Gifford

Gifford or Giffords may refer to:

Surnames

• Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford (1820–1887), Scottish advocate; benefactor of the Gifford Lectures endowment
• Alden I. Gifford, Sir (1910 – 1995) American international businessman; diplomat to several countries in Latin-America
• Baron Gifford a title in the peerage of Great Britain and the various holders therof
  • Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford (1779–1826), British lawyer, judge, and politician
  • Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford (1849–1911), recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Anthony Maurice Gifford, 6th Baron Gifford (b. 1940), counsel in Guildford Four and Birmingham Six appeals
• Barry Gifford (b. 1946), an American writer
• Charles Gifford (Canadian politician) (b. 1821), a former member of the Ontario provincial legislature
• Charles Gifford (astronomer) (1861–1948), a New Zealand explorer and astronomer
• Charles K. Gifford, bank executive at BankBoston and Bank of America, and corporate director of CBS
• Charles L. Gifford (1871–1947), United States Congressman from Massachusetts
• Chris Gifford (b. 1966), a Canadian field hockey player
• Colin Gifford (b. 1936), British railway photographer
• Dale L. Gifford, American actuary and Hewitt Associates CEO
• Denis Gifford (1927–2000), British writer and comics illustrator
• Duncan Gifford (b. 1972), Australian pianist and piano teacher based in Spain
• Edward Winslow Gifford (1887–1959), American anthropologist at University of California Berkeley
• Frances Gifford (1920 –1994), American actress
• Frank Gifford (b. 1930), American athlete and sports commentator, husband of Kathie Lee Gifford
• Gabriel Gifford (1554–1629), Catholic Archbishop of Reims; also known as William Gifford
• Gabrielle Giffords (b. 1970), United States Congresswoman from Arizona
• George Gifford (16th century), English Puritan preacher
• Gilbert Gifford (1560–1590), double agent during years of Elizabeth I and Mary
• Gloria Gifford (fl. 1978–2006), American film and TV actress
• Grace Gifford (1888–1955), Irish artist and cartoonist and briefly wife of Joseph Plunkett
• Hugh de Giffard (12th century), Scottish baron
• Josh Gifford (b. 1941), English jockey
• Kathie Lee Gifford, television host and singer; wife of Frank Gifford
• Maurice Gifford (1859–1910), son of 2nd Baron Gifford, British Army Officer
• Norman Gifford (b. 1940), English cricketer
• Oscar S. Gifford (1842–1913), United States Congressman from South Dakota
• Peter Gifford (b. 1955), Australian guitarist for Midnight Oil
• Richard Gifford (1725–1807), British poet
• Rob Gifford, (fl. 1994–present), British-born radio correspondent
• Robert Swain Gifford
• Sally Gifford
• Sanford Robinson Gifford
• Thomas Gifford (politician), Canadian politician
• Thomas Gifford
• Walter Gifford, English medieval theologist and university administrator
• Walter Sherman Gifford (1885–1966), American businessman and president of the AT&TCorporation
• Will Gifford
• William Gifford
• Zerbanoo Gifford

Given name

• Gifford Beal
• Gifford Dalley
• Gifford Fox
• Gifford Miller
• Gifford Nielsen
• Gifford Pinchot
• William Gifford Palgrave

Places

United Kingdom

• Aveton Gifford
• Bowers Gifford
• Broughton Gifford
• Crowmarsh Gifford
• Fonthill Gifford
• Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
• Stoke Gifford

United States

• Gifford Park
• Gifford, Florida
• Gifford, Illinois
• Gifford, Indiana
• Gifford, Iowa
• Gifford, Pennsylvania
• Gifford, South Carolina

Enterprises

• Baillie Gifford
• Gifford (company), a UK consulting engineering firm
• Gifford's Circus, a British circus
• Gifford's Ice Cream & Candy Co., a brand of ice cream in the Washington DC area

Other

• 4819 Gifford
• A. T. Gifford (ship), the last whaling schooner to cruise Hudson Bay
• Ashton Gifford House
• Gifford Lectures, lectures endowed by Scottish jurist Adam Gifford
• Gifford Observatory
• Gifford Pinchot National Forest
• Gifford School, a special education school in Weston, Massachusetts
• Gifford State Forest (Ohio)

See also

• Giffard (disambiguation)