Granville

Granville may refer to:

People

As a surname,Granville may refer to:

• Andrew Granville (born 1962), British mathematician
• Arthur Granville (1912 – 1987), Welsh footballer
• Bonita Granville (1923 – 1988), American film actress and TV producer.
• Danny Granville (born 1975), English footballer
• John Granville (1974 – 2008), a diplomat with the United States Agency for International Development
• Laura Granville (born 1981), American tennis player
• Sydney Granville, (1880 – 1959) British singer and actor
• William Anthony Granville (1864 – 1943), American mathematician, the sixth president of Gettysburg College from 1910 until 1923

As a given name, Granville may refer to:

• Granville Hicks (1901-1982), American literary figure
• Granville Perkins, (1830 - 1895) American artist and illustrator
• Granville Sharp (1735-1813), British scholar involved in the abolitionist movement
• Granville Woods (1856-1910) , 19th century inventor

Granville can also refer to any of several Earls Granville:

• Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville (1667-1744)
• John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690-1763)
• Robert Carteret, 3rd Earl Granville (1721-1776)
• Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville (1773-1846)
• Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891)
• Granville George Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville (1872-1939)
• William Spencer Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville (1880-1953)
• Granville James Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville (1918-1996)
• Granville George Fergus Leveson-Gower, 6th Earl Granville (b. 1959)

As a fictional character, Granville can refer to:

• Granville, a fictional character in the British sitcom Open All Hours

Locations

Australia

• Granville, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney
• Granville, Queensland, a suburb of Maryborough
  • Electoral district of Granville, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Canada

• Granville, British Columbia, former name of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which now lends itself to:
  • Granville Entertainment District
  • Granville Island, a peninsula in Vancouver
  • Granville Street, a major road in Vancouver
  • Granville Street Bridge
  • Granville Mall, Vancouver
• Granville, Nova Scotia, also known as Granville Ferry

China

• Granville Road, a road in the centre of Hong Kong

France

• Granville, Manche, a commune in the Basse-Normandie region

United Kingdom

• Granville, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

United States

• Granville Township (disambiguation), several places
• Granville, Illinois
• Granville, Indiana (extinct)
• Granville, Delaware County, Indiana
• Granville, Iowa
• Granville, Massachusetts
• Granville Township, Minnesota
• Granville, New York
  • Granville (village), New York
• Granville, North Dakota
• Granville, Ohio
• Granville South, Ohio
• Granville Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) (two places)
• Granville, Tennessee
• Granville, Vermont
  • Granville Notch, a mountain pass in Vermont
• Granville, West Virginia
• Granville, Wisconsin, a former town (ceased to exist in 1956)
• Granville County, North Carolina
• Granville District, part of the 18th century Province of North Carolina

Rail and metro

• Granville (CTA), a station on the Red Line of the Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, United States
• Granville Station (TransLink), a station on the SkyTrain system in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Granville railway station, Sydney, Australia
• Gare de Granville, the SNCF station in the town of Granville
• Granville railway disaster

Other

• Granville (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• The Granville Raid, a German raid during WWII
• Granville F.C., a 19th-century Scottish association football club

See also

• Grandville (disambiguation)
• Troxel v. Granville, a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case about the constitutional rights of parents