List of Famous people with last name Clifford

Roger de Clifford, 2nd Baron de Clifford, also 2nd Lord of Skipton was a member of the Clifford family which held the seat of Skipton from 1310 to 1676. He inherited his title when his father, Robert de Clifford, 1st Baron de Clifford died at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. His mother was Maud de Clare, eldest daughter of Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond and Juliana FitzGerald. Roger was also hereditary High Sheriff of Westmorland.

Douglas Raymond "Cosmo" Clifford is an American drummer, best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival. After the group disbanded in late 1972, Douglas Clifford released a solo album and later joined CCR bassist Stu Cook in the Don Harrison Band. In 1995, Douglas Clifford and Stu Cook formed the band Creedence Clearwater Revisited, performing live versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.

Alfred Hoblitzelle Clifford was an American mathematician born in St. Louis, Missouri who is known for Clifford theory and for his work on semigroups. He did his undergraduate studies at Yale and his PhD at Caltech, and worked at MIT, Johns Hopkins, and later Tulane University. The Alfred H. Clifford Mathematics Research Library at Tulane University is named after him.