Stainforth is a surname, and may refer to:
Charles Stainforth (1914–2000), British army officer Francis Stainforth (1797–1866), British cleric and collector George Stainforth (1899–1942), British Royal Air Force pilot Martin Stainforth (1866–1957), British artist Robert Masterman Stainforth (1915–2002), British micropaleontologist and stratigrapher