Handford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alick Handford
Alick Handford (3 May 1869 – 15 October 1935) was an English cricketer whose first-class career spanned from 1892 to 1915, and included matches for American, English, and New Zealand teams. He later worked as a cricket coach, and also umpired ...
(1869–1935), English cricketer
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Clive Handford (born 1937), Anglican bishop
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Frank Handford
Frank Handford was an English rugby union international who played on four occasions for his country and was part of the first official British Isles team that toured South Africa in 1910.
Early life
Frank Gordon Handford was born in 1884 in ...
, English rugby union player
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James Handford
James Handford (1 February 1890 – 14 August 1948) was an English cricketer for Derbyshire. A right-handed batsman, he was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire. He placed nine first-class matches for his county during the 1910 County Championship, sco ...
(1890–1948), English cricketer
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Martin Handford (born 1956), English writer and illustrator
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Peter Handford (1919–2007), English audio engineer
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Phil Handford
Philip Michael Handford (born 18 July 1964) is an English former professional footballer. He began his career with Gillingham, and his later clubs included Wimbledon, Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professiona ...
(born 1964), English footballer
*Richard Handford, British television producer
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Sanders Handford
Sanders may refer to:
People
Surname
* Sanders (surname)
* Bernie Sanders, US presidential candidate and senator
* Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former White House press secretary and daughter of Mike Huckabee
* Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC (Ken ...
(1858–1917), English-born American cricketer
In fiction
*Julius Handford, an alias for ''John Harmon'' in Dickens's
Our Mutual Friend
''Our Mutual Friend'', written in 1864–1865, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in the words of critic J. Hillis Miller, quo ...
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Mr. Handford
Since the premiere of the children's television program ''Sesame Street'' on November 10, 1969, it has included what writer Malcolm Gladwell has called "the essence of ''Sesame Street''—the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults ...
, a character in
Sesame Street
See also
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Hanford (disambiguation)
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