Sanford (surname)

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

• Adam Sanford (born 1975), Dominican cricketer
• Agnes Sanford (1897–1982), American Christian writer
• Anette Sanford (born 1983), Dominican politician
• Arlene Sanford (fl. 1980s–2020s), American film and television director
• Chance Sanford (born 1972), American baseball player
• Charles S. Sanford Jr. (died 2018), American businessman
• Chris Sanford (born 1968), American retired mixed martial artist
• Christy Sheffield Sanford, American writer
• Claudius Sanford (born 1974), Dominican politician
• Curtis Sanford (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• David C. Sanford (c. 1798–1864), American jurist from Connecticut
• Daymion Sanford (born 2005), American football player
• Denny Sanford (born 1935), American businessman and philanthropist
• Donald Sanford (sprinter) (born 1987), American-Israeli sprinter
• Edmund Sanford (1859–1924), American psychologist
• Edward Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people
• Elias B. Sanford (1843–1932), American clergyman
• Eva Matthews Sanford (1894–1954), American medieval and classical scholar
• Fred Sanford (1919–2011), American baseball player
• Fred Sanford (1947–2000), American musician
• Garwin Sanford, Canadian actor
• Henry Shelton Sanford (1823–1891), American diplomat and businessman, founder of the city of Sanford, Florida.
• Hugh W. Sanford (1879–1961), American businessman and writer from Tennessee
• Isabel Sanford (1917–2004), American actress and comedian
• Jack Sanford (1917–2005), American baseball player
• Jack Sanford (1929–2000), American baseball player
• James Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people
• John A. Sanford (1929–2005), American psychoanalyst and Episcopal priest
• John C. Sanford (born 1950), American plant geneticist and advocate of intelligent design and young earth creationism
• John E. Sanford (1830–1907), American politician in Massachusetts
• John Elroy Sanford (1922–1991), birth name of American comedian Redd Foxx
• John F. A. Sanford (1806–1857), 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) (1904–2003), American author and screenwriter, born Julian Lawrence Shapiro
• John Sanford (governor) (1605–1653), founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
• John Sanford (1803) (1803–1857), American politician from New York
• John Sanford (1851) (1851–1939), American politician from New York
• John W. A. Sanford (1798–1870), American politician from 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 (1850–1940), American school founder
• Linda Sanford (born 1953), American technology executive
• Louis Childs Sanford (1867–1948), American Episcopal bishop
• Lucius Sanford (born 1956), American American football player
• Maria Sanford (1836–1920), American educator
• Margaret Rose Sanford (1918–2006), American politician from North Carolina
• Mark Sanford (born 1960), American politician from South Carolina
• Mike Sanford (born 1955), American football coach
• Mike Sanford Jr. (born 1982), American football coach
• Mitchell Sanford (1799–1861), American politician from New York
• Nathan Sanford (1777–1838), American politician from New York
• Nehemiah Curtis Sanford (1792–1841), American industrialist and politician
• Reuben Sanford (1780–1855), American politician from New York
• Richard K. Sanford (1822–1895), American politician from New York
• Roscoe Frank Sanford (1883–1958), American astronomer
• Scott Sanford (born 1963), American politician, accountant, and Baptist clergyman
• Taylor Sanford (1908–1966), American baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator
• Terry Sanford (1917–1998), American politician from North Carolina
• Vincent Sanford (born 1990), American basketball player
• William Ayshford Sanford (1818–1902), naturalist and Colonial Secretary of Western Australia
• William Eli Sanford (1838–1899), Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and politician
• Winifred Sanford (1890–1983), American writer
• Worrel Sanford, Dominican politician
• Zach Sanford (born 1994), American ice hockey player