Grift may refer to: *

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Arts and entertainment

* ''The Grift'', a 2008 novel by American author

Debra M. Ginsberg Debra M. Ginsberg (born June 15, 1962) is a British-born American author. Adult life and works Debra Ginsberg was born in London. She attended Reed College Reed College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, ...

* ''The Grift'', a 2008 American movie starring

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* "The Grift", an episode of ''Mutant X'', a Canadian/American science-fiction television series

Places

Grift (Fossa Eugeniana) Grift is a drainage canal of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It discharges into the Ponter Dondert near Geldern. It is part of the Fossa Eugeniana, a planned 17th century canal that was to connect the Meuse near Venlo with the Rhine near Rheinbe ...

, a canal in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * Grift (IJssel), a tributary of river

IJssel The IJssel (; ) is a Dutch distributary of the river Rhine that flows northward and ultimately discharges into the IJsselmeer (before the 1932 completion of the Afsluitdijk known as the Zuiderzee), a North Sea natural harbour. It more immediatel ...

in Gelderland, Netherlands

People

Evert Grift Evert Grift (21 May 1922 – 27 March 2009) was a Dutch cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Dutch Olympic cyclists This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who c ...

(1922–2009), Dutch cyclist *

Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne Frances Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (10 March 1840 – 18 February 1914) was an American magazine writer. She became a supporter and later the wife of Robert Louis Stevenson, and the mother of Isobel Osbourne, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, ...

(1840–1914), wife of Robert Louis Stevenson *

Henk van der Grift Henk is a Dutch male given name, originally a short form of Hendrik. It influenced " Hank" which is used in English-speaking countries (mainly in the US) as a form of "Henry". Academics *Henk Aertsen (born 1943), Dutch Anglo-Saxon linguist *Hen ...

(born 1935), Dutch speed skater *

William Webster Van de Grift Billy B. Van (born William Webster Van de Grift; August 3, 1870 – November 16, 1950) was an American entertainer in the early decades of the 1900s. He performed in minstrel shows, vaudeville, burlesque, the New York stage, and movies. Later i ...

, birth name of Billy B. Van (1870–1950), American entertainer