SurnameAsa Danforth (1746 – 1818), American highway engineer of the Revolutionary War eraAsa Danforth Jr. (1768 – 1821), Upper Canada highway engineer.Elliott Danforth, New York State Treasurer 1890-1893George F. Danforth (1819–1899), New York judgeHarold Warren Danforth (1916–1993), Member of the Parliament of CanadaJohn Danforth (born 1936), 27th United States Ambassador to the United NationsLoring Danforth, anthropology professor at Bates College in Lewiston, MaineThomas Danforth (1622 – 1699), a judge in the Salem witch trialsWilliam H. Danforth (1870–1956)William Henry Danforth, M.D. (born 1926), Chancellor Emeritus of Washington University in St. Louis and current Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterMiddle nameJames Danforth Quayle, forty-fourth vice-president of the United StatesIn fictionChad Danforth, a fictional character from the movie High School Musical, played by Corbin BleuDanforth, a fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos, a graduate student and later professor of Miskatonic University
Places
CanadaDanforth's Road (1801), Asa Danforth Jr.'s early colonial road from eastern Toronto to the Trent River
An extension of this road eastward to the Bay of Quinte (1802) leads through towns now served by Ontario Highway 33A Danforth Road still exists locally in Scarborough, Ontario; the main Danforth Avenue was built to connect this road to Toronto's downtown.Danforth Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Toronto, and hence:
Greektown, Toronto, or "The Danforth", a neighborhood with a large Greek communityDanforth Collegiate and Technical Institute, a technical schoolBloor–Danforth line, a subway lineDanforth GO Station, a station on the GO Transit commuter rail systemToronto—Danforth, a federal and provincial electoral districtDanforth (electoral district), an abolished electoral districtUnited StatesDanforth Avenue (HBLR station), light rail station Hudson CountyDanforth, Illinois, a village in Iroquois CountyDanforth, Maine, a town in Washington CountyDonald Danforth Plant Science Center, a not-for-profit research institute based in St. Louis, Missouri
Other uses
A brand name or type of anchorDanforth is a Hardcore / Rapcore band from Paris
