List of Famous people named Granville
Granville Adams
Granville Adams was an American actor best known for his role as Zahir Arif on the HBO television series Oz. He also had a recurring role on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street as Officer Jeff Westby.
Granville Sharp
Granville Sharp was one of the first British campaigners for the abolition of the slave trade. He also involved himself in trying to correct other social injustices. Sharp formulated the plan to settle black people in Sierra Leone, and founded the St George's Bay Company, a forerunner of the Sierra Leone Company. His efforts led to both the founding of the Province of Freedom, and later on Freetown, Sierra Leone, and so he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone. He was also a biblical scholar, a classicist, and a talented musician.
Granville Leveson-Gower
Granville William Gresham Leveson-Gower was a British Liberal Party politician.
Granville Bantock
Sir Granville Ransome Bantock was a British composer of classical music.
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, PC, known as Viscount Trentham from 1746 to 1754 and as The Earl Gower from 1754 to 1786, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family.
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville,, styled Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1815 and Viscount Granville from 1815 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family.
Granville Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock
Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock was a British missionary and a Peer of Ireland.
Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort
Granville Leveson Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, known as The Honourable Granville Proby until 1855, was a British naval commander and Whig politician.
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville,, styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman from the Leveson-Gower family.