Saunders

Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish patronymic origin derived from Sander, a mediæval form of Alexander [ [http://www.allwords.com/word-Saunders.html Saunders] . "Allwords".] .

People with the surname Saunders include:

* Al Saunders, American football coach
* Allen Saunders, American cartoonist
* Alvin Saunders, American politician
* Albert Charles Saunders, Canadian politician
* Arthur Frederick Saunders, British soldier
* A. P. Saunders Chemist, Peony breeder
* Ben Saunders, British polar explorer
* Bradley Saunders English boxer
* Charles Saunders:
**Charles Saunders (admiral) (1713-1775), British admiral
**Charles Saunders (administrator) (d. 1931), British administrator
**Charles Saunders (tennis player), real tennis world champion (1890-1895)
**Charles E. Saunders (1867-1937), Canadian agronomist
* Cicely Saunders, British physician
* Clarence Saunders, American retailer
* E. Dale Saunders, American scholar
* Dave Saunders, American volleyball player
* David Saunders, American football receiver
* Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer
* Dero A. Saunders, American journalist
* Doug Saunders, Canadian journalist
* Drew P. Saunders, American politician
* Ernest Saunders, British businessman
* Flip Saunders, American basketball coach
* George Saunders, American short story writer
* Helen Saunders, British artist
* Howard Saunders, British ornithologist
* Hugh William Lumsden Saunders, South African Royal Air Force commander
* Irene Saunders, American dictionary compiler
* J. J. Saunders, British historian
* Jack Saunders, Australian cricketer
* Jake Saunders, British banker in Hong Kong
* Jennifer Saunders, British comedienne, of French & Saunders
* Joe Saunders, American baseball player
* John Saunders, Canadian journalist
* John Cunningham Saunders, British surgeon
* Justine Saunders, Australian actress
* Kate Saunders, British journalist
* Laurence Saunders, British preacher of the sixteenth century
* Leslie Howard Saunders, Canadian mayor
* Margaret Marshall Saunders, Canadian writer
* Merl Saunders, American musician
* Nicholas Saunders (Vice-Chancellor) of the University of Newcastle
* Nicholas Saunders (activist), British entrepreneur of the Alternative Culture and, later, Ecstasy advocate
* Nick Saunders, the Bermudian high jumper
* Nigella Saunders, Jamaican badminton player
* Norman Saunders, American illustrator
* Norman Saunders (politician), politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands
* Oliver Saunders, jazz pianist
* Pamela Saunders, American model
* Peter Saunders, disambiguation
* Rachel Saunders, American beauty queen
* Raymond Saunders:
**Raymond Saunders (artist)
**Raymond Saunders (clockmaker)
* Reg Saunders, Australian army officer
* Richard Saunders, disambiguation
* Robert Saunders, American mayor
* Robert Hood Saunders, Canadian mayor
* Romulus Mitchell Saunders, North Carolina politician
* Ron Saunders, English football player and manager
* Stephen Saunders (military attache), a British military attache based in Greece
* Thomas Harry Saunders, British paper-maker
* Tony Saunders, American baseball player
* Turner Saunders, American Methodist preacher
* William Saunders (botanist), American botanist
* William Saunders (photographer), British photographer
* William Wilson Saunders, British entomologist

Fictional characters with the surname Saunders include:
*Daniel (Danny) Saunders, in Chaim Potok's "The Chosen" and "The Promise"
*Finbarr Saunders, in "Viz"
*Grace Saunders, in the "Alone in the Dark" series
*Reb Isaac Saunders, in Chaim Potok's "The Chosen" and "The Promise"
*Speed Saunders, in DC Comics
*Stephen Saunders (24 character), in "24"

References

ee also

* Saunders-Roe British aero and marine-engineering company
* Saunders publishing company, now part of Elsevier
* Saunders Secondary School, a school in the Thames Valley District School Board
* Saunderstown, Rhode Island, a village in the United States