Sanford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adam Sanford, Dominican cricketer * Agnes Sanford, American Christian writer * Arlene Sanford, American film and television director *

Chance Sanford Chance Steven Sanford (born June 2, 1972) is an American former professional baseball player Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 27th round of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft, Sanford made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with th ...

, American baseball player *

Charles S. Sanford Jr. Charles Steadman "Charlie" Sanford was an American businessman who served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bankers Trust. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1958, where he was a member of the Gridiron Secret ...

, American businessman * Chris Sanford (born 1968), American retired mixed martial artist * Claudius Sanford, Dominican politician in the House of Assembly of Dominica * Curtis Sanford, Canadian ice hockey goaltender * Donald Sanford, American-Israeli Olympic sprinter *

Edmund Sanford Edmund Clark Sanford (1859–1924) was an early American psychologist. He earned his PhD under the supervision of Granville Stanley Hall at Johns Hopkins University, and then moved with Hall to Clark University in 1888, where he became the profess ...

, American psychologist * Edward Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people * Elias B. Sanford (1843–1932), American clergyman * Eva Matthews Sanford (1894–1954), American Medieval and Classical Scholar * Fred Sanford, American baseball player * Fred Sanford, American musician * Garwin Sanford, Canadian actor * Henry Shelton Sanford, American diplomat and businessman, founder of the city of Sanford, Florida. * Isabel Sanford, American actress and comedian * Jack Sanford (1917–2005), American baseball player (first baseman) * Jack Sanford (1929–2000), American baseball player (pitcher) * James Sanford (disambiguation), multiple people *

John A. Sanford John A. "Jack" Sanford (26 July 1929 – 17 October 2005) was an American Jungian analyst and Episcopal priest. Early life John A. Sanford was born in Moorestown, New Jersey, a township in Burlington County. His parents were both leaders in the ...

(1929–2005), also known as Jack, American Jungian psychoanalyst and Episcopal priest *

John C. Sanford John C. Sanford is an American geneticist and inventor. From 1980 to 1998 he was a professor at Cornell University. After retirement at Cornell, he continued as courtesy professor. He is known for advocacy of the pseudoscience of intelligent desi ...

(born 1950), American plant geneticist and advocate of intelligent design and young earth creationism * John E. Sanford (died 1907), U.S. politician in Massachusetts * John Elroy Sanford, birth name of American comedian

Redd Foxx John Elroy Sanford (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act before and during the civil rights movement. ...

John F. A. Sanford John Francis Alexander Sanford (1806–1857) was a frontiersman of the American west who worked with Native American tribes as an Indian agent. He later joined Pierre Chouteau Jr. in a fur trapping and trading business. He extended his inter ...

, one party to the U.S. Supreme Court case of ''Dred Scott v. Sandford'' ic* John Langton Sanford (1824–1877), English historical writer * John Sanford (author) (1904–2003), American author and screenwriter, born Julian Lawrence Shapiro *

John Sanford (governor) John Sanford (c. 1605 – 1653) was an early settler of Boston, Massachusetts, an original settler of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and a governor of the combined towns of Portsmouth and Newport in the Rhode Island colony, dying in office after s ...

(1605–1653), founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA * John Sanford (1803) (1803–1857), U.S. Representative from New York * John Sanford (1851) (1851–1939), U.S. Representative from New York * John W. A. Sanford (1798–1870), U.S. Representative from Georgia * Katherine Sanford (1915–2005), American cancer biologist * Kiki Sanford, American neurophysiologist and science communicator * Leonard Cutler Sanford (1868–1950), American surgeon and ornithologist * Lillias Rumsey Sanford, American school founder * Linda Sanford (born 1953), American technology executive * Louis Childs Sanford, American Episcopal bishop * Lucius Sanford, American American football player * Maria L. Sanford, American educator * Margaret Rose Sanford (1918–2006), First Lady of North Carolina * Mark Sanford (born 1960), American South Carolina politician * Mike Sanford Sr., Mike Sanford, American college football coach * Mike Sanford Jr., American football coach * Mitchell Sanford (1799–1861), New York politician * Nathan Sanford (1777–1838), New York politician, US Senator * Nehemiah Curtis Sanford, American industrialist and politician * Reuben Sanford (1780–1855), New York politician * Richard K. Sanford (1822–1895), New York politician * Roscoe Frank Sanford, American astronomer * Scott Sanford (born 1963), American politician, accountant, and Baptist clergyman * T. Denny Sanford, American businessman and philanthropist * Taylor Sanford, American baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator * Terry Sanford (1917–1998), American governor and senator from North Carolina * Vincent Sanford (born 1990), American basketball player * William Ayshford Sanford (1818–1902), naturalist and Colonial Secretary of Western Australia * William Eli Sanford, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and politician * Winifred Sanford (1890–1983), American writer * Zach Sanford (born 1994), American ice hockey player

Fictional characters

* Fred G. Sanford, of the TV series ''Sanford and Son'' * Lamont Sanford, of the TV series ''Sanford and Son'', portrayed by Demond Wilson

Fictional characters

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