Sandford (surname)
Sandford is an English language toponymic surname, deriving from numerous localities named for a sandy ford.
St Fort in Fife, originally Sandforde or Sandford, is a Scottish origin of the name.Notable Sandfords
- Alexander Wallace Sandford Australian businessman and politician
- Ben Sandford, skeleton racer from New Zealand
- Christopher Sandford, Anglo-Irish private press owner
- Daniel Fox Sandford, Bishop of Tasmania from 1883 until 1889
- Daniel Sandford, BBC Home Affairs Correspondent
- Daniel Sandford,, Bishop of Edinburgh
- Daniel Sandford,, Brigadier in the British army, who settled in Ethiopia and became an advisor to Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
- Francis Sandford, 1st Baron Sandford, British civil servant and Baron Sandford
- Frank Sandford, the founder and leader of a Christian cult known as "The Kingdom"
- Frankie Sandford, British singer: S Club 8, The Saturdays
- Gladys Sandford first woman in New Zealand to earn a pilot's licence.
- James T. Sandford, American politician
- Sir James Wallace Sandford, or simply "Wallace Sandford", South Australian businessman and politician son of Alexander above.
- Jeremy Sandford, English television writer, musician and visionary
- John de Sandford, archbishop of Dublin
- John Sandford , American journalist and novelist
- Kenneth Sandford, English singer and actor
- Richard Douglas Sandford, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Robert Sandford, English explorer of Carolina coast
- Teddy Sandford, English footballer
- Thomas Sandford, American soldier and politician
- Tiny Sandford, burly actor who starred in Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin films
