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A griffin is a legendary creature, usually portrayed with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle.
Griffin may also refer to:
Entertainment
- Griffin (The Invisible Man), the title character in H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Griffin (comics), comics characters named Griffin, a disambiguation page
- Griffin Castillo, a character in the American soap opera All My Children
- Griffin Pierce-Taylor, a character in the Canadian television series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- The Griffin, the undergraduate student magazine of Downing College, Cambridge
- The Griffin, the literary magazine of Gwynedd-Mercy College.
- Griffin Theatre Company, in Sydney, Australia
Businesses
- Griffin Communications, a media company based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
- Griffin Music, a Canadian independent record label
- Griffin Technology, a computer peripheral manufacturer based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Griffin Technology (Diebold subsidiary), incorporated in 1982, later bought by Diebold in 1995
- Griffin Investigations, a private investigation firm
- Griffin's Foods, New Zealand-based consumer foods company
Places
Canada
- Griffin No. 66, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality
- Griffin, Saskatchewan, a hamlet
- Griffin Inlet, Nunavut
United States
- Griffin, Georgia, a city
- Griffin, Illinois, a former settlement
- Griffin, Indiana, a town
- Griffin, former name of Sharps, Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Griffin Township, Pope County, Arkansas
- Fort Griffin, Texas, on the National Register of Historic Places
- Lake Griffin, in Lake Griffin State Park, Florida
- Griffin Bay, San Juan Island, Washington - see Griffin Bay State Park
Other
- Griffin, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia
- Griffin Cove, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- 4995 Griffin, an asteroid
Military
- HMS Griffin, five ships of the Royal Navy
- Hired armed cutter Griffin, two Royal Navy vessels used in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars respectively
- USS Griffin (AS-13), a United States Navy submarine tender during World War II
- Bell CH-146 Griffon, helicopter operated by the Canadian armed forces
- Heinkel He 177 Greif (German for "griffin"), only World War II German heavy bomber design to see active service
- Nord 1500 Griffon, a French experimental fighter which achieved a speed of Mach 2 in 1958
- Bell Griffin HAR2, helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force
- Saab JAS 39 Gripen, The Griffin, a Swedish fighter aircraft by Saab
- AGM-176 Griffin, air-to-surface missile for UAVs
- No. 9 Squadron Griffins, a PAF's aggressor unit
- "The Griffin", mascot and emblem of the 367th Training Support Squadron of the United States Air Force
- Griffin LGB, an Israeli smartbomb conversion kit
Ships
- Griffen, a 15th-century Danish warship
- Griffin (ship), a 17th-century English sailing ship
- Le Griffon, a 17th-century ship built by the French explorer La Salle
Sports
- Grand Rapids Griffins, a hockey team from Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- Griffons (rugby team), a South African rugby union team
- Griffin Park, a football ground in Hounslow, West London, United Kingdom
- Griffin (mascot), the College of William & Mary's official mascot
Education
- Griffin School District, Washington, United States
- Griffin Technical College, Griffin, Georgia, United States, a public, accredited two-year college from 2000 to 2009
- Griffin High School (Georgia), United States
People
- Griffin (surname)
- Griffin (given name)
- House of Griffins, a dynasty of dukes
Other uses
- Griffin (processor), AMD project for processors for mobile computing, as laptops
- Project Griffin, a counter-terrorism project begun in the UK which is operational in other countries
- The Griffin, Monmouth, Wales, a public house
See also
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