Henry Shelton Sanford
 Henry Shelton Sanford (June 15 1823 – May 21 1891) was a wealthy American diplomat businessman and aristocrat from Connecticut who served as United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1861 to 1869. He is also known for founding the city of Sanford Florida and for successfully lobbying the United States into recognizing King Leopold II's claim to the Congo region in central Africa the area that would become Leopold's privately controlled Congo Free State.