Standish (surname)

Standish is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alice Standish Buell, born as Alice Standish, (1892–1960), American painter and etcher
• Burt L. Standish, pen name of Gilbert Patten
• Charity Standish, fictional character on NBC/DirecTV soap opera Passions
• Charles Strickland Standish (1790–1863), British Whig politician
• Dick Standish (born 1942), American journalist
• E. Myles Standish (born 1939), mathematical astronomer
• Frank Hall Standish (1799–1840), English collector of art and literature
• Frederick Standish (1824–1883), Australian Chief Commissioner of Police in Victoria
• Harold Standish (1919–1972), Canadian poet and novelist
• Henry Standish (c. 1475–1535), English Franciscan
• Hilda Crosby Standish (1902–2005), US physician and birth control advocate
• Isolde Standish, Australian and British Humanities Scholar and film theorist
• James D. Standish, communications director for the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists
• John Standish, English Anglican priest
• King Standish, fictional character in the DC Comics Universe
• Michael Standish, British production designer
• Michael "Miles" Standish (born 1964), American businessman, author, rare coin expert, sports memorabilia expert and philanthropist
• Myles Standish (c. 1584–1656), one of the early Pilgrim settlers in America
• Richard Standish (1621–1662), English politician and Civil War colonel
• Robert Standish, pseudonym of the English novelist Digby George Gerahty
• Robert Standish (artist) (born 1964), American artist
• Standish brothers Colin and Russell, historic Seventh-day Adventists
• Susanne Standish-White (born 1956), Zimbabwean rower
• Thomas Standish (c. 1593–1642), English politician
• William Lloyd Standish (1930–2015), United States District Judge