Sanford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Sanford (born 1975), Dominican cricketer Agnes Sanford (1897–1982), American Christian writer Anette Sanford (born 1983), Dominican politician 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 Christy Sheffield Sanford, American writer Claudius Sanford (born 1974), Dominican politician Curtis Sanford (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player David C. Sanford (c. 1798–1864), American jurist from Connecticut Daymion Sanford (born 2005), American football player Denny Sanford (born 1935), American businessman and philanthropist Donald Sanford (sprinter) (born 1987), American-Israeli sprinter Edmund Sanford (1859–1924), 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 (1919–2011), American baseball player Fred Sanford (1947–2000), American musician Garwin Sanford, Canadian actor Henry Shelton Sanford (1823–1891), American diplomat and businessman, founder of the city of Sanford, Florida. Hugh Sanford (MP) (died 1607), English MP and tutor Hugh W. Sanford (1879–1961), American businessman and writer from Tennessee Isabel Sanford (1917–2004), American actress and comedian Jack Sanford (1917–2005), American baseball player Jack Sanford (1929–2000), American baseball player James Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people John A. Sanford (1929–2005), American psychoanalyst and Episcopal priest John C. Sanford (born 1950), American plant geneticist and advocate of intelligent design and young earth creationism John E. Sanford (1830–1907), American politician in Massachusetts John Elroy Sanford (1922–1991), birth name of American comedian Redd Foxx John F. A. Sanford (1806–1857), 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), American politician from New York John Sanford (1851) (1851–1939), American politician from New York John W. A. Sanford (1798–1870), American politician 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 (1850–1940), American school founder Linda Sanford (born 1953), American technology executive Louis Childs Sanford (1867–1948), American Episcopal bishop Lucius Sanford (born 1956), American American football player Maria Sanford (1836–1920), American educator Margaret Rose Sanford (1918–2006), American politician from North Carolina Mark Sanford (born 1960), American politician from South Carolina Mike Sanford (born 1955), American football coach Mike Sanford Jr. (born 1982), American football coach Mitchell Sanford (1799–1861), American politician from New York Nathan Sanford (1777–1838), American politician from New York Nehemiah Curtis Sanford (1792–1841), American industrialist and politician Reuben Sanford (1780–1855), American politician from New York Richard K. Sanford (1822–1895), American politician from New York Roscoe Frank Sanford (1883–1958), American astronomer Scott Sanford (born 1963), American politician, accountant, and Baptist clergyman Taylor Sanford (1908–1966), American baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator Terry Sanford (1917–1998), American politician 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 (1838–1899), Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and politician Winifred Sanford (1890–1983), American writer Worrel Sanford, Dominican politician 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
See also Sandford (surname)