John Elder

• John Elder (pastor), the "Fighting Pastor", founder of the Paxton Boys of Pennsylvania
• John Elder (cricketer), Irish cricketer
• John Elder (writer), Scottish cartographer and writer
• John Elder (shipbuilder), Scottish marine engineer and shipbuilder
• John Elder (politician), farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia
• John Elder (footballer), Australian rules footballer
• Anthony Hinds, British screenwriter and producer who used John Elder as a pseudonym