Danforth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Asa Danforth (1746–1818), American highway engineer of the Revolutionary War era
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Asa Danforth Jr. (1768–1821), Upper Canada highway engineer
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Charles Haskell Danforth (1833–1969), American comparative anatomist
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Dave Danforth (1890–1970), American professional baseball player
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Elizabeth Danforth, creator in the role-playing game and video game industry
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Elliott Danforth, New York State Treasurer 1890–1893
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Emily M. Danforth (born 1980), US author
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George F. Danforth (1819–1899), New York judge
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Harold Warren Danforth (1916–1993), Member of the Parliament of Canada
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John Danforth
John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the ...
(born 1936), 27th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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Justin Danforth (born 1993), professional ice hockey player
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Loring Danforth, anthropology professor at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine
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Samuel Danforth (1626–1674), Puritan minister
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Stuart Taylor Danforth (1900–1938), American professor of zoology in Puerto Rico
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Thomas Danforth
Thomas Danforth (baptized November 20, 1623 – November 5, 1699) was a politician, magistrate, and landowner in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A conservative Puritan, he served for many years as one of the colony's councilors and magistrates, ...
(1622–1699), a judge in the Salem witch trials
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Walter R. Danforth (1787–1861), journalist and 4th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
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William H. Danforth (1870–1955), founder of Ralston-Purina
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William Henry Danforth, M.D. (1926–2020), American physician and educator; Chancellor Emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Fictional characters:
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Chad Danforth, character from the movie ''High School Musical'', played by Corbin Bleu
*Danforth, minor character in
H.P. Lovecraft's novelette ''
At the Mountains of Madness''
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