Sanborn is a surname of Old English origin.[1][2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan Sanborn (born 1957), politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
- Alvan F. Sanborn (1866-1966), journalist and author
- Arthur Loomis Sanborn (1850-1920), United States federal judge
- Aroline Sanborn (1825-1900), diarist
- Ashton Sanborn (1882–1970), American archaeologist.
- Chase Sanborn (born 1956), trumpet player
- Colin Campbell Sanborn (1897–1962), American biologist
- Daniel Alfred Sanborn, surveyor
- David Sanborn (1945-2024), American alto saxophonist
- David C. Sanborn (1827-1883)
- Donald Sanborn, American Traditional Catholic Bishop
- Edwin David Sanborn, New Hampshire educator
- Ethel Ida Sanborn, (1883–1952) American paleobotanist and professor of botany
- Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1831–1917), Massachusetts journalist, author, and reformer, supporter of John Brown
- Garrison Sanborn (born 1985), American football player
- Henry B. Sanborn (1845–1912); American rancher known as the "Father of Amarillo, Texas."
- Herbert Charles Sanborn (1873-1967), American philosopher, political candidate
- Jack Sanborn (born 2000), American football player
- Jim Sanborn, American sculptor
- John B. Sanborn, lawyer, politician, and soldier
- John B. Sanborn, Jr., lawyer, politician, and United States federal judge
- John C. Sanborn, United States Representative
- John Sewell Sanborn, Canadian educator, lawyer, judge and political figure
- Kate Sanborn, author, teacher and lecturer
- Kenneth Sanborn, politician and judge
- Kerri Sanborn, bridge player
- Pitts Sanborn, music critic
- Ryne Sanborn, actor
- Walter Sanborn, United States judge
- Donald Sanborn, Sedevacantist bishop
- Winfred J. Sanborn (1869–1947), American politician