Grigsby is an English surname derived from the name of a "lost" medieval village in Lincolnshire recorded in the Domesday Book as "Gredbi", which was itself a development of the Old Norse "Griot-byr".[1] The spelling "Grigsby" is believed to stem from a common progenitor, John Grigsby (1623–1730). Most Grigsbys in the United States trace their descent from this 17th-century landowner, in Stafford County, Virginia.[citation needed]
Notable people named Grigsby
edit- Andrew Jackson Grigsby, colonel for the Stonewall Brigade for the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War, and commander in the Battle of Antietam
- Beverly Grigsby, American musician
- Bill Grigsby, announcer for the Kansas City Chiefs
- Boomer Grigsby, American football fullback
- Charles Grigsby, American Idol contestant
- Chuck Grigsby, American basketball player
- Denver Grigsby, Major League Baseball outfielder
- Elisenda Grigsby, American mathematician
- Gary Grigsby, American game designer
- George Barnes Grigsby, delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Alaska
- Hugh Blair Grigsby, Virginia statesman and historian
- J. Eugene Grigsby, American multimedia artist
- Jill S. Grigsby, American sociologist
- John Grigsby, captain in the United States Army, leader in the Bear Flag Revolt and the Grigsby-Ide Party
- Lewis Grigsby, American real estate investor
- Margaret E. Grigsby, African American woman physician
- Melvin Grigsby, Attorney General of South Dakota
- Michael Grigsby, British filmmaker
- Nic Grigsby, Canadian football running back
- Nicholas Grigsby (American football), American football linebacker
- Noel Grigsby, American football wide receiver
- Otis Grigsby, American football defensive end
- Pearl Grigsby Richardson, American educator, clubwoman
- Sarah Lincoln Grigsby, sister of Abraham Lincoln
- Sioux K. Grigsby, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
- Tamara Grigsby, representative for the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Wayne Grigsby, Canadian screenwriter and producer
- Will Grigsby, American IBF light flyweight champion boxer
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