Duff (surname)
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Duff is a surname of Irish or Scottish descent. It means dark or black in reference to personal features or temperament. Duff originated in Connacht and Fife in Ireland and Scotland respectively. It may refer to:
- Duff, King of Scots (d. 967) ancestor of the Earls of Fife
- Alan Duff, New Zealand writer
- Alexander Duff, founder of Scottish Church College, Calcutta
- Andrew Duff, British politician
- Anne-Marie Duff, British actress
- Anthony Duff, past head of MI5
- Cara Leland Duff, later Lady Fairhaven
- Cosmo Duff Gordon, Scottish landowner
- Damien Duff, footballer with Newcastle United F.C and Ireland
- Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player
- Elmyra Duff, fictional character from Tiny Toon Adventures
- Captain George Duff of the Royal Navy who commanded HMS Mars at the Battle of Trafalgar
- Professor Sir Gordon William Duff
- Haylie Duff, American actress, Hilary's sister,
- Hilary Duff, American pop singer and actress, Haylie's sister
- Howard Duff, American actor
- Jamal Duff, American actor and former NFL American football player
- James Duff, one of several people including:
- James Duff Duff, English classicist
- James Duff (writer), American writer
- James Fitzjames Duff, English educator
- James Grant Duff, soldier for the British East India Company
- James H. Duff, American politician
- Jason Duff, Australian field hockey player
- Karen Duffy, an actress, model, and former MTV VJ once known as "Duff"
- Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, fashion designer
- Lyman Poore Duff, Canadian Chief Justice
- Michael Duff, physicist and string theorist
- Michael Duff (footballer), Northern Ireland footballer
- Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet, socialite
- Mickey Duff, British boxing promoter
- Norwich Duff, British admiral
- Peggy Duff, British activist
- Peter Duff, Scottish law professor
- Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer
- Rick Duff, Canadian boxer
- Robert Duff, one of several people, including
- Robert Duff (politician), Scottish politician
- Robert Duff (governor), governor of Newfoundland
- Sheila Grant Duff
- Sandy Duff, aka mudfoot blaps, founder of the ghetto method crew
- Tom Duff, Canadian computer scientist
- Warren B. Duff, film and television writer and producer
- William E. Duff, American writer on counterespionage
As a family name of Scottish aristocrats:
- William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (c. 1696-1763)
- James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1729-1809)
- Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife (1731-1811)
- James Duff, 4th Earl Fife (1776-1857)
- James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (1814-1879)
- Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife (1849-1912) (became Duke of Fife in 1887)
- Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912)
- Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912)
- Sir Benjamin Duff, 5th Baronet (1808-1897)
- Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 6th Baronet (1878-1962)
- Sir George Cospatrick Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 7th Baronet (1906-1953)
In the British Royal Family:
- Alexandra Victoria Alberta Edwina Louise Duff, Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife
- Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgina Bertha Duff, Princess Maud of Fife
[edit] See also
- Clan MacDuff
- Duff
- Figgy Duff, Canadian folk-rock group
- Huff-Duff, direction-finding
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