Grinnell is a surname, originally of locational or topographical origin.^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Claudia Kreuzig Grinnell, German expatriate, English professor and poet
• Frederick Grinnell (1836–1905), American engineer
• Frederick Grinnell (biologist) (born 1945), American biologist
• George Bird Grinnell, (1849–1938), American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer
• George Blake Grinnell (1823–1891), American merchant and financier
• Henry Grinnell (1799–1874), American merchant, financier of Arctic explorations
• Henry Walton Grinnell (1843–1920), American admiral, son of Henry Grinnell
• Joseph Grinnell (1877–1939), American zoologist
• Josiah Bushnell Grinnell (1821–1891), U.S. congressman
• Katherine Van Allen Grinnell (1839-1917), American lecturer, author, reformer
• Moses H. Grinnell (1803–1877), U.S. Navy officer and U.S. Representative from New York
• William Morton Grinnell (1857–1906), U.S. diplomat & banker
• Elizabeth Grinnell (1851–1935), American writer, clubwoman, and naturalist

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