Redfern (surname)

Redfern is a surname with links to several places including Ireland^[1] and the county of Lancashire in England. It has also appeared as Redfearn and Redferne.

Genealogical testing suggests that the surname originated in Ireland.^{[2] [3]}

• Alastair Redfern (born 1948), English bishop
• Anthea Redfern (born 1948), British television host
• Arthur E. Redfern (1885–1917), American jockey
• Charles E. Redfern (1839–1929), Canadian politician
• Chris Redfern (born 1964), American politician from Ohio
• David Redfern (1936–2014), British music photographer
• Harry Redfern (1861–1950), British architect
• Henry Jasper Redfern (1871–1928), British optician, photographer, film maker and x-ray pioneer
• Jamie Redfern (born 1957), Australian pop singer
• Michael Redfern (1943–2022), English actor
• Nick Redfern (born 1964), British ufologist
• Paul Redfern (1902–unknown), American aviator
• Pete Redfern (born 1954), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Rebecca Redfern (born 1999), British para-swimmer
• Shuldham Redfern (1895–1985), British civil servant in the Sudan and Canada
• William Redfern (1774–1833), Australian surgeon

Pen name

• Cameron S. Redfern (born 1968), pen name of Australian author Sonya Hartnett

In fiction

• Christine and Patrick Redfern, fictional characters from Evil Under the Sun
• Jeff and Rick Redfern, fictional characters from Doonesbury
• Joan Redfern, a school matron in the Doctor Who episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood"
• Dr. James Redfern and his son Bernard Snaith Redfern (alias Barney Snaith) in L. M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle.