Griffin (disambiguation)
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A griffin
Griffin
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle...

is a legendary creature, usually portrayed with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.

Griffin may also refer to:

People

  • 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...

    , surname
    • Archie Griffin
      Archie Griffin
      Archie Mason Griffin is a former American football running back. Griffin played seven seasons in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals. He is college football's only two-time Heisman Trophy winner...

       (b. 1954), American football player
    • Bartholomew Griffin
      Bartholomew Griffin
      Bartholomew Griffin was an English poet. He is known for his Fidessa sequence of sonnets, published in 1596.-Works:Griffin wrote a series of 62 sonnets entitled Fidessa, more chaste than kinde, London, 1596...

       (d. 1602), English sonneteer
    • Bob F. Griffin
      Bob F. Griffin
      Bob F. Griffin served as Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995—longer than any other speaker in state history....

       (b. 1935), longest serving Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
    • Blake Griffin
      Blake Griffin
      Blake Austin Griffin is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association . Griffin had a renowned high school career at Oklahoma Christian School, winning state titles each of his four years under his father, Tommy Griffin, who was the...

       (b. 1989), American basketball player
    • Forrest Griffin
      Forrest Griffin
      Forrest Griffin is an American mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC light heavyweight champion....

       (b. 1979), American mixed martial artist
    • Frank Griffin
      Frank Griffin
      Frank Albert Griffin was a professional football player. He played as a winger and his most notable achievement was scoring the winning goal in the 1954 FA Cup Final.-Football career:...

       (1928-2007), English footballer
    • G. Edward Griffin
      G. Edward Griffin
      G. Edward Griffin is an American film producer, author, and political lecturer. He is perhaps best known as the author of The Creature from Jekyll Island , a critique of much modern economic theory and practice, specifically the Federal Reserve System.Starting as a child actor, he became a radio...

       (b. 1931), American film producer, author, and political lecturer
    • James Griffin (disambiguation)
      James Griffin (disambiguation)
      James Griffin may refer to:*Jimmy Griffin , American musician, member of Bread*James D. Griffin , former American politician and mayor of Buffalo, New York*James Griffin , New Zealand scriptwriter...

      , several people
    • John Griffin (disambiguation), several people
    • Kathy Griffin
      Kathy Griffin
      Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin is an American actress, stand-up comedienne, television personality, New York Times best-selling author and an LGBT rights advocate. Griffin first gained recognition for appearances on two episodes of Seinfeld, and then for her supporting role on the NBC sitcom...

       (b. 1960), American comedian
    • Kelsey Griffin
      Kelsey Griffin
      Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...

       (b. 1987), American basketball player
    • Kenneth C. Griffin
      Kenneth C. Griffin
      Kenneth C. Griffin is an American hedge fund manager. He is the founder and CEO of Citadel LLC, a Chicago-based investment firm...

       (b. 1968), president of Citadel LLC
    • Malaika Griffin
      Malaika Griffin
      Malaika Tamu Griffin is an American woman serving a life sentence for murder at the La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, Colorado for shooting her neighbor Jason Patrick Horsley to death in May 1999...

       (b. 1971), American murderess
    • Merv Griffin
      Merv Griffin
      Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin, Jr. was an American television host, musician, actor, and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in movies and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986 Griffin hosted his own talk show, The Merv Griffin Show on Group W Broadcasting...

       (1925-2007), American television executive
    • Michael Griffin (disambiguation)
      Michael Griffin (disambiguation)
      Michael Griffin may refer to:* Michael D. Griffin, former Administrator of NASA from 2005 to 2009* Michael F. Griffin, anti-abortionist who murdered Dr. David Gunn* Michael Griffin , football player for Tennessee Titans...

      , several people
    • Nick Griffin
      Nick Griffin
      Nicholas John "Nick" Griffin is a British politician, chairman of the British National Party and Member of the European Parliament for North West England....

       (b. 1959), politician in the United Kingdom
    • Robert Griffin
      Robert Griffin (American football)
      Robert Lee Griffin III is the starting quarterback for the Baylor Bears college football team. As a true freshman, he earned Big 12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year honors.-Early life and high school career:...

       (b. 1990), a U.S. college football quarterback
    • Robert P. Griffin
      Robert P. Griffin
      Robert Paul Griffin was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court....

       (b. 1923), former U.S. Senator and Representative
    • Roger Griffin
      Roger Griffin
      Roger D. Griffin is a British academic political theorist at Oxford Brookes University, England. His recent efforts have focused on a definition and examination of fascism...

      , British academic political theorist at Oxford Brookes University, England
    • Tod Griffin
      Tod Griffin
      Tod Griffin, born as Arthur Griffin , was an American actor of stage, film, and television, originally from Birmingham, Alabama.-Early years:...

       (1919-2001), American actor
    • W. E. B. Griffin
      W. E. B. Griffin
      W. E. B. Griffin is a writer of military and detective fiction with 38 novels in six series published under that name. He has also published under several pseudonyms....

       (b. 1929), American military and detective fiction writer
  • Griffin Bell
    Griffin Bell
    Griffin Boyette Bell was an American lawyer and former Attorney General. He served as the nation's 72nd Attorney General during the Jimmy Carter administration...

     (1918-2009), American lawyer and former Attorney General
  • Griffin Pierce-Taylor, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
  • Griffin may refer to a member of the House of Pomerania
    House of Pomerania
    The House of Griffins or House of Pomerania, , also known as House of Greifen; House of Gryf, was a dynasty of Royal dukes that ruled the Duchy of Pomerania from the 12th century until 1637, after their power was temporarily derivated to Prussian Royal House...

     (Griffins)

Places

  • Griffin, Georgia
    Griffin, Georgia
    Griffin is a city in and the county seat of Spalding County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 23,643.-Geography:Griffin is located at ....

    , city in the United States
  • Griffin, Indiana
    Griffin, Indiana
    Griffin is a town in Bethel Township, Posey County, Indiana, United States, which was incorporated in 1881 and named after Samuel Griffin. The population was 172 at the 2010 census. The town was nearly destroyed by the Tri-State Tornado on March 18, 1925, killing 75 people...

    , town in the United States
  • Griffin, Queensland
    Griffin, Queensland
    Griffin is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region. The origin of the suburb name is from the Griffin family who migrated to Australia from the Orkney Islands off the northern coast of Scotland....

    , suburb of Brisbane, Australia
  • Griffin, Virginia, former name of Sharps, Virginia
    Sharps, Virginia
    Sharps is an unincorporated community in Richmond County, Virginia. It lies at an elevation of 30 feet ....

  • Griffin No. 66, Saskatchewan
    Griffin No. 66, Saskatchewan
    The Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66, Saskatchewan was originally called Hastings and is now named Griffin as of January 30, 1910. The original founding date of Hastings was December 13, 1909 -Statistics:According to the Canada 2001 Census:...

    , a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Griffin, Saskatchewan
    Griffin, Saskatchewan
    Griffin is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 49 in the Canada 2006 Census....

     a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada

Business and technology

  • Griffin Technology
    Griffin Technology
    Griffin Technology is a privately held U.S. company founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1992 by Paul Griffin. The company designs and manufactures computer peripherals, consumer electronics, and accessories, the first products being primarily video adapters, in particular those to enable the...

    , computer peripheral manufacturer based in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Griffin Technology (Diebold subsidiary)
    Griffin Technology (Diebold subsidiary)
    Griffin Technology is a wholly owned subsidiary of Diebold. Griffin Technology was originally incorporated in New York in 1982. Griffin made and leased microcomputer systems for college and university cafeteria systems. Griffin also supplied the student identification cards, which gave students...

    , incorporated in 1982 later bought by Diebold in 1995
  • Griffin Investigations
    Griffin Investigations
    Griffin Investigations was once the most prominent group of private investigators specializing in the gaming industry. The company was founded in 1967 by Beverly S. Griffin and Robert R...

    , private investigation firm
  • Griffin's Foods
    Griffin's Foods
    Griffin's Foods Limited is an Australasian owned biscuit, snack food and confectionery manufacturer operating in New Zealand. The company has sales of approximately $NZ300 million...

    , New Zealand-based consumer foods company
  • Griffin (processor), internal project codename by AMD to describe the next generation processors solely for mobile computing, as laptops

Publishing

  • 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....

    , main character in H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man
  • Griffin Poetry Prize
    Griffin Poetry Prize
    The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language....

  • Griffin (comics)
    Griffin (comics)
    Griffin, in comics, may refer to:*Griffin , an AWOL space mercenary originally published by DC Comics*Griffin , a DC Comics character who is a novice superhero and roommate to Bart Allen...

    , comics characters named Griffin, a disambiguation page
  • The Griffin, the magazine of Downing College, Cambridge, for over 100 years

Theatre, film and television

  • Griffin Theatre Company
    Griffin Theatre Company
    Griffin Theatre Company is an Australian theatre specialising in new writing. It is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia...

    , in Sydney, Australia
  • Griffin and Phoenix
    Griffin and Phoenix
    Griffin & Phoenix is a 2006 romance film produced by Gold Circle Films, starring Dermot Mulroney and Amanda Peet. It was a remake of the 1976 television film Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story, starring Peter Falk and Jill Clayburgh...

    , a 2006 film
  • The Griffins are the main characters in the television show Family Guy
    Family Guy
    Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...

    • Peter Griffin
      Peter Griffin
      Peter Griffin is a fictional character and the protagonist of the animated comedy series Family Guy and the patriarch of the Griffin family. He is voiced by cartoonist Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998....

    • Lois Griffin
      Lois Griffin
      Lois Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. She is voiced by writer Alex Borstein and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family in the 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Lois was created and designed by series creator Seth MacFarlane...

    • Meg Griffin
      Meg Griffin
      Meg Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. She is the eldest child of Lois and Peter and elder sister of Chris and Stewie. Meg is considered as the black sheep of the series due to the lack of attention she receives....

    • Chris Griffin
      Chris Griffin
      Chris Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is the son and middle child of Peter and Lois Griffin, brother of Stewie and Meg Griffin. Chris is voiced by Seth Green.-Personality:...

    • Stewie Griffin
      Stewie Griffin
      Stewie Griffin is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy. Once obsessed with world domination and matricide, Stewie is the youngest child of Peter and Lois Griffin, and the brother of Chris and Meg....

    • Brian Griffin
      Brian Griffin
      Brian Griffin is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. He is voiced by Seth MacFarlane and first appeared on television, along with the rest of the family, in a 15-minute short on December 20, 1998. Brian was created and designed by MacFarlane himself...


Armed forces

  • Bell CH-146 Griffon, helicopter operated by the Canadian armed forces
  • Heinkel He 177
    Heinkel He 177
    The Heinkel He 177 Greif was the only operational long-range bomber to be operated by the Luftwaffe. Starting its existence as Germany's first purpose-built heavy bomber just before the war, and built in large numbers during World War II, it was also mistakenly tasked, right from its beginnings,...

     Greif, only World War II German heavy bomber design to see active service
  • Bell Griffin HAR2, helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force
  • Saab JAS 39 Gripen, The Griffin, a Swedish fighter aircraft by Saab
  • Griffin (missile)
    Griffin (missile)
    The Griffin is a short-range air-to-surface missile developed by Raytheon for UAVs. It is tube-launched, with a 5.5 inches diameter, weighs 45 pounds, and has a semi-active laser seeker. It has a 13-lb warhead, smaller than the Hellfire typically used by armed UAVs, which has the effect of reducing...

    , air-to-surface missile for UAVs.
  • No. 9 Squadron Griffins — A PAF's aggressor unit.

Ships

  • HMS Griffin
    HMS Griffin
    Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Griffin, after the legendary creature, the Griffin: was a 12-gun Royalist ship, captured by the Parliamentarians in 1655. She foundered in 1664. was an 8-gun fireship launched in 1690, rebuilt in 1702 and sold in 1737. was a 44-gun fifth rate,...

    , the name of five ships of the Royal Navy
  • Griffin (Ship)
    Griffin (ship)
    Griffin was the name of a 17th century ship known to have sailed between England and English settlements in Massachusetts. Several historical and genealogical references show the Griffin making such journeys in 1633 and 1634. The 1633 journey left at Downs, England and landed at Plymouth,...

    , 17th century English sailing ship
  • Bird Griffin
    Fogel Grip
    The Fogel Grip was a Swedish sailing ship originally built in the Netherlands in the early 1600s. She was used on the first Swedish expedition in 1638 together with the Kalmar Nyckel to establish the colony of New Sweden.-The ship:Little is known about the vessel. Fogel Grip was a Full rigged...

    , 17th century Swedish sailing ship

Sports

  • Grand Rapids Griffins
    Grand Rapids Griffins
    The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Van Andel Arena. They are the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League....

    , hockey team from Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
  • Griffin Park
    Griffin Park
    Griffin Park is a football ground situated in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It has been the home ground of League One side Brentford since it was built in 1904. It is known for being the only English league football ground to have a pub on each corner, and is situated in a...

    , a football ground in Hounslow, West London, United Kingdom
  • Griffin (mascot)
    Griffin (mascot)
    Griffin, a mythical creature with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion, is the mascot of The College of William & Mary. William & Mary President Taylor Reveley announced the adoption of the new mascot on April 6, 2010. The Griffin mascot beat out the other four finalists: a King and Queen ,...

    , the College of William & Mary's official mascot

Other uses

  • Project Griffin
    Project Griffin
    Project Griffin was originally introduced by the City of London Police and Metropolitan Police in April, 2004 to help "London's financial sector better protect itself against terrorist threats"...

    , a counter terrorism project began in UK which is operational in 5 other countries

See also

  • Griff (disambiguation)
  • Griffon (disambiguation)
    Griffon (disambiguation)
    -Biology:* Griffon Vulture, an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks* Himalayan Griffon Vulture, an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks...

  • Gryphon (disambiguation)
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