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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |