Lista de Personas Famosas con el apellido Strafford

Thomas Wentworth, I conde de Strafford fue un estadista inglés y una destacada figura de la época previa a la Guerra Civil Inglesa. Formó parte del Parlamento y apoyó al rey Carlos I de Inglaterra. Entre 1632 y 1639 ocupó el cargo de Lord Diputado de Irlanda, cargo que desempeñó con dureza. Llamado nuevamente a Inglaterra, se convirtió en el principal consejero del rey, tratando de fortalecer la posición real frente al parlamento. Cuando fue condenado a muerte, Carlos firmó la sentencia.

Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford, of 6 Portman Square, London, of Ballaghy, Londonderry and latterly of Wrotham Park in Middlesex, and of 5, St James's Square, London, was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a junior officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Irish Rebellion of 1798, he became Commanding Officer of the Grenadier Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards during the disastrous Walcheren Campaign. He served as a brigade commander at the Battle of Vitoria and then at the Battle of Roncesvalles on 25 July 1813 when his brigade took the brunt of the French assault and held its position for three hours in the early morning before finally being forced back. During the Hundred Days he commanded the 2nd Guards Brigade at the Battle of Quatre Bras in June 1815 and again at the Battle of Waterloo later that month when light companies from his brigade played an important role in the defence of Château d'Hougoumont. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and, after leaving Ireland in 1831, he was elected as Whig Member of Parliament for Poole in Dorset and was one of the few military men who supported the Reform Bill, for which he was rewarded with a peerage.

Lieutenant-General Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, KG, known as Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Baron Raby from 1695 to 1711, was an English peer, diplomat and statesman who served as First Lord of the Admiralty.

Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford, styled Viscount Enfield between 1899 and 1918, of Wrotham Park in the parish of South Mimms, Middlesex and 5, St James's Square, London, was an English peer.

William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, styled Viscount Wentworth until 1739 was a peer and member of the House of Lords of Great Britain.