Sanger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander C. Sanger, American reproductive rights activist *

Andrew Sanger Andrew Sanger (born 1948) is a British freelance journalist and travel writer, best known for many popular travel guides to France and the French regions, although he has also authored more than 40 guides to other locations, and four novels. Sa ...

(born 1948), British travel writer * Casper Sanger (1836–1897), American politician * Clyde Sanger (born 1928), English journalist, first Africa correspondent for ''The Guardian'' newspaper *

David Sanger (organist) David John Sanger (17 April 1947 – 28 May 2010) was a concert organist, professor and president of the Royal College of Organists. Biography Sanger was educated at Eltham College and the Royal Academy of Music. His teachers included Susi ...

(1947–2010), English organist *

David Sanger (drummer) Asleep at the Wheel is an American Western swing group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and is based in Austin, Texas. The band has won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception, released over twenty albums, and has charted more t ...

, American drummer *

David E. Sanger David E. Sanger (born July 5, 1960) is an American journalist who is the chief Washington correspondent for ''The New York Times''. A 1982 graduate of Harvard College, Sanger has been writing for the ''Times'' for 30 years covering foreign policy, ...

(born 1960), American journalist, with ''The New York Times'' *

Eleanor Sanger Eleanor Sanger (September 15, 1929 – March 7, 1993) was a 7-time Emmy-award-winning television writer and producer, who was the first woman Network Sports Producer. "Women television producers are still as rare as Howard Cosell's silences, ...

(1929–1993), American Television Sports Producer *

Elliott Sanger Elliot Sanger (March 2, 1897 – July 9, 1989) was the co-founder of WQXR-FM and an early advocate of FM broadcasting. Biography Elliott Maxwell Sanger was born to a Jewish family in Manhattan on March 2, 1897. He graduated from Townsend Harris ...

(1897–1989), American radio station founder * Esther R. Sanger (1926–1995), American humanitarian * Frederick Sanger (1918-2013), English biochemist *

Lord George Sanger 'Lord' George Sanger (23 December 1825 – 28 November 1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor. Born to a showman father, he grew up working in travelling peep shows. He successfully ran shows and circuses throughout much of the nin ...

, (1825-1911), English circus proprietor *

George Sanger (musician) George Sanger, also known as "The Fat Man", is an American musician who has composed music for computer and video games, beginning in 1983. Some of his best-known works include ''The 7th Guest'', ''Wing Commander'', ''Hard Nova'', ''Maniac Man ...

, American video game music composer *

Jedediah Sanger Jedediah Sanger (February 28, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was the founder of the town of New Hartford, New York, United States. He was a native of Sherborn, Massachusetts, and the ninth child of Richard and Deborah Sanger, a prominent colonial New ...

(1751-1829), American politician and businessman *

John Sanger John Sanger (1816 – 22 August 1889) was an English circus proprietor. Biography He was born at Chew Magna, Somerset, in 1816, the son of an old sailor who had turned showman. In 1845 he started with his brother George Sanger a conjuring ex ...

(1816–1889), English circus proprietor *

Larry Sanger Lawrence Mark Sanger (; born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who co-founded the online encyclopedia Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. Sanger coined the name and wrote much of Wikipedia's original governin ...

(born 1968), co-founder of Wikipedia and founder of Citizendium * Margaret Sanger (1879–1966), American birth control activist * Percival Sanger (1899—1968), English cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army * Peter Sanger (born 1943), Canadian poet and prose writer *

Ruth Sanger Ruth Ann Sanger (6 June 1918 – 4 June 2001) was an Australian immunogeneticist, haematologist and serologist. She was known for her work on human red cell antigens and for the genetic mapping of the human X chromosome. She was Director of ...

(born 1918), Australian haematologist and serologist * Stephen Sanger (born 1946), American businessman, chairman and CEO of General Mills *

William Sanger William Sanger (November 12, 1873 – July 23, 1961) was a German-born and American-educated architect and artist. He was the husband of Margaret Sanger. Early life and education Born in Berlin, Germany, Sanger came from a devoutly Jewish ...

(1885–1975), American doctor, past president of the Medical College of Virginia

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