# 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