Cliff



Gender:
Origin: English
449 famous people named Cliff found on Wikipedia.
9050 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 4606-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 358-th in year 1886
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name, form of Clifford or Clifton.


Cliff is a masculine given name. It is a short form of Clifford or Clifton. It may refer to:
In television and film:
Cliff Arquette (1905–1974), American comedian and actor
Cliff Bole, American and Canadian television director
Cliff Clavin, character in the Cheers television series
Cliff Curtis, New Zealand film and television actor
Cliff De Young, American character actor
Cliff Martinez (born 1954), American film score composer
Cliff Michelmore, British television presenter
Cliff Parisi, British actor and EastEnders star
Cliff Robertson (1923–2011), American actor
In music:
Cliff Barrows (born 1923), music and program director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Cliff Burton (1962–1986), former bassist of the band Metallica
Cliff Edwards (1895–1971), American singer and musician
Cliff Richard (born 1940), British singer
Clifford T. Ward, British singer/songwriter
Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist of the rock band AC/DC
In sports:
Cliff Anderson (born 1944), American basketball player
Cliff Anderson (American football) (1929–1979), American football player
Cliff Baldwin (1899–1979), American football player
Cliff Barker (1921-1998), American basketball player
Cliff Bayer (born 1977), American foil fencer
Cliff Bricker (1904–1980), Canadian long-distance runner
Cliff Harris (born 1948), American football player
Cliff Thorburn (born 1948), Canadian snooker player
Cliff Lee, American baseball player
Cliff Olander (born 1955), American football player
Cliff Politte, American baseball player
Clifford Robinson, various people
Cliff Ronning (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
Cliff Toney (born 1958), American football player
Cliff Wiley (born 1955), American track and field athlete
Fictional Characters
Cliff Clewless, a character from the comic strip Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!.
Cliff Huxtable, the main protagonist of the long-running hit TV series The Cosby Show
Cliff Bradshaw, the male lead in the musical Cabaret
Cliff Barnes, a character from the TV drama Dallas
In other fields:
Cliff Bleszinski, the lead game designer for the company Epic Games


Old English clif "rock, promontory, steep slope," from Proto-Germanic *kliban (source also of Old Saxon clif, Old Norse klif, Middle Dutch klippe, Dutch klip, Old High German klep, German Klippe "cliff, promontory, steep rock"). Clift has been a variant spelling since 15c. and was common in early Modern English, influenced by or merged with clift, a variant of cleft (n.). Cliff-dweller first attested 1889, American English.


Short form of Clifton, transferred use of the surname originating from a place-name for various old English towns. Combine of clif (cliff, slope, bank of a river) and tun (town, settlement, village, enclosure): settlement by the cliff. Cliff ford, riverbank ford, river ford near a cliff.

Famous People: 449 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Cliff Richard 1940 British pop singer, musician, and actor
2 Cliff Burton 1962 American musician, member of Metallica
3 Cliff Robertson 1923 Actor
4 Cliff Williams 1949 English musician
5 Cliff Arquette 1905 American actor comedian, actor, pianist, composer and songwriter
6 Jimmy Cliff 1948 Jamaican musician, singer and actor
7 Cliff Martinez 1954 Musician, composer, drummer
8 Cliff Bleszinski 1975 American video game designer
9 Cliff Alexander 1995 American basketball player
10 Cliff Clavin Fictional character in the series Cheers
11 Cliff Edwards 1895 Singer, voice actor
12 Cliff Avril 1986 American football player
13 Cliff Compton 1979 Professional wrestler
14 Cliff Thorburn 1948 Canadian snooker player
15 Cliff Michelmore 1919 English television presenter and producer
16 Cliff Floyd 1972 American baseball player
17 Cliff Parisi 1960 British actor
18 Cliff DeYoung 1945 American actor
19 Clarice Cliff 1899 English ceramic artist
20 Cliff Branch 1948 American football player
21 Cliff Huxtable
22 Cliff Drysdale 1941 South African tennis player
23 Cliff Asness 1966 Businessman and financial theorist
24 Cliff Josephy 2000 American poker player
25 Cliff Gorman 1936 American actor
26 Cliff Clinkscales 1984 Professional basketball player in the USA
27 Cliff Barrows 1923 American musician
28 Cliff Barnes
29 Cliff May 1909 American architect
30 Cliff Lazarenko 1952 British darts player
31 Cliff Hagan 1931 American basketball player and coach
32 Tony Cliff 1917 British activist
33 Cliff Harris 1990 All-American college football player, cornerback, kick returner
34 Michelle Cliff 1946 Novelist, short story writer, critic
35 Cliff Levingston 1961 American basketball player-coach
36 Cliff Simon 1962 Actor
37 Cliff Osmond 1937 American actor and writer
38 Cliff Bastin 1912 English footballer
39 Cliff Ronning 1965 Canadian ice hockey player
40 Cliff Fletcher 1935 Canadian ice hockey manager
41 Cliff Potts 1942 American actor
42 Cliff Ellis 1945 American college basketball coach
43 Cliff Pu 1998
44 Cliff Gallup 1930 American musician
45 Cliff Stoudt 1955 American football player
46 Cliff Morgan 1930 Welsh rugby union player
47 Cliff Norton 1918 American actor
48 Cliff Stearns 1941 American politician
49 Cliff Battles 1910 American football and basketball player and coach
50 Cliff Finch 1927 American politician
51 Cliff Eidelman 1964 American composer
52 Cliff Chiang Artist
53 Cliff Emmich 1936 American actor
54 Gareth Cliff 1977 South African radio and television personality
55 Cliff Robinson 1960 American sportsperson and basketball player
56 Cliff Keen 1901 Sport wrestler, American football and wrestling coach
57 Cliff Hodge 1988 Boxer
58 Cliff Gustafson 1931 American baseball player and coach
59 Cliff Allison 1932 Bfritish racing driver
60 Cliff Hite 1954 American politician
61 Cliff Montgomery 1910 American football player
62 Cliff Rosenberger 1981 American politician
63 Cliff Durant 1890 American racing driver
64 Cliff Nobles 1941 Musician
65 Cliff Richards 1964 Artist
66 Cliff Couser 1971 American boxer
67 Cliff Townshend 1916 British musician
68 Cliff Bole 1937 American television director
69 Cliff Wilson 1934 Welsh snooker player
70 Cliff Arnebeck 1945 Chair:Legal Affairs Committee of Common Cause Ohio/national co-chair/attorney:Alliance of Democracy
71 Cliff Whiting 1936 New Zealand artist
72 Cliff Hugo 1951 American musician
73 Cliff Carlisle 1903 American musician
74 Cliff Akurang 1981 Football player
75 Cliff Friend 1893 American musician
76 Cliff Richey 1946 US tennis player
77 Cliff Young 1964 American baseball pitcher
78 Cliff Nielsen American artist
79 Cliff Schecter 1971 American political writer
80 Cliff Raven 1932 American tattoo artist
81 Cliff Joslyn 1963 American scientist
82 Cliff Severn 1925 American actor
83 Cliff Politte 1974 American baseball player
84 Cliff Sterrett 1883 American cartoonist
85 Cliff Shaw 1922 Computer scientist
86 Cliff Godwin 1978
87 Cliff Pondexter 1954 American basketball player
88 Cliff Holton 1929 English footballer
89 Cliff Britton 1909 English footballer and manager
90 Cliff Rathburn Artist
91 Cliff Carpenter 1915 American actor
92 Cliff Matthews 1989 Player of American football
93 Cliff Mapes 1922 American baseball player
94 Cliff Byrne 1982 Irish footballer
95 Cliff Dorfman Actor and screenwriter
96 Cliff Hanley 1922 Scottish writer and journalist
97 Will Cliff 1988 English rugby union player
98 Cliff Meidl 1966 American canoeist
99 Cliff Twemlow 1937 English actor, nightclub bouncer, horror paperback author and library music composer
100 Cliff Kincaid 1954
101 Cliff Watson 1940 English rugby league player
102 Cliff Thrift 1956 American football player
103 Cliff Bruner 1915 American musician
104 Cliff Koroll 1946 Canadian ice hockey player
105 Cliff Lewis 1923 American football player
106 Cliff Spink 1946 Royal Air Force air marshals
107 Cliff Swain 1966 American racquetball player
108 Cliff Owen 1919 British film director
109 Cliff Barker 1921 Basketball player
110 Cliff Sloan Law Clerk of the Supreme Court of the united States
111 Cliff Eberhardt 1954 American musician
112 Cliff Frazier 1952
113 Cliff Bayer 1977 Fencer
114 Cliff Thompson 1918 American ice hockey player
115 Cliff Lett 1957
116 Cliff McNish 1962 English writer
117 Cliff Henderson 1896 American air racer
118 Cliff Durandt 1940 Association footballer
119 Cliff Kresge 1968 Professional golfer
120 Cliff Meely 1947 American basketball player
121 Cliff Aberson 1921 Major League Baseball outfielder and American football player
122 Cliff Kushler Inventor, entrepreneur
123 Cliff Viner 1949
124 Cliff Bourland 1921 American sprinter
125 Cliff Eisen 1952 Canadian musicologist
126 Cliff Masterson British musician
127 Cliff Chambers 1922 American baseball player
128 Cliff Olander 1955 American gridiron football player
129 Cliff Hare 1869 American football player
130 Cliff Livingston 1930 American football player
131 Cliff Garrett 1908 American aerospace engineer
132 Cliff Wiley 1955 American sprinter
133 Cliff Holman 1929 American entertainer
134 Cliff Curtis 1881 American baseball player
135 Cliff Almond American musician
136 Cliff Lyons 1901 Stuntman, Actor
137 Cliff Slaughter British academic
138 Cliff Brown 1952 American football player
139 Cliff Hicks 1964 Player of American football
140 Cliff Kupchan
141 Cliff Anderson 1929 American gridiron football player
142 Cliff Nazarro 1904 Comedian and actor
143 Cliff Stanford 1954 English businessman and ISP co-founder
144 Cliff Lumsdon 1931 Canadian swimmer
145 Cliff Reid 1891 American film producer
146 Cliff Warren 1968 American basketball player-coach
147 Cliff Sear 1936 Welsh footballer
148 Cliff Fragua
149 Cliff Chenfeld
150 Ian Cliff 1952 British diplomat
151 Cliff Bentz 1952 American politician
152 Cliff Boro 1970 Chief executive officer
153 Cliff Melton 1912 American baseball player
154 Cliff Balsom 1946 Professional footballer
155 Leslie Cliff 1955 Canadian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
156 Cliff Russell 1979 American football player
157 Cliff Burwell 1898 American songwriter
158 Cliff Clevenger 1885 American politician
159 Cliff Myers 1946 English footballer
160 Cliff Pace 1980 American professional bass fisherman
161 Cliff Speegle 1917 American football player and coach
162 Cliff Brumbaugh 1974 American baseball player
163 Cliff Hague 1944 British urban planner
164 Cliff Letcher 1952 Australian tennis player
165 Cliff Rankin 1896 Australian rules footballer and coach
166 Cliff Speck 1956 American baseball player
167 Cliff Benson 1961 American football player
168 Cliff Ammons 1918 American politician
169 Cliff Heathcote 1898 American baseball player
170 Cliff Price 1900 English footballer
171 Cliff Ellen 1936 Australian actor
172 Cliff Ho 1985 Australian television presenter
173 Cliff Muntu 1987 Indonesian student
174 Cliff Bartosh 1979 American baseball player
175 Dave Cliff 1944 British musician
176 Cliff Foenander Sri Lankan musician
177 Cliff Green 1934 Australian writer
178 Cliff Odom 1958 American football player
179 Cliff Pastornicky 1958 American baseball player
180 Cliff Dapper 1920 American baseball player
181 Cliff Gladwin 1916 English Test and County cricketer
182 Cliff Jones 1914 Welsh rugby union fly-half
183 Cliff Ollier 1931 Australian geologist
184 Cyril Clifford Addison 1913 British inorganic chemist
185 Cliff Huxford 1937 Professional footballer
186 Cliff Lok 1948 Actor
187 Cliff Lee 1896 American baseball player (1896-1980)
188 Cliff McCrath 1936 American soccer player-coach
189 Cliff Portwood 1937 Footballer
190 Cliff Smalls 1918 American musician
191 Cliff Barton 1907 American ice hockey player
192 Cliff Bergere 1896 American racing driver
193 Cliff Louis 1984 Player of American and Canadian football
194 Cliff Jackson 1902 American pianist
195 Cliff Carroll 1859 Major League Baseball player
196 Cliff Griffith 1916 Racecar driver
197 Cliff Cook 1936 American baseball player
198 Cliff Johnson New Zealand rugby league player
199 Cliff Bolton 1907 Major League Baseball catcher
200 Cliff Goddard Australian linguist