Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish origin, derived from Sander, a mediaeval form of Alexander.^[1][2]

People

• Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman
• Al Saunders (born 1947), American football coach
• Alan Saunders (broadcaster) (1954–2012), broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Alan Saunders (police officer) (1886–1964), Inspector-General of Police in Palestine, 1937–1943
• Alan Saunders (public servant) (1892–1957), English public servant and cricketer
• Albert Charles Saunders (1874–1943), Canadian politician
• Alfred Saunders (1820–1905), New Zealand politician
• Alfred Thomas Saunders (1854–1940), generally known as A. T. Saunders, South Australian historian
• Alfred William Saunders (1888–1930), Irish soldier who served the United Kingdom in World War I
• Alison Saunders (born 1961), British barrister and Director of Public Prosecutions
• Allen Saunders (1899–1986), American cartoonist
• Alvin Saunders (1817–1899), American politician
• Amy Saunders, British performer also known as Miss Behave
• Andrew Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Andrew Saunders (1931–2009), British expert in artillery fortifications
• Andy Saunders (author), English author and researcher
• Andy Saunders (rugby league) (born 1994), Australian rugby league footballer
• Angela Saunders (born 1977), English model and actress
• Arthur Frederick Saunders (1879–1947), British soldier
• Ben Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Ben Saunders (Australian footballer) (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
  • Ben Saunders (English footballer) (born 1984), English footballer
  • Ben Saunders (explorer) (born 1977), British polar explorer, endurance athlete, and motivational speaker
  • Ben Saunders (fighter) (born 1983), professional mixed martial artist
  • Ben Saunders (Holby City), a character in Holby City
  • Ben Saunders (singer) (born 1983), Dutch winner of season 1 of The Voice of Holland
• Benjamin Saunders (professor) (born 1968), comics expert
• Bill Saunders (1898–1950), American college football coach
• Billy Saunders (born 1937), Canadian ice hockey player
• Billy Joe Saunders (born 1989), British boxer
• Bob Saunders (American football), American football coach
• Bob Saunders (baseball), baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues
• Bob Saunders (politician) (1929–2016), American politician
• Bonita Saunders, American mathematician specializing in mathematical visualization.
• Bradley Saunders (born 1986), English boxer
• Bud Saunders (1884-?), American football and basketball coach
• Charles Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (1713–1775), British admiral
  • Charles Saunders (administrator) (died 1931), British administrator
  • Charles Saunders (tennis), real tennis world champion, 1890–1895
  • Charles Saunders (director) (1904–1997), English film director and screenwriter
  • Charles Saunders (rower) (1902–1994), New Zealand rower
  • Charles E. Saunders (1867–1937), Canadian agronomist
  • Charles H. Saunders (1821–1901), City Councilor, Alderman and Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Charles R. Saunders (1946–2020), Canadian fantasy author
  • Charles Saunders (bishop) (1884–1973), Bishop of Lucknow, 1928–1938
• Chris Saunders (headmaster), English headmaster and cricketer
• Cicely Saunders, British physician
• Clarence Saunders (grocer), American retailer
• Clarence Saunders (athlete), Bermudian high jumper
• Dale Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Dale Saunders (singer) Saint Kitts and Nevis-born London-based soca and fusion music singer
  • Dale Saunders (soccer), Trinidad and Tobago football player
  • E. Dale Saunders, American scholar
• Dave Saunders (volleyball) (born 1960), American volleyball player
• David Saunders (disambiguation):
  • David Saunders, painter and sculptor, son of illustrator Norman Saunders
  • David Saunders (American football player) (born 1976), American football player
  • David Saunders (American football coach) (born 1958), at University of Louisiana-Lafayette
  • David Saunders (ice hockey) (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player
  • David Saunders (political strategist), Democratic political strategist and author
  • David J. Saunders (1811–1873), Virginia businessman and politician
• Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer
• Debra Saunders, American journalist
• Dero A. Saunders, American journalist
• Desmond Saunders (1926–2018), British television director
• Doug Saunders, Canadian journalist
• Drew P. Saunders, American politician
• Edith Rebecca Saunders, British biologist
• Edward Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Edward W. Saunders (1860–1921), Virginian politician
  • Edward Saunders (judge) (died 1576), British judge
  • Edward Saunders (entomologist) (1848–1910), British entomologist
  • Edward Saunders (MP) for Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)
• Emily Eliza Saunders (c. 1830–1875), English singer
• Ernest Saunders, British businessman
• Flip Saunders (1955–2015), American basketball coach
• Fred Saunders James Frederick Saunders (born 1951), American basketball player.
• Frederick Saunders, British writer, librarian, bookseller, and newspaper editor
• Frederick Albert Saunders (1875–1963), American spectroscopist
• Frederick Richard Saunders, Ceylonese colonial administrator
• G. K. Saunders (1910–2005), New Zealand radio and TV writer
• George Saunders (disambiguation):
  • George Saunders, American short story writer and professor at Syracuse University
  • George Saunders (athlete) (1907–1996), member of the English 4×110 yards relay team
  • George Saunders (British wrestler), British Olympic wrestler
  • George Saunders (Canadian wrestler) (born 1949), Canadian former wrestler
  • George Saunders (footballer, born 1918) (1918–1982), English football player for Everton
  • George Saunders (footballer, born 1989), English football player
  • George Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1671–1734), naval officer, official and politician
  • George Lethbridge Saunders (1807–1863), English painter
• Gloria Saunders, American actress
• Helen Saunders, British artist
• Harry Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Harry Saunders Henry George Saunders (1898–1930), Australian rules footballer
  • Harry Saunders, inspiration for Harry's War (1999 film)
  • Harry Saunders (priest) (1913–1967), Archdeacon of Macclesfield
  • Harry Saunders (economist), see Khazzoom–Brookes postulate
• Harold Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Harold Saunders (chess player) (1875–1950), British chess and bridge player
  • Harold E. Saunders (1890–1961), American hydrodynamicist
  • Harold H. Saunders (1930–2016), US Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs
• Henry Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Henry Saunders (cricketer, born 1883) (1883–1942), cricketer for Somerset
  • Henry Saunders (cricketer, born 1966), cricketer with Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Henry Saunders (politician) (1855–1919), Australian politician
• Hilary Saint George Saunders British soldier, writer and official historian
• Howard Saunders, British ornithologist
• Hugh Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Hugh Saunders (RAF officer) (1894–1987), South African aviator and Royal Air Force officer
  • Hugh Saunders (academic) (died 1537), English clergyman and academic
  • Hugh Saunders (speedway rider) (born 1944), English speedway rider
• Irene Saunders, American dictionary compiler
• J. J. Saunders, British historian
• Jack Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Jack Saunders (Australian cricketer) (1876–1927), Australian cricketer
  • Jack Saunders (Middlesex cricketer), English cricketer
  • Jack Saunders (English footballer) (1924–2013), English (soccer) football centre half
  • Jack Saunders (presenter), British TV and radio presenter
• Jake Saunders (1917–2002), British banker in Hong Kong
• Jason Saunders, New Zealand sailor
• Jay Saunders, Big band lead trumpeter, collegiate jazz studies educator
• Jennifer Saunders (born 1958), British comedian and actress
• Jeraldine Saunders (1923–2019), American writer
• Joe Saunders, American baseball pitcher
• Joe Saunders (politician), member of the Florida House of Representatives
• John Saunders (disambiguation):
  • John Saunders, pseudonym of British novelist Arthur Nickson (1902–1974)
  • John Saunders (chess player) (born 1953), British writer and magazine editor
  • John Saunders (English judge) (born 1949), English High Court Judge of the Queen's Bench Division
  • John Saunders (footballer) (1950–1998), English professional footballer
  • John Saunders (Home and Away), fictional character
  • John Saunders (jockey), Epsom Derby winning jockey in the 19th century
  • John Saunders (journalist) (1955–2016), Canadian-American sports journalist
  • John Saunders (MP) (1590–1638), English member for Reading
  • John Saunders (New Brunswick judge) (1754–1834), Canadian soldier and lawyer
  • John Baker Saunders (1954–1999), bassist for the American group Mad Season
  • John Cunningham Saunders (1773–1810), British ophthalmologist
  • John Joseph Saunders (1910–1972), British medieval historian
  • John Llewellyn Saunders (1891–1961), New Zealand dentist and public health administrator
  • John Monk Saunders (1897–1940), American novelist, screenwriter and movie director
  • John Poyntz Saunders, killed by Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru, Indian revolutionaries
  • John R. Saunders (1869–1934), American lawyer and politician in Virginia
• Jonny Saunders, an English radio presenter and schoolteacher
• Joseph Saunders (disambiguation)
  • Joseph Saunders (chief executive), CEO of Visa Inc.
  • Joseph Saunders (engraver), English print-maker and Fine Art professor
• Kate Saunders, British journalist
• Khalen Saunders (born 1996), American football player
• Laurence Saunders, British preacher of the sixteenth century
• Leslie Saunders, Canadian mayor
• Margaret Marshall Saunders, Canadian writer
• Matt Saunders (disambiguation), several people, including
  • Matt Saunders (artist) (born 1975), American contemporary artist
  • Matt Saunders (rugby union, born 1988), with the Philippines national rugby union team
  • Matt Saunders (rugby union, born 1982), with Southland and Highlanders Super Rugby
• Matthew Saunders, English footballer
• Matthew J. Saunders, English composer
• Melva Saunders, Australian basketball player
• Merl Saunders, American musician
• Michael Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Michael Saunders (born 1986), Canadian baseball player
  • Michael Saunders (academic) (born 1944), American numerical analyst and computer scientist
  • Michael Saunders (economist), Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member
  • Michael Graham Saunders (1920–1975), neurophysiologist
  • Mike Saunders (born 1952), rock critic and singer
  • Mike Saunders (Canadian football) (born 1969), former Canadian Football League running back
  • Mike Saunders (soccer) (born 1972), retired Jamaican soccer player
• Neil Saunders (born 1983), English footballer
• Nicholas Saunders (Vice-Chancellor) of the University of Newcastle
• Nicholas Saunders (activist), British entrepreneur and MDMA advocate
• Nicholas J. Saunders (born 1953), British academic archaeologist and anthropologist
• Nigella Saunders, Jamaican badminton player
• Norman Saunders, American illustrator
• Norman Saunders (politician), politician from the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Oliver Saunders, jazz pianist
• Owen Saunders, British scientist and engineer
• Pamela Saunders, American model
• Pete Saunders (born 1960), musician
• Peter Saunders (disambiguation)
  • Peter Gordon Saunders, Australian social researcher
  • Peter Robert Saunders, British social researcher
  • Peter Saunders (impresario) (1911–2003), English theatre impresario
• Philip Saunders (cricketer), Australian cricketer, playing mostly in England
• Philip Saunders (philatelist), (1899–1975), British banker and philatelist
• Rachel Saunders, American beauty queen
• Raven Saunders (born 1996), American track and field athlete
• Raymond Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Raymond Saunders (artist)
  • Raymond Saunders (clockmaker)
• Rebecca Saunders, composer
• Reg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officer
• Richard Saunders (disambiguation)
  • Richard Saunders, a pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
  • Richard Saunders (anatomist) (1908–1995), South African anatomist
  • Richard Saunders (photographer) (1922–1987), American photographer
  • Richard Saunders (skeptic) (born 1965), Australian skeptic
• Rob Saunders (born 1968), Irish rugby union player
• Robert Saunders (disambiguation)
  • Robert Saunders (Irish lawyer) (c. 1650–1708), Serjeant-at-law
  • Robert Saunders Jr. (1805–1868), American academic and politician
  • Robert Alan Saunders, American computer scientist and professor
  • Robert Hood Saunders (1903–1955), mayor of Toronto
• Romulus Mitchell Saunders, North Carolina politician
• Ron Saunders, English football player and manager
• Ryan Saunders, American basketball coach
• Stephen Saunders (military attache), British military attache based in Greece
• Thomas Saunders (disambiguation):
  • Thomas Saunders (academic), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
  • Thomas Saunders (colonel), co-author of the Petition of the three colonels of 1654
  • Thomas Saunders (born 1593), English MP for Buckinghamshire
  • Thomas Saunders (born 1626) (1626–1670), English MP for Wallingford
  • Thomas Saunders (born 1641), English MP for Milborne Port (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Thomas Saunders (died 1565) (1513–1565), English MP for Gatton, Reigate and Surrey
  • Thomas Saunders (governor) (1713–1775), British governor of Madras from 1750 till 1755
  • Thomas Saunders (MP for Coventry), English MP for Coventry
  • Thomas Saunders (MP for Devon), English MP for Devon, 1653–1659
  • Thomas A. Saunders III (born 1937), American investment banker and philanthropist
  • Thomas E. Saunders (born 1951), member of the Indiana House of Representatives
  • Thomas Harry Saunders (1813–1870), known as T. H. Saunders, British paper-maker
  • Thomas William Saunders (1814–1890), British metropolitan police magistrate
• Tobias Saunders, Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly
• Tony Saunders, American baseball player
• Turner Saunders, American Methodist preacher
• Weslye Saunders, American football player
• Wilfred Saunders, British librarian and academic
• William Saunders (disambiguation):
  • William Saunders (botanist) (1822–1900), American botanist and architect
  • William Saunders (builder) (1767–1861), American architect
  • William Saunders (died 1570), MP for Gatton and Surrey
  • William Saunders (footballer) (fl. 1900), football goalkeeper for Burslem Port Vale
  • William Saunders (Liberal politician) (1823–1895), British newspaper publisher

^* William Saunders (photographer) (1832–1892), British photographer

• • William Saunders (physician) (1743–1817), Scottish physician
  • William Saunders (poet) (1806–1851), Welsh poet writing in Welsh
  • William Saunders (scientist) (1836–1914), Canadian pharmacist, entomologist, and plant breeder
  • William B. Saunders (1896–1977), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
  • William Edwin Saunders (1861–1943), Canadian naturalist
  • William Gualbert Saunders (1837–1923), English designer of stained glass
  • William L. Saunders (1835–1891), colonel in the U.S. Civil War and North Carolina secretary of state
  • William Lawrence Saunders (1856–1931), American mining engineer and chairman of Ingersoll Rand
  • William Penman Saunders (1912–1980), business manager and politician in Newfoundland, Canada
  • William Wilson Saunders (1809–1879), British entomologist

Fictional characters

• Campbell Saunders, in Degrassi
• 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
• Matthew "Matt" Saunders, in My Super Ex-Girlfriend
• Reb Isaac Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The Promise
• Saunders, a Jewel thief in the film Short Circuit 2
• Saunders, a fellow MI6 agent in the James Bond film The Living Daylights
• Speed Saunders, in DC Comics
• Stephen Saunders (24 character), in 24
• Tommy Saunders, a Boston Police Department Sergeant, in Patriots Day

Places

• Saunders, Kansas, a ghost town, United States
• Saunders, Stanton County, Kansas, an unincorporated community, United States
• Saunders County, Nebraska, United States
• Saunders, Wisconsin, United States
• Saunderstown, Rhode Island, a village in the United States
• Saunders Island, South Sandwich Islands, an uninhabited island

Other

• Saunders, a name for Shepherd's pie