John Paine

• John Paine (sport shooter), American shooter, competed at the 1896 Olympics
• John Paine (cricketer), English cricketer
• John Paine (weightlifter), British Olympic weightlifter
• John Alsop Paine, American botanist and Presbyterian minister
• John [Knowles Paine], American composer
• John [Rowlett Paine], mayor of Memphis, Tennessee
• Saint John Paine, English Catholic priest and martyr
• John Paine (North [Carolina politician)], 18th-century politician