Article: Grant

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 (American 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.