Griswold (surname)

Griswold (also spelled Griswald) is a surname of English origin, from the Old English greosn (‘gravel’) and weald (‘woodland’).[1] Notable people with the surname include:

• A. Minor Griswold (1834–1891), American humorist, journalist, and lecturer, known by his pen name The Fat Contributor
• Alexander Viets Griswold (1766–1843), Protestant Episcopalian bishop and evangelist in the U.S.
• Alfred Whitney Griswold (1906–1963), president of Yale University
• Bill Griswold, American computer scientist
• Daniel T. Griswold, director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies
• Deirdre Griswold, American politician
• Don T. Griswold (1917–1943), U.S. Navy ensign
• Dwight Griswold (1893–1954), American politician
• Erwin Griswold (1904–1994), U.S. Solicitor General
• Florence Griswold (1850–1937), founder of the "Lyme Art Colony" in Old Lyme, Connecticut
• Frances Irene Burge Griswold (1826–1900), American writer
• Francis H. Griswold, (1904–1989), U.S. Air Force lieutenant general
• Frank Tracy Griswold, 25th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church
• Gaylord Griswold (1767–1809), American politician
• Glenn Griswold (1890–1940), American politician
• George Griswold (died 1857), American politician
• Harry W. Griswold (1886–1939), American politician
• Hattie Tyng Griswold (1842-1909), American writer, poet
• John Ashley Griswold (1822–1902), American politician
• John Augustus Griswold (1822–1872), American politician
• Kate E. Griswold (c. 1869-?), American editor, publisher, proprietor
• Larry Griswold (1905–1996), American gymnast
• Mabel E. Griswold (1888-1955), American activist
• Mark Griswold, American engineer
• Matthew Griswold (congressman) (1833–1919), American politician
• Matthew Griswold (governor) (1714–1799), American politician
• Morley Griswold (1890–1951), American politician
• Oscar Griswold (1886–1959), American general during World War II
• Putnam Griswold (1875–1914), American singer
• Ralph Griswold (1934–2006), American computer scientist
• Robert E. (Bob) Griswold (born 1935), American motivational speaker
• Roger Griswold (1762–1812), American politician
• Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815–1857), American editor, critic, and anthologist
• Samuel Griswold (1790–1867), American industrial pioneer
• Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793–1860), American author, better known under the pseudonym Peter Parley
• Stanley Griswold (1763–1815), American politician
• Tom Griswold (born 1953), American radio host
• William Griswold (disambiguation), several people
• Zona Maie Griswold (1889-1961), American singer