Stansfield (surname)
Stansfield (English: /ˈstænsfiːld/) is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin deriving from the Old English 'stan' (meaning stony) and 'feld' (field).[1][2] This toponymic surname originates from two possible locations in England: the ancient township of Stansfield (near Todmorden, West Yorkshire), which was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Stanesfelt’; and the village of Stansfield, Suffolk. The surname is most commonly found among families originating in the English counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, especially around the town of Todmorden, West Yorkshire.[3][4] Other variants include Stansfeld, Stanfield, and Standfield.
| Language(s) | English |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Meaning | "stony field" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Stansfeld, Stanfield Stanfield, Standfield |
Notable people with this surname include:
Stansfield (surname)
Politics
- William Rookes Crompton-Stansfield (1790–1871), English Whig politician and MP for Huddersfield (1837–53)
Military
- Randell Stansfield (b.1950), American military officer
- Col. Richard A. Stansfield (1941–2015), American military officer
Sports
- Adam Stansfield (1978–2010), English professional footballer
- James Burton Stansfield (fl.1910–26), English football manager
- Colin Stansfield (fl.1938–45), English rugby player
- Frederick Stansfield (1917–2014), Welsh footballer
- James Stansfield (b.1978), English professional footballer
Arts and Literature
- Anita Stansfield (b.1961), American novelist
- Charles A. Stansfield, American author of Haunted Ohio (2019)
- Claire Stansfield (b.1964), English-Canadian actress, director, fashion-designer and model
- Elsa Stansfield (1945–2004), Scottish artist
- David Stansfield, author of Take Nothing For Granted
- Emma Stansfield (b.1978), Welsh actress
- Prof. Gareth Stansfield (b.1973), British academic and Professor of Middle East Studies
- Dame Grace Stansfield (1898–1979), English actress, singer and comedienne (known as "Gracie Fields")
- John J. Stansfield, Associate Teaching Professor of Finance at University of Missouri
- James Stansfield, English author of Anaconda Vice (2018)
- James Ronald Stansfield, Professor of Economics at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, author of The Economic Thought of Karl Polanyi (1986)
- Katherine Stansfield, Cornish novellist and poet at University of Cardiff
- Lisa Jane Stansfield (b.1966), English singer, songwriter and actress
- Richard Stansfield, American author at Rutgers State University of New Jersey
- Robert (Bobby) Stansfield, English journalist
- Robert Elmer Stansfield (1918–2009), American author of Bitter bellies: The odyssey of Construction Battalion Maintenance Units 572 and 573 from boot camp to the South Sea isle of Banika (1946)
- Robert H. Stansfield, American Attorney and Candidate for Georgia Superior Court Judge
- Ron T. Stansfield, Canadian Sociologist and author, Associate Professor at University of Guelph
- Ron E. Stansfield, Canadian author of Twenty-One Ways to Die in Saskatchewan (2020)
Science
- Jem Stansfield, (fl.2001–), engineer, inventor and TV presenter
- J. Malcolm Stansfield, Professor at Royal Agricultural College and Founder Member of the British Farm Management Association
- William Stansfield (1874-1946), English/Australian railway officer and soldier
- William D. Stansfield (b.1930), American Biologist and author of Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Genetics (1969)
Medicine
- Ian Stansfield, English microbiologist and Professor at University of Aberdeen
- Richard E. Stansfield, English microbiologist
- Lt-Col. Thomas Edward Knowles Stansfield (1862–1939), English pathologist and medical officer
Architecture
- John Spencer-Stansfeld (b.1882), Australian architect. He changed his name c.1929 to Spencer-Stansfeld to anglicise it.[5]
Given names
- Archibald Stansfeld Belaney (1888–1938), British writer and environmentalism
- Arthur Stansfield Dixon (1856–1929), English metal worker and architect
- Charles Robert Stansfeld Jones (1886–1950), English accountant, occultist and ceremonial magician (also known as Frater Ashad)
- Sir Colin Stansfield Smith (1932–2013), British architect, academic and cricketer
- James Stansfield Collier (1870–1935), English physician and neurologist
- Norman Stansfield Cornish (1919–2014), English mining artist
- Stansfield Turner (1923–2018), American admiral and Director of Central Intelligence (1977–81)
- Timothy Stansfeld Engleheart (1803–79), English engraver
Fictional characters
- Aaron Stansfield, character from the prime time soap opera Dynasty (2017 TV series)|Dynasty (2017)
- Douglas Stansfield, character from the Twilight Zone episode The Long Morrow (1964)
- Norman Stansfield, character from the film Léon: The Professional (1994)
- Robert Stansfield, character from the film The Family (2013 film) (2013)
See also
References
- Stansfield", Surname Database, retrieved 10 March 2019.
- https://www.houseofnames.com/stansfield-family-crest
- https://www.named.publicprofiler.org/
- J. Stansfeld, The History of the Family of Stansfeld of Stansfield in the Parish of Halifax, etc. (Leeds, 1885). Archive.org.
- DEL RIO MAKES A MARK IN ELIZABETH BAY Retrieved 2 December 2019.
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