Stanford (name) explained

Stanford is both a surname and a masculine given name.

People

Notable people with the name include:

Surnamed

People with the surname "Stanford" include:

• Aaron Stanford (born 1976), American film actor
• Ala Stanford, American physician
• Alan Stanford, Irish actor/director
• Al Bourke (born Alan Stanford in 1928), Australian boxer of the 1940s and '50s
• Allen Stanford, American businessman and fraudster
• Charles Stanford (disambiguation)
  • Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), Irish composer of classical and church music
• Cliff Stanford, co-founder of the ISP Demon Internet
• Craig Stanford, Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at the Jane Goodall Research Center
• Derek Stanford (disambiguation)
• Edward Stanford, founder of map and book publisher Stanford's
• Frank Stanford (1948–1978), American poet
• Henry Stanford (disambiguation)
  • Henry King Stanford (1916–2009), former President of the University of Georgia
• Jason Stanford (disambiguation)
  • Jason Gray-Stanford (born 1970), Canadian film and television actor
• John Stanford (disambiguation)
  • J. K. Stanford (1892–1971), British writer and ornithologist
• Karin Stanford, Professor of Pan-African Studies, California State University
• Leland Stanford (1824–1893), American businessman, politician, founder of Stanford University
  • Jane Stanford (1828–1905), widow of Leland Stanford
  • Leland Stanford, Jr. (1868–1884), son of Leland and Jane Stanford
• Martin Stanford, British TV presenter
• Miles J. Stanford (1914–1999), American Christian author
• Non Stanford, professional British triathlete
• Peter Thomas Stanford, African-American religious minister and writer
• Phil Stanford, American journalist and author
• Rawghlie Clement Stanford (1879–1963), 9th governor of Arizona
• Richard Stanford (disambiguation)
• Sally Stanford (1903–1982), madam, restaurateur, and mayor of Sausalito, California
• Thomas Stanford (disambiguation)
• Trevor Herbert Stanford, real name of English pianist Russ Conway.
• William Stanford (disambiguation)
  • William Bedell Stanford (1911–1984), Irish classical scholar, senator, Chancellor of the University of Dublin

By title

• Governor Stanford (disambiguation)
• Senator Stanford (disambiguation)

Given named

People with the given name "Stanford" include:

• Stanford Keglar (1985–present), American football player.
• Stanford Moore (1913–1982), American biochemist. He shared a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972.
• Stanford Morse (1926–2002), American politician
• Stanford Parris (1929–2010), American politician
• Stanford Samuels (disambiguation)
  • Stanford Samuels (born 1980), American football player
  • Stanford Samuels III (born 1999), American football player
• Stanford White (1853 – 1906), American architect

Fictional characters

• Stanford "Stan" Edgar, a recurring character from "The Boys"; see List of The Boys characters
• Stanford Filbrick "Ford" Pines, a main character from "Gravity Falls"; see List of Gravity Falls characters

See also

• • • Stanford (disambiguation)