Biff (name)

Last updated December 08, 2023

Biff is a given name, a nickname or part of a stage name.

People

Nickname

Biff Byford (born 1951), British lead singer of the heavy metal band Saxon
Frank Dunlap (1924–1993), Canadian Football League player
James T. Ellison (c. 1861–?), New York City gangster
William Grimes (journalist) (born 1950), former magazine writer, culture reporter, theater columnist, restaurant critic, book reviewer and a current obituary writer for The New York Times
Biff Henderson (born 1946), American stage manager and television personality on the Late Show with David Letterman
Biff Jones (1895–1980), former college football head coach and member of the College Football Hall of Fame
Biff Liff (1919–2015), born Samuel Liff, Tony Award-winning American Broadway manager and producer.
Biff McGuire (1926–2021), American stage and film actor
Biff Rose (1937–2023), American comedian and singer-songwriter
Biff Schaller (1889–1939), Major League Baseball player
Biff Schlitzer (1884–1948), Major League Baseball pitcher
Biff Sheehan (1868–1923), Major League Baseball player
Richard Stannard (songwriter), British songwriter
Claude Taugher (1897–1963), National Football League player and decorated World War I US Marine Corps officer
Biff Wysong (1905–1951), Major League Baseball pitcher

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Given name

Biff Mitchell (born 1947), Canadian novelist, satirist and humorist
Biff Pocoroba (1953–2020), American baseball player
Biff Yeager, American actor

Stage name

Biff Debrie, stage name of Don Preston (born 1932), American jazz and rock and roll musician
Biff Elliot (1923–2012), American actor
Biff Wellington (1964–2007), Canadian wrestler

Fictional characters

Biff Baker, Cold War spy in the American TV series Biff Baker, U.S.A. , played by Alan Hale, Jr.
Biff Brannon, a character in Carson McCullers's novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Biff Brewster, teenage hero of 13 adventure and mystery novels in the 1960s
Biff Fowler, in the ITV soap Emmerdale
Biff Grimes, in The Strawberry Blonde
Biff Hooper, friend of the Hardy Boys in the novel series The Hardy Boys
Biff Loman, son of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Biff McIntosh, love interest for Quinn Fabray in the TV series Glee
Biff Robinson, a character in the book series The Magic Key by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta.
Biff Tannen, in the Back to the Future film trilogy
Biff Wilcox, in the S. E. Hinton novel Rumble Fish
"Biff", a nickname of George Costanza in the TV series Seinfeld, named after Loman
"Biff", nickname of Levi, Jesus' best friend in Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
"Biff", nickname of Major General Gordon Cresswell, Judge Advocate General of the United States Navy on the fictional television series JAG
Sully and Biff, from Sesame Street

Animals

Biff, the Michigan Wolverine, a mascot for Michigan Wolverines football in the 1920s and 1930s

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