Saunders is a surname of English and Scottish patronymic origin derived from Sander, a mediaeval form of Alexander.
People with the surname Saunders include:
Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunmanAdam Saunders (born 1986), Australian actorAl Saunders (born 1947), American football coachAlan Saunders (police officer) (1886–1964), Inspector-General of Police in Palestine, 1937–1943Alan Saunders (cricketer) (1892–1957), English cricketerAlan Saunders (broadcaster) (1954–2012), broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting CorporationAlbert Charles Saunders (1874–1943), Canadian politicianAlfred Saunders (1820–1905), New Zealand politicianAlfred Thomas Saunders (1854–1940), generally known as A. T. Saunders, South Australian historianAlison Saunders (born 1961), British barrister and Director of Public ProsecutionsAllen Saunders (1899–1986), American cartoonistAlvin Saunders (1817–1899), American politicianAlbert Charles Saunders (1874–1943), Canadian politicianAmy Saunders, British performer also known as Miss BehaveAndrew Saunders (1931–2009), British expert in military fortificationsAndy Saunders, English authorAngela Saunders (born 1977), English model and actressArthur Frederick Saunders (1879–1947), British soldierBen Saunders (disambiguation)Bradley Saunders English boxerCharles Saunders (disambiguation):Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer) (1713–1775), British admiralCharles Saunders (administrator) (died 1931), British administratorCharles Saunders (tennis), real tennis world champion, 1890–1895Charles Saunders (director) (1904–1997), English film director and screenwriterCharles Saunders (rower) (1902–1994), New Zealand rowerCharles E. Saunders (1867–1937), Canadian agronomistCharles H. Saunders (1821–1901), City Councilor, Alderman and Mayor of Cambridge, MassachusettsCharles R. Saunders (born 1946), Canadian fantasy authorCharles Saunders (bishop) (1884–1973), Bishop of Lucknow, 1928–1938Chris Saunders (headmaster), English headmaster and cricketerCicely Saunders, British physicianClarence Saunders (grocer), American retailerClarence Saunders (athlete), Bermudian high jumperDale Saunders (disambiguation):Dale Saunders (singer) Saint Kitts and Nevis-born London-based soca and fusion music singerDale Saunders (soccer), Trinidad and Tobago football playerE. Dale Saunders, American scholarDave Saunders, American volleyball playerDavid Saunders (American football), American football receiverDean Saunders, Welsh footballerDebra Saunders, American journalistDero A. Saunders, American journalistDoug Saunders, Canadian journalistDrew P. Saunders, American politicianEdith Rebecca Saunders, British biologistEdward Saunders (disambiguation):Edward W. Saunders (1860–1921), Virginian politicianEdward Saunders (judge) (died 1576), British judgeEdward Saunders (entomologist) (1848–1910), British entomologistEdward Saunders (MP) for Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)Ernest Saunders, British businessmanFlip Saunders (1955–2015), American basketball coachFrederick Richard Saunders, Ceylonese colonial administratorGeorge Saunders, American short story writerGloria Saunders, American actressHelen Saunders, British artistHarold H. Saunders, American diplomatHoward Saunders, British ornithologistHugh Saunders, South African Royal Air Force commanderIrene Saunders, American dictionary compilerJ. J. Saunders, British historianJack Saunders (disambiguation)Jake Saunders, British banker in Hong KongJason Saunders, New Zealand sailorJay Saunders, Big band lead trumpeter, collegiate jazz studies educatorJennifer Saunders (born 1958), British comedian and actressJoe Saunders, American baseball playerJohn Saunders (journalist), Canadian journalistJohn Cunningham Saunders, British surgeonJonny Saunders, an English radio presenter and schoolteacherJoseph Saunders, Visa Inc. CEOKate Saunders, British journalistLaurence Saunders, British preacher of the sixteenth centuryLeslie Howard Saunders, Canadian mayorMargaret Marshall Saunders, Canadian writerMatthew Saunders, English footballerMerl Saunders, American musicianMichael Saunders (disambiguation):Michael Saunders (born 1986), Canadian baseball playerMichael Saunders (academic) (born 1944), American numerical analyst and computer scientistMichael Saunders (economist), Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee memberMichael Graham Saunders (1920–1975), neurophysiologistMike Saunders (born 1952), rock critic and singerMike Saunders (Canadian football) (born 1969), former Canadian Football League running backMike Saunders (soccer) (born 1972), retired Jamaican soccer playerNeil Saunders (born 1983), English footballerNicholas Saunders (Vice-Chancellor) of the University of NewcastleNicholas Saunders (activist), British entrepreneur of the Alternative Culture and, later, Ecstasy advocateNicholas J. Saunders (b. 1953), British academic archaeologist and anthropologistNigella Saunders, Jamaican badminton playerNorman Saunders, American illustratorNorman Saunders (politician), politician from the Turks and Caicos IslandsOliver Saunders, jazz pianistOwen Saunders, British scientist and engineerPamela Saunders, American modelPeter Saunders (disambiguation)Philip Saunders (cricketer), Australian cricketer, playing mostly in EnglandRachel Saunders, American beauty queenRaymond Saunders (disambiguation):Raymond Saunders (artist)Raymond Saunders (clockmaker)Rebecca Saunders, composerReg Saunders (1920–1990), Australian army officerRichard Saunders (disambiguation)Robert Saunders (disambiguation)Romulus Mitchell Saunders, North Carolina politicianRon Saunders, English football player and managerStephen Saunders (military attache), British military attache based in GreeceThomas Harry Saunders, British paper-makerTobias Saunders, Deputy to the Rhode Island General AssemblyTony Saunders, American baseball playerTurner Saunders, American Methodist preacherWilliam Saunders (botanist), American botanistWilliam Saunders (photographer), British photographerWilliam Wilson Saunders, British entomologistFictional characters with the surname Saunders include:
Campbell Saunders, in DegrassiDaniel (Danny) Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The PromiseFinbarr Saunders, in VizGrace Saunders, in the Alone in the Dark seriesReb Isaac Saunders, in Chaim Potok's The Chosen and The PromiseSaunders, a fellow MI6 Agent in the James Bond film The Living DaylightsSpeed Saunders, in DC ComicsStephen Saunders (24 character), in 24