Graham

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Graham is a surname meaning grey house, grey armour and well health. It is the name of a famous family in Scotland, Clan Graham. (The 'h' is often silent, giving a pronunciation like 'grayum'.)

Contents

1 People
2 Cities
3 Geography
4 Other uses

People

See Graham (surname)

Graham (variant Graeme) is a given name:

Graham Chapman, late member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
Graham Greene, English novelist
Graham Hill, racing driver in the 1960s and early 1970s
Graham McNamee, pioneering broadcaster in the 1920s and 1930s
Graham McPherson, known by stagename Suggs, singer of the ska band Madness
Graham Nash, member of The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash
Graham Norton, Irish comedian
Graham, a character on the TV show 24

Cities

Graham, North Carolina is a city in Alamance County North Carolina, USA
Graham, Texas is a city in Young County Texas, USA
Graham, Indiana is a township in Jefferson County Indiana, USA
Graham, Pennsylvania is a township in Clearfield County Pennsylvania, USA
Graham, Missouri is a town in Nodaway County Missouri, USA
Graham, Minnesota is a township in Benton County Minnesota, USA
Graham, Kansas is a township in Graham County Kansas, USA
Graham, Washington is a town in Pierce County Washington, USA

Graham is also part of the name of Grahamsville, New York.

Geography

Graham Land, Antarctica
Graham Lakes is a township in Nobles County Minnesota, USA
Graham County is the name of three counties in the United States: Graham County, Arizona, Graham County, Kansas, Graham County, North Carolina

Other uses

A Graham is a class of hill in Scotland
Graham crackers are a kind of pastry, sweeter than most crackers but not within the range of what are in the United States of America generally termed cookies. They are made from:
*Graham flour, a type of flour similar to whole wheat flour.
Graham's number, the largest number that has ever been seriously used in a mathematical proof.
Graham factors are factors for determining ambiguity in US patent law
In one of his "Carnac" routines, Johnny Carson divined the answer, "Billy Graham, Virginia Graham, and Lester Maddox". The question: "Name two Grahams and a Cracker!"
Graham and Graham-Paige made automobiles in Detroit USA between 1928 and 1940.
Graham Island a member of the Charlotte Island group of the coast of B.C. Canada

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