Grosvenor (surname)

Grosvenor (/ˈɡroʊvənər/) is a surname derived from Hugh Le Grand Veneur, a member of a Norman French family that aided William the Conqueror in 1066. "Le Grand Veneur" literally means "the Master Huntsman" in French, an elevated title in William's 11th-century French court. Initially, Hugh was called Hugh Lupus. Lupus was overweight, and his townsmen gradually changed the appellation from "Le Grand Veneur", "the Master Huntsman," to "Le Gros Veneur", "the Fat Huntsman", and Hugh wore the epithet with pride.[1]

• Bendor Grosvenor (born 1977), British art dealer and art historian
• Catherine Grosvenor (born 1978), a British playwright and translator
• Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (1820–1910), an American politician from Michigan
• Luther Grosvenor (born 1946), a British rock musician
• Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (1744–1825), a United States Representative from New York
• Vertamae Grosvenor (1938–2016), a food writer and broadcaster
• Charles Henry Grosvenor, Representative from Ohio
• Benjamin Grosvenor, a British classical pianist
• Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor, a British prison reformer
• Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1875–1966), first editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society
• Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901–1982), editor of National Geographic Magazine and president of the National Geographic Society, son of Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
• Gilbert Melville Grosvenor (born 1931), editor of National Geographic Magazine, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor
• Edwin S. Grosvenor (born 1951), publisher of American Heritage, son of Melville Bell Grosvenor and half-brother of Gilbert Melville Grosvenor