Stanfield (surname)
Stanfield is an English surname deriving from the Old English 'stan' and 'feld'. This toponymic surname originates from several possible locations in England: the village of Stanfield, Norfolk; the ancient township of Stansfield, West Yorkshire; and the village of Stansfield, Suffolk. Other variants include Stansfield, Stansfeld, and Standfield.
Notable people with this surname include:
Stanfield (surname)
PoliticsCanadian family of politicians:
- Frank Stanfield, Canadian politician and entrepreneur, 15th Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia,
- Frank Thomas Stanfield, Canadian politician, MP for Colchester—Hants, Nova Scotia
- John Stanfield, Canadian politician and industrialist, Senator for Colchester, Nova Scotia,
- Robert Stanfield or Robert Lorne Stanfield, Canadian politician, Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada,
- Abraham L. Stanfield or Abraham Lincoln Stanfield, American businessman and politician
- Robert N. Stanfield or Robert Nelson Stanfield, American politician and Senator for Oregon
- Sylvia Stanfield, American diplomat and Ambassador to Brunei
- Thomas S. Stanfield, American politician and judge from Indiana
- Ross H. Stanfield, Canadian mining promoter
- Richard Stanfield, British academic and civil engineer
Canadian family of professional ice hockey players:
- Jack Stanfield, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Jim Stanfield, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Fred Stanfield, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Andy Stanfield or Andrew William Stanfield, American sprinter
- Edmundo Stanfield, Irish rugby union footballer
- Kevin Stanfield or Kevin Bruce Stanfield, American Major League Baseball player
- Leon Stanfield, Welsh international lawn bowler
- Olphert Stanfield or Olphert Martin Stanfield, Irish professional footballer
- Parker Stanfield, American professional ice hockey player
- Vic Stanfield, American professional ice hockey player
English family of Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, painter:
- Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English marine painter
- Francis Stanfield, English Catholic priest and composer
- George Clarkson Stanfield, English painter
- James Field Stanfield, Irish actor, abolitionist, and author
- James S. Stanfield, American academic and film producer
- Lakeith Stanfield, American actor and musician
- The Stanfields, Canadian rock music group
- Agnes von Kurowsk pr Agnes von Kurowsky Stanfield, American nurse
Stanfield (given name)
- Stanfield Wells, All-American football player
- Samuel Singer or Samuel Stanfield Singer, Scottish episcopal clergyman and Dean of Glasgow and Galloway
Fiction
- Jack Stanfield, film character played by Harrison Ford in Firewall
- Cliff, Lana and Henry Stanfield, characters in Beyond the Sea
- Marlo Stanfield, character in The Wire
- Stanfield Organization, criminal organization in ''The Wire''
Standfield
- John Standfield, English agricultural labourer, one of the Tolpuddle Martyrs
- Thomas Standfield, English agricultural labourer, one of the Tolpuddle Martyrs