–1894), U.S. Army officer - Stewart Granger
- Stewart GrangerStewart GrangerStewart Granger was an English-American film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas.-Early life:He was born James Lablache Stewart in Old...
, (1913–1993), English actor - Stewart Granger (basketball)Stewart Granger (basketball)Stewart Francis Granger is a Canadian former National Basketball Association player and Canadian national team member....
, (born 1961), Canadian professional basketball player
- Stewart Granger
- Thomas GrangerThomas GrangerThomas Graunger or Granger was the first person hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the first known juvenile to be sentenced to death and executed in the territory of today's United States...
, (1625–1642), first person hanged in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.- Walter K. GrangerWalter K. GrangerWalter Keil Granger was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born in St. George, Utah, Granger moved with his parents to Cedar City, Utah, in 1894. He attended the public schools and graduated from Branch Agricultural College at Cedar City, Utah in 1909...
, (1888–1978), U.S. politician - Walter W. GrangerWalter W. GrangerWalter Willis Granger was an American vertebrate paleontologist who participated in important fossil explorations in the United States, Egypt, China and Mongolia.-Early life and career:...
, (1872–1941), U.S. Vertebrate paleontologist
- Walter K. Granger
- Walter M. Granger, (1977-present),Coach,Officer
- Wayne GrangerWayne GrangerWayne Allan Granger is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals , Cincinnati Reds , Minnesota Twins , St. Louis Cardinals , New York Yankees , Chicago White Sox , Houston Astros and Montreal Expos...
, (born 1944), American professional baseball player.
Fictional people surnamed Granger
- Becky Granger, British soap opera character
- Colby GrangerColby GrangerColby Granger is a fictitious FBI agent on the American television show Numb3rs. First introduced during the second season, he has become a part of the team led by FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and is usually partnered with David Sinclair...
, fictional character in the television show Numb3rsNUMB3RSNumb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
. - Granger, Montag's guide outside the city in Fahrenheit 451Fahrenheit 451Fahrenheit 451 is a 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury. The novel presents a future American society where reading is outlawed and firemen start fires to burn books...
. - Geraldine Granger, fictional character in the Vicar of Dibley
- Hermione GrangerHermione GrangerHermione Jean Granger is a fictional character and one of the three protagonists in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. She initially appears in the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts...
, fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry PotterHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
. - Hiro GrangerHiro GrangerHiro Granger, known in the Japanese versions as is a fictional character in the anime and manga series of Beyblade. He only appears in the third season of the anime, Beyblade G-Revolution, but appears throughout the manga from the beginning. He is the older brother of Tyson Granger. His bit-beast...
, fictional character of the anime and manga series of BeybladeBeybladeis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan...
. - Jack Granger, fictional character in the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium WarsCommand & Conquer 3: Tiberium WarsCommand & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published by Electronic Arts for the Windows, Mac OS X and Xbox 360 platforms, and released internationally in March 2007...
. - Tyson GrangerTyson GrangerTyson Granger, known in Japan as ', is the main character of the anime and manga series of Beyblade.-About Tyson:Tyson is a strong-willed kid who is not afraid to speak his mind and in so doing, he seems to get into more trouble than most kids his age...
, fictional character of the anime and manga series of Beyblade.
People named Granger
- GrangerGranger (Tourtechot)Granger , was a French physician and traveller, with a major interest in natural history.According to the preface of the only work attributed to him, his real name was Tourtechot, and for reasons not explained he changed it to Granger. Granger or Tourtechot is presumably his surname...
(Tourtechot), (c 1680s-1734), French physician and traveller - Granger K. CostikyanGranger K. CostikyanGranger Kent Costikyan was an American banker. His father who was from Marsovan, Turkey had immigrated from Constantinople in 1884, and organised the successful import firm, Costikyan Freres which still exists and specializes in oriental carpets. Granger was educated at Yale and graduated in 1929...
, (1907–1998), American, banker.