Wilford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aron Wilford (born 1982), English footballerErnest Wilford (born 1979), American football playerFrancis Wilford (1761–1822), Hanoverian Indologist and OrientalistSir James Wilford (1516–1550), English soldierJohn Wilford (MP) (died 1418), English politicianJohn Wilford (fl.1723–1742), English booksellerJohn Noble Wilford (born 1933), American journalistMark Wilford (born 1959), American climberMarty Wilford (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey playerMichael Wilford (born 1938), English architectSara Wilford (born 1932), American psychologistSir Thomas Wilford (1870–1939), New Zealand politicianWilliam Wilford (died 1413), English politician