Graham
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A Graham is a class of hill in Scotland.
Graham is also a first name or surname meaning grey house, grey armour and well health. It is the name of a famous family in Scotland, Clan Graham.
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People
Graham is the surname of a number of significant people:
- Bill Graham (born 1939), current Minister of National Defense of Canada
- Billy Graham (William Franklin Graham) (born 1918), American evangelist
- Bob Graham (born November 9, 1936), Senator from Florida
- Dan Graham, artist
- Donald Edward Graham, (born 1945), chief executive of The Washington Post, son of Philip and Katherine Graham
- Katherine Meyer Graham, (June 16, 1917-July 17, 2001), (also known as Kay Graham), late publisher of The Washington Post, successor to her husband, Philip Graham
- Larry Graham, funk musician
- Martha Graham, American choreographer
- Paul Graham, Lisp programmer; inventor of Arc dialect of Lisp; essayist
- Philip L. Graham, (1915-1963), late publisher of The Washington Post and brother of Senator Bob Graham
- Robert Klark Graham was an optometrist and a creator of a Genius Sperm Bank
- Susan Graham is an American opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
- Sylvester Graham (July 5, 1794 - September 11, 1851), nutritionist, inventor of graham flour and graham crackers
- Thomas Graham (1748 – December 18 1843), Whig politician and General in the Peninsular War.
- Thomas Graham, (December 21, 1805-September 16, 1869), United Kingdom chemist, proposed Graham's Law
- Thomas Graham, member of parliament for Renfrew West and Inverclyde.
- Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet, First Lord of the Admiralty and a British statesman, (1 June 1792 - 25 October 1861)
Graham is also the first name of a few well-known people:
- Graham Chapman, late member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
- Graham Hill, racing driver in the 1960s and early 1970s
- Graham McNamee, pioneering broadcaster in the 1920s and 1930s
- Graham McPherson, known by stagename Suggs, singer of the ska band Madness
- Graham Nash, member of The Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Graham Norton, Irish comedian
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Cities
- Graham, North Carolina is a city in Alamance County North Carolina, USA
- Graham, Texas is a city in Young County Texas, USA
- Graham, Indiana is a township in Jefferson County Indiana, USA
- Graham, Pennsylvania is a township in Clearfield County Pennsylvania, USA
- Graham, Missouri is a town in Nodaway County Missouri, USA
- Graham, Minnesota is a township in Benton County Minnesota, USA
- Graham, Kansas is a township in Graham County Kansas, USA
- Graham, Washington is a town in Pierce County Washington, USA
Graham is also part of the name of Grahamsville, New York.
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Geography
- Graham Land, Antarctica
- Graham Lakes is a township in Nobles County Minnesota, USA
- Graham County is the name of three counties in the United States: Graham County, Arizona, Graham County, Kansas, Graham County, North Carolina
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Other uses
- Graham crackers are a kind of pastry, sweeter than most crackers but not within the range of what are in the United States of America generally termed cookies. They are made from:
- Graham flour, a type of flour similar to whole wheat flour.
- Graham's number, the largest number that has ever been seriously used in a mathematical proof.
- Graham factors are factors for determining ambiguity in US patent law
- In one of his "Carnac" routines, Johnny Carson divined the answer, "Billy Graham, Virginia Graham, and Lester Maddox". The question: "Name two Grahams and a Cracker!"
- Graham and Graham-Paige made automobiles in Detroit USA between 1928 and 1940.