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
 * 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
 * Claudius Sanford, Dominican politician in the House of Assembly of Dominica
 * Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
 * David C. Sanford (c. 1798–1864), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
 * Donald Sanford, American-Israeli Olympic sprinter
 * Edmund Sanford, 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, American baseball player
 * Fred Sanford, American musician
 * Garwin Sanford, Canadian actor
 * Henry Shelton Sanford, American diplomat and businessman, founder of the city of Sanford, Florida.
 * Isabel Sanford, American actress and comedian
 * Jack Sanford (1917–2005), American baseball player (first baseman)
 * Jack Sanford (1929–2000), American baseball player (pitcher)
 * James Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people
 * John A. Sanford (1929–2005), also known as Jack, American Jungian psychoanalyst and Episcopal priest
 * John C. Sanford (born 1950), American plant geneticist and advocate of intelligent design and young earth creationism
 * John E. Sanford (died 1907), U.S. politician in Massachusetts
 * John Elroy Sanford, birth name of American comedian Redd Foxx
 * John F. A. Sanford, 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), U.S. Representative from New York
 * John Sanford (1851) (1851–1939), U.S. Representative from New York
 * John W. A. Sanford (1798–1870), U.S. Representative 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, American school founder
 * Linda Sanford (born 1953), American technology executive
 * Louis Childs Sanford, American Episcopal bishop
 * Lucius Sanford, American American football player
 * Maria L. Sanford, American educator
 * Margaret Rose Sanford (1918–2006), First Lady of North Carolina
 * Mark Sanford (born 1960), American South Carolina politician
 * Mike Sanford, American college football coach
 * Mike Sanford Jr., American football coach
 * Mitchell Sanford (1799–1861), New York politician
 * Nathan Sanford (1777–1838), New York politician, US Senator
 * Nehemiah Curtis Sanford, American industrialist and politician
 * Reuben Sanford (1780–1855), New York politician
 * Richard K. Sanford (1822–1895), New York politician
 * Roscoe Frank Sanford, American astronomer
 * Scott Sanford (born 1963), American politician, accountant, and Baptist clergyman
 * T. Denny Sanford, American businessman and philanthropist
 * Taylor Sanford, American baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator
 * Terry Sanford (1917–1998), American governor and senator 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, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and politician
 * Winifred Sanford (1890–1983), American writer
 * Zach Sanford (born 1994), American ice hockey player

Fictional characters

 * Fred G. Sanford, of the TV series Sanford and Son
 * Lamont Sanford, of the TV series Sanford and Son, portrayed by Demond Wilson