Alford (surname)

Alford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan F. Alford (born 1961), British writer on mythology
• Alford Velaphi (born 1999), Motswana footballer
• Andrew Alford (1904–1992), American inventor of antennas for radio navigation systems
• Anthony Alford (born 1994), American baseball player
• Billy Alford (born 1981), American football player
• Brian Alford (born 1975), American football player
• Bruce Alford Jr. (born 1945), American football kicker
• Bruce Alford Sr. (1922–2010), American football end
• Bryce Alford (born 1995), American basketball player
• Carl Alford (born 1972), English professional footballer
• Chalmers Alford (1955–2008), American jazz guitarist
• Charles Alford (1816–1898), Anglican bishop
• Dale Alford (1916–2000), American politician from Arkansas
• Damien Alford (born 2001), Canadian football player
• Darnell Alford (born 1977), American football player
• Dave Alford (born 1958), American drummer
• Dean Alford (born 1953), American businessman and politician from Georgia
• DeAundre Alford (born 1997), American football player
• Dominic Alford (born 1988), American football player
• Edna Alford (born 1947), Canadian author
• Edward Alford (MP for Colchester) (c.1566–c.1632), English landowner and politician
• Edward Alford (Royalist), English landowner and politician
• Francis Alford (1920–1942), Australian private, killed in the Ration Truck massacre
• Frank Alford (1901–1983), English footballer
• Gene Alford (1905–1972), American football player
• Harry L. Alford (c.1879–1939), American arranger and composer
• Henry Alford (disambiguation), several people, including:

*Henry Alford (theologian) (1810–1871), English churchman and scholar

:*Alford's Law, his rule for Biblical interpretation

*Henry Alford, tried for murder 1963, hence Alford plea, American legal term

*Henry Alford (police officer) (1816–1892), South Australian mounted policeman, hotelier

*Henry Alford (writer) (born 1962), American humorist and journalist

• Henry King Alford (1852–1930), mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland
• Jabe B. Alford (1850–1927), American politician
• Jay Alford (born 1983), American football player
• Jeffrey Alford, American-born Canadian food writer
• Jim Alford (1913–2004), Welsh track athlete
• John Alford (disambiguation), multiple people with the name, including:

*John Alford (actor) (1971–2026), Scottish-born English actor

*John Alford (cricketer) (born 1941), English cricketer

*John Alford (died 1691) (1645–1691), MP for Midhurst and Bramber

*John Alford (lutenist) (fl. 16th c.), English lutenist and translator of a treatise on the lute

*John Alford (MP for Hedon) (died 1600), Member of Parliament (MP) for Hedon

*John Alford (Parliamentarian) (c. 1590–1649), MP for New Shoreham in the Long Parliament

*John Alford (priest) (1919–1995), Church of England priest

*John Alford (professor) (1686–1761), established chair at Harvard

*John M. Alford (1915–1988), U.S. Navy admiral

*John R. Alford, American political scientist

• Julius Caesar Alford (1799–1863), American politician
• Kenneth J. Alford (1881–1945), English composer of many marches
• Leon P. Alford (1877–1942), American mechanical engineer
• Lynwood Alford (born 1963), American football player
• M. A. Alford (born 1991), American artist
• Maria Alford (1817–1888), English artist and art patron
• Mario Alford (born 1992), American football player
• Michael Alford (historian) (1587–1652), Jesuit missionary born in London, author of Fides Regia Britannica, 1663
• Michael Alford (athletic director) (born 1969), College athletic director
• Mike Alford (1943–2013), American football player
• Mimi Alford, alleged mistress of John F. Kennedy
• Mitchell Cary Alford (1855–1914), Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
• Noel Alford (1932–2022), Australian rules footballer
• Paul Alford, Canadian football player of the early 1950s
• Phillip Alford (born 1948), American actor
• Robert Alford (politician) (born 1950), Canadian politician
• Robert Alford (born 1988), American football player
• Roger Alford (died 1580), English landowner and politician
• Sam Alford (born 1986), English rugby union player
• Sidney Alford, English explosives expert
• Stephen Alford (born 1970), British historian
• Steve Alford (born 1942), American politician
• Steve Alford (born 1964), American basketball player and head coach
• Ted Alford (born 1971), Canadian football player
• Tony Alford (born 1968), American football player and coach
• T. Alford-Smith (1864–1936), British geographer
• William P. Alford (born 1948), Professor at Harvard Law School
• William VanMeter Alford Jr., American Rear Admiral
• W. R. (Red) Alford (1937–2003), American mathematician
• Xavion Alford, American football defensive back for the Arizona State Sun Devils
• Zack Alford, American drummer

See also

• Allford (disambiguation), includes list of people with surname Allford