Gregg, Greg (surname)
Gregg and Greg are surnames of English origin. They are variant forms of the surname Gregory.[1] The surnames are first recorded as Gregge in 1234, within the Liber feodorum, a document compiled in the reign of Henry II of England. Another early instance of the name is Gregge, recorded in 1306, witin the Feet of Fines (for Essex); and as Greggez in 1504, within the Register of the Freemen of the City of York.[2]
Gregg as a Scottish surname, a variant of the Scottish Clan MacGregor.
People with the surname Gregg
- Alan Gregg, New Zealand musician
- Alexander W. Gregg (1855–1919), U.S. Representative from Texas
- Allan Gregg, Canadian political advisor and pundit
- Andrew Gregg (1755–1835), U.S. Representative and Senator from Pennsylvania
- Clark Gregg (born 1962), film and television actor and writer
- David McMurtrie Gregg (1833–1916), American Civil War Union general
- David Paul Gregg, inventor of the optical disk.
- Donald Gregg, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea (1989–1993)
- Eric Gregg, Major League Baseball umpire (1975–1999)
- Forrest Gregg (born 1933), Member, Professional Football Hall of Fame
- Hugh Gregg (1917–2003), Governor from New Hampshire
- James M. Gregg (1806–1869), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- John Gregg (1828–1864), American Civil War Confederate general
- John Irvin Gregg (1826–1892), American Civil War Union commander, cousin of David Gregg
- John Robert Gregg (1867–1948), the creator of the eponymous shorthand system Gregg Shorthand
- Judd Gregg (born 1947), Governor and U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
- Maxcy Gregg (1814–1862), American Civil War Confederate general
- Milton Fowler Gregg (1892–1978), Canadian First World War Victoria Cross recipient and Member of Canadian Parliamenter
- Randy Gregg (ice hockey), former Canadian ice hockey player
- Randy Gregg (musician), American hard rock musician
- Richard Bartlett Gregg (1885–1974), American philosopher, pacifist, and friend of Mahatma Gandhi
- Tommy Gregg (born 1963), Major League Baseball player
- William Gregg (industrialist) (1800–1867), Founder of the pioneer Graniteville, South Carolina textile mill
- William Gregg (soldier) (1890–1962), British First World War Victoria Cross recipient
People with the surname Greg
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