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 people with the surname include: Alexander Wallace Sandford Australian businessman and politician Ben Sandford (born 1979), New Zealand skeleton racer Chris Sandford (born 1939), English actor and writer on fly-fishing Christopher Sandford (1902–1983), Anglo-Irish private press owner, father of Jeremy Christopher Sandford (biographer) (born 1956), English journalist and biographer Daniel Fox Sandford (1831–1906), Bishop of Tasmania Daniel Sandford (journalist), British journalist Daniel Sandford (bishop of Edinburgh), (1766–1830), Bishop of Edinburgh Daniel Sandford (soldier), (1882–1972), British brigadier and advisor to Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia Ed Sandford (1928-2023), Canadian ice hockey player Elliott Sandford (1840–1897), American jurist from Utah Francis Sandford, 1st Baron Sandford (1824–1893), British civil servant Frank Sandford (1862–1948), founder of "The Kingdom", a Christian cult Frankie Sandford (born 1989), British singer: S Club 8, The Saturdays Gladys Sandford (1891–1971), New Zealand pilot James T. Sandford, American politician Sir James Wallace Sandford (1879–1958), Australian businessman and politician, son of Alexander Jeremy Sandford (1930–2003), English television writer, musician and visionary John de Sandford (died 1294), archbishop of Dublin John Sandford (novelist) (born 1944), American journalist and novelist Kenneth Sandford (1924–2004), English singer and actor Lettice Sandford (1902–1993), draftsman, wood-engraver, and watercolourist, mother of Jeremy Richard Sandford (died 1918), English recipient of the Victoria Cross Robert Sandford (explorer), English explorer of Carolina coast Teddy Sandford (1910–1995), English footballer Thomas Sandford (1762–1808), American soldier and politician Tiny Sandford (1894–1961), actor

See also Khalifa St. Fort Sandford (disambiguation) Sanford (surname)

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