title: Graydon (name)
text: # Graydon (name)
  
  Graydon is a name. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Graydon Eggers (1903–1994), American football coach
  * Graydon Henning, Australian maritime historian
  * Graydon Hoare, software developer who designed the programming language Rust
  * Graydon Nesfield (born 1944), Barbadian cricketer
  * Graydon Nicholas (born 1946), former Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
  * Graydon Oliver (born 1978), retired American professional tennis player
  * Graydon Parrish (born 1970), American figurative painter
  * Graydon Smith, Canadian politician
  * Graydon Staniforth (born 1973), Australian rugby union player
  
  ## Middle name
  
  * Benjamin Graydon Allmark (1911–2004), Canadian politician
  * Edward Graydon Carter (born 1949), Canadian-born American journalist and author
  * Julia Graydon Sharpe (1857–1939), American female portrait artist
  * Michael John Graydon Soroka (born 1997), Canadian baseball pitcher
  * Louis Graydon Sullivan (1951–1991), American author and activist
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Alexander Gradon or Graydon (1666–1739), Irish politician
  * Alexander Graydon (1752–1818), American author and officer
  * Cliff Graydon (born 1946 or 1947), Canadian politician
  * Gordon Graydon (1896–1953), Canadian politician
  * Gordon Graydon (Alberta politician) (born 1942), Canadian politician
  * Jay Graydon (born 1949), American record producer
  * Joe Graydon (1919–2001), American musician
  * John Graydon (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Katharine Merrill Graydon (1858–1934), American classical scholar
  * Keith Graydon (born 1983), Irish football player
  * Michael Graydon (born 1938), Royal Air Force air marshal
  * Ray Graydon (born 1947), English football manager
  * Richard Graydon (1922–2014), British stunt performer
  * Robert Graydon (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Thomas Graydon (1881–1949), All-American football player
  * William Graydon (disambiguation), multiple people
  
  ## Fictional characters
  
  * Graydon, a character from the 2000 film What Planet Are You From?
  * Graydon Creed, a Marvel Comics supervillain
  