Samuel or Sam Anderson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Sam Anderson (born 1945), American television actor
Sam Sneed (Sam Anderson, born 1968), American record producer and rapper
Sam Anderson (Tamil actor) (born 1977), Indian actor in Tamil language films
Samuel Anderson (actor) (born 1982), English stage and television actor
Sam Anderson (The Walking Dead), character in television series The Walking Dead
Military and politics
Samuel Anderson (politician) (1773–1850), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, U.S. navy surgeon and officer with the Pennsylvania militia Samuel Read Anderson (1804–1883), Confederate general in the American Civil War Samuel Anderson (surveyor) (1839–1881), British army surveyor Samuel E. Anderson (1906–1982), United States Air Force general Samuel J. Anderson (1824–1905), American railroad executive and member of the Maine House of Representatives
Sports
Sam Anderson (footballer) (fl. 1910s–1920s), Scottish footballer
Samuel Anderson (athlete) (1929–2012), Cuban hurdler
Sam Anderson (rugby league) (born 1991), Australian rugby league footballer
Others
Samuel Anderson (Australian settler) (1803–1863), Australian agriculturist and explorer Sam Anderson (writer), American journalist, critic at large for The New York Times Magazine