John Leighton

• John Leighton , MP for Bedford
• John Leighton , artist and book cover designer
• John S. Leighton, politician from New Brunswick
• John Leighton , Major League Baseball outfielder
• John Leighton , Nottingham Forest and England footballer
• John Leighton British art historian, curator and museum director
• John Leighton, a flour miller in early Sydney; his nickname, 'Jack the Miller', is the origin of the name of the suburb of Millers Point.