Loftus is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Adam Loftus (bishop) (1533–1605), Irish Archbishop, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, first provost of Trinity College, Dublin Adam Loftus, 1st Viscount Loftus (1568–1643), Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1619 Aisling Loftus (1990–), English actress Amy Loftus, American singer Cecilia Loftus (1876–1943), Scottish burlesque performer and actress Dudley Loftus (died 1616) (1561–1616), an Irish landowner and politician Elizabeth Loftus (born 1944), American psychologist and author Ernest Achey Loftus (1884–1987), English soldier, teacher and diarist Frederick Loftus (1799–1860), cricketer Hubert J. Loftus (1924–1995), American politician Jamie Loftus (born 1993), American comedian, writer, podcaster, and actress John Loftus (born 1950), American author, former US government prosecutor, and former Army intelligence officer Johnny Loftus (1874–1935), American boxing trainer Johnny Loftus (1895–1976), American horse racing jockey Joseph Philip Loftus, assistant director at the Johnson Space Center, Senior 1000 Government Official Lord Augustus Loftus (Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus) (1817–1909), Governor of New South Wales, Australia 1879–1885 Ruben Loftus-Cheek (born 1996), English football player Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus (1927–2010), Irish barrister, politician, and environmentalist Thomas Loftus (1917–2011), former Chairman of Leinster Gaelic Athletic Association Tom Loftus (1856–1910), American professional baseball player and manager William Loftus (disambiguation)