Groff 172746 216964882 2008-06-04T00:36:14Z Mwtoews 711150 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 216948182 by [[Special:Contributions/98.16.103.48|98.16.103.48]] ([[User talk:98.16.103.48|talk]]) {{wiktionary|Groff}} {{TOCRight}} '''Groff''' is an anglicized form of the surname ‘Graf’ or ‘Graff’ and of predominantly Swiss and sometimes German origin. '''Groff''' may also refer to: ===Aristocratic ranks=== *A '''graf''' is a [[Germany|German]] [[noble title]] equal in rank to a [[count]] * The noble crown of a '''graf''' the [[grafenkrone]] is characterized by nine pointed spires ===People=== *[[Groff family]] *[[Swamp John Groff]] (1715–1777), a large landowner in Martick/Providence township in [[Pennsylvania]] *[[Jacob Groff]] (1751–1824), a notable [[Revolutionary War]] soldier in the state of Pennsylvania *[[Charles Wister Groff]] (1898–1987), a renowned southern California real estate developer and philanthropist *[[Ulysses Grant Groff]] (1865–1950), a large landowner and philanthropist who lived in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts *[[David W. Groff]], a renowned American senior health physicist *[[Jacob Groff]], a famous [[Mennonite]] bishop among the founders of the early church in Canada in the early 1800s ===Places=== * [[Groff's Dale]], [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]] ===Miscellaneous=== * [[Groff (software)]], a typesetting computer program * ''Groff'', a variety of [[lychee]] fruit tree ===See also=== * [[Grof]] disambiguation page {{disambig}} [[Category:disambiguation]] [[Category:surnames]] [[fr:Groff]]