Stainforth (surname)

Stainforth is a surname, and may refer to:


 * Charles Stainforth (1914–2000), British army officer
 * Francis Stainforth (1797–1866), British cleric and collector
 * George Stainforth (1899–1942), British Royal Air Force pilot
 * Martin Stainforth (1866–1957), British artist
 * Robert Masterman Stainforth (1915–2002), micropaleontologist and stratigrapher