Gainsford is a surname. The usual medieval spelling was Gaynesford. Notable people with the surname include: * Anne Gainsford (died c. 1590), lady-in-waiting to

Anne Boleyn Anne Boleyn (; 1501 or 1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536, as the second wife of King Henry VIII. The circumstances of her marriage and of her execution by beheading for treason and other charges made her a key ...

Ian Gainsford Sir Ian Derek Gainsford ( Ginsberg; born 24 June 1930) is a British retired dentist and academic. He was dean of King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, King's College London (1988–1997) and vice-principal of King's College London (1994 ...

(born 1930), British academic *

John Gainsford John Leslie Gainsford (August 4, 1938 – November 18, 2015) was a South African rugby union player. He was born in Germiston. Gainsford played in 71 matches for South Africa (the Springboks), including tour games, and was known for being the mo ...

(1938–2015), South African rugby union player *

Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (born 1 October 1971 in Narromine, New South Wales) is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events. In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m. During her career she ...

(born 1971), Australian athlete *

Nicholas Gaynesford Nicholas Gainsford, also written Gaynesford or Gaynesforde, (about 1427–1498) of Carshalton, Surrey, of an armigerous gentry family established at Crowhurst, was a Justice of the Peace, several times Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Sur ...

(c. 1427–1498), British politician * Thomas Gainsford (died 1624), British author and editor

Other uses

* Gainsford End, a hamlet in Toppesfield, England *

Gainsford, Queensland Gainsford is a rural locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gainsford had a population of 14 people. Geography The '' Dawson River'' forms the western boundary, while the ''Don River'' forms part of the southe ...

, a locality in the Central Highlands Region, Australia {{surname