# Granville (name)

Granville is an English surname, a middle name, and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

## People with the surname

* Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville, (1773-1846) known as Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, and as Earl Granville from 1833-36; British diplomat
* Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, (1815-1891), British statesman and diplomat
* Andrew Granville (born 1962), British mathematician
* Arthur Granville (1912–1987), Welsh footballer
* Augustus Granville (1783–1872), Italian physician, writer, and patriot
* Sir Bevil Granville (died 1706), English soldier and governor of Barbados
* Bonita Granville (1923–1988), American film actress and TV producer
* Charles Granville, 2nd Earl of Bath (1661–1701), English soldier, politician, diplomat, courtier
* Charles Granville (early 20th century), English book publisher
* Christine Granville, nom de guerre of Krystyna Skarbek (1908–1952), Polish agent of the British Special Operations Executive during the Second World War
* Damiete Charles Granville (born 1988), Nigerian model
* Danny Granville (born 1975), English footballer
* Denis Granville (1637–1703), English non-juring cleric, Dean of Durham, then Jacobite exile
* Edgar Granville, Baron Granville of Eye (1898–1998), British politician
* Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924–2023), mathematician, computing pioneer, programmer for the Apollo program
* Fred LeRoy Granville (1896–1932), English photographer
* George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735), English poet, playwright, and politician
* Harley Granville-Barker (1877–1946) English actor-manager, director, producer, critic and playwright
* Jake Granville (born 1989), Australian Rugby League player
* John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701), English Royalist soldier and statesman during the Civil War
* John Granville, 1st Baron Granville of Potheridge (1665–1707), English soldier, landowner and politician
* John Granville (soccer) (born 1956), Tobagonian retired professional football goalkeeper
* John Granville (diplomat) (1974–2008), diplomat with the United States Agency for International Development
* Joseph Granville (1923–2013), American financial writer and investment speaker
* Laura Granville (born 1981), American tennis player
* Michael Granville (born 1978), American middle-distance runner
* Ralph Granville (born 1931), Scottish former footballer
* Ranulf de Glanvill (or Glanvil, Glanville, Granville, etc., died 1190), Chief Justiciar of England during the reign of King Henry II (1154–89)
* Richard Granville (1907–1972), English cricketer
* Roy Granville (1910–1986), American sound engineer
* Sydney Granville (1880–1959), British singer and actor
* William Anthony Granville (1863–1943), American mathematician, the sixth president of Gettysburg College from 1910 until 1923

## People with the middle name

* William Granville Cochran (1844–1932), American judge and politician

## People with the given name

* Granville Pearl Aikman (1858-1923), American judge
* Granville Bantock (1868–1946), British composer of classical music.
* Granville Bates (1882–1940), American character actor and bit player
* Granville Smith Crockett (1799–c. 1838-1846), American politician from Tennessee
* Granville Wilbur "Granny" Hamner (1927-1993), American professional baseball player
* Granville Henderson Oury, 19th century American politician, lawyer, judge, soldier, and miner
* Granville Hicks (1901–1982), American literary figure
* Granville Perkins (1830–1895), American artist and illustrator
* Granville Sharp (1735–1813), British scholar involved in the abolitionist movement
* Granville Woods (1856–1910), African-American inventor
* Granville Stanley Hall (1846-1924), American psychologist who received the first psychology doctorate in the United States
* Granville Ryrie (1865-1937) Australian general, politician, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
* Oral Roberts (1918-2009), American prominent televangelist
* Granville Rodrigo (1958-1999), Sri Lankan Sinhala actor and vocalist

## Fictional characters

* Granville (Open All Hours), played by David Jason
* Professor Granville, from Big Hero 6: The Series
* Granville Sawyer, from Miracle on 34th Street (1947), played by Porter Hall