Granville (name)

Granville is an English surname, a middle name, and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

People with the surname

• Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, (1773-1846) known as Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, and as Earl Granville from 1833-36; British diplomat
• Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, (1815-1891), British statesman and diplomat
• Andrew Granville (born 1962), British mathematician
• Arthur Granville (1912–1987), Welsh footballer
• Augustus Granville (1783–1872), Italian physician, writer, and patriot
• Sir Bevil Granville (died 1706), English soldier and governor of Barbados
• Bonita Granville (1923–1988), American film actress and TV producer
• Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath (1661–1701), English soldier, politician, diplomat, courtier
• Charles Granville (early 20th century), English book publisher
• Christine Granville, nom de guerre of Krystyna Skarbek (1908–1952), Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive during the Second World War
• Damiete Charles Granville (born 1988), Nigerian model
• Danny Granville (born 1975), English footballer
• Denis Granville (1637–1703), English non-juring cleric, Dean of Durham, then Jacobite exile
• Edgar Granville, Baron Granville of Eye (1898–1998), British politician
• Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924–2023), mathematician, computing pioneer, programmer for the Apollo program
• Fred LeRoy Granville (1896–1932), English photographer
• George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735), English poet, playwright, and politician
• Harley Granville-Barker (1877–1946) English actor-manager, director, producer, critic and playwright
• Jake Granville (born 1989), Australian Rugby League player
• John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701), English Royalist soldier and statesman during the Civil War
• John Granville, 1st Baron Granville of Potheridge (1665–1707), English soldier, landowner and politician
• John Granville (soccer) (born 1956), Tobagonian retired professional football goalkeeper
• John Granville (diplomat) (1974–2008), diplomat with the United States Agency for International Development
• Joseph Granville (1923–2013), American financial writer and investment speaker
• Laura Granville (born 1981), American tennis player
• Michael Granville (born 1978), American middle-distance runner
• Ralph Granville (born 1931), Scottish former footballer
• Ranulf de Glanvill (or Glanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died 1190), Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II (1154–89)
• Richard Granville (1907–1972), English cricketer
• Roy Granville (1910–1986), American sound engineer
• Sydney Granville (1880–1959), British singer and actor
• William Anthony Granville (1863–1943), American mathematician, the sixth president of Gettysburg College from 1910 until 1923

People with the middle name

• William Granville Cochran (1844–1932), American judge and politician

People with the given name

• Granville Pearl Aikman (1858-1923), American judge
• Granville Bantock (1868–1946), British composer of classical music.
• Granville Bates (1882–1940), American character actor and bit player
• Granville Smith Crockett (1799–c. 1838-1846), American politician from Tennessee
• Granville Wilbur "Granny" Hamner (1927-1993), American professional baseball player
• 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), African-American inventor
• Granville Stanley Hall (1846-1924), American psychologist who received the first psychology doctorate in the United States
• Granville Ryrie (1865-1937) Australian general, politician, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• Oral Roberts (1918-2009), American prominent televangelist
• Granville Rodrigo (1958-1999), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and vocalist

Fictional characters

• Granville (Open All Hours), played by David Jason
• Professor Granville, from Big Hero 6: The Series
• Granville Sawyer, from Miracle on 34th Street (1947), played by Porter Hall

See also

• Granville (disambiguation)
• Grenville (disambiguation)