Pomfret is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ernie Pomfret (1941–2001), British steeplechase runner John Pomfret (poet) (1667–1702), English 17th-century poet and clergyman John Pomfret (journalist) (born 1959), formerly The Washington Post’s bureau chief in Beijing and Los Angeles, and author of Chinese Lessons John Edwin Pomfret (1898–1981), American college president William Pomfret (1823–1902), English banker and politician
See also Earl of Pomfret