Halifax (name)
Halifax is an English surname.
Notable people and characters with the name include:Title
- Earl of Halifax, a British title created four times and held by, among others:
- *Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and statesman
- *George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, British politician
- *George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
- *Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, British Whig politician
- *Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, British ecumenist
- *Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, British Conservative politician
- *Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British politician and peer
- *Peter Wood, 3rd Earl of Halifax, British peer and Conservative politician
- Marquess of Halifax, a title in the Peerage of England created in 1682
- *George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English statesman, writer and politician
- *William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax
Surname
- Joan Halifax, Zen Buddhist roshi
Fictional characters
- John Halifax, central character of the novel John Halifax, Gentleman
