Famous People with Name Griffith

Griffith Jenkins Griffith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Griffith Jenkins Griffith: was a Welsh-American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s, Griffith donated 3,015 acres (12.20 km2) to the City of Los Angeles which became Griffith Park, and he bequeathed the money to build the park's Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory. Griffith's legacy was marred by his notorious shooting of his wife in 1903, a crime for which he served two years in prison.

Griffith 'Giotto' Griffiths            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

Griffith 'Giotto' Griffiths: was a Welsh international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales. Griffiths came to note as a rugby player when playing for club team Llanelli. In 1888 Griffiths was part of the Llanelli squad who faced

Griffith Parry Evans            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Griffith Parry Evans: was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until his death. He was a member of the Country Party. He was an articled clerk in 1888 and was admitted as a solicitor in 1893. Evans established a practice i

Adrian Frank Gordon Griffith            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Adrian Frank Gordon Griffith: in Barbados is a former West Indies cricketer. A tall left handed batsman, Griffith made his first and only Test hundred, against New Zealand at Hamilton in 1999-2000. His innings of 114 was made in a 276 run opening stand with Sherwin Campbell.

Darrell Steven Griffith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Darrell Steven Griffith: is a retired American basketball player who spent his entire NBA career with the Utah Jazz.He was a first team All-American in college and led the University of Louisville Cardinals to the 1980 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship by scoring 23 points in the Cardinals' 59-54 win over UCLA. With over 2,300 career points, he remains Louisville's all-time career scoring leader.

Andy Samuel Griffith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Andy Samuel Griffith: is an American actor, producer, writer, director and southern gospel singer. He gained prominence in the starring role of A Face in the Crowd before he was better known for his starring roles, playing the title characters in the 1960s sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show, for CBS and in the 1980s and 1990s legal drama, Matlock, on NBC and later ABC.

Nanci Caroline Griffith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nanci Caroline Griffith: Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording

Melanie Griffith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melanie Griffith: Griffith was born in New York City, the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and producer and former actor/advertising executive Peter Griffith.[1][2][3] Her parents divorced when she was four years old, after which her father remarried to model/actress Nanit