Around the world, Sanford (Sanford 
, סנפורד 
, Санфорд 
) is quite a common masculine first name. The given name Sanford is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Israel, where it is a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name, and United Arab Emirates, where it is a rare male name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United States, India, and Canada. More frequently, Sanford is the last name as well as the forename.
Sanford is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Doctor Claw , the main antagonist of Inspector Gagdet, Inspector Gadget.
| peleg sanford Rhode Island colonial governor, US (b. 1639) |
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| mitchell sanford American politician (1799-1861), US (b. 1799) |
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| shelton palmer sanford professor of mathematics and acting president at Mercer University (1816-1896), US (b. 1816) |
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| edwards s. sanford American businessman and soldier (b. 1817) |
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| harvey daniel sanford American physician, US (b. 1825) |
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| edwards sewall sanford (b. 1817) |
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erskine sanford American actor, US (b. 1885) |
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dudley phelps sanford Dudley Phelps Sanford was born on November 8, 1896 in Maxwell, Colusa, California. He was a Demertology Doctor. He was a medical doctor who practiced dermatology., US (b. 1896) |
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| steadman vincent sanford American academic and administrator (1871-1945), US (b. 1871) |
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| clarke a. sanford US (b. 1878) |
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| guthrie brown sanford botanist (b. 1890) |
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| conley hall sanford American physician and educator, US (b. 1893) |
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| taylor sanford American football player and coach, basketball player, baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator, US (b. 1907) |
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| fillmore h. sanford (b. 1914) |
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| merrill sanford American politician, mayor of Juneau, US (b. 1947) |
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