Beckford (surname)
Beckford is an English surname derived from Beckford, Worcestershire, or from a similar toponym. Notable people of this name include the following:
- Allison Beckford, Jamaican sprinter
- Chris Beckford-Tseu, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Darren Beckford, English professional football player
- Ethan Beckford, Canadian soccer player
- James Beckford, Jamaican long jump athlete in the 1996 Olympics
- Jason Beckford, English professional football player
- Jermaine Beckford, English professional football player
- Peter Beckford, Jamaican planter and slave owner
- Peter Beckford, Jamaican planter, slave owner and politician
- Peter Beckford, English fox hunter, author and Member of Parliament
- Reginald Beckford, Panamanian sprinter and businessman
- Robert Beckford, British academic, theologian, and filmmaker
- Roxanne Beckford, Jamaican actress
- Tyson Beckford, American supermodel and actor
- William Beckford, English politician and slave owner; Lord Mayor of London
- William Beckford of Somerley, Jamaican slave owner and writer
- William Thomas Beckford, English novelist, art critic, travel writer, slave owner and politician
