Grainger (surname)
Grainger is a surname of English origin. It is a variant of the surname Granger, which is an occupational name for a farm bailiff. The farm bailiff oversaw the collection of rent and taxes from the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This officer's Anglo-Norman title was grainger, and Old French grangier, which are both derived from the Late Latin granicarius.
People
- Henry Allerdale Grainger, newspaper editor and politician in South Australia
- Brian Grainger, American musician
- Charles F. Grainger American mayor
- Colin Grainger, English footballer
- Daniel Grainger, English footballer
- David Liddell-Grainger, Scottish politician
- Esther Grainger, Welsh artist
- Gail Grainger, English actress
- Gawn Grainger, Scottish actor, playwright and screenwriter
- George Grainger (cricketer), English cricketer
- George Grainger (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- George G. Grainger, American football player and coach
- Holliday Grainger, English actress
- Jack Grainger (footballer, born 1912), English professional footballer
- Jack Grainger (footballer, born 1924), English professional footballer
- James Grainger Scottish poet and physician
- John Grainger (antiquarian), Irish cleric and antiquarian
- John Grainger (politician), land owner and member of the South Australian Legislative Council
- John Harry Grainger, Australian architect and civil engineer
- Katherine Grainger, Scottish Olympic rower
- Martin Allerdale Grainger, English born Canadian journalist, author, forester
- Martin Grainger, English football player
- Natalie Grainger, English professional squash player
- Nicholas Grainger, English swimmer
- Oliver Grainger, Canadian voice actor
- Percy Grainger, Australian-born American composer and pianist
- Peter Grainger, pen name of Robert Partridge, English novelist
- Porter Grainger, African-American pianist, songwriter, playwright, and music publisher
- Richard Grainger,, British builder
- Roy Gordon Grainger, New Zealand born, physicist
- Sally Grainger, English food historian
- Sam Grainger,, American comic book artist
- Thomas Grainger,, English civil engineer
- W. W. Grainger, American founder of W.W. Grainger industrial supply company
Fictional characters
- Chlo Grainger, on the television series Waterloo Road
- Mr. Ernest Grainger, on the television series Are You Being Served?
- Mika Grainger, on the television series Waterloo Road
- Scott Grainger, Sr., on the American soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''