Groff

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Contents 1 Aristocratic ranks 2 People 3 Places 4 Miscellaneous 5 See also

Groff is an anglicized form of the surname ‘Graf’ or ‘Graff’ and of predominantly Swiss and sometimes German origin.

Groff may also refer to:

[edit] Aristocratic ranks

• A graf is a German noble title equal in rank to a count
• The noble crown of a graf the grafenkrone is characterized by nine pointed spires

[edit] 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

[edit] Places

• Groff's Dale, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Groff (software), a typesetting computer program
• Groff, a variety of lychee fruit tree

[edit] See also

• Grof disambiguation page