Grimes (surname)
Grimes is a surname that is believed to be of a Scandinavian, English, or Irish descent, and may refer to:
- Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentucky Secretary of State
- Aoibhinn Grimes, former field hockey forward from Canada
- Ashley Grimes, multiple people
- Barbara Grimes, teenage American murder victim - see Murder of the Grimes sisters
- Brent Grimes, American football player
- Bryan Grimes, major general in the Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War
- Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player
- Camryn Grimes, American actress
- Charles Grimes , English surveyor
- Charles Grimes , American Olympic rower
- Christopher M. Grimes, artist from Bermuda
- Connor Grimes, American field hockey player
- David Grimes , American politician
- David Robert Grimes,, Irish physicist and cancer researcher
- Edward Grimes, one of the twin performers in the duo known as Jedward
- Frank Grimes , Irish actor
- Gary Grimes, American actor
- Grimes , stage name of the Canadian musician Claire Elise Boucher
- Henry Grimes, American jazz musician
- Jack Grimes, multiple people
- James W. Grimes, American politician, third Governor of Iowa, United States Senator from Iowa.
- Jason Grimes, American long jumper
- Jesse Grimes, Texas pioneer and politician of Grimes County Texas
- John Grimes, multiple people
- Joseph Rudolph Grimes, Liberian Secretary of State; Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law founder
- Karolyn Grimes, American actress
- Louis Arthur Grimes, tenth Chief Justice of Liberia
- Ken Grimes, American artist
- Mark Grimes, Toronto City Councillor
- Mark Grimes, Dublin's most beautiful person 2016
- Martha Grimes, American writer of detective fiction
- Oscar Grimes, Jr., utility infielder in Major League Baseball
- Patricia Grimes, teenage American murder victim - see Murder of the Grimes sisters
- Paul Grimes , former Liverpudlian gangster who became and informant in a witness protection program
- Paul Grimes, contemporary senior Australian public servant and former Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture
- Phil Grimes, Irish hurler
- Quentin Grimes, American basketball player
- Ray Grimes, Sr., first baseman in Major League Baseball
- Roger Grimes, Canadian politician
- Roy Grimes, second baseman in Major League Baseball
- Sarah Grimes, musician in the band September Girls
- Scott Grimes, American actor
- Shenae Grimes, Canadian-American actress
- Steve Grimes, contemporary member of the British band The Farm
- Stuart Grimes, former Scottish international rugby player and captain
- Tammy Grimes, American actress and singer
- Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist
- Vic Grimes, American professional wrestler
- W. F. Grimes, British archaeologist
Fictional characters:
- Frank Grimes, a character from The Simpsons Season 8 episode "Homer's Enemy"
- John Grimes, the hero of a series of science fiction novels by A. Bertram Chandler
- John Grimes, in the film Black Hawk Down
- Morgan Grimes, major character on the television series Chuck
- Muddy and Dallas Grimes, villains of the film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
- Rick Grimes, protagonist in the comic book and television series The Walking Dead
- *Lori Grimes, his wife
- *Carl Grimes, their son
- Sarah Grimes in Welcome Home
