Sandford (surname)

Sandford is an English language toponymic surname, deriving from numerous localities named for a sandy ford.

St Fort in Fife, originally Sandforde or Sandford, is a Scottish origin of the name.

Notable Sandfords

 * Alexander Wallace Sandford Australian businessman and politician
 * Ben Sandford (born 1979), skeleton racer from New Zealand
 * Chris Sandford (born 1939), English actor and writer on fly-fishing
 * Christopher Sandford (1902–1983), Anglo-Irish private press owner, father of Jeremy Sandford
 * Christopher Sandford (biographer) (born 1956), English journalist and biographer
 * Daniel Fox Sandford (1831–1906), Bishop of Tasmania from 1883 until 1889
 * Daniel Sandford (journalist), BBC Home Affairs Correspondent
 * Daniel Sandford (bishop of Edinburgh), (1766–1830), Bishop of Edinburgh
 * Daniel Sandford (soldier), (1882–1972), British army Brigadier, later, advisor to Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
 * Elliott Sandford (1840–1897), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
 * Francis Sandford, 1st Baron Sandford (1824–1893), British civil servant and Baron Sandford
 * Frank Sandford (1862–1948), the founder of "The Kingdom", a christian cult
 * Frankie Sandford (born 1989), British singer: S Club 8, The Saturdays
 * Gladys Sandford (1891–1971) first licensed woman pilot in New Zealand
 * James T. Sandford, American politician
 * Sir James Wallace Sandford (1879–1958), Australian businessman and politician, son of Alexander Wallace Sandford
 * Jeremy Sandford (1930–2003), English television writer, musician and visionary
 * John de Sandford (died 1294), archbishop of Dublin
 * John Sandford (novelist) (born 1944), American journalist and novelist
 * Kenneth Sandford (1924–2004), English singer and actor
 * Lettice Sandford (1902–1993), draftsman, wood-engraver, and watercolourist, mother of Jeremy Sandford
 * Richard Sandford (died 1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Robert Sandford (explorer), English explorer of Carolina coast
 * Roc Sandford (born 1957), English owner of Gometra island, son of Jeremy Sandford
 * Teddy Sandford (1910–1995), English footballer
 * Thomas Sandford (1762–1808), American soldier and politician
 * Tiny Sandford (1894–1961), burly actor who starred in Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin films