Sanford (surname)

Sanford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Adam Sanford, Dominican cricketer
• Agnes Sanford, American Christian writer
• Arlene Sanford, American film and television director
• Chance Sanford, American baseball player
• Charles S. Sanford Jr., American businessman
• Chris Sanford (born 1968), American retired mixed martial artist
• Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Donald Sanford, American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
• Edmund Sanford, American psychologist
• Eva Matthews Sanford (1894-1954), American Medieval and Classical Scholar
• Edward Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fred Sanford, American baseball player
• Fred Sanford, American musician
• Garwin Sanford, Canadian actor
• Henry Shelton Sanford, American diplomat and businessman, founder of the city of Sanford, Florida.
• Isabel Sanford, American actress and comedian
• Jack Sanford (1917-2005, first baseman), American baseball player
• Jack Sanford (1929-2000), American baseball player
• James Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people
• John A. Sanford (1929–2005), also known as Jack, American Jungian psychoanalyst and Episcopal priest
• John C. Sanford (born 1950), American plant geneticist and advocate of intelligent design and young earth creationism
• John E. Sanford (died 1907), U.S. politician in Massachusetts
• John Elroy Sanford, birth name of American comedian Redd Foxx
• John F. A. Sanford, one party to the U.S. Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford [sic]
• John Langton Sanford (1824–1877), English historical writer
• John Sanford (author), American author and screenwriter, born Julian Lawrence Shapiro
• John Sanford (governor) (1605–1653), founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
• John Sanford (1803) (1803–1857), U.S. Representative from New York
• John Sanford (1851) (1851–1939), U.S. Representative from New York
• John W. A. Sanford (1798–1870), United States Congressional Representative from the state of Georgia
• Katherine Sanford (1915-2005), American cancer biologist
• Kiki Sanford, American neurophysiologist and science communicator
• Leonard Cutler Sanford (1868–1950), American surgeon and ornithologist
• Lillias Rumsey Sanford, American school founder
• Louis Childs Sanford, American Episcopal bishop
• Lucius Sanford, American American football player
• Maria L. Sanford, American educator
• Mark Sanford (1960– ), American South Carolina politician
• Mike Sanford, American college football coach
• Mike Sanford Jr., American football coach
• Mitchell Sanford (1799–1861), New York politician
• Nathan Sanford (1777–1838), New York politician, US Senator
• Nehemiah Curtis Sanford, American industrialist and politician
• Reuben Sanford (1780–1855), New York politician
• Richard K. Sanford (1822–1895), New York politician
• Roscoe Frank Sanford, American astronomer
• Scott Sanford (born 1963), American politician, accountant, and Baptist clergyman
• T. Denny Sanford, American businessman and philanthropist
• Taylor Sanford, American baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator
• Terry Sanford, American governor and senator from North Carolina
• Thomas Sanford, nuclear physicist at Sandia National Laboratories, awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize in 2005
• Vincent Sanford (born 1990), American basketball player
• William Eli Sanford, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and politician
• Winifred Sanford (1890 - 1983), American writer

Fictional characters

• Fred G. Sanford, of the TV series Sanford and Son
• Lamont Sanford, of the TV series Sanford and Son portrayed by Demond Wilson