Beckford is an English surname derived from
Beckford, Worcestershire
Beckford is a small village on the main Cheltenham to Evesham Road, five miles north-east of Tewkesbury, on the Worcestershire—Gloucestershire border.
The village straddles the A46 and is one of the villages at the foot of Bredon Hill. The C ...
, or from a similar
toponym
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of '' toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a proper name of ...
. Notable people of this name include the following:
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Allison Beckford
Allison J. Beckford (born 8 May 1979 in Westmoreland) is a Jamaican sprinter competing in the 400 metres. She attended the Manning's School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, Jamaica, where she was one of the star athletes coa ...
(born 1979), Jamaican sprinter
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Chris Beckford-Tseu (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Darren Beckford
Darren Richard Lorenzo Beckford (born 12 May 1967) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. His younger brother Jason also played professional football.
In fourteen years as a professional footballer he scored a ...
(born 1967), English professional football player
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Ethan Beckford
Ethan Beckford (born 21 June 1999) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Cavalry FC.
Born in Manchester, England into a family of former professional footballers, he joined Toronto FC in 2015 and was put into the club's Academy. ...
(born 1999), Canadian soccer player
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James Beckford (athlete)
James Beckford (born 9 January 1975 in Saint Mary, Jamaica) is a Jamaican track and field athlete competing in the long jump. He represented Jamaica at the Olympic level in 1996, 2000 and 2004. He was the silver medallist in the long jump at ...
(born 1975), Jamaican long jump athlete in the 1996 Olympics
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James A. Beckford
James Arthur Beckford (1 December 1942 – 10 May 2022) was a British sociologist of religion.Swatos, William H.; Kivisto, Peter''Encyclopedia of Religion and Society'' Rowman Altamira 1998, p. 44, . Retrieved 20 June 2010. He was professor eme ...
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Jason Beckford (born 1970), English professional football player
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Jermaine Beckford
Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford (born 9 December 1983) is an English Football pundit and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career as a trainee at Chelsea, and played for Wealdstone, Uxbridge, Leeds United, ...
(born 1983), English professional football player
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Lily Beckford (born 1997), English sprinter
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Peter Beckford (colonial administrator)
Colonel Peter Beckford (1643–1710) was acting Governor of Jamaica in 1702. He was also a prominent slave owner, plantation owner, and businessman in early British Jamaica. By the time he died, he had accumulated 20 estates, 1,200 slaves and ...
, Jamaican planter and slave owner
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Peter Beckford (junior), Jamaican planter, slave owner and politician
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Peter Beckford Peter Beckford may refer to:
* Peter Beckford (colonial administrator) (1643–1710), acting governor of Jamaica in 1702
* Peter Beckford (junior) (1672/3–1735), his son, politician, slave owner and businessman in colonial Jamaica
* Sir Peter Beck ...
, English fox hunter, author and Member of Parliament
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Reginald Beckford (
fl. 20th century), Panamanian sprinter and businessman
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Richard Beckford
Richard Beckford (died 12 August 1796) was an English Whig politician.
Biography
Beckford was one the first mixed-race Member's of Pariament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and served for the constituencies of Bridport, Arundel and Leo ...
(died 1796), English politician
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Robert Beckford
Robert Beckford (born 1965) is a British academic theologian and currently Professor of Black Theology at The Queen's Foundation, whose documentaries for both the BBC and Channel 4 have caused debate among the Christian and British religious co ...
(contemporary), British academic, theologian, and filmmaker
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Roxanne Beckford (born 1969), Jamaican actress
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Tyson Beckford
Tyson Beckford (born December 19, 1970) is an American model and actor best known as a Ralph Lauren Polo model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program '' Make Me a Supermodel''. Beckford has been described as one of the most ...
(born 1970), American supermodel and actor
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William Beckford (1709–1770), English politician and slave owner; Lord Mayor of London
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William Beckford of Somerley
William Beckford of Somerley (13/24 September 1744 – 5 February 1799) was an English-West Indian slave-owner in Jamaica, and an author of works on Jamaican topography and conditions in slavery, and ancient French history.
Born into a very prom ...
, Jamaican slave owner and writer
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William Thomas Beckford
William Thomas Beckford (29 September 1760 – 2 May 1844) was an English novelist, art collector, patron of decorative art, critic, travel writer, plantation owner and for some time politician. He was reputed at one stage to be England's riches ...
(1760–1844), English novelist, art critic, travel writer, slave owner and politician
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English toponymic surnames