Godfrey

Godfrey

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Godfrey is a given name or surname, and may refer to:

People

* Godfrey of Bouillon (c. 1060 – 1100), leader of the First Crusade
* Godfrey of Cambrai (11th century), prior and poet
* Godfrey of Chichester (11th century), bishop of Chichester
* Godfrey (comedian) (born 1969)
* Ambrose Godfrey (1660–1741), phosphorus manufacturer
* Arthur Godfrey (1903-1983), American radio and television broadcaster
* Dan Godfrey (1868-1939), British conductor
* DeWitt Godfrey (born 1960), an American modernist sculptor
* Thomas Godfrey Evans (1920–1999), English cricketer
* Richard Godfrey (1945–2003), British art historian
* Godfrey Danchimah (born 1969), comedian who uses the stage name "Godfrey"
* Harry Godfrey (1909-1988), British businessman and scholar

Places

* Godfrey, Illinois, a US village
* Godfrey, Ontario, a Canadian community

Fiction

* Glorious Godfrey, often known just by the name "Godfrey", a DC Comics supervillain

ee also

*Gottfried, the German equivalent


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