Stratford (surname)

As a British family name, Stratford refers to the historic Stratford family, and is an Anglo-Saxon territorial name. The Stratford family have spawned numerous religious, cultural and political leaders, multiple Bishops, Arch-Bishops, Viscountcies, Baronies and an Earldom, and either gave their name to or took it from Stratford-upon-Avon in the 12th century. The people listed below do not necessarily belong to this family.

• John de Stratford (c.1275 - 1348), Bishop of Winchester, Lord High Treasurer, Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury
• Robert de Stratford (c.1292 – 9 April 1362), Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Lord Chancellor, Archdeacon of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester
• Henry de Stratford Greater Clerk of the Royal Chancery under Edward III
• Ralph de Stratford (c. 1300-1354), also known as Ralph Hatton of Stratford, Bishop of London
• Thomas de Stratford (died June 12, 1396) Senior Proctor of Oxford University, Archdeacon of Gloucester, Prior of Caldwell
• Andrew de Stratford (died 1399), Bishop and landowner
• John Stratford (c.1582-c.1634) Merchant and entrepreneur, a significant grower of tobacco in the Cotswolds
• Nicholas Stratford (1633–1707), Bishop of Chester
• John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough (c. 1691–1777)
• Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough (d. 1801)
• John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough (c. 1740–1823)
• Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 4th Earl of Aldborough (d. 1833)
• Henry Stratford Persse (d. 1833), Irish writer
• Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe KG GCB PC (1786–1880), a diplomat and politician, best known as the longtime British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
• William Samuel Stratford (22 May 1789 – 29 March 1853), English astronomer
• Alfred Stratford (5 September 1853 – 2 May 1914), English national footballer and cricketer
• Brigadier-General Cecil Wingfield-Stratford CB, CMG (1853–1939) a British Army officer in the Royal Engineers and an English international footballer
• Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1882–1971) an English historian, writer, mind-trainer, outdoorsman, patriot and ruralist
• Sir William Stratford Dugdale, 2nd Baronet (born 1922), Aston Villa chairman
• Stratford Johns (22 September 1925 – 29 January 2002), English stage, film and television actor
• Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (8 April 1942 – 8 January 2006), British Labour Party politician
• Thomas Joshua Stratford Dugdale FRSA (born 1974), British documentary film-maker
• Brice Stratford (born 1987), Shakespearean actor-manager
• Bob Stratford (born 1950), Australian cricket player