Bedford (surname)

Bedford is an English toponymic surname which indicates someone from Bedfordshire County, and the name derived from the name of a Saxon monk 'Bede' combined with the old English ford 'a river crossing'. Notable people with the surname include:

• Barbara Bedford (actress) (1903–1981), American actress
• Barbara Bedford (swimmer) (born 1972), American former backstroke swimmer
• Brian Bedford (1935–2016), English actor
• Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959), British artist
• David Bedford (1937–2011), British composer and musician
• David Bedford (athlete) (born 1949), English long-distance runner
• Dave Bedford (footballer) (1926–2017), Australian footballer
• Davis Evan Bedford (1898–1978), British physician
• Frances Bedford (born 1953), Australian politician
• Francis Bedford (photographer) (1815–1894), English photographer
• Francis Donkin Bedford (1864–1954), English book illustrator
• Francis Octavius Bedford (1784–1858), English architect
• Fred Bedford (1902–1972), English professional footballer
• Gerald Augustus Harold Bedford (1891–1938), British entomologist
• Harry Bedford (rugby) (1866–1929), rugby union footballer of the 1880s and 1890s for England and Batley
• Harry Bedford (music hall) (1873–1939), English music hall entertainer
• Harry Bedford (politician) (1877–1918), New Zealand politician
• Harry Bedford (footballer) (1899–1976), English footballer
• Harry Bedford (cricketer) (1907–1968), English cricketer
• Henry Bedford (educator) (1816–1903), English Catholic convert, educator and writer
• Henry Bedford (cricketer) (c. 1854–?), English cricketer
• Henry Edward Bedford (1860–1932), American painter and sculptor
• Herbert Bedford (1867–1945), British composer, author and artist
• Ian Bedford (1930–1966), English cricketer
• Jan Bedford (born 1945), Australian gymnast
• James Bedford (1893–1967), psychologist and the first person ever cryonically preserved
• John Bedford (c. 1720 – 1791), English iron worker and industrialist
• Kodie Bedford, Australian screenwriter
• Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–?), American poet, author, editor
• Luke Bedford (born 1978), British composer
• Mark Bedford (born 1961), English musician, songwriter and composer
• Martyn Bedford (born 1959), British novelist and literary critic
• Olivia Cajero Bedford (1938–2022), American politician
• Paddy Bedford (c. 1922 – 2007), Australian artist
• Peter Bedford (born 1947), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
• Sybille Bedford (1911–2006), German-born English writer
• Walter Bedford (1879–1939), English cricketer