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Grainger (surname)

Grainger is a surname of English origin. It is a variant of the surname Granger, which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This officer's Anglo-Norman title was grainger, and Old French grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin granicarius (a derivative of granica, meaning "granary").

People

  • Henry Allerdale Grainger (1848–1923), newspaper editor and politician in South Australia
  • Brian Grainger (born 1983), American musician
  • Charles F. Grainger American mayor
  • Colin Grainger (1933–2022), English footballer
  • Daniel Grainger (born 1986), English footballer
  • David Liddell-Grainger (1930–2007), Scottish politician
  • Esther Grainger (1912–1990), Welsh artist
  • Gail Grainger (born 1954), English actress
  • Gawn Grainger (1937–2025), Scottish actor, playwright and screenwriter
  • George Grainger (cricketer) (1887–1977), English cricketer
  • George Grainger (footballer) (1921–1998), Australian rules footballer
  • George G. Grainger (1876–1944), American football player and coach
  • Holliday Grainger (born 1988), English actress
  • Jack Grainger (footballer, born 1912) (1912–1976), English professional (soccer) footballer
  • Jack Grainger (footballer, born 1924) (1924–1983), English professional (soccer) footballer
  • James Grainger (c. 1721–1766) Scottish poet and physician
  • John Grainger (antiquarian) (1830–1891), Irish cleric and antiquarian
  • John Grainger (politician) (c. 1803–1872), land owner and member of the South Australian Legislative Council
  • John Harry Grainger (1854–1917), Australian architect and civil engineer
  • Katherine Grainger (born 1975), Scottish Olympic rower
  • Martin Allerdale Grainger (1874–1941), English born Canadian journalist, author, forester
  • Martin Grainger (born 1972), English (soccer) football player
  • Natalie Grainger (born 1977), English professional squash player
  • Nicholas Grainger (born 1994), English swimmer
  • Oliver Grainger, Canadian voice actor
  • Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born American composer and pianist
  • Peter Grainger, pen name of Robert Partridge, English novelist
  • Porter Grainger (1891–c.1955), African-American pianist, songwriter, playwright, and music publisher
  • Richard Grainger, (1797–1861), British builder
  • Roy Gordon Grainger (born 1962), New Zealand born, physicist
  • Sally Grainger (fl. 2025), English food historian
  • Sam Grainger, (1924–1986), American comic book artist
  • Thomas Grainger, (1794–1852), English civil engineer
  • W. W. Grainger (19??–19??), American founder of W.W. Grainger industrial supply company

Fictional characters

  • Chlo Grainger, on the television series Waterloo Road
  • Mr. Ernest Grainger, on the television series Are You Being Served?
  • Mika Grainger, on the television series Waterloo Road
  • Scott Grainger, Sr., on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless

Notes

References

  1. [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Grainger-name-meaning.ashx Grainger Name Meaning and Origin] Retrieved on 2007-12-01
  2. [http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Grainger-name-meaning.ashx Granger Name Meaning and Origin] Retrieved on 2007-12-01
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