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)