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Grigson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


People

* Christopher Grigson (1926–2001), British naval architect and electronics engineer credited with inventing scanning electron diffraction *
Geoffrey Grigson Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist. In the 1930s he was editor of the influential magazine ''New Verse'', and went on to p ...
(1905–1985), British writer *
Jane Grigson Jane Grigson (born Heather Mabel Jane McIntire; 13 March 1928 – 12 March 1990) was an English cookery writer. In the latter part of the 20th century she was the author of the food column for ''The Observer'' and wrote numerous books about Eu ...
(1928–1990), English cookery writer *
John Grigson Air Commodore John William Boldero Grigson (26 January 1893 – 3 July 1943) was a highly decorated British pilot who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force in World War I, continuing his service and serving in World War II u ...
DFC and two bars DSO (1893–1943), British pilot in the Royal Air Force *
Lionel Grigson Lionel Grigson (12 February 1942 – 14 June 1994) was an English jazz pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, composer, writer and teacher, who in the 1980s started the jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music. As Simon Purcell wrote in ''The Ind ...
(1942–1994), British jazz pianist, cornettist and teacher * Mary Grigson (born 1971), Australian cyclist *
Ryan Grigson Ryan Richard Grigson (born February 23, 1972) is an American football executive who is the assistant general manager of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). From 2012 to 2016, he served as the general manager of the Indian ...
(born 1972), American football executive *
Sophie Grigson Hester Sophia Frances Grigson (born 19 June 1959) is an English cookery writer and celebrity cook. She has followed the same path and career as her mother, Jane Grigson. Her father was the poet and writer Geoffrey Grigson, and her half-brother ...
(born 1959), English cookery writer and celebrity chef * Wilfrid Grigson CSI (1896–1948), British soldier and civil servant


Fictional characters

*Colin Grigson, bass player for parody metal band
Bad News (band) Bad News are a fictional English heavy metal band created for the Channel 4 television series '' The Comic Strip Presents...''. Its members were Vim Fuego (played by Ade Edmondson) on vocals and lead guitar; Den Dennis (Nigel Planer) on rhyth ...


See also

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Jane Grigson Award The Jane Grigson Award is an award issued by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). It honours distinguished scholarship and depth of research in cookbooks and is named in honour of the British cookery writer Jane Grigson. ...
, award issued by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) * Gregson, surname {{surname