John Sandford may refer to: John Sandford (poet) (1565–1629), English clergyman and academic John Sandford (novelist) (born 1944), American novelist and journalist John Douglas Sandford (1832–1892), English cricketer John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford (1920–2009), English naval commander, priest and politician John Sandford (Archdeacon of Coventry) (1801–1873) John de Sandford (died 1294), Archbishop of Dublin