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'Grant' is a common male name (e.g. Grant Ellis) or last name (e.g. Brian Grant) in the English language. "The boy's name Grant g-ra-nt is pronounced grant. It is of English and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "tall, big". A Scottish name. US President Ulysses S. Grant; painter Grant Wood; actor Hugh Grant; famous Josh Grant.
Grant is a popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).

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United States

'Grant' may also refer to

Funding

A 'grant' may refer to a block of funding provided by the government for specific purposes:

★ Grant (money), a financial aid

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★ Categorical grant

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★ Federal grant

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★ Block grant

People

A-B-C

★ Alan Grant

★ Alan Grant (Jurassic Park), a fictional paleontologist in the ''Jurassic Park'' series

★ Albert Grant, Kidderminster MP 1865 to 1868 and 1874

★ Alexander Grant, a British army officer, businessman and politician in Upper Canada

★ Alexander Grant (University Principal), British Principal of the University of Edinburgh

★ Amy Grant, an American singer-songwriter

★ Anne Grant

★ Avraham Grant

★ Bernie Grant

★ Beth Grant

★ Bob Grant (radio)

★ Brian Grant

★ Bud Grant, an American football coach

★ Cuthbert Grant, a Canadian leader in the early 19th century.

★ Cameron Grant National Development Ski Team member (2004)

★ Cary Grant, a film actor

★ Chapman Grant (1887-1983), American biologist

★ Charles Grant;

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★ Charles Grant (American football), American football player

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★ Charles Grant (game designer), wargaming author

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★ Charles Grant (British East India Company)

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★ Charles L. Grant, science fiction author

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★ Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg, Scottish politician

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★ Charles Robert Archibald Grant son of Sybil Grant and grandson of Lord Rosebery

★ Chris Grant

★ Corinne Grant

★ Cait "Daisy" Grant

D-E-F

★ Darrell Grant

★ Darren Grant

★ David Grant, British academic administrator, current Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University

★ David Grant (singer) (born 1956), British pop singer and celebrity vocal coach

★ Deborah Grant

★ Dennis Grant

★ Deon Grant

★ Donald Grant, Industrial Workers of the World member, Australian Labor Party politician

★ Duncan Grant, a Scottish painter

★ Eddie Grant

★ Eddy Grant, a Guyanese-British reggae musician and producer

★ Faye Grant

★ Frank Grant

★ Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912), American general and diplomat

G-H-J

★ Gavin Grant

★ George Grant

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★ George Grant (philosopher) (1918–1988), George Parkin Grant, Canadian philosopher and political

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★ George Monro Grant (1835–1902), Canadian, principal of Queen's College, grandfather of the philosopher

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★ George Grant (UK politician) (1924–1984), British Labour MP

★ Ginger Grant

★ Glen Grant

★ Gogi Grant

★ Grant Smith

★ Heber J. Grant, Seventh President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

★ Horace Grant, NBA basketball player

★ Howard Grant, Jamaican-Canadian boxer

★ Hugh Grant, English film actor

★ James Grant

★ James Augustus Grant, a Scottish explorer of Africa in the 19th century

★ Jane Grant

★ Jedediah M. Grant, leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

★ Jennifer Grant

★ Jesse Root Grant (1858-1934), American miner and entrepreneur

★ Jo Grant

★ Joe Grant

★ John Grant:

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★ John Grant (Musician), musician with TheTermites

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★ John Grant (screenwriter), a screenwriter

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★ John Grant (science fiction writer), a writer of and about science fiction

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★ John Grant (Lovejoy), a British author best known for the ''Lovejoy'' series

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★ John Grant (British politician), a former Labour and SDP Member of Parliament

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★ John T. Grant (1813–1887), an American railroad builder

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★ John Grant (Australian politician)

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★ John Grant, Jr. (lacrosse player)

★ Johnny Grant

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★ Kenneth Grant, a British occultist and head of the Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis

★ Kenneth J. Grant (1839-1932), a Canadian Presbyterian missionary and founding father of the Presbyterian Church of Trinidad and Tobago

★ Kitcoff, Grant A. beast of Pedalofogus, Telegusa

★ Lawrence Grant

★ Lee Grant

★ Lemuel P. Grant, Atlanta railroad pioneer

★ Linda Grant

★ Lou Grant, fictional character

★ Madison Grant

★ Marshall Grant

★ Maxwell Grant

★ Michael Grant

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★ Michael Grant (author), historian who wrote about the Roman empire

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★ Michael Grant (boxer)

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★ Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil

★ Micki Grant

★ Mike Grant

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★ Paul Grant (NBA Player), a first round pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1997

★ Paul Grant

★ Peter Grant (music manager), a rock and roll manager

★ Peter Grant (footballer), manager of Norwich City FC

★ Peter and Rosemary Grant, biologists

★ Rachel Grant

★ Red Grant

★ Richard Grant

★ Richard E. Grant

★ Rob Grant

★ Robert Grant;

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★ Robert Grant (Romantic writer) (1779–1838), Romantic period writer

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★ Robert Grant (novelist) (1852–1940), 20th century novelist

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★ Robert Grant (soldier) (1837–1874), Victoria Cross recipient

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★ Robert Grant (Christian Leader), radio personality and pastor

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★ Robert Grant (Canadian politician), member of the Legislative Assembly for the Comox riding

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★ Robert Grant (surgeon), Columbia University surgeon

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★ Sir Robert Grant (politician) (1779–1838), British politician and lawyer

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★ Robert Edmond Grant, Scottish Biologist

★ Rodney A. Grant

★ Shauna Grant

★ Stan Grant

★ Stan Grant (junior)

★ Steven Grant

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★ Ted Grant

★ Tiffany Grant

★ Tom Grant

★ Tony Grant

★ Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), General-in-chief of the Union Army during the American Civil War and 18th president of the United States of America

★ Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (1852-1929), American lawyer and entrepreneur

★ Ulysses S. Grant III (1881-1968), American general

★ Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893-1977), American geologist and paleontologist

★ Valentine Grant

★ Walter V Grant, aka WV Grant Jr., televangelist sentenced for tax evasion

★ William Grant, a British politician

Places

Australia

★ Grant, South Australia

Canada

★ Grant Land, northern lobe of Ellesmere Island

United Kingdom

★ Grantown or Grantown-on-Spey, Strathspey, Scotland

★ Castle Grant, 1.5 miles North of Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland

United States

★ Grant, Alabama

★ Grant, Colorado

★ Grant, Florida

★ Grant, Iowa

★ Grant, Michigan

★ Grant, Minnesota

★ Grant, Nebraska

★ Grant, Wisconsin (six towns)

★ Grant City, Missouri

★ Grant Park, Illinois

★ Grant Park (Chicago)

★ Grant Town, West Virginia

★ Grant Township, Michigan (eleven townships)

★ Grant Township, Pennsylvania

★ Grants, New Mexico

★ Grant County, 15 counties in the US

'Grant' may also refer to

★ Grant (automobile), a defunct Findlay, Ohio auto manufacturer

★ Clan Grant, a Scottish clan

★ The Children of Captain Grant, a novel by Jules Verne

★ Land grant, a gift of land from a government or royalty in exchange for service

★ W. T. Grant variety store, a chain of mass-merchandise stores

★ William Grant & Sons, a Scotch whisky distilling company

★ USS Albert W. Grant, ship in the U.S. navy which served during World War Two

★ U.S. Grant Bridge over Ohio River and Scioto River

★ M3 Lee, an American tank, a modified version was called the ''Grant''

★ Grant, a high quality steering wheel manufacturer.

★ A U.S. fifty-dollar bill

★ Grant Schneider, anthropologist philanthropist and dressing gown enthusiast

★ Grant, a fairy in English folklore, who looks like a small misshapen horse who walks upright