Standish (surname)

Standish is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Alice Standish Buell, born as Alice Standish, (1892–1960), American painter and etcher
 * Burt L. Standish, pen name of Gilbert Patten
 * Charity Standish, fictional character on NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions
 * Charles Strickland Standish (1790–1863), British Whig politician
 * Dick Standish (born 1942), American journalist
 * E. Myles Standish (born 1939), mathematical astronomer
 * Frank Hall Standish (1799–1840), English collector of art and literature
 * Frederick Standish (1824–1883), Australian Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria
 * Harold Standish (1919–1972), Canadian poet and novelist
 * Henry Standish (c. 1475–1535), English Franciscan
 * Hilda Crosby Standish (1902–2005), US physician and birth control advocate
 * Isolde Standish, Australian and British Humanities Scholar and film theorist
 * James D. Standish, communications director for the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
 * John Standish, English Anglican priest
 * King Standish, fictional character in the DC Comics Universe
 * Michael Standish, British production designer
 * Michael "Miles" Standish (born 1964), American businessman, author, rare coin expert, sports memorabilia expert and philanthropist
 * Myles Standish (c. 1584–1656), one of the early Pilgrim settlers in America
 * Richard Standish (1621–1662), English politician and Civil War colonel
 * Robert Standish, pseudonym of the English novelist Digby George Gerahty
 * Robert Standish (artist) (born 1964), American artist
 * Standish brothers Colin and Russell, historic Seventh-day Adventists
 * Susanne Standish-White (born 1956), Zimbabwean rower
 * Thomas Standish (c. 1593–1642), English politician
 * William Lloyd Standish (1930–2015), United States District Judge