Saunders

Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from Sander, a mediaeval form of Alexander.^[1]^[2]

People

Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman
Al Saunders (born 1947), American football coach
Alan Saunders (broadcaster) (1954–2012), broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Alan Saunders (police officer) (1886–1964), Inspector-General of Police in Palestine, 1937–1943
Alan Saunders (public servant) (1892–1957), English public servant and cricketer
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
Alfred William Saunders (1888–1930), Irish soldier who served the United Kingdom in World War I
Alison Saunders (born 1961), British barrister and Director of Public Prosecutions
Allen Saunders (1899–1986), American cartoonist
Alvin Saunders (1817–1899), American politician
Amy Saunders, British performer also known as Miss Behave
Andrew Saunders (disambiguation):
- Andrew Saunders (1931–2009), British expert in artillery fortifications
Andy Saunders (author), English author and researcher
Andy Saunders (rugby league) (born 1994), Australian rugby league footballer
Angela Saunders (born 1977), English model and actress
Arthur Frederick Saunders (1879–1947), British soldier
Ben Saunders (disambiguation):
- Ben Saunders (Australian footballer) (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
- Ben Saunders (English footballer) (born 1984), English footballer
- Ben Saunders (explorer) (born 1977), British polar explorer, endurance athlete, and motivational speaker
- Ben Saunders (fighter) (born 1983), professional mixed martial artist
- Ben Saunders (Holby City), a character in Holby City
- Ben Saunders (singer) (born 1983), Dutch winner of season 1 of The Voice of Holland
Benjamin Saunders (professor) (born 1968), comics expert
Bill Saunders (1898–1950), American college football coach
Billy Saunders (born 1937), Canadian ice hockey player
Billy Joe Saunders (born 1989), British boxer
Bob Saunders (American football), American football coach
Bob Saunders (baseball), baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues
Bob Saunders (politician) (1929–2016), American politician
Bonita Saunders, American mathematician specializing in mathematical visualization.
Bradley Saunders (born 1986), English boxer
Bud Saunders (1884-?), American football and basketball coach
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 (1946–2020), Canadian fantasy author
- Charles Saunders (bishop) (1884–1973), Bishop of Lucknow, 1928–1938
Chris Saunders (headmaster), English headmaster and cricketer
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 (volleyball) (born 1960), American volleyball player
David Saunders (disambiguation):
- David Saunders, painter and sculptor, son of illustrator Norman Saunders
- David Saunders (American football player) (born 1976), American football player
- David Saunders (American football coach) (born 1958), at University of Louisiana-Lafayette
- David Saunders (ice hockey) (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
- David Saunders (political strategist), Democratic political strategist and author
- David J. Saunders (1811–1873), Virginia businessman and politician
Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer
Debra Saunders, American journalist
Dero A. Saunders, American journalist
Desmond Saunders (1926–2018), British television director
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)
Emily Eliza Saunders (c. 1830–1875), English singer
Ernest Saunders, British businessman
Flip Saunders (1955–2015), American basketball coach
Fred Saunders James Frederick Saunders (born 1951), American basketball player.
Frederick Saunders (librarian), British writer, librarian, bookseller, and newspaper editor
Frederick Albert Saunders (1875–1963), American spectroscopist
Frederick Richard Saunders, Ceylonese colonial administrator
G. K. Saunders (1910–2005), New Zealand radio and TV writer
George Saunders (disambiguation):
- George Saunders, American short story writer and professor at Syracuse University
- George Saunders (athlete) (1907–1996), member of the English 4×110 yards relay team
- George Saunders (British wrestler), British Olympic wrestler
- George Saunders (Canadian wrestler) (born 1949), Canadian former wrestler
- George Saunders (footballer, born 1918) (1918–1982), English football player for Everton
- George Saunders (footballer, born 1989), English football player
- George Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1671–1734), naval officer, official and politician
- George Lethbridge Saunders (1807–1863), English painter
Gloria Saunders, American actress
Helen Saunders, British artist
Harry Saunders (disambiguation):
- Harry Saunders Henry George Saunders (1898–1930), Australian rules footballer
- Harry Saunders, inspiration for Harry's War (1999 film)
- Harry Saunders (priest) (1913–1967), Archdeacon of Macclesfield
- Harry Saunders (economist), see Khazzoom–Brookes postulate
Harold Saunders (disambiguation):
- Harold Saunders (chess player) (1875–1950), British chess and bridge player
- Harold E. Saunders (1890–1961), American hydrodynamicist
- Harold H. Saunders (1930–2016), US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs
Henry Saunders (disambiguation):
- Henry Saunders (cricketer, born 1883) (1883–1942), cricketer for Somerset
- Henry Saunders (cricketer, born 1966), cricketer with Turks and Caicos Islands
- Henry Saunders (politician) (1855–1919), Australian politician
Hilary Saint George Saunders British soldier, writer and official historian
Howard Saunders, British ornithologist
Hugh Saunders (disambiguation):
- Hugh Saunders (RAF officer) (1894–1987), South African aviator and Royal Air Force officer
- Hugh Saunders (academic) (died 1537), English clergyman and academic
- Hugh Saunders (speedway rider) (born 1944), English speedway rider
Irene Saunders, American dictionary compiler
J. J. Saunders, British historian
Jack Saunders (disambiguation):
- Jack Saunders (Australian cricketer) (1876–1927), Australian cricketer
- Jack Saunders (Middlesex cricketer), English cricketer
- Jack Saunders (English footballer) (1924–2013), English (soccer) football centre half
- Jack Saunders (presenter), British TV and radio presenter
Jake Saunders (1917–2002), 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
Jeraldine Saunders (1923–2019), American writer
Joe Saunders, American baseball pitcher
Joe Saunders (politician), member of the Florida House of Representatives
John Saunders (disambiguation):
- John Saunders, pseudonym of British novelist Arthur Nickson (1902–1974)
- John Saunders (chess player) (born 1953), British writer and magazine editor
- John Saunders (English judge) (born 1949), English High Court Judge of the Queen's Bench Division
- John Saunders (footballer) (1950–1998), English professional footballer
- John Saunders (Home and Away), fictional character
- John Saunders (jockey), Epsom Derby winning jockey in the 19th century
- John Saunders (journalist) (1955–2016), Canadian-American sports journalist
- John Saunders (MP) (1590–1638), English member for Reading
- John Saunders (New Brunswick judge) (1754–1834), Canadian soldier and lawyer
- John Baker Saunders (1954–1999), bassist for the American group Mad Season
- John Cunningham Saunders (1773–1810), British ophthalmologist
- John Joseph Saunders (1910–1972), British medieval historian
- John Llewellyn Saunders (1891–1961), New Zealand dentist and public health administrator
- John Monk Saunders (1897–1940), American novelist, screenwriter and movie director
- John Poyntz Saunders, killed by Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru, Indian revolutionaries
- John R. Saunders (1869–1934), American lawyer and politician in Virginia
Jonny Saunders, an English radio presenter and schoolteacher
Joseph Saunders (disambiguation)
- Joseph Saunders (chief executive), CEO of Visa Inc.
- Joseph Saunders (engraver), English print-maker and Fine Art professor
Kate Saunders, British journalist
Khalen Saunders (born 1996), American football player
Laurence Saunders, British preacher of the sixteenth century
Leslie Saunders, Canadian mayor
Margaret Marshall Saunders, Canadian writer
Matt Saunders (disambiguation), several people, including
- Matt Saunders (artist) (born 1975), American contemporary artist
- Matt Saunders (rugby union, born 1988), with the Philippines national rugby union team
- Matt Saunders (rugby union, born 1982), with Southland and Highlanders Super Rugby
Matthew Saunders, English footballer
Matthew J. Saunders, English composer
Melva Saunders, Australian basketball player
Merl Saunders, American musician
Michael Saunders (disambiguation):
- Michael Saunders (born 1986), Canadian baseball player
- Michael Saunders (academic) (born 1944), American numerical analyst and computer scientist
- Michael Saunders (economist), Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member
- Michael Graham Saunders (1920–1975), neurophysiologist
- Mike Saunders (born 1952), rock critic and singer
- Mike Saunders (Canadian football) (born 1969), former Canadian Football League running back
- Mike Saunders (soccer) (born 1972), retired Jamaican soccer player
Neil Saunders (born 1983), English footballer
Nicholas Saunders (Vice-Chancellor) of the University of Newcastle
Nicholas Saunders (activist), British entrepreneur and MDMA advocate
Nicholas J. Saunders (born 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
Pete Saunders (born 1960), musician
Peter Saunders (disambiguation)
- Peter Gordon Saunders, Australian social researcher
- Peter Robert Saunders, British social researcher
- Peter Saunders (impresario) (1911–2003), English theatre impresario
Philip Saunders (cricketer), Australian cricketer, playing mostly in England
Philip Saunders (philatelist), (1899–1975), British banker and philatelist
Rachel Saunders, American beauty queen
Raven Saunders (born 1996), American track and field athlete
Raymond Saunders (disambiguation):
- Raymond Saunders (artist)
- Raymond Saunders (clockmaker)
Rebecca Saunders, composer
Reg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officer
Richard Saunders (disambiguation)
- Richard Saunders, a pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
- Richard Saunders (anatomist) (1908–1995), South African anatomist
- Richard Saunders (photographer) (1922–1987), American photographer
- Richard Saunders (skeptic) (born 1965), Australian skeptic
Rob Saunders (born 1968), Irish rugby union player
Robert Saunders (disambiguation)
- Robert Saunders (Irish lawyer) (c. 1650–1708), Serjeant-at-law
- Robert Saunders Jr. (1805–1868), American academic and politician
- Robert Alan Saunders, American computer scientist and professor
- Robert Hood Saunders (1903–1955), mayor of Toronto
Romulus Mitchell Saunders, North Carolina politician
Ron Saunders, English football player and manager
Ryan Saunders, American basketball coach
Stephen Saunders (military attache), British military attache based in Greece
Thomas Saunders (disambiguation):
- Thomas Saunders (academic), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
- Thomas Saunders (colonel), co-author of the Petition of the three colonels of 1654
- Thomas Saunders (born 1593), English MP for Buckinghamshire
- Thomas Saunders (born 1626) (1626–1670), English MP for Wallingford
- Thomas Saunders (born 1641), English MP for Milborne Port (UK Parliament constituency)
- Thomas Saunders (died 1565) (1513–1565), English MP for Gatton, Reigate and Surrey
- Thomas Saunders (governor) (1713–1775), British governor of Madras from 1750 till 1755
- Thomas Saunders (MP for Coventry), English MP for Coventry
- Thomas Saunders (MP for Devon), English MP for Devon, 1653–1659
- Thomas A. Saunders III (born 1937), American investment banker and philanthropist
- Thomas E. Saunders (born 1951), member of the Indiana House of Representatives
- Thomas Harry Saunders (1813–1870), known as T. H. Saunders, British paper-maker
- Thomas William Saunders (1814–1890), British metropolitan police magistrate
Tobias Saunders, Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly
Tony Saunders, American baseball player
Turner Saunders, American Methodist preacher
Weslye Saunders, American football player
Wilfred Saunders, British librarian and academic
William Saunders (disambiguation):
- William Saunders (botanist) (1822–1900), American botanist and architect
- William Saunders (builder) (1767–1861), American architect
- William Saunders (died 1570), MP for Gatton and Surrey
- William Saunders (footballer) (fl. 1900), football goalkeeper for Burslem Port Vale
- William Saunders (Liberal politician) (1823–1895), British newspaper publisher

^* William Saunders (photographer) (1832–1892), British photographer

- William Saunders (physician) (1743–1817), Scottish physician
- William Saunders (poet) (1806–1851), Welsh poet writing in Welsh
- William Saunders (scientist) (1836–1914), Canadian pharmacist, entomologist, and plant breeder
- William B. Saunders (1896–1977), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- William Edwin Saunders (1861–1943), Canadian naturalist
- William Gualbert Saunders (1837–1923), English designer of stained glass
- William L. Saunders (1835–1891), colonel in the U.S. Civil War and North Carolina secretary of state
- William Lawrence Saunders (1856–1931), American mining engineer and chairman of Ingersoll Rand
- William Penman Saunders (1912–1980), business manager and politician in Newfoundland, Canada
- William Wilson Saunders (1809–1879), British entomologist