Borden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Amanda Borden (born 1977), American gymnast
• Delyone Borden (1985– ), Bermudan cricketer
• Ellen Borden (1907–1972), American socialite and First Lady of Illinois
• Eugene Borden (1897–1971), American character actor
• Sir Frederick Borden (1847–1917), Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, 1896–1911
• Gail Borden (1801–1874), inventor of condensed milk and founder of Borden, Inc.
• Gail Borden (figure skater) (1907–1991), American figure skater
• Harry Borden (1965– ), portrait photographer
• Iain Borden (b. 1962), English architectural historian
• James W. Borden (1810–1882), judge and diplomat
• Laura Borden (1863–1940), wife of Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden
• Lizzie Borden (1860–1927), American murder suspect; subject of an American nursery rhyme
• Lizzie Borden (director) (born Linda Borden, 1958– )
• Mary Borden (1886–1968), 20th century novelist
• Olive Borden (1906–1947), American film actress
• Sir Robert Laird Borden (1854–1937), eighth Prime Minister of Canada, 1911–1920
• Steve Borden (born 1959), American professional wrestler better known as Sting
• Walter Borden (born 1942), Canadian actor, poet and playwright
• William Alanson Borden (1853-1931), American librarian
• William Cline Borden (1858–1934), American surgeon and planner of Walter Reed Army Medical Center
• William L. Borden (1920–1985), American congressional aide and figure in the Oppenheimer security case
• William Whiting Borden (1887–1913), American philanthropist and missionary
• Win Borden (1943–2014), American politician, lawyer, and businessman

Fictional characters:

• Alfred Borden, a character in the book The Prestige and its film adaptation