Bedford (surname)

Last updated May 24, 2024

Bedford is an English toponymic surname which indicates someone from Bedfordshire County, and the name derived from the name of a Saxon monk 'Bede' combined with the old English ford 'a river crossing'. Notable people with the surname include:

Barbara Bedford (actress) (1903–1981), American actress
Barbara Bedford (swimmer) (born 1972), American former backstroke swimmer
Brian Bedford (1935–2016), English actor
Celia Frances Bedford (1904–1959), British artist
David Bedford (1937–2011), British composer and musician
David Bedford (athlete) (born 1949), English long-distance runner
Dave Bedford (footballer) (1926–2017), Australian footballer
Davis Evan Bedford (1898–1978), British physician
Frances Bedford (born 1953), Australian politician
Francis Bedford (photographer) (1815–1894), English photographer
Francis Donkin Bedford (1864–1954), English book illustrator
Francis Octavius Bedford (1784–1858), English architect
Fred Bedford (1902–1972), English professional footballer
Gerald Augustus Harold Bedford (1891–1938), British entomologist
Harry Bedford (rugby) (1866–1929), rugby union footballer of the 1880s and 1890s for England and Batley
Harry Bedford (music hall) (1873–1939), English music hall entertainer
Harry Bedford (politician) (1877–1918), New Zealand politician
Harry Bedford (footballer) (1899–1976), English footballer
Harry Bedford (cricketer) (1907–1968), English cricketer
Henry Bedford (educator) (1816–1903), English Catholic convert, educator and writer
Henry Bedford (cricketer) (c. 1854–?), English cricketer
Henry Edward Bedford (1860–1932), American painter and sculptor
Herbert Bedford (1867–1945), British composer, author and artist
Ian Bedford (1930–1966), English cricketer
Jan Bedford (born 1945), Australian gymnast
James Bedford (1893–1967), psychologist and the first person ever cryonically preserved
John Bedford (c. 1720 – 1791), English iron worker and industrialist
Kodie Bedford, Australian screenwriter
Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–?), American poet, author, editor
Luke Bedford (born 1978), British composer
Mark Bedford (born 1961), English musician, songwriter and composer
Martyn Bedford (born 1959), British novelist and literary critic
Olivia Cajero Bedford (1938–2022), American politician
Paddy Bedford (c. 1922 – 2007), Australian artist
Peter Bedford (born 1947), Australian rules footballer and cricketer
Sybille Bedford (1911–2006), German-born English writer
Walter Bedford (1879–1939), English cricketer

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