Griffin (disambiguation)
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A griffin 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:
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[edit] People
- Griffin (surname), surname
- Archie Griffin (born 1954), American football player
- Bartholomew Griffin (died 1602), English sonneteer
- Bob F. Griffin (born 1935), longest serving Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Blake Griffin (born 1989), American basketball player
- Forrest Griffin (born 1979), American mixed martial artist
- Frank Griffin (1928–2007), English footballer
- G. Edward Griffin (born 1931), American film producer, author, and political lecturer
- James Griffin (disambiguation), several people
- John Griffin (disambiguation), several people
- Kathy Griffin (born 1960), American comedian
- Kelsey Griffin (born 1987), American basketball player
- Kenneth C. Griffin (born 1968), president of Citadel LLC
- Malaika Griffin (born 1971), American murderess
- Merv Griffin (1925–2007), American television executive
- Michael Griffin (disambiguation), several people
- Nick Griffin (born 1959), politician in the United Kingdom
- Phil Griffin (disambiguation), several people
- Robert Griffin III (born 1990), a U.S. college football quarterback
- Robert P. Griffin (born 1923), former U.S. Senator and Representative
- Roger Griffin, British academic political theorist at Oxford Brookes University, England
- Tod Griffin (1919–2001), American actor
- W. E. B. Griffin (born 1929), American military and detective fiction writer
- Griffin Bell (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 (Griffins)
[edit] Places
- Griffin, Georgia, city in the United States
- Griffin, Indiana, town in the United States
- Griffin, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane, Australia
- Griffin, Virginia, former name of Sharps, Virginia
- Griffin No. 66, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Griffin, Saskatchewan a hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
[edit] Business and technology
- The Griffin, a Northern Irish retail chain
- Griffin Technology, computer peripheral manufacturer based in Nashville, Tennessee
- Griffin Technology (Diebold subsidiary), incorporated in 1982 later bought by Diebold in 1995
- Griffin Investigations, private investigation firm
- Griffin's Foods, 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
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Publishing
- Griffin (The Invisible Man), main character in H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Griffin (comics), comics characters named Griffin, a disambiguation page
- The Griffin, undergraduate student magazine of Downing College, Cambridge, for over 100 years
- The Griffin, literary magazine of Gwynedd-Mercy College.
[edit] Theatre, film and television
- Griffin Theatre Company, in Sydney, Australia
- Griffin and Phoenix, a 1976 film
- Griffin & Phoenix, a 2006 remake of the above film
- The Griffins are the main characters in the television show Family Guy
[edit] Armed forces
- Bell CH-146 Griffon, helicopter operated by the Canadian armed forces
- Heinkel He 177 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), air-to-surface missile for UAVs.
- No. 9 Squadron Griffins — A PAF's aggressor unit.
- 367th Training Support Squadron uses "The Griffin" as its mascot and emblem.
[edit] Ships
- HMS Griffin, the name of five ships of the Royal Navy
- Griffin (Ship), 17th century English sailing ship
- Bird Griffin, 17th century Swedish sailing ship
[edit] Sports
- Grand Rapids Griffins, hockey team from Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- Griffons (rugby team), a South African rugby union team
- Griffin Park, a football ground in Hounslow, West London, United Kingdom
- Griffin (mascot), the College of William & Mary's official mascot
[edit] Other uses
- Project Griffin, a counter terrorism project began in UK which is operational in 5 other countries
[edit] See also
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