Wilford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aron Wilford (born 1982), English footballer
- Ernest Wilford (born 1979), American football player
- Francis Wilford (1761–1822), Hanoverian Indologist and Orientalist
- Sir James Wilford (1516–1550), English soldier
- John Wilford (MP) (died 1418), English politician
- John Wilford (fl.1723–1742), English bookseller
- John Noble Wilford (born 1933), American journalist
- Mark Wilford (born 1959), American climber
- Marty Wilford (born 1977), Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Wilford (1938–2023), English architect
- Ronald A. Wilford (1927–2015), American music manager
- Sara Wilford (1932–2021), American psychologist
- Sir Thomas Wilford (1870–1939), New Zealand politician
- William Wilford (died 1413), English politician