Sanders (surname)

Sanders is a surname, and may refer to:

* Adrian Sanders (born 1959), a UK politician
* Ajai Sanders (born 1974), an American actress and stand-up comedian
* Alex Sanders:
** Alex Sanders (1926–1988), a Wiccan Priest
** Alex Sanders (actor) (born 1966), a pornographic actor
** Alex Sanders (politician), an American politician
* Ann Sanders, an Australian television journalist and news presenter
* Anucha Browne Sanders, a former women's basketball player
* Art Sanders, a news anchor
* Barry Sanders:
** Barry Sanders (born 1968), former running back of the Detroit Lions
** Barry Sanders (professor), an English professor and author
* Bernie Sanders (born 1941), Independent Senator from the state of Vermont
* Bob Sanders:
** Bob Sanders (born 1981), an American football safety
** Bob Sanders (American football coach)
* Carl Sanders (born 1925), an American politician
* Charles W. Sanders (1947), an American politician
* Chris Sanders (born 1962), an American film animator and voice actor
* Chris Sanders (wide receiver) (born 1972), a former American football wide receiver
* Colonel Sanders (1890–1980), pseudonym of Harland David Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken
* Corrie Sanders (born 1966), a South African boxer
* Dale Sanders, a British biologist
* Dale Sanders (railroad photographer)
* Daniel Sanders (1819–1897), a German lexicographer of Jewish parentage
* Darnell Sanders (born 1979), a former American football tight end
* Deion Sanders (born 1967), a former athlete in both the NFL and Major League Baseball
* Demond "Bob" Sanders (born 1981), an American football safety
* Doug Sanders (born 1933), an American professional golfer
* E. P. Sanders (born 1937), a New Testament scholar
* Ecstasia Sanders, a film actress
* Ed Sanders:
** Ed Sanders (born 1939), an American poet, singer, social activist, environmentalist, novelist and publisher
** Ed Sanders (television carpenter) (born 1968), an English carpenter, actor and television host
** Ed Sanders (producer and arranger), recent works with Anjani Thomas and Leonard Cohen
** Ed Sanders (boxer) (1930–1954), an Olympic gold medalist in boxing
** Ed Sanders (actor) (born 1993), a British child actor and singer
** Ed Parish Sanders (born 1937), a New Testament scholar
* Erin Sanders (born 1991), an American actress
* Evan Sanders (born 1981), an Indonesian actor
* Frank Sanders:
** Frank Sanders (born 1973) a former American football wide receiver
** Frank Sanders (ice hockey) (born 1949), a former professional ice hockey player
* George Sanders:
** George Sanders (actor) (1906–1972), an Academy Award-winning English actor
** George Sanders (writer), British author, possibly the same as George Sanders, the British actor
** George Sanders (VC) (1894–1950), Victoria Cross recipient in World War I
** George Nicholas Sanders (1812–1873), American official suspected in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
* Gina Sanders, a New Zealand opera singer
* Greg Hojem Sanders, a fictional character featured on the US crime drama television show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", played by Eric Szmanda
* Harland David Sanders (1890–1980), better known as Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken
* Ed Sanders (boxer) (1930–1954), an Olympic gold medalist in boxing
* Helma Sanders-Brahms (born 1940), a German film director
* James Sanders:
** James Sanders (American football) (born 1982), an American football safety
** James Sanders (American basketball player), an American former basketball player, now coach
** James Sanders Holman (1804–1867), the first mayor of Houston, Texas
** James Sanders (filmmaker), documentary filmmaker and writer, known for the series "New York: A Documentary Film" co-produced with Ric Burns
* Jan Sanders van Hemessen (c. 1500–c. 1566), a Northern Renaissance painter
* Jerry Sanders:
** Jerry Sanders (businessman) (born 1936), American co-founder and long-time CEO of the American semiconductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
** Jerry Sanders (politician) (born 1950), an American Republican politician, Mayor of San Diego, California, and former Chief of Police
* Jock Sanders (born 1988), an American football receiver and running back
* John Sanders:
** John Sanders (architect), a British architect of the late eighteenth century
** John Sanders (comedian), an American comedian
** John Sanders (musician) (1933–2003), an English musician asscoiated with the tradition of Anglican church music
** John Sanders (trombonist), a jazz trombonist and member of the Duke Ellington orchestra
** John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders, a Brigadier-General in the Confederate States Army
** John E. Sanders, an American evangelical Christian theologian
** John L. Sanders, a retired lawyer and author of current (1971) version of the North Carolina Constitution
* Jon Sanders (born 1939), an Australian yachtsman
* Karl Sanders (born 1964), an American musician and founding member of the band Nile
* Kenny Sanders, a former college basketball player for George Mason University
* Keylee Sue Sanders, Miss Kansas Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1995
* Larry Sanders:
** Larry Sanders, an Oxfordshire County Councillor
** Larry Sanders, better known by his stage name L.V., an American R&B singer
** Larry Sanders (character), a fictional character played by Garry Shandling on the American television series "The Larry Sanders Show"
* Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998), an American novelist
* Lewis Sanders (born 1978), an American football cornerback
* Loni Sanders (born 1958), a porn star and adult model
* Louk Sanders (born 1950), a Dutch tennis player
* Mary Sanders (born 1985), a Rhythmic Gymnast
* Maxine Sanders, a prominent member of the Wiccan faith and a co-founder of Alexandrian Wicca
* Maximillian Sanders (born 1991), the true meaning of benzona, and also war veteran from the Benzonarific War of 1996. Also known as Benzy McBenzo to close friends. Famous for wanting to replace James Lemon.
* Melvin Sanders (born 1981), an American basketball player
* Micah Sanders, a fictional character portrayed by Noah Gray-Cabey on the NBC science fiction drama series "Heroes"
* Mike Sanders:
** Mike Sanders (born 1969), an American stand-up comedian and former professional wrestler best known as "Above Average" Mike Sanders
** Mike Sanders (basketball) (born 1960), a retired American professional basketball player
* Newell Sanders (1850–1938), a Chattanooga businessman and former Senator from Tennessee
* Nicholas Sanders (c. 1530–1581), an English Roman Catholic priest and historian
* Nick Sanders, the current Guinness World Record holder for "fastest motorcycle circumnavigation"
* Nicola Sanders (born 1982), a British sprinter and hurdler
* Niki Sanders, a fictional character portrayed by Ali Larter in the television series "Heroes"
* Noel Devine Sanders (born 1988), an American college football running back
* Otto Liman von Sanders (1855–1929), a German general
* Pharoah Sanders (born 1940), an American jazz saxophonist
* Reginald Laverne "Reggie" Sanders (born 1967), an American Major League Baseball outfielder
* Richard Sanders:
** Richard Sanders (born 1940), an American actor
** Richard Sanders (wrestler) (1945–1972), an Olympic silver gold medalist in amateur wrestling
* Ricky Sanders:
** Ricky Sanders (born 1962), a former American football wide receiver
** Ricky Sanders (NASCAR) (born 1966), an American former NASCAR driver
* Satch Sanders (born 1938), a retired American basketball player and coach
* Scott Sanders:
** Scott Sanders (born 1945), an American novelist and essayist
** Scott Sanders (producer) (born 1957), an American film, television, and theatrical producer
** Scott Sanders (baseball) (born 1969), a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher
* Sue Sanders (born 1947), a British LGBT rights activist
* Summer Sanders (born 1972), a sports broadcaster, actress and retired Olympic gold medalist in swimming
* Terence Sanders (1901–1985), British rower
* Terry Sanders:
** Terry Sanders (born 1931), a two-time Academy Award–winning film producer and director
** Terry Sanders Jr., a fictional character in the anime OVA "Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team"
* Thomas Sanders:
** Satch Sanders (born 1938), a retired American basketball player and coach
** Thomas Sanders (businessman), a financial backer of Alexander Graham Bell's Bell Telephone Company
** Thomas Sanders (football player) (born 1962), an American football player
* Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (born 1952), an American portrait photographer
* Wilbur F. Sanders (1834–1905), an American lawyer and Senator from Montana
* William Sanders:
** William Sanders (statistician), a statistician
** William Sanders (writer) (born 1942), an American science fiction writer
** William Sanders (businessman) (born 1941), an American businessman
** William David Sanders (1951–1999), an American teacher and victim of Columbine High School massacre
** William Edward Sanders (1883–1917), a New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient in World War I
** William J. Sanders, a vertebrate paleontologist
** William P. Sanders (1833–1863), an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War

See also

*Jackson Sanders - Hero and Saviour of JAG Communications

* Sanderson