Wakefield (disambiguation)
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Wakefield is the name of several places in the world:
- Wakefield, Kansas, United States of America
- Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
- Wakefield, Nebraska, United States of America
- Wakefield, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Wakefield, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Wakefield, Quebec, Canada
- Wakefield Township, Minnesota, United States of America
- Wakefield Township, Michigan, United States of America
- Wakefield, Virginia, United States of America
- Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
- Wakefield, Australia
- Wakefield, New Zealand
There is also:
- Wakefield-Peacedale, Rhode Island, United States of America, sometimes also referred to as Wakefield.
- a rock band called Wakefield
- Tim Wakefield, 1966- , pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
And then there is the Wakefield family, several of whom did much to settle New Zealand:
- Catherine Gurney Wakefield, 1793-1873
- Edward Gibbon Wakefield, 1796-1862, the driving force behind the New Zealand Company
- Daniel Bell Wakefield, 1798-1858
- Captain Arthur Wakefield, 1799–1843, who died in the Wairau Affray
- Colonel William Wakefield,1801-1848, who founded Wellington, New Zealand
- John Howard Wakefield, 1803-1862
- Felix Wakefield, 1807-1875
- Priscilla Wakefield, 1809-1887
- Edward Jerningham Wakefield, 1820-1879, son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield