Stanford (name)

Stanford is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *

Aaron Stanford Aaron Stanford (born December 27, 1976) is an American actor best known for his roles as Pyro in '' X2'' and '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', and Doug in the 2006 remake of '' The Hills Have Eyes''. From 2010 to 2013, he starred as Birkhoff in '' N ...

(born 1976), American film actor *

Ala Stanford Ala Stanford is an American pediatric surgeon. She is the founder of R.E.A.L. Concierge Medicine and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. She is also the first African-American female pediatric surgeon to be trained entirely in the United Stat ...

, American physician *

Alan Stanford Alan Stanford (born 1949) is an English-Irish actor, director and writer. He has worked in the theatre for many years, including a 30 year association with the Gate Theatre as both actor and director. He is well known for playing George Manning ...

, Irish actor/director *

Al Bourke Al Bourke (born Alan Stamford; March 17, 1928) is an Australian professional boxer of the 1940s and 1950s who won the Victorian middleweight title, List of Australian middleweight boxing champions, Australian middleweight title, and List of Comm ...

(born Alan Stanford in 1928), Australian boxer of the 1940s and '50s *

Allen Stanford Robert Allen Stanford (born March 24, 1950) is an American financial fraudster, former financier, and sponsor of professional sports. He is serving a 110-year federal prison sentence, having been convicted in 2012 of fraud, on charges that his i ...

, American businessman and fraudster *

Charles Villiers Stanford Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic music, Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was ed ...

(1852–1924), Irish composer of classical and church music *

Cliff Stanford Clifford Martin Stanford (born Spiegel; 12 October 1954 – 24 February 2022) was a British internet entrepreneur from Southend-on-Sea, and the co-founder of Demon Internet, the first Internet Service Provider in the United Kingdom for individu ...

, co-founder of the ISP Demon Internet * Craig Stanford, Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at the Jane Goodall Research Center *

Edward Stanford Edward Stanford (27 May 1827 3 November 1904) was the founder of Stanfords, now a pair of map and book shops based in London and Bristol, UK. Biography Born in 1827, and educated at the City of London School, Edward Stanford developed his i ...

, founder of map and book publisher Stanford's *

Frank Stanford Frank Stanford (born Francis Gildart Smith; August 1, 1948 – June 3, 1978) was an American poet. He is most known for his epic, ''The Battlefield Where The Moon Says I Love You'' – a labyrinthine poem without stanzas or punctuation. In a ...

(1948–1978), American poet *

Henry King Stanford Henry King Stanford (April 22, 1916 – January 1, 2009) was the interim president of the University of Georgia (UGA) from 1986 through 1987 and the third president of the University of Miami from 1962 to 1981. Stanford's prior academic administ ...

(born 1916), former President of the University of Georgia *

J. K. Stanford John Keith Stanford OBE MC (29 April 1892 – 24 September 1971) was a British civil servant who worked in Burma and wrote several books on sport, humour, and natural history. Stanford was born in Aldringham, Suffolk and educated at Rugby Sch ...

(1892–1971), British writer and ornithologist *

Jason Gray-Stanford Jason Gray-Stanford (born May 19, 1970) is a Canadian film, television and voice actor. He is best known for playing Lieutenant Randy Disher in the Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe-winning TV program ''Monk'' and for voicing the role of Raditz in ''Dra ...

(born 1970), Canadian film and television actor * Karin Stanford, Professor of Pan-African Studies, California State University *

Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American industrialist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented California in the United States Se ...

(1824–1893), American businessman, politician, founder of Stanford University **

Jane Stanford Jane Elizabeth Lathrop Stanford (August 25, 1828 – February 28, 1905) was an American philanthropist, co-founder of Stanford University in 1885 (opened 1891) along with her husband, Leland Stanford, as a memorial to their only child, Leland St ...

(1828–1905), widow of Leland Stanford **

Leland Stanford, Jr. Leland Stanford Jr. (May 14, 1868 – March 13, 1884), known as Leland DeWitt Stanford until he was nine, was the only son of American industrialist and politician Leland Stanford and his wife Jane Stanford, Jane. Following his death from typhoid ...

(1868–1884), son of Leland and Jane Stanford *

Martin Stanford Martin Stanford (born 2 May 1958) is an English journalist and former news presenter for ''Sky News'', having worked for the channel from 1991 to 2016. He was the first British newsreader to announce the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and ...

, British TV presenter * Miles J. Stanford (1914–1999), American Christian author *

Non Stanford Non Stanford (born 8 January 1989) is a British former professional triathlete, representing Great Britain and Wales at international level. Stanford was the ITU (now World Triathlon) World Champion in 2013, part of the Great Britain world champ ...

, professional British triathlete * Peter Thomas Stanford, African-American religious minister and writer *

Phil Stanford Phil Stanford is an American journalist and author based in Oregon. He is best known for his work on the 1989 murder of Oregon Department of Corrections director Michael Francke and his efforts to prove the innocence of Frank Gable, who was wrongf ...

, American journalist and author *

Rawghlie Clement Stanford Rawghlie Clement Stanford (August 2, 1879 – December 15, 1963) was an American judge and politician who served as the fifth governor of Arizona from 1937 to 1939. He later served on the Arizona Supreme Court from 1943 until 1955, including thr ...

(1879–1963), 9th governor of Arizona * Richard Stanford (disambiguation) *

Sally Stanford Sally Stanford (May 5, 1903 – February 1, 1982) was an American madam, restaurateur, council member and the mayor of Sausalito, California. Born Mabel Janice Busby, in Oregon in 1903, Stanford moved to San Francisco in 1924. From 1940 to 1949, s ...

(1903–1982), madam, restaurateur, and mayor of Sausalito, California * Trevor Herbert Stanford, real name of English pianist Russ Conway. *

William Bedell Stanford William Bedell Stanford (16 January 1910 – 30 December 1984) was an Irish classical scholar and senator. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College Dublin between 1940 and 1980 and served as the 22nd chancellor of the university betwee ...

(1911–1984), Irish classical scholar, senator, Chancellor of the University of Dublin Given name: * Stanford Keglar (1985–present), American football player. *

Stanford Moore Stanford Moore (September 4, 1913 – August 23, 1982) was an American biochemist. He shared a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972, with Christian B. Anfinsen and William Howard Stein, for work done at Rockefeller University on the structure of ...

(1913–1982), American biochemist. He shared a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972. *

Stanford Morse Stanford Everett Morse Jr. (May 31, 1926 – February 28, 2002), was a Mississippi lawyer who served two terms in the Mississippi State Senate. Initially a Democrat, Morse became a Republican in 1963 as part of an unsuccessful candidacy for the o ...

(1926–2002), American politician *

Stanford Parris Stanford Elmer "Stan" Parris (September 9, 1929 – March 27, 2010) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He represented Virginia's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for six two year terms. He ...

(1929–2010), American politician * Stanford Samuels (born 1980), American football player * Stanford Samuels III (born 1999), American football player *

Stanford White Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect. He was also a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms. He designed many houses for the rich, in additio ...

(1853 – 1906), American architect {{given name, type=both English-language surnames Masculine given names English masculine given names