John Thornton
John Thornton may refer to:
Sports
- John Thornton (Australian cricketer), Australian cricketer
- John Thornton (Leicestershire cricketer), English cricketer
- John Thornton (baseball), American baseball pitcher
- John Thornton (defensive tackle, born 1969), American football player
- John Thornton (defensive tackle, born 1976), American football player
- John Thornton (athlete), British Olympic hurdler
Government and politics
- John Thornton (MP), English MP for Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Thornton (Canadian politician), Canadian merchant and politician in Quebec
- John Thornton (American politician), American Louisiana politician and senator
Fictional characters
- John Thornton, a leading character in Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild
- John Thornton (North and South), a leading character in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel ''North and South''
Other
- John Thornton (bishop), English 16th-century bishop and university administrator
- John Thornton (glass painter), English York Minster stained glass designer between 1405 and 1408
- John Thornton (cartographer), English cartographer and hydrographer
- John Thornton (philanthropist), merchant and Christian philanthropist
- John Thornton (historian), American historian
- John Thornton (venture capitalist)
- John L. Thornton, former president and co-COO of Goldman Sachs
- John S. Thornton, bishop
- John P. Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic Technology Inc.
- John Wingate Thornton, American lawyer, historian, antiquarian, book collector and author