Clifford (name)
Clifford is both a toponymic surname of English origin and a given name that applies to a number of individuals. It means "forged by a cliff".
People
Given name
- Allen Bradley , American lawyer and politician
- Clifford Andrews, English athlete in cricket
- Clifford Antone, American musical producer and club owner
- Clifford Warren Ashley, American artist, author
- Clifford Berry, American inventor
- Clifford Bax, English author and playwright
- Clifford Edmund Bosworth, English professor, historian
- Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner
- Clifford Brown, American musician
- Cliff Burton, American musician
- Clifford Campbell, Jamaican political figure
- Clifford Carlson, American athlete in basketball
- Clifford Carter, American musician
- Clifford P. Case, American attorney and political figure
- Clifford Chapin, American voice actor working with Funimation
- Cliff Clavin, fictional character on the television series Cheers
- Cliff Couser, an American athlete in boxing
- Clifford Ann Creed, American female athlete in golf
- Clifford Curry, American singer
- Clifford Curzon, English musician
- Clifford David, American actor
- Clifford Davies, English musician
- Clifford Davis , American political figure
- Clifford Davis , American musician and manager of musical groups
- Clifford Dupont, English-born political figure in Rhodesia
- Clifford Durr, American attorney and civil rights activist
- Clifford John Earle Jr., American mathematician
- C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author
- Cliff Edwards , English footballer
- Clifford Evans, multiple people
- Clifford Forsythe, Northern Ireland political figure
- Clifford Brodie Frith, English-born Australian ornithologist
- Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist
- Clifford Goodman, Barbados athlete in cricket
- Clifford Goldstein, American author, Seventh-day Adventist editor
- Chris Graham ), Canadian athlete in boxing
- Clifford Grey, British songwriter, actor
- Cliff Hammonds, American basketball player
- Clifford Hansen, American politician
- Clifford Harper, English illustrator, anarchist
- T.I., American musician and producer
- Clifford C. Hastings, New York politician
- Clifford Heatherley, English film actor
- Clifford Husbands, Barbados political figure
- Clifford Irving, American author
- Clifford Irving , British political figure
- Clifford Jarvis, American musician
- Clifford Jordan, American musician
- Cliff Kincaid, American investigative journalist
- Clifford Alan King, American engineer
- C. H. B. Kitchin, British author
- Clifford J. Laube, American Catholic poet, editor and publisher
- Clifford Lincoln, Canadian political figure
- Carwood Lipton, British military figure
- Clifford Longley, English journalist and author.
- Clifford Sibusiso Mamba, Swazi diplomat and former Olympic athlete
- Clifford J. MacGregor, American meteorologist, Arctic explorer and naval aviator
- Clifford May, American author, political activist
- Cliff McWatt, West Indian athlete in cricket
- Clifford Meth, American author
- Clifford Mulenga, Zambian athlete in football
- Clifford Nass, American professor, author
- Clifford Odets, American playwright, screenwriter, social activist
- Clifford A. Pickover, American mathematician, author
- Cliff Pilkey, Canadian politician and trade union leader
- Fido Purpur, American athlete in hockey
- Clifford Ray, American athlete in basketball
- Cliff Robinson, American athlete in basketball
- Clifford Robinson, American athlete in basketball
- Clifford Rose, British actor
- Ronnie Shows, American political figure
- Clifford Shull, American physicist
- Clifford Sifton, Canadian political figure
- Clifford D. Simak, American author
- Kevin Abstract leader of boy band Brockhampton
- Method Man,, American rap singer
- Cliff Spink, British military officer
- Clifford Stein, American computer scientist
- Clifford Stoll, American astronomer, computer expert, author
- Clifford Taubes, American mathematician
- Clifford Thornton, American musician
- Johnny Rebel , American musician
- Clifford Truesdell, American mathematician, historian
- Clifford Walker , British athlete in cricket
- Clifford B. Wilson, American political figure
- Clifford A. Wolff, American attorney
Surname
- The Clifford family, an English noble family
- The Clifford family, a family of English bankers active in the Netherlands
- Alesha Clifford, Australian female athlete in football
- Alfred H. Clifford, American mathematician
- Lady Anne Clifford, Countess of Pembroke
- Augustus Clifford, British naval officer and court official
- Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford, Governor of Mauritius from 1937 to 1942
- Betsy Clifford, Canadian female athlete in skiing
- Buzz Clifford, American musician and songwriter
- Charles Clifford, any of several men with the name
- Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet, New Zealand politician
- Clark Clifford, American Secretary of Defense
- Conor Clifford, Irish athlete in football
- Dermot Clifford, English religious figure
- Dennis Clifford, American basketball player
- Doug Clifford, American musician, member of Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Edward Clifford, English artist and author
- Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland, English noblewoman
- Esmond Clifford, British Royal Engineers officer
- Francis Clifford , pen name of Arthur Leonard Bell Thompson, author
- George Clifford, any of several men with the name
- George Clifford , English athlete in cricket
- George Clifford III, who engaged the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné to write Hortus Cliffortianus
- Gerald Francis Clifford, a Wisconsin lawyer, politician and executive of the Green Bay Packers
- Gordon Clifford, Australian rugby league footballer
- Gordon Clifford , American lyricist
- Graeme Clifford, Australian film editor
- Grahame Clifford, English opera singer
- Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland, British member of nobility in Skipton
- Henry Hugh Clifford, British army officer
- Howard J. Clifford, American political figure in Michigan
- Hugh Clifford, British colonial administrator
- Hughie Clifford, Scottish athlete in football
- Jack Clifford, rugby union player
- James Clifford , American university professor in California
- James Clifford , English religious figure and musician
- John Clifford, any of several men with the name
- John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford, British military leader
- John Clifford, former New York City Ballet principal dancer
- John Garry Clifford, American historian
- Johnny Clifford, Irish athlete in hurling
- Joyce Clifford, founder of primary nursing
- J. R. Clifford, American attorney, civil rights pioneer
- Linda Clifford, American female musician and singer
- Lucy Clifford, British female author
- Margaret Clifford, Countess of Cumberland, English noblewoman
- Max Clifford, English publicist
- Michael Gordon Clifford, Australian guitarist from the band 5 Seconds of Summer
- Michael R. Clifford, American astronaut
- Mike Clifford, American singer-songwriter and actor
- Nathan Clifford, American statesman, diplomat and jurist
- Patrick Clifford, multiple people
- Paul Clifford , English athlete in cricket
- Richard Clifford, British religious figure
- Robert Clifford, any of several men with the name
- Rosamund Clifford, "Fair Rosamund", mistress of Henry II of England
- Ross Clifford, Australian radio personality, author
- Simon Clifford, English football coach
- Thomas Clifford, multiple people
- Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, British politician and statesman
- Thomas Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, a British baron
- Tom Clifford, Canadian political figure
- William Clifford any of several men with the name
- William Kingdon Clifford, English mathematician and philosopher