Saunders
Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish patronymic origin derived from Sander, a mediaeval form of Alexander.[1][2]
People with the surname Saunders include:
- Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman
- Adam Saunders (born 1986), Australian actor
- Al Saunders (born 1947), American football coach
- Alan Saunders (police officer) (1886–1964), Inspector-General of Police in Palestine, 1937–1943
- Alan Saunders (cricketer) (1892–1957), English cricketer
- Alan Saunders (broadcaster) (1954–2012), broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Albert Charles Saunders (1874–1943), Canadian politician
- Alfred Saunders (1820–1905), New Zealand politician
- Alfred Thomas Saunders (1854–1940), generally known as A. T. Saunders, South Australian historian
- Alison Saunders (born 1961), British barrister and Director of Public Prosecutions
- Allen Saunders (1899–1986), American cartoonist
- Alvin Saunders (1817–1899), American politician
- Albert Charles Saunders (1874–1943), Canadian politician
- Amy Saunders, British performer also known as Miss Behave
- Andrew Saunders (1931–2009), British expert in military fortifications
- Andy Saunders, English author
- Angela Saunders (born 1977), English model and actress
- Arthur Frederick Saunders (1879–1947), British soldier
- Ben Saunders (disambiguation)
- Bradley Saunders English boxer
- Charles Saunders (disambiguation):
- Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (1713–1775), British admiral
- Charles Saunders (administrator) (died 1931), British administrator
- Charles Saunders (tennis), real tennis world champion, 1890–1895
- Charles Saunders (director) (1904–1997), English film director and screenwriter
- Charles Saunders (rower) (1902–1994), New Zealand rower
- Charles E. Saunders (1867–1937), Canadian agronomist
- Charles H. Saunders (1821–1901), City Councilor, Alderman and Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Charles R. Saunders (born 1946), Canadian fantasy author
- Charles Saunders (bishop) (1884–1973), Bishop of Lucknow, 1928–1938
- Cicely Saunders, British physician
- Clarence Saunders (grocer), American retailer
- Clarence Saunders (athlete), Bermudian high jumper
- Dale Saunders (disambiguation):
- Dale Saunders (singer) Saint Kitts and Nevis-born London-based soca and fusion music singer
- Dale Saunders (soccer), Trinidad and Tobago football player
- E. Dale Saunders, American scholar
- Dave Saunders, American volleyball player
- David Saunders (American football), American football receiver
- Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer
- Debra Saunders, American journalist
- Dero A. Saunders, American journalist
- Doug Saunders, Canadian journalist
- Drew P. Saunders, American politician
- Edith Rebecca Saunders, British biologist
- Edward Saunders (disambiguation):
- Edward W. Saunders (1860–1921), Virginian politician
- Edward Saunders (judge) (died 1576), British judge
- Edward Saunders (entomologist) (1848–1910), British entomologist
- Edward Saunders (MP) for Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)
- Ernest Saunders, British businessman
- Flip Saunders (1955–2015), American basketball coach
- Frederick Richard Saunders, Ceylonese colonial administrator
- George Saunders, American short story writer
- Gloria Saunders, American actress
- Helen Saunders, British artist
- Harold H. Saunders, American diplomat
- Howard Saunders, British ornithologist
- Hugh Saunders, South African Royal Air Force commander
- Irene Saunders, American dictionary compiler
- J. J. Saunders, British historian
- Jack Saunders (disambiguation)
- Jake Saunders, British banker in Hong Kong
- Jason Saunders, New Zealand sailor
- Jay Saunders, Big band lead trumpeter, collegiate jazz studies educator
- Jennifer Saunders (born 1958), British comedian and actress
- Joe Saunders, American baseball player
- John Saunders (journalist), Canadian journalist
- John Cunningham Saunders, British surgeon
- Joseph Saunders, Visa Inc. CEO
- Kate Saunders, British journalist
- Laurence Saunders, British preacher of the sixteenth century
- Leslie Howard Saunders, Canadian mayor
- Margaret Marshall Saunders, Canadian writer
- Matthew Saunders, English footballer
- Merl Saunders, American musician
- Neil Saunders (born 1983), English footballer
- Nicholas Saunders (Vice-Chancellor) of the University of Newcastle
- Nicholas Saunders (activist), British entrepreneur of the Alternative Culture and, later, Ecstasy advocate
- Nicholas J. Saunders (b. 1953), British academic archaeologist and anthropologist
- Nigella Saunders, Jamaican badminton player
- Norman Saunders, American illustrator
- Norman Saunders (politician), politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands
- Oliver Saunders, jazz pianist
- Owen Saunders, British scientist and engineer
- Pamela Saunders, American model
- Peter Saunders (disambiguation)
- Philip Saunders (cricketer), Australian cricketer, playing mostly in England
- Rachel Saunders, American beauty queen
- Raymond Saunders (disambiguation):
- Rebecca Saunders, composer
- Reg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officer
- Richard Saunders (disambiguation)
- Robert Saunders (disambiguation)
- Romulus Mitchell Saunders, North Carolina politician
- Ron Saunders, English football player and manager
- Stephen Saunders (military attache), British military attache based in Greece
- Thomas Harry Saunders, British paper-maker
- Tobias Saunders, Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly
- Tony Saunders, American baseball player
- Turner Saunders, American Methodist preacher
- William Saunders (botanist), American botanist
- William Saunders (photographer), British photographer
- William Wilson Saunders, British entomologist
Fictional characters with the surname Saunders include:
- Campbell Saunders, in Degrassi
- Daniel (Danny) Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The Promise
- Finbarr Saunders, in Viz
- Grace Saunders, in the Alone in the Dark series
- Reb Isaac Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The Promise
- Saunders, a fellow MI6 Agent in the James Bond film The Living Daylights
- Speed Saunders, in DC Comics
- Stephen Saunders (24 character), in 24
References
- ↑ Saunders Allwords
- ↑ See also: Sander (name)
See also
- Saunders Mac Lane
- Saunders County, Nebraska, United States
- Saunders, Wisconsin, United States
- Saunders-Roe British aero and marine-engineering company
- Saunders (publisher), now part of Elsevier
- Saunders Secondary School, a school in the Thames Valley District School Board
- Saunderstown, Rhode Island, a village in the United States
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