Saunders Explained
Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from Sander, a mediaeval form of Alexander.[1] [2]
People
- Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman
- Al Saunders (born 1947), American football coach
- Alan Saunders (broadcaster) (1954–2012), broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Alan Saunders (police officer) (1886–1964), Inspector-General of Police in Palestine, 1937–1943
- Alan Saunders (public servant) (1892–1957), English public servant and cricketer
- Albert Charles Saunders (1874–1943), Canadian politician
- Alfred Saunders (1820–1905), New Zealand politician
- Alfred Thomas Saunders (1854–1940), generally known as A. T. Saunders, South Australian historian
- Alfred William Saunders (1888–1930), Irish soldier who served the United Kingdom in World War I
- Alison Saunders (born 1961), British barrister and Director of Public Prosecutions
- Allen Saunders (1899–1986), American cartoonist
- Alvin Saunders (1817–1899), American politician
- Amy Saunders, British performer also known as Miss Behave
- Andrew Saunders (disambiguation):
- Andy Saunders (author), English author and researcher
- Andy Saunders (rugby league) (born 1994), Australian rugby league footballer
- Angela Saunders (born 1977), English model and actress
- Arthur Frederick Saunders (1879–1947), British soldier
- Ben Saunders (disambiguation):
- Benjamin Saunders (professor) (born 1968), comics expert
- Bill Saunders (1898–1950), American college football coach
- Billy Saunders (born 1937), Canadian ice hockey player
- Billy Joe Saunders (born 1989), British boxer
- Bob Saunders (American football), American football coach
- Bob Saunders (baseball), baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues
- Bob Saunders (politician) (1929–2016), American politician
- Bonita Saunders, American mathematician specializing in mathematical visualization.
- Bradley Saunders (born 1986), English boxer
- Bud Saunders (1884-?), American football and basketball coach
- Charles Saunders (disambiguation):
- Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (1713–1775), British admiral
- Charles Saunders (administrator) (died 1931), British administrator
- Charles Saunders (tennis), real tennis world champion, 1890–1895
- Charles Saunders (director) (1904–1997), English film director and screenwriter
- Charles Saunders (rower) (1902–1994), New Zealand rower
- Charles E. Saunders (1867–1937), Canadian agronomist
- Charles H. Saunders (1821–1901), City Councilor, Alderman and Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Charles R. Saunders (1946–2020), Canadian fantasy author
- Charles Saunders (bishop) (1884–1973), Bishop of Lucknow, 1928–1938
- Chris Saunders (headmaster), English headmaster and cricketer
- Cicely Saunders, British physician
- Clarence Saunders (grocer), American retailer
- Clarence Saunders (athlete), Bermudian high jumper
- Dale Saunders (disambiguation):
- Dave Saunders (volleyball) (born 1960), American volleyball player
- David Saunders (disambiguation):
- Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer
- Debra Saunders, American journalist
- Dero A. Saunders, American journalist
- Desmond Saunders (1926–2018), British television director
- Doug Saunders, Canadian journalist
- Drew P. Saunders, American politician
- Edith Rebecca Saunders, British biologist
- Edward Saunders (disambiguation):
- Emily Eliza Saunders (c. 1830–1875), English singer
- Ernest Saunders, British businessman
- Flip Saunders (1955–2015), American basketball coach
- Fred Saunders James Frederick Saunders (born 1951), American basketball player.
- Frederick Saunders (librarian), British writer, librarian, bookseller, and newspaper editor
- Frederick Albert Saunders (1875–1963), American spectroscopist
- Frederick Richard Saunders, Ceylonese colonial administrator
- G. K. Saunders (1910–2005), New Zealand radio and TV writer
- George Saunders (disambiguation):
- George Saunders, American short story writer and professor at Syracuse University
- George Saunders (athlete) (1907–1996), member of the English 4×110 yards relay team
- George Saunders (British wrestler), British Olympic wrestler
- George Saunders (Canadian wrestler) (born 1949), Canadian former wrestler
- George Saunders (footballer, born 1918) (1918–1982), English football player for Everton
- George Saunders (footballer, born 1989), English football player
- George Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1671–1734), naval officer, official and politician
- George Lethbridge Saunders (1807–1863), English painter
- Gloria Saunders, American actress
- Harry Saunders (disambiguation):
- Harold Saunders (disambiguation):
- Helen Saunders, British artist
- Helena Beatrice Richenda Saunders, British writer who wrote under the pseudonyms Ultra Marine and Haine Whyte
- Henry Saunders (disambiguation):
- Hilary Saint George Saunders British soldier, writer and official historian
- Howard Saunders, British ornithologist
- Hugh Saunders (disambiguation):
- Irene Saunders, American dictionary compiler
- J. J. Saunders, British historian
- Jack Saunders (disambiguation):
- Jake Saunders (1917–2002), British banker in Hong Kong
- Jason Saunders, New Zealand sailor
- Jay Saunders, Big band lead trumpeter, collegiate jazz studies educator
- Jennifer Saunders (born 1958), British comedian and actress
- Jeraldine Saunders (1923–2019), American writer
- Joe Saunders, American baseball pitcher
- Joe Saunders (politician), member of the Florida House of Representatives
- John Saunders (disambiguation):
- John Saunders, pseudonym of British novelist Arthur Nickson (1902–1974)
- John Saunders (chess player) (born 1953), British writer and magazine editor
- John Saunders (English judge) (born 1949), English High Court Judge of the Queen's Bench Division
- John Saunders (footballer) (1950–1998), English professional footballer
- John Saunders (Home and Away), fictional character
- John Saunders (jockey), Epsom Derby winning jockey in the 19th century
- John Saunders (journalist) (1955–2016), Canadian-American sports journalist
- John Saunders (MP) (1590–1638), English member for Reading
- John Saunders (New Brunswick judge) (1754–1834), Canadian soldier and lawyer
- John Baker Saunders (1954–1999), bassist for the American group Mad Season
- John Cunningham Saunders (1773–1810), British ophthalmologist
- John Joseph Saunders (1910–1972), British medieval historian
- John Llewellyn Saunders (1891–1961), New Zealand dentist and public health administrator
- John Monk Saunders (1897–1940), American novelist, screenwriter and movie director
- John Poyntz Saunders, killed by Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru, Indian revolutionaries
- John R. Saunders (1869–1934), American lawyer and politician in Virginia
- Jonny Saunders, an English radio presenter and schoolteacher
- Joseph Saunders (disambiguation)
- Kate Saunders, British journalist
- Khalen Saunders (born 1996), American football player
- Laurence Saunders, British preacher of the sixteenth century
- Leslie Saunders, Canadian mayor
- Margaret Marshall Saunders, Canadian writer
- Matt Saunders (disambiguation), several people, including
- Matthew Saunders, English footballer
- Matthew J. Saunders, English composer
- Melva Saunders, Australian basketball player
- Merl Saunders, American musician
- Michael Saunders (disambiguation):
- Neil Saunders (born 1983), English footballer
- Nicholas Saunders (Vice-Chancellor) of the University of Newcastle
- Nicholas Saunders (activist), British entrepreneur and MDMA advocate
- Nicholas J. Saunders (born 1953), British academic archaeologist and anthropologist
- Nigella Saunders, Jamaican badminton player
- Norman Saunders, American illustrator
- Norman Saunders (politician), politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Oliver Saunders, jazz pianist
- Owen Saunders, British scientist and engineer
- Pamela Saunders, American model
- Pete Saunders (born 1960), musician
- Peter Saunders (disambiguation)
- Philip Saunders (cricketer), Australian cricketer, playing mostly in England
- Philip Saunders (philatelist), (1899–1975), British banker and philatelist
- Rachel Saunders, American beauty queen
- Raven Saunders (born 1996), American track and field athlete
- Raymond Saunders (disambiguation):
- Rebecca Saunders, composer
- Reg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officer
- Richard Saunders (disambiguation)
- Rob Saunders (born 1968), Irish rugby union player
- Robert Saunders (disambiguation)
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders, North Carolina politician
- Ron Saunders, English football player and manager
- Ryan Saunders, American basketball coach
- Stephen Saunders (military attache), British military attache based in Greece
- Thomas Saunders (disambiguation):
- Thomas Saunders (academic), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
- Thomas Saunders (colonel), co-author of the Petition of the three colonels of 1654
- Thomas Saunders (born 1593), English MP for Buckinghamshire
- Thomas Saunders (born 1626) (1626–1670), English MP for Wallingford
- Thomas Saunders (born 1641), English MP for Milborne Port (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Saunders (died 1565) (1513–1565), English MP for Gatton, Reigate and Surrey
- Thomas Saunders (governor) (1713–1775), British governor of Madras from 1750 till 1755
- Thomas Saunders (MP for Coventry), English MP for Coventry
- Thomas Saunders (MP for Devon), English MP for Devon, 1653–1659
- Thomas A. Saunders III (born 1937), American investment banker and philanthropist
- Thomas E. Saunders (born 1951), member of the Indiana House of Representatives
- Thomas Harry Saunders (1813–1870), known as T. H. Saunders, British paper-maker
- Thomas William Saunders (1814–1890), British metropolitan police magistrate
- Tobias Saunders, Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly
- Tony Saunders, American baseball player
- Turner Saunders, American Methodist preacher
- Weslye Saunders, American football player
- Wilfred Saunders, British librarian and academic
- William Saunders (disambiguation):
^* William Saunders (photographer) (1832–1892), British photographer
- William Saunders (physician) (1743–1817), Scottish physician
- William Saunders (poet) (1806–1851), Welsh poet writing in Welsh
- William Saunders (scientist) (1836–1914), Canadian pharmacist, entomologist, and plant breeder
- William B. Saunders (1896–1977), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- William Edwin Saunders (1861–1943), Canadian naturalist
- William Gualbert Saunders (1837–1923), English designer of stained glass
- William L. Saunders (1835–1891), colonel in the U.S. Civil War and North Carolina secretary of state
- William Lawrence Saunders (1856–1931), American mining engineer and chairman of Ingersoll Rand
- William Penman Saunders (1912–1980), business manager and politician in Newfoundland, Canada
- William Wilson Saunders (1809–1879), British entomologist
Fictional characters
- Campbell Saunders, in Degrassi
- Daniel (Danny) Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The Promise
- Finbarr Saunders, in Viz
- Grace Saunders, in the Alone in the Dark series
- Matthew "Matt" Saunders, in My Super Ex-Girlfriend
- Reb Isaac Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The Promise
- Saunders, a Jewel thief in the film Short Circuit 2
- Saunders, a fellow MI6 agent in the James Bond film The Living Daylights
- Speed Saunders, in DC Comics
- Stephen Saunders (24 character), in 24
- Tommy Saunders, a Boston Police Department Sergeant, in Patriots Day
Places
- Saunders, Kansas, a ghost town, United States
- Saunders, Stanton County, Kansas, an unincorporated community, United States
- Saunders County, Nebraska, United States
- Saunders, Wisconsin, United States
- Saunderstown, Rhode Island, a village in the United States
- Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands, an uninhabited island
Other
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.allwords.com/word-Saunders.html Saunders
- See also: Sander (name)
