Wakefield (family name)

Wakefield is a family name of Anglo-Saxon origin, which is particularly common in English-speaking countries.

Originally the name occurred regionally around Wakefield in the English county of West Yorkshire .

Name bearer

• Andrew Wakefield (born 1957), British surgeon
• Arthur Wakefield (1799–1843), English captain and representative of the New Zealand Company
• Charity Wakefield (born around 1980), British actress
• Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946), American composer
• Daniel Bell Wakefield (1798-1858), English attorney, attorney general, and judge
• Edward Wakefield (philanthropist) (1774-1854), English farmer, reformer, political writer and realtor
• Edward Wakefield (politician) (1845-1924), New Zealand journalist and politician
• Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862), British economist and statesman
• Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820–1879), English politician, publicist and adventurer
• Elsie Maud Wakefield (1886–1972), British mushroom expert
• Felix Wakefield (1807–1875), British surveyor, officer and colonist
• Henriette Wakefield (1879–1975), American opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher
• Herbert Russell Wakefield (also Horace Russell Wakefield ; 1888–1964), English writer
• James Wakefield (1825-1910), American politician
• Mary Wakefield (1853-1910), English opera singer (alto)
• John Wakefield (soccer player) (born 1934), English soccer goalkeeper
• John Wakefield (singer) (born John Darling ; * 1936), British opera singer (tenor)
• John Peter Wakefield (1915–1942), British racing car driver
• Priscilla Wakefield (1751-1832), English philanthropist, Quaker, writer, and feminist
• Rhys Wakefield (born 1988), Australian actor
• Tim Wakefield (born 1966), American baseball player
• William Hayward Wakefield (1801–1848), English officer, founder of Wellington

See also

• Wakefield (family) , family whose members were instrumental in the colonization of New Zealand

Web links

• Wakefield on surnamedb.com