Sands (surname)
Sands is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Benjamin Aymar Sands, American lawyer
- Benjamin F. Sands, officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands, American tennis player
- Billy Sands, American character actor
- Bobby Sands, Irish republican who died in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
- Bradley Sands, American author and editor
- Charlie Sands (baseball), American baseball player
- Charlie Sands (ice hockey), Candaian ice hockey player
- Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player
- Cole Sands, American baseball player
- Comfort Sands, American politician
- Dave Sands, Australian aborigine boxer
- Diana Sands, African-American actress
- Diane Sands, American politician from Montana
- Donny Sands, American baseball player
- Edward F. Sands, suspect in the murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor
- Evie Sands, American singer, songwriter and musician
- Ferdinand Sands, American lawyer
- James Sands, American soccer player
- James H. Sands, officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War
- Jerry Sands, American baseball player
- Jodie Sands, American singer
- John Sands, Scottish journalist and artist
- John Sands (footballer), English footballer
- Johnny Sands, American actor
- Joshua Sands (politician), member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- Joshua R. Sands, United States Navy officer
- Julian Sands, British actor
- Leevan Sands, Bahamian triple jumper and Olympic medallist
- Lynsay Sands, Canadian author of over 30 books
- Marvin Sands, American businessman, founder and CEO of Constellation Brands
- Michael Sands (media), American model, actor and media consultant
- Mike Sands (athlete), Bahamian sprint athlete and athletics official
- Mike Sands (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
- Percy Sands, English footballer
- Peter Sands (banker), British banker, former CEO of Standard Chartered Bank
- Peter Sands (politician), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Philippe Sands, British professor of international law and author of Lawless World
- Renee Sands, American singer and actress
- Richard Sands (businessman), American billionaire, chairman of Constellation Brands
- Rob Sands, American billionaire, CEO of Constellation Brands
- Robert Sands (artist), American artist
- Robert Sands (conductor), Irish-born conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the United States' Utah Territory
- Robert Charles Sands, American writer
- Roger Sands, British public servant
- Roland Sands, American motorcycle racer
- Sarah Sands, British journalist and author
- Shamar Sands, Bahamian hurdler
- Stafford Sands, finance minister of the Bahamas, helped create the Bahamas' tourism industry
- Tara Sands, American voice actress
- Terdell Sands, American football player
- Tom Sands, American politician from Iowa
- Tommy Sands (American singer), American singer and actor
- Tommy Sands (Irish singer), Northern Irish folk singer, songwriter, radio broadcaster, and political activist
- Walter B. Sands, chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court
- George Sands, a lead character in the British television series Being Human
- Sheldon Sands, a CIA agent from the 2003 movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico
- Max Sands, a racist biker in the HBO drama Oz
- Inspector Sands, fictional inspector in a code phrase used by public transport authorities in the United Kingdom, including Network Rail and London Underground, to alert staff to a fire alarm without needing to evacuate the station