Bradford (surname)

Bradford is a surname of Old English origin. It particularly refers to those from the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire formerly in the West Riding of Yorkshire.


 * Anthony Bradford (born 2001), American football player
 * Arthur Bradford (born 1969), American writer and director
 * Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933), British novelist
 * Bill Bradford (footballer) (1903–1984), English footballer
 * Bill Bradford (pitcher) (1921–2000), American baseball player
 * Buddy Bradford (born 1944), American baseball player
 * Carl Bradford (born 1992), American football player
 * Carmen Bradford (born 1960), American jazz singer
 * Chad Bradford (born 1974), baseball player, pitcher
 * Charlotte Bradford (1813 – 1893) nurse in the American Civil War
 * Chris Bradford (born 1974), writer, best known for Young Samurai series
 * Cornelia Bradford (disambiguation), multiple people
 * David Bradford (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Dorothy Bradford (artist) (1918–2008), British painter
 * Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford (1897–1986), British painter
 * Edward Bradford (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Edwin Emmanuel Bradford, priest, theologian, poet, and novelist
 * Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. (1997–2018), victim of a police shooting in Hoover, Alabama
 * Ernle Bradford (1922–1986), English historian and writer
 * Francis Scott Bradford (1898–1961), American muralist
 * Frank Bradford (1941–2022), American lawyer and politician
 * Gamaliel Bradford (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Geoff Bradford (1927–1994), English footballer
 * Geoff Bradford (musician) (born 1934) English blues musician
 * George W. Bradford (1796–1883), New York politician
 * Glenn Bradford (born 1947), Illinois politician and lawyer
 * James Bradford (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Jesse Bradford, American actor
 * Joe Bradford (1901–1980), English footballer
 * Joshua Taylor Bradford (1818–1871), American surgeon
 * Leslie Bradford (1878–1943), Australian chemist, metallurgist and entrepreneur
 * Lillie Mae Bradford (1928–2017), American civil rights activist
 * Lynn Bradford, American football player
 * Marion M. Bradford, American biochemist
 * Mel Bradford (1934–1993), American literature professor
 * Michael Bradford (1965–), American playwright and artistic director
 * Richard Bradford (1934–2016), American actor
 * Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer, Methodist minister and politician
 * Roland Boys Bradford (1892–1917), British general
 * Sam Bradford (born 1987), American football quarterback
 * Samuel C. Bradford (1878–1948) British librarian and documentalist
 * Sidney Bradford (1906–1960), recipient of a successful cornea transplant
 * Vic Bradford, American baseball player and coach
 * William Bradford (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Wilmot Henry Bradford (1815–1914), British Army officer