Clifford (name)

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Clifford is both a given name and a surname of Old English origin that applies to a number of individuals or places. It simply means "ford by a cliff".

Given name

Clifford Allen Bradley, Jr. (born 1951), American lawyer and politician

Clifford Andrews (1912–1973), English athlete in cricket

Clifford Antone (1949–2006), American musical producer and club owner

Clifford Warren Ashley (1881–1947), American artist, author

Clifford Berry (1918–1963), American inventor

Clifford Bax (1886–1962), English author and playwright

Clifford Edmund Bosworth (born 1928), English professor, historian

Cliff Bricker (1904–1980), Canadian long-distance runner

Clifford Brown (1930–1956), American musician (jazz trumpeter)

Cliff Burton (1962–1986), American musician (bass guitarist, Metallica)

Clifford Campbell (1892–1991), Jamaican political figure

Clifford Carlson (1894–1964), American athlete in basketball

Clifford Carter (fl. 1980s-present), American musician

Clifford P. Case (1904–1982), American attorney and political figure

Clifford Chapin (born 1988), American voice actor working with Funimation

Cliff Clavin, fictional character on the television series Cheers

Cliff Couser (Clifford Couser, born 1971), an American athlete in boxing

Clifford Ann Creed (born 1938), American female athlete in golf

Clifford Curry (born c. 1940), American musician

Clifford Curzon (1907–1982), English musician (piano)

Clifford David (born 1938), American actor

Clifford Davies (1948–2008), English musician (rock drummer)

Clifford Davis (politician) (1897–1970), American political figure

Clifford Davis (music manager) (fl. 1960s-1980s), American musician and manager of musical groups

Clifford Dupont (1905–1978), English-born political figure in Rhodesia

Clifford Durr (1899–1975), American attorney and civil rights activist

C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967), American author

Clifford Evans (disambiguation), multiple people

Clifford Forsythe (1929–2000), Northern Ireland political figure

Clifford Brodie Frith (born 1949), English-born Australian ornithologist

Clifford Geertz (1926–2006), American anthropologist

Clifford Goodman (1866–1911), Barbados athlete in cricket

Clifford Goldstein (born 1955), American author, Seventh-day Adventist editor

Chris Graham (boxer) (Clifford Graham, 1900-?)), Canadian athlete in boxing

Clifford Grey (1887–1941), British songwriter, actor (AKA Clifford Gray)

Clifford Hammonds (born 1985), American basketball player

Clifford Hansen (1912–2009), American politician

Clifford Harper (born 1949), English illustrator, anarchist

T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., born 1980), American musician and producer

Clifford C. Hastings (1882–1946), New York politician

Clifford Heatherley (1888–1937), English film actor

Clifford Husbands (born 1926), Barbados political figure

Clifford Irving (born 1930), American author

Clifford Irving (politician) (1914–2004), British political figure (Isle of Man)

Clifford Jarvis (1941–1997), American musician (rock drummer)

Clifford Jordan (1931–1993), American musician (jazz saxophone)

Cliff Kincaid (born 1954), American investigative journalist

C. H. B. Kitchin (Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin, October 1895-1967), British author

Clifford J. Keating (born 1979), New Zealand, Engineer

Clifford J. Laube (1891–1974), American Catholic poet, editor and publisher

Clifford Leo Deslatte, Sr. (born 1946), American mayor

Clifford Lincoln (born 1928), Canadian political figure

Carwood Lipton (Clifford Carwood Lipton, 1920-2001), British military figure

Clifford Longley, English journalist and author.

Clifford Sibusiso Mamba (born 1963), Swazi diplomat and former Olympic athlete

Clifford J. MacGregor (1904–1985), American meteorologist, Arctic explorer and naval aviator

Clifford May (born 1951), American author, political activist

Cliff McWatt (Clifford McWatt, 1922-1997), West Indian athlete in cricket

Clifford Meth (born 1961), American author

Clifford Mulenga (born 1987), Zambian athlete in football

Clifford Nass (born c. 1958), American professor (Communications), author

Clifford Odets (1906–1963), American playwright, screenwriter, social activist

Clifford A. Pickover (born c. 1958), American mathematician, author

Cliff Pilkey (Clifford Pilkey, born 1928), Canadian politician and trade union leader

Fido Purpur (Clifford Joseph Purpur, 1912-2001), American athlete in hockey

Clifford Ray (born 1949), American athlete in basketball

Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1960) (Clifford T. Robinson, born 1960), American athlete in basketball

Clifford Robinson (born 1966), American athlete in basketball

Clifford Rose (born 1929), British actor

Ronnie Shows (Clifford Ronald "Ronnie" Shows, born 1947), American political figure

Clifford Shull (1915–2001), American physicist (Nobel Prize)

Clifford Sifton (1861–1929), Canadian political figure

Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988), American author (science fiction)

Method Man, (pseudonym of Clifford Smith, born 1971), American rap singer

Cliff Spink (Clifford Spink, fl. 1980s-present), British military officer (Royal Air Force)

Clifford Stein (born c. 1965), American computer scientist

Clifford Stoll (born c. 1956), American astronomer, computer expert, author

Clifford Taubes (born 1954), American mathematician

Clifford Thornton (1939–1989), American musician (jazz trumpet, trombone)

Johnny Rebel (singer) (pseudonym of Cajun country musician Clifford Joseph Trahan, born 1938), American musician

Clifford Truesdell (1919–2000), American mathematician, historian

Clifford Walker (cricketer) (1919–1992), British athlete in cricket

Clifford B. Wilson (1879–1943), American political figure

Clifford A. Wolff (born 1970), American attorney

Surname

The Clifford family, an English noble family

The Clifford family (bankers), a family of English bankers active in the Netherlands

Alesha Clifford (born 1991), Australian female athlete in football (soccer)

Alfred H. Clifford (1908–1992), American mathematician

Lady Anne Clifford (1590–1676), Countess of Pembroke

Augustus Clifford (1788–1877), British naval officer and court official

Bede Edmund Hugh Clifford (1890–1969), Governor of Mauritius from 1937 to 1942

Betsy Clifford (born 1953), Canadian female athlete in skiing

Buzz Clifford (born 1941 as Reese Francis Clifford III), American musician and songwriter

Charles Clifford, any of several men with the name

Sir Charles Clifford, 1st Baronet (1813–1893), New Zealand politician

Clark Clifford (1906–1998), American Secretary of Defense

Conor Clifford (born 1991), Irish athlete in football

Dermot Clifford (born 1939), English religious figure

Doug Clifford (born 1945), American musician, member of Creedence Clearwater Revival

Edward Clifford (1844–1907), English artist and author

Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland (Born Eleanor Brandon, 1519-1547), English noblewoman

Esmond Clifford (1895–1970), British Royal Engineers officer

Francis Clifford (author) (1917–1975), pen name of Arthur Leonard Bell Thompson, author

George Clifford, any of several men with the name

George Clifford (footballer) (1899-?), English athlete in cricket

George Clifford III, who engaged the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné to write Hortus Cliffortianus

Gerald Francis Clifford (1889–1952), a Wisconsin lawyer, politician and executive of the Green Bay Packers

Gordon Clifford, Australian rugby league footballer

Gordon Clifford (1902–1968), American lyricist

Graeme Clifford (born 1942), Australian film editor

Grahame Clifford (1905–1984), English opera singer

Henry Clifford, 1st Earl of Cumberland (1493–1542), British member of nobility in Skipton

Henry Hugh Clifford (1826–1883), British army officer

Howard J. Clifford (fl. 1930s), American political figure in Michigan

Hugh Clifford (1866–1941), British colonial administrator

Hughie Clifford (1866–1929), Scottish athlete in football

Jack Clifford (born 1993), rugby union player

James Clifford (historian) (fl. 1970s-present), American university professor in California

James Clifford (musician) (1622–1698), English religious figure and musician

John Clifford, any of several men with the name

John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (1435–1461), British military leader

John Clifford (choreographer), former New York City Ballet principal dancer

John Garry Clifford (born 1942), American historian

Johnny Clifford (1934–2007), Irish athlete in hurling

J. R. Clifford (1848–1933), American attorney, civil rights pioneer

Linda Clifford (born 1944), American female musician and singer

Lucy Clifford (1846–1929), British female author

Margaret Clifford, Countess of Cumberland (born Margaret Russell, 1560-1616), English noblewoman

Max Clifford (born 1943), English publicist

Michael Clifford (born 1995), Australian musician

Michael R. Clifford (born 1952), American astronaut

Mike Clifford (born 1943), American singer-songwriter and actor

Nathan Clifford (1803–1881), American statesman, diplomat and jurist

Patrick Clifford (born 1966), American musician

Paul Clifford (cricketer) (born 1976), English athlete in cricket

Richard Clifford (died 1421), British religious figure

Robert Clifford, any of several men with the name

Rosamund Clifford (c. 1150 – 1176), "Fair Rosamund", mistress of Henry II of England

Ross Clifford (born 1951), Australian radio personality, author

Simon Clifford (born 1970), English football coach

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (1630–1673), British politician and statesman

Thomas Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (born 1948), a British baron

Tom Clifford (fl. 1970s-2000s), Canadian political figure

William Clifford any of several men with the name

William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879), English mathematician and philosopher

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