Grant
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Grant may refer to...
- Clan Grant, a Scottish clan.
- Land grant, a gift of land from a government.
- Monetary aid, see Grant (money).
- *Federal grant for U.S. government grants.
- W. T. Grant variety store, a five and dime chain.
- William Grant & Sons, a Scotch whisky distilling company based in Scotland.
People
Grant is also a family name (and a first name):
- Alan Grant
- Alan Grant, a fictional paleontologist in the Jurassic Park series
- Alexander Grant, a British army officer, businessman and politician in Upper Canada
- Amy Grant, an American singer-songwriter
- Anne Grant
- Avraham Grant
- Bernie Grant
- Beth Grant
- Bob Grant (actor)
- Bob Grant (radio)
- Brian Grant
- Bud Grant, an American football coach
- Cuthbert Grant, a Canadian leader in the early 19th century.
- Cameron Grant National Development Ski Team member (2004)
- Cary Grant, a film actor
- Chapman Grant (1887-1983), American biologist
- Charles Grant;
- *Charles Grant (football player), American football player
- *Charles Grant (game designer), wargaming author
- *Charles L. Grant, science-fiction author
- *Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg, Scottish politician
- Chris Grant
- Corinne Grant
- Darrell Grant
- Darren Grant
- Deborah Grant
- Dennis Grant
- Deon Grant
- Donald Grant, IWW member, Australian Labor Party politician
- Duncan Grant, a Scottish painter
- Eddie Grant
- Eddy Grant, a Guyanese-British reggae musician and producer
- Faye Grant
- Frank Grant
- Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912), American general and diplomat
- Gavin Grant
- George Grant;
- *George Grant (philosopher) (1918–1988), George Parkin Grant, Canadian philosopher and political commentator
- *George Monro Grant (1835–1902), Canadian, principal of Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario, grandfather of the philosopher
- *George Grant (UK politician) (1924–1984), British Labour MP
- Ginger Grant
- Glen Grant
- Gogi Grant
- Heber J. Grant, Seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Horace Grant, former NBA basketball player.
- Hugh Grant, an English film actor
- James Grant
- James Augustus Grant, a Scottish explorer of Africa in the 19th century
- Jane Grant
- Jedediah M. Grant, leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Jennifer Grant
- Jesse Root Grant (1858-1934), American miner and entrepreneur
- Jo Grant
- Joe Grant
- John Grant:
- *John Grant, a screenwriter
- *John Grant, a writer of and about science fiction
- *John Grant, a British author who writers under the pen name Jonathan Gash and is best known for the Lovejoy series
- *John Grant, former Labour and SDP Member of Parliament
- *John T. Grant (1813–1887), an American railroad builder
- *John Grant, an Australian senator
- *John Grant, Jr. (lacrosse player)
- Johnny Grant
- Kenneth Grant, a British occultist and head of the Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis.
- Kenneth J. Grant (1839-1932), a Canadian Presbyterian missionary and founding father of the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago
- Lawrence Grant
- Lee Grant
- Lemuel P. Grant, Atlanta railroad pioneer
- Linda Grant
- Lou Grant, fictional character
- Madison Grant
- Marshall Grant
- Maxwell Grant
- Michael Grant;
- *Michael Grant (author), the historian who wrote about the Roman empire
- *Michael Grant (boxer), the boxer
- *Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil
- Micki Grant
- Mike Grant
- Paul Grant
- Peter Grant, a rock and roll manager.
- Peter and Rosemary Grant, biologists
- Rachel Grant
- Red Grant
- Richard Grant
- Richard E. Grant
- Rob Grant
- Robert Grant;
- *Robert Grant (Romantic writer) (1779–1838), Romantic period writer
- *Robert Grant (novelist) (1852–1940), 20th century novelist
- *Robert Grant (soldier) (1837–1874), Victoria Cross recipient
- Robert Grant (Christian Leader), radio personality, pastor, founder Christian Voice, American Christian Cause, American Freedom Coalition
- *Robert Grant (Canadian politician), member of the Legislative Assembly for the Comox riding in British Columbia
- *Sir Robert Grant (politician) (1779–1838), British politician and lawyer
- *Robert Edmond Grant
- Rodney A. Grant
- Shauna Grant
- Stan Grant
- Stan Grant (junior)
- Steven Grant
- Ted Grant
- Tiffany Grant
- Tom Grant
- Tony Grant
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), General-in-chief of the Union Army during the American Civil War and 18th president of the United States of America
- Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1852-1929), American lawyer and entrepreneur
- Ulysses S. Grant III (1881-1968), American general
- Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893-1977), American geologist and paleontologist
- Valentine Grant
- William Grant, a British politician.
Places
Australia
- Grant, South Australia, Australia
Canada
- Grant Land, northern lobe of the Ellesmere Island (Nunavut, Canada)
Scotland
- Grantown or Grantown-on-Spey, Strathspey, Scotland
- Castle Grant, 1.5 miles North of Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland
United States
- Grant, Alabama, United States
- Grant, Colorado, United States
- Grant, Florida, United States
- Grant, Iowa, United States
- Grant, Michigan, United States
- Grant, Minnesota, United States
- Grant, Nebraska, United States
- Grant, Wisconsin, United States (six towns)
- Grant City, Missouri, United States
- Grant Park, Illinois, United States
- Grant Town, West Virginia, United States
- Grant Township, Michigan, United States (eleven townships)
- Grant Township, Pennsylvania, United States
- Grants, New Mexico, United States
- There are also fifteen Grant Counties in the US.
Other Uses
- USS Albert W. Grant, ship in the U.S. navy which served during World War Two
- US Grant Bridge over Ohio River and Scioto River
- A Tank of the Second World War.
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