Sanborn is a surname of Old English origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Alan Sanborn, politician from the U.S. state of Michigan
Alvan F. Sanborn, journalist and author
Arthur Loomis Sanborn, United States federal judge
Aroline Sanborn, diarist
Ashton Sanborn (1882–1970), American archaeologist. Chase Sanborn, trumpet player Colin Campbell Sanborn (1897–1962), American biologist Daniel Alfred Sanborn, surveyor David Sanborn, American alto saxophonist David C. Sanborn 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 Kevin Forest Sanborn II,Dubstep music producer, activist in world entity entitlement. Nick Sanborn, automobile racer on the List of people with brain tumors Nick Sanborn, electronic music producer and member of band Sylvan Esso Pitts Sanborn, music critic Ryne Sanborn, actor Walter Sanborn, United States judge Donald Sanborn, Sedevacantist bishop Winfred J. Sanborn