Gargrave is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Anthony Gargrave (1926–1998), English-born logger, lawyer and political figure in British Columbia Cotton Gargrave (1540–1588), English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons George Gargrave (1710–1785), English mathematician Herbert Gargrave (1905–1973), English-born painter and decorator and political figure in British Columbia Mary Gargrave (d. 1640) English courtier Richard Gargrave (1575–1638) was an English landowner and politician in the House of Commons Thomas Gargrave (1495–1579), English Knight who served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire Thomas Gargrave (soldier) (died 1428), English Knight See also Gargrave, village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England