John Painter

• John Painter (supercentenarian), world's oldest man between November 1999 and March 2001
• John Mark Painter, American musician
• John Painter (cellist), Australian musician
• John Painter (theologian), Australian scholar
• John Painter (cricketer), English cricketer
• John Hunt Painter, Quaker farmer who sent John Brown the firearms used in the raid on Harpers Ferry