Griffin (disambiguation)

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:

Entertainment

• Griffin (The Invisible Man), the title character in H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man
• Griffin Poetry Prize
• Griffin (comics), comics characters named Griffin, a disambiguation page
• Griffin Castillo, a character in the American soap opera All My Children
• Griffin Pierce-Taylor, a character in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
• The Griffin, the undergraduate student magazine of Downing College, Cambridge
• The Griffin, the literary magazine of Gwynedd-Mercy College.
• Griffin Theatre Company, in Sydney, Australia

Businesses

• Griffin Communications, a media company based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
• Griffin Music, a Canadian independent record label
• Griffin Technology, a computer peripheral manufacturer based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Griffin Technology (Diebold subsidiary), incorporated in 1982, later bought by Diebold in 1995
• Griffin Investigations, a private investigation firm
• Griffin's Foods, New Zealand-based consumer foods company

Places

Canada

• Griffin No. 66, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality
• Griffin, Saskatchewan, a hamlet
• Griffin Inlet, Nunavut

United States

• Griffin, Georgia, a city
• Griffin, Illinois, a former settlement
• Griffin, Indiana, a town
• Griffin, former name of Sharps, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Griffin Township, Pope County, Arkansas
• Fort Griffin, Texas, on the National Register of Historic Places
• Lake Griffin, in Lake Griffin State Park, Florida
• Griffin Bay, San Juan Island, Washington - see Griffin Bay State Park

Other

• Griffin, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia
• Griffin Cove, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
• 4995 Griffin, an asteroid

Military

• HMS Griffin, five ships of the Royal Navy
• Hired armed cutter Griffin, two Royal Navy vessels used in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars respectively
• USS Griffin (AS-13), a United States Navy submarine tender during World War II
• Bell CH-146 Griffon, helicopter operated by the Canadian armed forces
• Heinkel He 177 Greif (German for "griffin"), only World War II German heavy bomber design to see active service
• Nord 1500 Griffon, a French experimental fighter which achieved a speed of Mach 2 in 1958
• Bell Griffin HAR2, helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force
• Saab JAS 39 Gripen, The Griffin, a Swedish fighter aircraft by Saab
• AGM-176 Griffin, air-to-surface missile for UAVs
• No. 9 Squadron Griffins, a PAF's aggressor unit
• "The Griffin", mascot and emblem of the 367th Training Support Squadron of the United States Air Force
• Griffin LGB, an Israeli smartbomb conversion kit

Ships

• Griffen, a 15th-century Danish warship
• Griffin (ship), a 17th-century English sailing ship
• Le Griffon, a 17th-century ship built by the French explorer La Salle

Sports

• Grand Rapids Griffins, a 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

Education

• Griffin School District, Washington, United States
• Griffin Technical College, Griffin, Georgia, United States, a public, accredited two-year college from 2000 to 2009
• Griffin High School (Georgia), United States

People

• Griffin (surname)
• Griffin (given name)
• House of Griffins, a dynasty of dukes

Other uses

• Griffin (processor), AMD project for processors for mobile computing, as laptops
• Project Griffin, a counter-terrorism project begun in the UK which is operational in other countries
• The Griffin, Monmouth, Wales, a public house

See also

• Griff (disambiguation)
• Griffon (disambiguation)
• Gryphon (disambiguation)