Ashton Sanborn (1882–1970) was an American archaeologist and museum director. He was the executive secretary of the American Red Cross Commission to Palestine (now known as Israel) from 1918 to 1919. He went on archaeological expeditions to Egypt in the 1920s. He served as the secretary of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1925 to 1952. He was the editor of the American Journal of Archaeology.