# Cliff (given name)

Cliff is a masculine given name. It is a short form of Clifford or Clifton. It may refer to:

## People
### Actors and directors

* Cliff Arquette (1905–1974), American comedian and actor
* Cliff Bole, American and Canadian television director
* Cliff Curtis, New Zealand actor
* Cliff De Young, American character actor
* Cliff Parisi, British actor and EastEnders star
* Cliff Robertson (1923–2011), American actor

### In music

* Cliff Barrows (1923–2016), music and program director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
* Cliff Burton (1962–1986), former bassist of the band Metallica
* Cliff Edwards (1895–1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", American musician
* Cliff Martinez (born 1954), American film score composer
* Cliff Richard (born 1940), British singer
* Clifford T. Ward, British singer/songwriter
* Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist of the rock band AC/DC

### In sports

* Cliff Anderson (1944–2021), American basketball player
* Cliff Anderson (American football) (1929–1979), American football player
* Cliff Avril (born 1986), American football player
* Cliff Baldwin (1899–1979), American football player
* Cliff Barker (1921–1998), American basketball player
* Cliff Bayer (born 1977), American foil fencer
* Cliff Branch (1948–2019), American football player
* Cliff Edwards (footballer) (1921–1989), English footballer
* Cliff Fletcher (born 1935), Canadian ice hockey executive and former general manager
* Cliff Floyd (born 1972), American baseball player
* Cliff Hardy (born 1947), American football player
* Cliff Harris (born 1948), American football player
* Cliff Thorburn (born 1948), Canadian snooker player
* Cliff Lee (born 1978), American baseball pitcher
* Cliff Olander (born 1955), American football player
* Cliff Morgan (1930–2013), Welsh Rugby Union player and later BBC Commentator and broadcaster
* Cliff Politte, American baseball player
* Cliff Pritchard ((1882–1954), Welsh Rugby Union player
* Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1960), American basketball player
* Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966), American basketball player
* Cliff Ronning (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
* Cliff Toney (born 1958), American football player
* Cliff Wiley (born 1955), American track and field athlete

### Other people

* Cliff Bleszinski, lead game designer for the company Epic Games
* Cliff Michelmore, British television presenter
* Cliff Robinson (artist), British comic book artist
* Cliff Whiting, New Zealand artist
* Cliff Zauner, American politician

## Fictional characters

* Cliff Barnes, from the TV drama Dallas
* Cliff Booth, a character in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
* Cliff Bradshaw, the male lead in the musical Cabaret
* Cliff Carmichael, the second Thinker (DC Comics), a villain
* Cliff Clavin, in the Cheers TV series
* Cliff Clewless, from the comic strip Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!
* Cliff Dagger, an antagonist in the animated show M.A.S.K. (TV series)
* Cliff, the main Psycho killer in Roadflower
* Cliff Feltbottom, a character from animated show CatDog
* Cliff Huxtable, the main protagonist of the TV series The Cosby Show
* Cliff Steele, a DC Comics superhero known as Robotman
* Leader Cliff, one of the Leaders of Team GO Rocket in Pokémon GO