Oliphant (surname)
Oliphant or Olyphant is a surname that was established in England and Scotland by a family of Norman origin. The early forms Olifard and Oliphard are believed to allude to an olive branch. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anthony Oliphant, Scottish lawyer and Chief Justice of Ceylon
- Betty Oliphant, Canadian dance educator
- Charles Oliphant, Scottish physician and politician
- David Olyphant, American trader in the Far East
- Ernest Henry Clark Oliphant, Australian Elizabethan scholar
- Evan Oliphant, Scottish cyclist
- Francis Wilson Oliphant, British stained glass artist
- Greg Oliphant, Australian rugby league footballer and coach
- James Oliphant, Chairman of H.E.I.C. and Equerry to Maharajah Duleep Singh
- John Oliphant, Scottish portrait painter
- Laurence Oliphant (author), British author and mystic
- Laurence James Oliphant, 9th of Condie and 31st Chief of Clan Oliphant
- Laurence Oliphant (Jacobite), Scottish Jacobite army officer
- Laurence Oliphant (Scottish politician), Scottish politician
- Margaret Oliphant, Scottish novelist and historical writer
- Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist and Governor of South Australia
- Mike Oliphant, American NFL running back
- Mildred Oliphant, South African politician
- Pat Oliphant, Australian American editorial/political cartoonist
- Peter Oliphant, American actor and video game designer
- Rob Oliphant, Canadian politician
- Robert Morrison Olyphant, American businessman, president of the Delaware and Hudson Railway
- Sarah Oliphant, American artist and backdrop painter
- Timothy Olyphant, American actor
- Thomas Oliphant (journalist), American journalist
- Thomas Oliphant, Scottish musician and artist
- William Landon Oliphant, American Protestant preacher and polemicist
- William Oliphant, Lord of Aberdalgie, Scottish magnate during the Scottish Wars of Independence
- William Oliphant (governor of Stirling Castle), Governor of Stirling Castle during the Scottish Wars of Independence
- Oliphant brothers, Nigel and Harry Oliphant, manufacturers of ultraviolet lamps in South Australia