Sands (surname)

Sands is an English and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Benjamin Aymar Sands (1853–1917), American lawyer
• Benjamin F. Sands (1811–1883), officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands (born 1985), American tennis player
• Billy Sands (1911–1984), American character actor
• Bobby Sands (1954–1981), Irish republican who died in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
• Bradley Sands (born 1978), American author and editor
• Charlie Sands (baseball) (1947–2016), American baseball player
• Charlie Sands (ice hockey) (1911–1953), Candaian ice hockey player
• Charles Sands (1865–1945), American golfer and tennis player
• Cole Sands (born 1997), American baseball player
• Comfort Sands (1748–1834), American politician
• Dave Sands (1926–1952), Australian aborigine boxer
• Diana Sands (1934–1973), African-American actress
• Diane Sands (born 1947), American politician from Montana
• Donny Sands (born 1996), American baseball player
• Edward F. Sands (1894–19??), suspect in the murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor
• Evie Sands (born 1946), American singer, songwriter and musician
• Ferdinand Sands (1806–1839), American lawyer
• James Sands (born 2000), American soccer player
• James H. Sands (1845–1911), officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War
• Jerry Sands (born 1987), American baseball player
• Jodie Sands, American singer
• John Sands (1826–1900), Scottish journalist and artist
• John Sands (footballer) (1859–1924), English footballer
• Johnny Sands (1928–2003), American actor
• Joshua Sands (politician) (1757–1835), member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
• Joshua R. Sands (1795–1883), United States Navy officer
• Julian Sands (1958–2023), British actor
• Leevan Sands (born 1981), Bahamian triple jumper and Olympic medallist
• Lynsay Sands, Canadian author of over 30 books
• Marvin Sands (1924–1999), American businessman, founder and CEO of Constellation Brands
• Michael Sands (media) (1945–2012), American model, actor and media consultant
• Mike Sands (athlete) (born 1953), Bahamian sprint athlete and athletics official
• Mike Sands (ice hockey) (born 1963), Canadian ice hockey player
• Percy Sands (1881–1965), English footballer
• Peter Sands (banker) (born 1961), British banker, former CEO of Standard Chartered Bank
• Peter Sands (politician) (1924–2015), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Philippe Sands (born 1960), British professor of international law and author of Lawless World
• Renee Sands (born 1974), American singer and actress
• Richard Sands (businessman) (born 1950), American billionaire, chairman of Constellation Brands
• Rob Sands (born 1958/59), American billionaire, CEO of Constellation Brands
• Robert Sands (artist) (born 1943), American artist
• Robert Sands (conductor) (1828–1872), Irish-born conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the United States' Utah Territory
• Robert Charles Sands (1799–1832), American writer
• Roger Sands (1942–2025), British public servant
• Roland Sands (born 1974), American motorcycle racer
• Sarah Sands (born 1961), British journalist and author
• Shamar Sands (born 1985), Bahamian hurdler
• Stafford Sands (1913–1972), finance minister of the Bahamas, helped create the Bahamas' tourism industry
• Tara Sands (born 1975), American voice actress
• Terdell Sands (born 1979), American football player
• Tom Sands (born 1954), American politician from Iowa
• Tommy Sands (American singer) (born 1937), American singer and actor
• Tommy Sands (Irish singer) (born 1945), Northern Irish folk singer, songwriter, radio broadcaster, and political activist
• Walter B. Sands (1870–1938), chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court

Fictional characters

• George Sands, a lead character in the British television series Being Human
• Sheldon Sands, a CIA agent (portrayed by Johnny Depp) from the 2003 movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico
• Max Sands, a racist biker in the HBO drama Oz
• Inspector Sands, fictional inspector in a code phrase used by public transport authorities in the United Kingdom, including Network Rail and London Underground, to alert staff to a fire alarm without needing to evacuate the station

See also

• Sand (surname)
• Sandys (surname)
• Michael Sands (disambiguation)