Saunders

Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish patronymic origin derived from Sander, a mediaeval form of Alexander.

People with the surname Saunders include:

• Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman
• Adam Saunders (born 1986), Australian actor
• Al Saunders (born 1947), American football coach
• Alan Saunders (police officer) (1886–1964), Inspector-General of Police in Palestine, 1937–1943
• Alan Saunders (cricketer) (1892–1957), English cricketer
• Alan Saunders (broadcaster) (1954–2012), broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Albert Charles Saunders (1874–1943), Canadian politician
• Alfred Saunders (1820–1905), New Zealand politician
• Alfred Thomas Saunders (1854–1940), generally known as A. T. Saunders, South Australian historian
• Alison Saunders (born 1961), British barrister and Director of Public Prosecutions
• Allen Saunders (1899–1986), American cartoonist
• Alvin Saunders (1817–1899), American politician
• Albert Charles Saunders (1874–1943), Canadian politician
• Amy Saunders, British performer also known as Miss Behave
• Andrew Saunders (disambiguation)
• Angela Saunders (born 1977), English model and actress
• Arthur Frederick Saunders (1879–1947), British soldier
• Ben Saunders (disambiguation)
• Bradley Saunders English boxer
• Charles Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (1713–1775), British admiral
  • Charles Saunders (administrator) (died 1931), British administrator
  • Charles Saunders (tennis), real tennis world champion, 1890–1895
  • Charles Saunders (director) (1904–1997), English film director and screenwriter
  • Charles Saunders (rower) (1902–1994), New Zealand rower
  • Charles E. Saunders (1867–1937), Canadian agronomist
  • Charles H. Saunders (1821–1901), City Councilor, Alderman and Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Charles R. Saunders (born 1946), Canadian fantasy author
  • Charles Saunders (bishop) (1884–1973), Bishop of Lucknow, 1928–1938
• Chris Saunders (headmaster), English headmaster and cricketer
• Cicely Saunders, British physician
• Clarence Saunders (grocer), American retailer
• Clarence Saunders (athlete), Bermudian high jumper
• Dale Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Dale Saunders (singer) Saint Kitts and Nevis-born London-based soca and fusion music singer
  • Dale Saunders (soccer), Trinidad and Tobago football player
  • E. Dale Saunders, American scholar
• Dave Saunders, American volleyball player
• David Saunders (American football), American football receiver
• Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer
• Debra Saunders, American journalist
• Dero A. Saunders, American journalist
• Desmond Saunders (1926–2018), British television director
• Doug Saunders, Canadian journalist
• Drew P. Saunders, American politician
• Edith Rebecca Saunders, British biologist
• Edward Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Edward W. Saunders (1860–1921), Virginian politician
  • Edward Saunders (judge) (died 1576), British judge
  • Edward Saunders (entomologist) (1848–1910), British entomologist
  • Edward Saunders (MP) for Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)
• Ernest Saunders, British businessman
• Flip Saunders (1955–2015), American basketball coach
• Frederick Richard Saunders, Ceylonese colonial administrator
• George Saunders, American short story writer
• Gloria Saunders, American actress
• Helen Saunders, British artist
• Harold H. Saunders, American diplomat
• Howard Saunders, British ornithologist
• Hugh Saunders, South African Royal Air Force commander
• Irene Saunders, American dictionary compiler
• J. J. Saunders, British historian
• Jack Saunders (disambiguation)
• Jake Saunders, British banker in Hong Kong
• Jason Saunders, New Zealand sailor
• Jay Saunders, Big band lead trumpeter, collegiate jazz studies educator
• Jennifer Saunders (born 1958), British comedian and actress
• Joe Saunders, American baseball player
• John Saunders (journalist), Canadian journalist
• John Cunningham Saunders, British surgeon
• Jonny Saunders, an English radio presenter and schoolteacher
• Joseph Saunders (engraver), English print-maker and Fine Art professor
• Joseph Saunders, Visa Inc. CEO
• Kate Saunders, British journalist
• Laurence Saunders, British preacher of the sixteenth century
• Leslie Howard Saunders, Canadian mayor
• Margaret Marshall Saunders, Canadian writer
• Matthew Saunders, English footballer
• Melva Saunders, Australian basketball player
• Merl Saunders, American musician
• Michael Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Michael Saunders (born 1986), Canadian baseball player
  • Michael Saunders (academic) (born 1944), American numerical analyst and computer scientist
  • Michael Saunders (economist), Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member
  • Michael Graham Saunders (1920–1975), neurophysiologist
  • Mike Saunders (born 1952), rock critic and singer
  • Mike Saunders (Canadian football) (born 1969), former Canadian Football League running back
  • Mike Saunders (soccer) (born 1972), retired Jamaican soccer player
• Neil Saunders (born 1983), English footballer
• Nicholas Saunders (Vice-Chancellor) of the University of Newcastle
• Nicholas Saunders (activist), British entrepreneur of the Alternative Culture and, later, Ecstasy advocate
• Nicholas J. Saunders (b. 1953), British academic archaeologist and anthropologist
• Nigella Saunders, Jamaican badminton player
• Norman Saunders, American illustrator
• Norman Saunders (politician), politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Oliver Saunders, jazz pianist
• Owen Saunders, British scientist and engineer
• Pamela Saunders, American model
• Peter Saunders (disambiguation)
• Philip Saunders (cricketer), Australian cricketer, playing mostly in England
• Rachel Saunders, American beauty queen
• Raymond Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Raymond Saunders (artist)
  • Raymond Saunders (clockmaker)
• Rebecca Saunders, composer
• Reg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officer
• Richard Saunders (disambiguation)
• Robert Saunders (disambiguation)
• Romulus Mitchell Saunders, North Carolina politician
• Ron Saunders, English football player and manager
• Stephen Saunders (military attache), British military attache based in Greece
• Thomas Harry Saunders, British paper-maker
• Tobias Saunders, Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly
• Tony Saunders, American baseball player
• Turner Saunders, American Methodist preacher
• William Saunders (botanist), American botanist
• William Saunders (photographer), British photographer
• William Wilson Saunders, British entomologist

Fictional characters with the surname Saunders include:

• Campbell Saunders, in Degrassi
• Daniel (Danny) Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The Promise
• Finbarr Saunders, in Viz
• Grace Saunders, in the Alone in the Dark series
• Reb Isaac Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The Promise
• Saunders, a fellow MI6 Agent in the James Bond film The Living Daylights
• Speed Saunders, in DC Comics
• Stephen Saunders (24 character), in 24

See also

• Saunders Mac Lane
• Saunders, Kansas, a ghost town, United States
• Saunders, Stanton County, Kansas, an unincorporated community, United States
• Saunders County, Nebraska, United States
• Saunders, Wisconsin, United States
• Saunders-Roe British aero and marine-engineering company
• Saunders (publisher), now part of Elsevier
• Saunders Secondary School, a school in the Thames Valley District School Board
• Saunderstown, Rhode Island, a village in the United States
• Saunders, an uninhabited island, part of the South Sandwich Islands