Stratford (surname)

Stratford is a surname of English origin.

Notable people with the surname include:

• John de Stratford (c. 1275–1348), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Robert de Stratford (c. 1292–1362), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Henry de Stratford Greater Clerk of the Chancery under Edward III
• Ralph de Stratford (c. 1300–1354), also known as Ralph Hatton of Stratford, Bishop of London
• Thomas de Stratford (died 1396), Archdeacon of Gloucester, Prior of Caldwell
• Andrew de Stratford (died 1399), Bishop and landowner
• Nicholas Stratford (1633–1707), Bishop of Chester
• John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough (c. 1691–1777)
• Edward Stratford, 2nd Earl of Aldborough (1736–1801)
• John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough (c. 1740–1823)
• Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, 4th Earl of Aldborough (1746–1833)
• Henry Stratford Persse (1769–1833), Irish writer
• William Samuel Stratford (1789–1853), English astronomer
• Alfred Stratford (1853–1914), English national footballer and cricketer
• Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1853–1939), English army officer and international footballer
• Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1882–1971) English historian, writer, mind-trainer, outdoorsman, and ruralist
• Tony Banks, Baron Stratford (1942–2006), British Labour Party politician
• Brice Stratford (born 1987), English actor-manager and writer