Duff (surname)

Duff is a surname of Gaelic origin meaning "black", and may refer to

Alan Duff, New Zealand writer
Alexander Duff, founder of Scottish Church College, Calcutta
Andrew Duff, Everyday Australian who has yet to do anything really interesting
Andrew Duff, British politician
Anne-Marie Duff, British actress
Anthony Duff, past head of MI5
Cara Leland Duff, later Lady Fairhaven
Cosmo Duff Gordon, Scottish landowner
Damien Duff, footballer with Newcastle United F.C and Ireland
Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player
Elmyra Duff, fictional character from Tiny Toon Adventures
Captain George Duff of the Royal Navy who commanded HMS Mars at the Battle of Trafalgar
Professor Sir Gordon William Duff
Haylie Duff, American actress, Hilary's sister,
Hilary Duff, American pop singer and actress, Haylie's sister
Howard Duff, American actor
James Duff, one of several people including:
- James Duff Duff, also known as J D Duff or J. D. Duff (1860-1940), classicist, latinist and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Translator of Lucanus' Pharsalia.
- James Duff (writer), American writer
- James Fitzgerald Duff, British educationalist
- James Grant Duff, soldier for the British East India Company
- James H. Duff, American politician
Jason Duff, Australian field hockey player
Karen Duffy, an actress, model, and former MTV VJ once known as "Duff"
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, fashion designer
Lyman Poore Duff, Canadian Chief Justice
Michael Duff, physicist and string theorist
Michael Duff (footballer), Northern Ireland footballer
Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet, socialite
Mickey Duff, British boxing promoter
Norwich Duff, British admiral
Peggy Duff, British activist
Peter Duff, Scottish law professor
Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer
Rick Duff, Canadian boxer
Robert Duff, one of several people, including
- Robert Duff (politician), Scottish politician
- Robert Duff (governor), governor of Newfoundland
Sheila Grant Duff
Tom Duff, Canadian computer scientist
Warren B. Duff, film and television writer and producer
William E. Duff, American writer on counterespionage

As a family name of Scottish aristocrats:

William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (c. 1696-1763)
James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1729-1809)
Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl Fife (1731-1811)
James Duff, 4th Earl Fife (1776-1857)
James Duff, 5th Earl Fife (1814-1879)
Alexander Duff, 6th Earl Fife (1849-1912) (became Duke of Fife in 1887)
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912)
Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849-1912)
Sir Benjamin Duff, 5th Baronet (1808-1897)
Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 6th Baronet (1878-1962)
Sir George Cospatrick Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 7th Baronet (1906-1953)

In the British Royal Family:

See also