John A. Anderson may refer to:

• John A. Anderson (American football) (1933–1998), college football coach
• John A. Anderson (Oregon politician), member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature, 1851
• John Alexander Anderson (1834–1892), Representative from Kansas
• John August Anderson (1876–1959), physicist/astronomer
• John Alvin Anderson (1869–1948), photographer and maker of Indian views

• John Anderson (disambiguation)