Radford is an English

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

deriving from one of several places in England named "Radford", chief among these being

Radford, Coventry Radford is a suburb and electoral ward of Coventry, located approximately 1.5 miles north of Coventry city centre. It is covered by the Coventry North West constituency. Geography Radford ward is bounded by Holbrooks, Foleshill, St Michael's, S ...

and

Radford, Nottingham Radford is an inner-city area of Nottingham, located just outside the city centre. The appropriate ward of the City of Nottingham Council is called Radford and Park with a population of 21,414. It is bounded on the south by Lenton and Nottingha ...

. The most closely related surname to Radford is "Radforth", while a common variant is " Redford". Notable people sharing this surname include: ;Born in 19th Century * Arthur W. Radford (1896–1973), Admiral in United States Navy *

Basil Radford Arthur Basil RadfordAdam Greaves, "Radford, (Arthur) Basil (1897–1952)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, May 201available online Retrieved 3 August 2020. (25 June 189720 October 1952) was an English charac ...

(1897–1952), English actor *

Dollie Radford Caroline Maitland (1858–1920) was an English poet and writer. She worked under the name "Dollie Radford" after she married Ernest Radford. Life Maitland was born in 1858 and in 1880 she met her future husband in the British Museum Reading Room ...

(1858–1920), English poet and author *

Edmund Ashworth Radford Edmund Ashworth Radford (February 1881 – 27 May 1944) was a British Conservative politician. He was the son of George Radford of Manchester and Church Stretton. Following education at Buxton College he became a chartered accountant in 1902. ...

(1881–1944), English Conservative political figure *

Ernest Radford Ernest William Radford (1857–1919) was an English poet, critic and socialist. He was a follower of William Morris, and one of the organisers in the Arts and Crafts Movement; he acted as secretary to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. He w ...

(1857–1919), English poet * George Heynes Radford (1851–1917), British Liberal political figure * Henry Radford (1896–1972), English cricketer *

Lewis Radford Lewis Bostock Radford (5 June 1869, Mansfield - 2 April 1937, London) was an Anglican bishop and author. Radford was the son of John Radford, a solicitor. He was educated in Mansfield and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B ...

(1869–1937), English Anglican bishop and author *

Paul Radford Paul Revere Radford (October 14, 1861 – February 21, 1945) was a Major League Baseball player in the late 19th century. Paul, nicknamed "Shorty", played with many teams over his 12-season career. He was a starting outfielder with the Providence ...

(1861–1945), United States baseball player *

Wally Radford Walter Robert Radford (July 1886 – 1943) was an English association football, footballer, who played as an inside-forward in the 1900s with Southampton F.C., Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he wo ...

(1886–1943), English footballer *

William Radford William Radford (September 9, 1809 – January 8, 1890) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, in which he remained loyal to the Union, despite his Virginia birth. Ra ...

(1808–1890), Admiral in United States Navy * William Radford (politician) (1814–1870), United States political figure ;Born in 20th Century *

Albert Ernest Radford Albert Ernest Radford (January 25, 1918 – April 12, 2006) was an American botanist active in the Southeastern United States. He was best known for his work as senior author of ''Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas'', the definitive f ...

(1918–2006), United States academic and botanist * Andy Radford (1944–2006), British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Taunton * Barbara Radford, British figure skater *

Benjamin Radford Benjamin Radford (born October 2, 1970) is an American writer, investigator, and skeptic. He has authored, coauthored or contributed to over twenty books and written over a thousand articles and columns on a wide variety of topics including urba ...

(born 1970), United States science writer and journalist * Bob Radford (1943–2004), Australian cricket administrator * Brendan Radford (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1990s-present), Australian musician *

Brian Radford Brian Radford (birth unknown – ) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Kenfig Hill RFC, Aberavon RFC and Neath RFC, and representative le ...

(fl. 1950s), Welsh rugby player *

Charlie Radford Charles Radford (19 March 1900 – 14 July 1924) was an English footballer who played as a full-back, having been converted from centre-forward early in his career. Born in Walsall, he played for Walsall and Manchester United. He died in a moto ...

(1900–1924), British footballer *

Elaine Radford ''Ender's Game'' is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with an insectoid alien species they dub ...

(born 1958), United States author *

Eric Radford Eric Radford (born January 27, 1985) is a Canadian Pair skating, pair skater. With former partner Meagan Duhamel, he is a two-time world champion (2015 World Figure Skating Championships, 2015, 2016 World Figure Skating Championships, 2016), a Fig ...

(born 1985), Canadian figure skater * Glen Radford (born 1962), Zambian-born South African cricketer *

Howard Radford William Howard Radford (8 September 1930 – 21 January 2022) was a Welsh professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in The Football League for Bristol Rovers for eleven years between 1951 and 1962. Radford, who was born in Abercynon, b ...

(born 1930), Welsh footballer *

Jim Radford James Radford (1 October 1928 – 6 November 2020) was an English folk singer-songwriter, peace campaigner and community activist. He was also the youngest known participant in the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The first song Radfo ...

(1928–2020), British D-Day veteran, peace campaigner and folk-singer *

John Radford (footballer) John Radford (born 22 February 1947) is an English former footballer who played for Arsenal, West Ham United and Blackburn Rovers throughout his career. Radford, who played as a forward, is Arsenal's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. Cl ...

(born 1947), English footballer *

John Radford (broadcaster) John Radford is a Canadian broadcaster who briefly served as chairman of TVOntario. Radford was private broadcaster owning radio stations in eastern Ontario. Radford had served on the board of TVOntario for nine years before being appointed the br ...

(fl. 1980s), Canadian director of radio and television stations *

Kristine Kunce Kristine Kunce (née Radford; born 3 March 1970), is a former professional tennis player from Australia who competed during the mid-1980s through the 1990s. Kunce reached a career-high ranking of world No. 45 on 15 August 1994, and a career hi ...

(born 1970), Australian tennis player, also known as Kristine Radford *

Lee Radford Lee Radford (born 26 March 1979) is an English professional rugby league coach for the Castleford Tigers. He previously worked in rugby league as the head coach of Hull F.C., in the Super League, from 2013–2020. He is also a former profession ...

(born 1979), English rugby player *

Luis Radford Luis Radford is professor at the School of Education Sciences at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. His research interests cover both theoretical and practical aspects of mathematics thinking, teaching, and learning. His current re ...

(fl. 2000s), Canadian educator *

Mark Radford (basketball) Mark Jeffrey Radford (born July 5, 1959) is an American former National Basketball Association player who played from 1981 to 1983. He played in college for Oregon State University from 1977 to 1981, and was drafted in the third round (53rd overal ...

(born 1959), American former National Basketball Association player * Mark Radford (footballer) (born 1968), English former footballer *

Michael Radford Michael James Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter. He began his career as a documentary director and television comedy writer before transitioning into features in the early 1980s. His best-known credits ...

(born 1946), English film director and screenwriter *

Natalie Radford Natalie Radford (born 24 June 1966) is a Canadian actress. She has acted in various television shows and movies, including ''Darcy's Wild Life ''Darcy's Wild Life'' is a teen sitcom starring Sara Paxton, and broadcast on Discovery Kids in the ...

(born 1966), Canadian actress *

Neal Radford Neal Victor Radford (born 7 June 1957) is an English former first-class cricketer, who appeared in three Tests and six ODIs for England. Radford was born at Luanshya in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). He played domestically for Transvaal, L ...

(born 1957), North Rhodesia (now Zambia)-n born English cricketer *

Peter Radford Peter Frank Radford (born 20 September 1939) is a former British athlete, who competed at 100 and 200 metres (and 100 and 220 yards), broke world records, and won Olympic medals, despite having been seriously ill as a child due to a hole in his ...

(born 1939), English athlete in track *

Phil Radford Philip David Radford (born January 2, 1976) is an American activist who served as the executive director of Greenpeace USA. He is the founder and President of Progressive Power Lab, an organization that incubates companies and non-profits that bu ...

(born 1970s), United States environmental activist, director of Greenpeace *

Ralegh Radford Courtenay Arthur Ralegh Radford (7 November 1900 – 27 December 1998) was an English archaeologist and historian who pioneered the exploration of the Dark Ages of Britain and popularised his findings in many official guides and surveys for the O ...

(1900–1999), English archaeologist * Richard A. Radford (1939–2006), British-born American economist, notable for his article on POW camp economics *

Robert Radford Robert Radford (13 May 1874, Nottingham3 March 1933, London) was a British bass singer who made his career entirely in the United Kingdom, participating in concerts and becoming one of the foremost performers of oratorios and other sacred mus ...

(1874–1933), English-born United States musician *

Robert Radford (footballer) Robert Baden Radford (19 January 1900 – 1970) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Brereton Social and Port Vale in the 1920s. Career Baden played for Brereton Social, before joining Port Vale as an amateur in July 1923 ...

(1900-?), English footballer *

Ron Radford Ronald Warwick Radford (born 3 December 1949) is an Australian curator, who was the Director of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) from 2004 until 2014. He was previously the Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide. H ...

(born 1949), Australian art museum curator *

Ronald Radford (guitarist) Ronald Radford is an American Flamenco guitar player. Born in California, he currently resides in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Radford is a protégé of Carlos Montoya, and studied classical guitar with Andrés Segovia. He is the only person a ...

(fl. 1990s-present), United States musician (flamenco guitar) *

Ronnie Radford Ronald Radford (12 July 1943 – 2 November 2022) was an English footballer who was known for scoring "one of the most iconic goals in FA Cup history", in the 1971–72 FA Cup for Hereford United during their shock 2–1 giant-killing of Newc ...

(1943-2022), English footballer *

Rosemary Radford Ruether Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936–2022) was an American feminist scholar and Roman Catholic theologian known for her significant contributions to the fields of feminist theology and ecofeminist theology. Her teaching and her writings helped est ...

(born 1936), United States academic and theologian *

Sheri Radford Sheri Radford is a Canadian author. She was born in New Westminster and raised in Ladysmith. She also lived in Victoria for several years and she currently lives in Vancouver. Radford has written stories, poems, plays, articles and essays. She has ...

(fl. 1990s-present), Canadian author *

Steve Radford The Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the United Kingdom that was founded in 1989 as a continuation of the original Liberal Party (founded in 1859) by former members who opposed its merger with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to ...

(born 1957), British Liberal political figure *

Toby Radford Toby Alexander Radford (born 3 December 1971) is a Welsh cricket coach, former first-class cricketer and cricket administrator. First-class career The son of journalist Brian Radford, Radford was born at Caerphilly in Glamorgan in 1971. He ...

(born 1971), Welsh cricketer *

Wayne Radford (basketball) Wayne Radford (May 29, 1956 – January 10, 2021) was an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 6'3" and 205 pounds, he played the guard position. Born in Indianapolis, In ...

(1956–2021), United States athlete in basketball * Wayne Radford (cricketer) (born 1958), Zambian-born South African cricketer

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