Penfold (surname)

Penfold, sometimes spelt Pinfold, is an English-language surname. The name Penfold can be found in written records dating back to the reign of Alfred the Great. In Middle English, a pinfold was a pound or an open enclosure for stray (or improperly supervised) domesticated animals.

Notable people with the surname Penfold include:

• Adrian Penfold (born 1952), British planning expert
• Bernard Penfold (1916–2015), British Army officer
• Christopher Penfold, British writer and producer in radio and television
• Christopher Rawson Penfold (1811-1870), Viticulturist and entrepreneur of South Australia's wine industry
• David Penfold (born 1964), field hockey player from New Zealand
• Frank C. Penfold (1849–1921), American artist and teacher
• George Saxby Penfold DD (1770–1846), a Church of England clergyman
• Hilary Penfold (born 1953), Australian parliamentary counsel and judge
• John Penfold (1828–1909), British surveyor and architect
• John Penfold (priest) (1864–1922), British Anglican priest
• Liz Penfold (born 1947), Australian politician
• Mary Penfold (1820-1895), Viticulturist and entrepreneur of South Australia's wine industry
• Mark Penfold (born 1956), English professional footballer
• Merimeri Penfold (1920–2014), New Zealand Māori educator
• Peter Penfold (1944–2023), British diplomat
• Robert Penfold (born 1951), Foreign Correspondent for Australia's Nine News
• William Penfold, early settler and founder of the village of Penfield, South Australia

Notable people with the surname Pinfold include:

• Allan Pinfold (born 1929), ring name of Australian professional wrestler Johnny Gilday
• Elizabeth Pinfold (1859–1927), New Zealand activist for the Belgian Relief Fund in WW I
• James Pinfold (born 1950), English-Canadian physicist