Rainsford
Surname
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Rainsford is an English-language surname, a variation of the toponymic surname Rainford from the village Rainford, Lancashire.{{cite book | last1 = Hanks | first1 = Patrick | author-link = Patrick Hanks | last2 = Coates | first2 = Richard | author-link2 = Richard Coates | last3 = McClure | first3 = Peter | title = The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2016 | isbn = 978-0-19-252747-9 | oclc = 964412220 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2207 | page = 2207 | access-date = 26 June 2019
- Andrew Rainsford Wetmore (1820–1892), New Brunswick politician and jurist
- Charles Rainsford (1728–1809), British Army officer
- Ed Rainsford (born 1984), Zimbabwean cricketer
- George Payne Rainsford James (1799–1860), English novelist and historical writer
- George Rainsford (politician), Australian politician
- George Rainsford (actor), English actor
- Harold Rainsford Stark (1880–1972), officer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II
- Jenny Rainsford (1986–) English actress
- Jill Rainsford (1905–1994), actress, songwriter, painter and author
- Marcus Rainsford (c. 1758 – 1817) Officer in the British Army, serving in the Battle of Camden 1780, during the American Revolutionary War, and historical author
- Sir Mark Rainsford (c. 1652 – 1709), Irish Lord Mayor of Dublin and the original founder of the St James' Gate (Guinness) Brewery
- Peter Rainsford Brady (1825–1902), American military officer, surveyor and politician
- Sarah Rainsford BBC foreign correspondent
- Rainey Qualley (born 1989), singer and actress, uses the name Rainsford while releasing and writing music
Fictional characters
- Sanger Rainsford, from Richard Connell's 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game"
References
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