Stansfield is an

English surname English names are names used in, or originating in, England. In England as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of a given name, commonly referred to as a first name, and a (most commonly patrilineal) family ...

deriving from the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

'stan' (meaning stony) and 'feld' (field). This

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

originates from two possible locations in England: the ancient township of

Stansfield Stansfield is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located seven miles south-west of Bury St Edmunds, in 2011 its population was 221. The village has an Anglican church dedicated to All Saints. ...

(near

Todmorden Todmorden ( ; ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It is north-east of Manchester, south-east of Burnley and west of Halifax, West Yorkshire, Hal ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

), which was listed in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

of 1086 as 'Stanesfelt’; and the village of

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

. The surname is most commonly found among families originating in the

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

counties of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

and

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

, especially around the town of

. Other variants include Stansfeld, Stanfield, and Standfield. Notable people with this surname include:

Stansfield (surname)

Adam Stansfield Adam Stansfield (10 September 1978 – 10 August 2010) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. He competed professionally for Yeovil Town, Hereford United and Exeter City, and won promotion from the Football Conf ...

(1978–2010), English professional footballer * Alfred Stansfield (1871–1944), British-Canadian metallurgist (brother of Herbert Stansfield) * Anita Stansfield (b.1961), American novelist * Charles Stansfield or Charles Henry Renn Stansfield (1856–1926), British Admiralty civil servant *

Claire Stansfield Claire Stansfield is a British-Canadian actress, director, fashion designer and former model who is best known for her recurring role as Alti in several episodes of the TV series '' Xena: Warrior Princess'' and guest-starring roles on ''Cybill'' ...

(b.1964), English-Canadian actress, director, fashion-designer and model * Colin Stansfield (

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 ...

1938–45), English rugby player * Colin Stansfield Smith (1932–2013), British architect, academic and cricketer *

Elsa Stansfield Elsa Stansfield (19452004) was a Scottish artist, known for her video art and installations. She was born in Glasgow on 12 March 1945, and died in Amsterdam in 2004. From 1962-1965 Stansfield studied at the Glasgow School of Art. After that s ...

(1945–2004), Scottish artist * Emma Stansfield (b.1978), Welsh actress * Fred Stansfield or Frederick Stansfield (1917–2014), Welsh footballer * Gareth Stansfield (b.1973), British academic and Professor of Middle East Studies at University of Exeter * Grace Stansfield (1898–1979), English actress, singer and comedienne (known as "''Gracie Fields''") * George Norman Stansfield (1926–2018), British diplomat and High Commissioner to Solomon Islands * Herbert Stansfield (1872–1960), British physicist (brother of Alfred Stansfield) * James Stansfield (disambiguation), multiple people, including: ** James Stansfield (footballer) (b.1978), English professional footballer ** Bert Stansfield or James Burton Stansfield (1874–1938), English football manager **

James Warden Stansfield James Warden Stansfield (7 April 1906 – 30 September 1991) was a British barrister and judge. Career Stansfield was born in Cheshire on 7 April 1906 and was the son of James Hampson Stansfield. He was educated in Macclesfield and read Law ...

(1906–1991), English barrister and judge * Jack Stansfield (b.1896), English professional footballer *

Jay Stansfield Jay Stansfield (born 24 November 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Birmingham City, on loan from club Fulham. He began his football career with Exeter City, joined Fulham as a 16-year-old, and spent the ...

(b.2002), English professional footballer *

Jem Stansfield Jeremy Stansfield (born 1970) is a British engineer and television presenter who is best known for presenting the BBC One science show '' Bang Goes the Theory''. Career Stansfield has a degree in aeronautics from Bristol University and, bef ...

(

2001–), British engineer, inventor and TV presenter * John Stansfield (disambiguation), multiple people, including: *

Lisa Stansfield Lisa Jane Stansfield (born 11 April 1966) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. Her career began in 1980 when she won the singing competition ''Search for a Star''. After appearances in various television shows and releasing her first ...

(b.1966), English singer, songwriter and actress * Randell Stansfield (b.1950), American military officer *

Thomas Edward Knowles Stansfield Thomas Edward Knowles Stansfield, (186219 February 1939) was a British pathologist of mental illnesses and medical officer. The son of a leather merchant from Todmorden, Stansfield trained in Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and gradua ...

(1862–1939), English pathologist and medical officer *

Walter Stansfield Sir Walter Stansfield (15 February 1917 – 14 December 1984) was a British police officer and soldier who was Chief Constable of Denbighshire Constabulary (1964–67) and Derbyshire Constabulary (1967–79). Career Stansfield was born in ...

(1917–1984), British police officer, soldier and Chief Constable of Denbighshire and Derbyshire * William Stansfield (disambiguation), multiple people, including: ** William Stansfield (Railway officer) (1874–1946), English/Australian railway officer and soldier ** William Crompton-Stansfield (1790–1871), English Whig politician and MP for Huddersfield

Stansfield (Given name)

* Arthur Stansfield Dixon (1856–1929), English metal worker and architect * Arthur Stansfield Peebles (1872–1933), English army officer * Horace Stansfield Collier (1864–1930), English surgeon (brother of

James Stansfield Collier James Stansfield Collier (1870 – 9 February 1935) was an English physician and neurologist. His brother was the surgeon Horace Stansfield Collier. Early life Collier was born in 1870, the second son of Alfred Henry Collier and his wife Sa ...

) *

(1870–1935), English physician and neurologist (brother of Horace Stansfield Collier) *

Norman Cornish Norman Stansfield Cornish (18 November 1919 – 1 August 2014) was an English mining artist. Career Cornish was the last surviving member of the "Pitman's Academy" art school at the Spennymoor Settlement in County Durham in North East Engla ...

or Norman Stansfield Cornish (1919–2014), English mining artist *

Bob Frankford Robert Timothy Stansfield "Bob" Frankford (August 1, 1939 – August 1, 2015) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995 who represented the Toronto riding of Sc ...

or Robert Timothy Stansfield Frankford (1939–2015), Canadian politician *

Stansfield Turner Stansfield Turner (December 1, 1923 January 18, 2018) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as President of the Naval War College (1972–1974), commander of the United States Second Fleet (1974–1975), Supreme Allied Commander N ...

(1923–2018), American admiral and Director of Central Intelligence

Fictional characters

* Aaron Stansfield, character from the prime time soap opera ''

Dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...

'' (2017) * Douglas Stansfield, character from the ''Twilight Zone'' episode ''The Long Morrow'' (1964) *

Norman Stansfield Norman Stansfield (billed as Stansfield) is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of Luc Besson's 1994 film '' Léon: The Professional''. Portrayed by Gary Oldman, the corrupt and mentally unhinged Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA ...

, character from the film ''Léon: The Professional'' (1994) * Robert Stansfield, character from the film ''

The Family A family is a domestic or social group. Family or The Family may also refer to: Mathematics *Family of curves, a set of curves resulting from a function with variable parameters *Family of sets, a collection of sets *Indexed family, a family wh ...

'' (2013)

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Stansfield (surname)

Stansfield (Given name)

Fictional characters

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