Grinnell (surname)
Grinnell is a surname, originally of locational or topographical origin.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Claudia Kreuzig Grinnell, German expatriate, English professor and poet
- Frederick Grinnell , American biologist
- George Bird Grinnell,, American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer
- George Blake Grinnell, American merchant and financier
- Henry Grinnell , American merchant, financier of Arctic explorations
- Henry Walton Grinnell, American admiral, son of Henry Grinnell
- Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist
- Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, U.S. congressman
- Moses H. Grinnell, U.S. Navy officer and U.S. Representative from New York
- William Morton Grinnell, U.S. diplomat & banker
