Grote is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the surname include: *

Arthur Grote Arthur Grote (29 November 1814 – 4 December 1886) was an English colonial administrator. Life He was born on 29 November 1814 at Beckenham in Kent, England. He was the son of George Grote (1760–1830), a London banker, and Selina Peckwell (177 ...

(1814–1886), English colonial administrator *

Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who Species description, described over 1,000 species of Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columb ...

(1841–1903), British entomologist * Byron Grote (born 1948), English business executive *

Dennis Grote Dennis Grote (born 9 August 1986) is a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder for VfL Bochum II. In 2009, he won the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship with the Germany under-21 national team. Club career After starting his car ...

(born 1986), German footballer *

George Grote George Grote (; 17 November 1794 – 18 June 1871) was an English political radical and classical historian. He is now best known for his major work, the voluminous ''History of Greece''. Early life George Grote was born at Clay Hill near Be ...

(1794–1871), English classical historian *

Gottfried Grote Gottfried Grote (15 May 1903 – July 1976) was a German church musician. Born in Oberfrohna, Grote was from 1926 to 1935 organist and choir director of the Bach-Verein (Bach association) in Wuppertal, which later was named ''Wupperfelder Kantorei ...

(1903–1976), German church musician *

Harriet Grote Harriet Grote (born Harriet Lewin; 1792–1878) was an English biographer, political strategist, patron and early supporter of women's suffrage. She was married to George Grote and was acquainted with many of the English philosophical radicals o ...

(1792–1878), English biographer, wife of George *

Hermann Grote Hermann Grote (7 July 1882 – 12 August 1951) was a German ornithologist known for his studies of African avifauna. While serving as a director of a sisal plantation in German East Africa, he published papers on the local avifauna (from 1909 to ...

(1882–1951), German ornithologist * Irvine W. Grote (1898–1972), American chemist *

Jason Grote Jason Grote (born 1971) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He wrote a series of plays in the 2000s that were known for addressing contemporary themes in the context of classic literature with multilayered stories jumping back and forth ...

(born 1971), American playwright and screenwriter *

Jason Grote (bishop) Jason Robert Grote (born 1973) is an American Anglican bishop. He was consecrated in 2025 as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of the Central States in the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church in North America. Biography Grote was bo ...

(born 1973), American Anglican bishop *

Jerry Grote Gerald Wayne Grote (October 6, 1942 – April 7, 2024) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 1963 through 1981 for the Houston Colt .45s, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Kansas City Roya ...

(1942–2024), American baseball player *

Jerry Grote (basketball) Jerry C. Grote (born December 28, 1940) is an American retired basketball player. He played one season for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). College career Grote, a 6'4 guard from Cantwell High School in Monte ...

(born 1940), American basketball player *

John Grote John Grote (5 May 1813, Beckenham – 21 August 1866, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire) was an English moral philosopher and Anglican clergyman. Life and career The son of a banker, John Grote was younger brother to the historian, philosopher and ...

(1813–1866), English philosopher and clergyman *

Klaus Grote Klaus Grote (born 12 September 1947) is a German archaeologist and was director of the archaeological section of the Landkreis Göttingen until his retirement in 2012. Grote studied archaeology re- and proto-historyat Göttingen University, writi ...

(born 1947), German archaeologist *

Kurt Grote Kurt David Grote (born August 3, 1973) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. Grote competed internationally in the breaststroke events during the 1990s. Grote did not start swimming until the age of fifteen. He b ...

(born 1973), American swimmer *

Otto Grote zu Schauen Baron Otto Grote zu Schauen (25 December 1636 O.S. / 4 January 1637 N.S. – 5/15 September 1693) was a Hanoverian statesman. His correspondence with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is now part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme. Life He was b ...

(1636–1693), Hanoverian statesman * Royal U. Grote, Jr. (1946–2016), American Anglican bishop Notable people with the given name include: *

Grote Hutcheson Grote Hutcheson (April 1, 1862 – December 14, 1948) was an officer of the U.S. Army from 1884 to 1924. After graduating from USMA in 1884, Hutcheson participated in the Pine Ridge Campaign. During the Spanish–American War, he was Adjutant Gener ...

(1862–1948), officer of the U.S. Army *

Grote Reber Grote Reber (December 22, 1911 – December 20, 2002) was an American pioneer of radio astronomy, which combined his interests in amateur radio and amateur astronomy. He was instrumental in investigating and extending Karl Jansky's pioneering wo ...

(1911–2002), American pioneer of radio astronomy * Grote Stirling (1875–1953), Canadian politician

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