Wakefield is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Andrew Wakefield (born 1957), former British bowel surgeon known for fraudulent research
Captain Arthur Wakefield (1799–1843), who died in the Wairau Affray, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Charity Wakefield (born 1980), English actress
Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, (1859-1941), British peer and founder of Castrol
Daniel Wakefield (1776–1846), writer on political economy
Daniel Bell Wakefield (1798–1858), son of Edward Wakefield
Edward Wakefield (1774–1854), English philanthropist and statistician
Edward Wakefield (New Zealand politician) (1845–1924), son of Felix Wakefield, New Zealand politician and journalist
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862), influential theorist on colonization
Edward Wakefield (British politician) (1903–1969), British civil servant and Conservative Member of Parliament
Elsie Maud Wakefield, (1886-1972), English mycologist
Felix Wakefield (1807–1875), brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Gilbert Wakefield (1756–1801), English scholar and controversialist
Howard Wakefield, (1884-1941), American baseball player
Humphry Wakefield, (born 1936), English baronet
James Wakefield, (1825-1910), United States politician
Jenn Wakefield, (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
Jerningham Wakefield (1820–1879), son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, New Zealand politician and author of Adventures in New Zealand
John Allen Wakefield, (1797-1873), United States politician and military leader
John Peter Wakefield (1915–1942), British racing car driver
Norman Arthur Wakefield (1918–1972), Australian naturalist
Priscilla Wakefield (nee Priscilla Bell, 1751–1832), author
Rhys Wakefield, (born 1988), Australian actor
Richard Wakefield American poet and literary critic
Robert Wakefield (died 1537), English linguist and scholar
H. Russell Wakefield, (1888-1964), English author
Peter Wakefield (disambiguation)
S. A. Wakefield (1927–2009), Australian author
Tim Wakefield (born 1966), pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
Wavell Wakefield, 1st Baron Wakefield of Kendal, (1898-1983), British politician
Colonel William Wakefield (1801–1848), who founded Wellington, New Zealand, brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
In fiction:
Elizabeth Wakefield and Jessica Wakefield twins from Sweet Valley High.
