Cliff (surname)

Cliff is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alfred Cliff (1878–1966), English amateur cricketer
 * Clarice Cliff (1899–1972), British ceramic artist
 * Dave Cliff (born 1944), British jazz musician
 * Ian Cliff (born 1952), British diplomat
 * Jimmy Cliff, (born 1948), Jamaican reggae musician
 * John Cliff (1883–1977), British transport executive
 * John Cliff (actor) (1918–2001), American actor
 * John MacFarlane Cliff (1921–1972), British physician
 * Leslie Cliff (swimmer) (born 1955), Canadian swimmer
 * Michelle Cliff (1946–2016), Jamaican-American author
 * Nigel Cliff (born 1969), English historian, biographer and critic
 * Norman Cliff (born 1930), American psychology professor
 * Tony Cliff (1917–2000), Jewish Trotskyist activist
 * Bernard Shir-Cliff (1924-2017), American editor