John Sanford

John or Jack Sanford may refer to:

in politics:
 * John Sanford (governor) (1605–1653), founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
 * John Sanford (1803–1857), U.S. Representative from New York
 * John Sanford (1851–1939), U.S. Representative from New York
 * John W. A. Sanford (1798–1870), United States Congressional Representative from the state of Georgia
 * John W. A. Sanford Jr. (1825–1913), Confederate army officer and Attorney General of Alabama
 * John E. Sanford (1830–1907), U.S. politician in Massachusetts

other people:
 * John Sanford (author) (1904–2003), American author and screenwriter
 * John A. Sanford (1929–2005), also known as Jack, Jungian psychoanalyst and Episcopal priest
 * John C. Sanford (born 1950), American plant geneticist, and an advocate of intelligent design and young earth creationism
 * John F. A. Sanford (1806–1857), Indian agent, fur trader and defendant in Dred Scott v. Sandford
 * John Langton Sanford (1824–1877), English historical writer
 * Jack Sanford (first baseman) (1917–2005), Major League Baseball first baseman
 * Jack Sanford (1929–2000), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * John Elroy Sanford (1922–1991), American comedian and actor best known as Redd Foxx