Cornforth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arthur Cornforth (1861–1938), American politician Fanny Cornforth (1835–1909), English artist's model and mistress of Dante Gabriel Rossetti John Cornforth (disambiguation), multiple people Mark Cornforth (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player Maurice Cornforth (1909–1980), British Marxist philosopher Rita Cornforth (1915–2012), Australian–British biochemist, wife of John Cornforth