Cliff (given name)

Cliff

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old English
Other names
Related names	Clifford, Clifton

Cliff is a masculine given name. It is usually a short form of Clifford or, less frequently, Clifton. ^[1] It may refer to:

People

Actors

• Cliff Arquette (1905–1974), American comedian and actor
• Cliff Curtis (born 1968), New Zealand actor and producer
• Cliff DeYoung, American actor
• Cliff Parisi (born 1960), British actor and EastEnders star born Clifford R Manley
• Cliff Robertson (1923–2011), American actor

Artists

• Cliff Lee (potter) (born 1951), Taiwanese-American ceramic artist
• Cliff Robinson (artist) (born 1962), British comic book artist
• Cliff Whiting (1936–2017), New Zealand artist

Athletes

• Cliff Anderson (1944–2021), American basketball player
• Cliff Anderson (American football) (1929–1979), American football player
• Cliff Avril (born 1986), 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 Branch (1948–2019), American football player
• Cliff Curtis (baseball) (1881–1943), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Cliff Edwards (footballer) (1921–1989), English footballer
• Cliff Fletcher (born 1935), Canadian ice hockey executive and former general manager
• Cliff Floyd (born 1972), American baseball player
• Cliff Hardy (born 1947), American football player
• Cliff Harris (born 1948), American football player
• Cliff Thorburn (born 1948), Canadian snooker player
• Cliff Lee (born 1978), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Cliff Lee (outfielder) (1896–1980), American Major League Baseball outfielder
• Cliff Olander (born 1955), American football player
• Cliff Morgan (1930–2013), Welsh rugby union footballer and later BBC commentator and broadcaster
• Cliff Morgan (footballer) (1913–1975), English footballer
• Cliff Politte (born 1974), American former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
• Cliff Pritchard (1882–1954), Welsh rugby union footballer
• Cliff Robinson (basketball, born 1960), American basketball player
• Clifford Robinson (basketball, born 1966), American basketball player
• Cliff Ronning (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
• Cliff Toney (born 1958), American football player
• Cliff Wiley (born 1955), American sprinter

Musicians

• Cliff Barrows (1923–2016), 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, musician and actor
• Cliff Martinez (born 1954), American film score composer
• Cliff Richard, British singer born Harry Rodger Webb (born 1940)
• Cliff Williams (born 1949), bassist of the rock band AC/DC

Others

• Cliff Bleszinski, game designer
• Cliff Bole, American and Canadian television director
• Cliff Michelmore, British television presenter
• Cliff Zauner (died 2020), American politician

Fictional characters

• Cliff Barnes, from the TV drama Dallas
• Cliff Booth, in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Cliff Bradshaw, the male lead in the musical Cabaret
• Cliff Carmichael, the second Thinker (DC Comics), a villain
• Cliff Clavin, in the Cheers TV series
• Cliff Clewless, from the comic strip Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!
• Cliff Dagger, an antagonist in the animated show M.A.S.K. (TV series)
• Cliff Feltbottom, in the animated show CatDog
• Cliff Huxtable, the main protagonist of the TV series The Cosby Show
• Cliff Steele, a DC Comics superhero known as Robotman
• Leader Cliff, one of the leaders of Team GO Rocket in Pokémon GO
• Cliff, the main psycho killer in the film Roadflower

See also

• Kliff Kingsbury (born 1979), American football coach and former player
• Cliff (surname)

References

1. "MFnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Cliff". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2009-04-14.