Danforth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Asa Danforth
Asa Danforth (1746-1818) was father of salt manufacturer and an early colonizer Asa Danforth Jr. Danforth was originally from Worcester, Massachusetts and moved his family to the Onondaga Valley area of New York. He was known to have anti-British ...
(1746–1818), American highway engineer of the Revolutionary War era
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Asa Danforth Jr. (1768–1821), Upper Canada highway engineer
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Charles Haskell Danforth
Charles Haskell Danforth (30 November 1883 – 10 January 1969) was an American anatomist and professor at Stanford University. He took a special interest in problems of heredity and comparative anatomy.
Danforth was born in Oxford, Maine to Jame ...
(1833–1969), American comparative anatomist
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Dave Danforth
David Charles "Dauntless Dave" Danforth (March 7, 1890 – September 19, 1970) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for ten seasons (1911–1912, 1916–1919, 1922–1925) with the Philadelphia ...
(1890–1970), American professional baseball player
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Elizabeth Danforth, creator in the role-playing game and video game industry
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Elliott Danforth
Elliot Danforth (March 6, 1850 – January 7, 1906) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
He was born on March 6, 1850, in Middleburgh, Schoharie County, New York, the son of Peter S. Danforth, a justice of the New York Supreme Court. H ...
, New York State Treasurer 1890–1893
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Emily M. Danforth
Emily M. Danforth (born January 17, 1980) is an American writer.
Early life and education
Danforth was born and raised in Miles City, Montana. She attended Hofstra University, where she came out. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from th ...
(born 1980), US author
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George F. Danforth (1819–1899), New York judge
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Harold Warren Danforth
Harold Warren Danforth (8 April 1916 – 7 May 1993) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he was a farmer by career.
Danforth attended Ontario Agricultural College aft ...
(1916–1993), Member of the Parliament of Canada
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John Danforth
John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney and diplomat who began his career in 1968 as the Attorney General of Missouri and served three terms as United States Senator from Missouri. In 2004, he served br ...
(born 1936), 27th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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Justin Danforth
Justin Danforth (born March 15, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who can also play as a winger. He currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the ECHL Rookie of the Year in 2018 ...
(born 1993), professional ice hockey player
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Loring Danforth
Loring M. Danforth (born 1949) is an American professor of anthropology and an author working at Bates College. His research has focused on the interpretation of a wide variety of symbolic or expressive forms in a range of cultures.
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, anthropology professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
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Samuel Danforth
Samuel Danforth (1626–1674) was a Puritan minister, preacher, poet, and astronomer, the second pastor of The First Church in Roxbury and an associate of the Rev. John Eliot (missionary), John Eliot of Roxbury, Massachusetts, known as the “Apos ...
(1626–1674), Puritan minister
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Thomas Danforth
Thomas Danforth (baptized November 20, 1623 – November 5, 1699) was a politician, magistrate, and landowner in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A conservative Puritan, he served for many years as one of the colony's councilors and magistrates, ...
(1622–1699), a judge in the Salem witch trials
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Walter R. Danforth (1787–1861), journalist and 4th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
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William H. Danforth
William H. Danforth (September 10, 1870 – December 24, 1955) was an American businessman known for founding Ralston Purina in St. Louis, Missouri in 1894. He was a co-founder of the American Youth Foundation (AYF) and the author of the book, ' ...
(1870–1955), founder of Ralston-Purina
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William Henry Danforth
William Henry Danforth II (April 10, 1926 – September 16, 2020) was a physician, professor of medicine, academic administrator, and philanthropist. He was chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis from 1971 until 1995. He was the grandson ...
, M.D. (1926–2020), American physician and educator; Chancellor Emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Fictional characters:
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Chad Danforth
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, character from the movie ''High School Musical'', played by Corbin Bleu
*Danforth, minor character in
H.P. Lovecraft's novelette ''
At the Mountains of Madness
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