Fred or Frederick Stanley may refer to:

• Fred Stanley (politician) (1888–1957), Australian politician in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Fred Stanley (baseball) (born 1947), Major League Baseball infielder and executive
• Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841–1908), British politician and Governor General of Canada
• Frederick Trent Stanley (1802–1883), American industrialist
• Frederick Stanley (cricketer) (1923–1993), New Zealand cricketer