Famous People with Name Granger

Granger Kent Costikyan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Granger Kent Costikyan: was an American banker. His father had immigrated from Marsovan, Armenia (modern Turkey) in 1884, and organised the successful import firm, Costikyan Freres (later known as Kent-Costikyan, Inc.). Granger was educated at Yale and graduated in 1929. He was

Granger            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Granger: was a French physician and traveller, with a major interest in natural history. According to the preface of the only work attributed to him, his real name was Tourtechot, and for reasons not explained he changed it to Granger. Granger or Tourtechot is presumably his surname. Sometimes he is listed as Nicolas Granger, Tourtechot (de) Granger, or N. Granger.

Miles Tobey Granger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Miles Tobey Granger: was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, Granger moved with his parents to Canaan, Connecticut, in 1819. He pursued common-school and academic studies, and graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecti

Francis Granger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Granger: was a Representative from New York. He was the son of Gideon Granger, another Postmaster General, and the first cousin of Amos P. Granger. His home at Canandaigua from 1817 to 1827, now known as the Francis Granger House, was listed on the National Regist

Walter Keil Granger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Walter Keil Granger: was a U.S. Representative from Utah. Granger served as postmaster of Cedar City from 1914 to 1922. During this time he served overseas as a sergeant in the Eleventh Regiment of the United States Marine Corps from 1918 to 1919, which saw no combat in the w

Gideon Granger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gideon Granger: was an early American politician and lawyer. He was the father of Francis Granger. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and ran unsuccessfully for the United States Congress in 1798. A staunch supporter of Thomas Jefferson's, Grange

Charles Ronald McKay Granger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Ronald McKay Granger: was a Canadian and Newfoundland politician. Granger was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador in the 1958 election. He was re-elected in 1962, 1963, and 1965. In August 1966, he resigned from the Canadian House of Commons and became a Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the District of Gander in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He was appointed Minister of Labrador Affairs.