Mansfield is an English surname derived from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire or a similar toponym. It can also be a variant of the surname Mansell or Maunsell, as can be illustrated by the case of the politician and Royal Navy Admiral Sir Robert Mansell.[1][2]
Notable people with this surname include the following:
- Sir Alan Mansfield (1902–1980), Australian judge, Governor of Queensland
- Arabella Mansfield (1846–1911), first American female lawyer
- Brian Mansfield (born 1963), American writer and journalist
- Bruce Mansfield (1944–2016), Australian television and radio personality
- Charles Mansfield (disambiguation)
- Comins Mansfield (1896–1984), British chess player and problem composer
- Darrell Mansfield, American gospel and blues musician
- David Mansfield (born 1956), American musician
- Edward Mansfield (disambiguation)
- Edwin Mansfield, (1930–1997), economist, professor at the University of Pennsylvania
- Eric Mansfield (disambiguation)
- Eversley Mansfield (1886–1954), English footballer
- Fred Mansfield (1915–1992), English footballer
- Frederick Mansfield (1877–1958), American politician, Mayor of Boston
- George Allen Mansfield (1834–1908), Australian architect
- Sir Gerard Mansfield (1921–2006), British Royal Navy vice admiral
- Gordon H. Mansfield (1941–2013), American Army veteran, Deputy United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Harvey Mansfield (born 1932), American professor of government and conservative political commentator
- Henry Mansfield (died 1328), English medieval theologian, philosopher, churchman, and university chancellor
- Sir James Mansfield (1733–1821), British lawyer, judge and politician
- James Mansfield (cricketer, born 1860) (1860–1930), Tasmanian cricketer
- James Mansfield (cricketer, born 1862) (1862–1932), English cricketer
- Jared Mansfield (1759–1830), American mathematician and surveyor
- Jaymes Mansfield (born 1990), American drag queen and TV personality
- Jayne Mansfield (1933–1967), American actress and sex symbol
- Jayne Marie Mansfield (born 1950), American actress and model
- Jeremy Mansfield (1963–2022), South African radio and television personality
- Jerry Mansfield (1892–1960), American football player
- John Mansfield (disambiguation)
- Joseph K. Mansfield (1803–1862), Union army general in the American Civil War
- Joseph J. Mansfield (1861–1947), American Congress representative from Texas
- Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), New Zealand author
- Keith Mansfield (born 1941), British composer and arranger
- Keith Mansfield (writer) (born 1965), English writer and publisher
- Ken Mansfield (1937–2022), American record executive
- Marie Mansfield (born 1931), American baseball player
- Martha Mansfield (1899–1923), American actress
- Michael Mansfield (born 1941), English barrister
- Michael Mansfield (footballer) (born 1971), former Australian rules footballer
- Mike Mansfield (1903–2001), American politician and diplomat
- Sir Peter Mansfield (1933–2017), British physicist and pioneer of MRI
- Portia Mansfield (1887–1979), American dance educator and choreographer
- Ray Mansfield (1941–1996), American football player
- Richard Mansfield (1857–1907), Anglo-American stage actor
- Robert (Bob) Mansfield (born 1962), American hardware engineer for Apple Inc.
- Sally Mansfield (1920–2001), American actress
- Shaylee Mansfield (born 2009), deaf American actress and YouTuber
- Stephen Mansfield (born 1958), American author
- Tony Mansfield (hurler) (1939–2013), Irish hurler
- Tony Mansfield (born 1955), English songwriter, musician and record producer
- Walter R. Mansfield (1911–1987), American federal judge
- Wayne Mansfield, Australian-based marketer and convicted spammer
- William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst (1819–1876), British Army general
The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors. Incorporating a Complete List of Knights Bachelors Dubbed in Ireland · Volume 1, W. A. Shaw, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1970, p. 150
History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel), C. A. Maunsell, E. P. Stratham, K. Paul, 1920, p. 478