John Hamilton
John, Johnny, or Jon Hamilton may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- John Hamilton (painter), British painter
- John R. Hamilton (architect), English architect
- John McLure Hamilton, Anglo-American artist
- John Hamilton (actor), American actor
- John F. Hamilton, American actor
- John "Bugs" Hamilton, American trumpeter
- John Hamilton (artist), British army officer and artist
- John R. Hamilton (photographer), American photographer
- John T. Hamilton, American literary scholar and musician
- Sterling Hayden, American actor who operated under the code name "John Hamilton" as an agent for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II
Military
- John Hamilton (Jacobite), Irish military officer in the Williamite War in Ireland
- John Hamilton (Royal Navy officer), British naval officer
- John Hamilton (British Army officer), British Army officer who served in North America
- John Hamilton (American Revolution), Loyalist military officer in the American Revolutionary War
- Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook, British and Portuguese general of the Napoleonic Wars
- John Fane Charles Hamilton, British naval officer, after whom the town of Hamilton in New Zealand is named
- John Patrick Hamilton, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Brown Hamilton, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Graham Hamilton, British admiral
- John Hamilton (RNZAF officer), former Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
Nobility
- John Hamilton of Cadzow, 4th Laird of Cadzow Scottish nobleman and soldier
- John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
- John Hamilton, 1st Lord Bargany, Scottish peer
- John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington, Scottish nobleman
- John Hamilton, 1st Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Scottish peer
- John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany, Scottish peer and soldier
- John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Scottish politician and critic of the 1707 Acts of Union
- John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, Scottish nobleman
- John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, Scottish soldier and politician
- John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner, British law lord
- John d'Henin Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
Politics
Canada
- John Hamilton (Ontario politician), Canadian Senator representing Ontario
- John Robinson Hamilton, Canadian lawyer and political figure in Quebec
- John Hamilton (Quebec politician), Canadian Senator representing Quebec
- John Claude Hamilton, Canadian politician
- John Borden Hamilton, Canadian lawyer and politician
U.K.
- John Hamilton (1656–1713), MP for Dungannon and Augher
- John Hamilton (Donegal MP), MP for St Johnstown and Donegal
- John Hamilton (Wendover MP), English MP for Wendover
- John Hamilton (died 1757), MP for Dundalk and Carlow
- John Hamilton (1715–1796), Scottish politician, MP for Wigtown Burghs and Wigtownshire
- John Hamilton (1751–1804), Scottish politician, MP for Haddingtonshire
- John Hamilton (Liverpool), Leader of Liverpool City Council 1983–1986
U.S.
- John Hamilton (New Jersey politician), American politician
- John Hamilton (congressman), American politician and Pennsylvania Congressman
- John Taylor Hamilton, US Representative from Iowa
- John Marshall Hamilton, governor of Illinois
- John M. Hamilton, US Representative from West Virginia
- John Hamilton (Kansas politician), American politician and chairman of the Republican National Committee
- John H. Hamilton Jr., Pennsylvania politician
Other political figures
- John Hamilton (Tasmanian politician), member of Tasmanian House of Assembly 1891–1903
- John Hamilton (Queensland politician), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- John Ronald Hamilton, New Zealand politician
Religion
- John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews), Scottish politician, Archbishop of St Andrews, Keeper of the Privy Seal
- John Hamilton (controversialist), Scottish Catholic controversialist
- John Hamilton of Blair, 17th century Church of Scotland minister and bishop
- John Hamilton (priest), Irish Anglican priest
- John William Hamilton, American, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Sports
Association football
- John Hamilton (footballer, born 1876), Scottish footballer for FC Barcelona
- John Hamilton (footballer, born 1880), Scottish footballer for West Ham United
- Johnny Hamilton (footballer, born 1935), Scottish footballer for Heart of Midlothian
- Johnny Hamilton (footballer, born 1949), Scottish footballer for Hibernian and Rangers
- Jock Hamilton, Scottish footballer for Ayr, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Loughborough, Bristol City, Leicester Fosse, Watford, Wellingborough & Fulham
- Jock Hamilton (footballer, born 1879), Scottish footballer for Leith Athletic, Leeds City and Brentford, among others
Other sports
- John Hamilton (cricketer), English cricketer
- John Hamilton (footballer, born 1891), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
- J. H. Hamilton, Negro league infielder in the 1920s
- J. C. Hamilton, Negro league baseball player in the 1940s
- John Hamilton (footballer, born 1946), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne
- Johnny Hamilton (basketball), Trinidadian basketball player
Others
- John Hamilton (architect) , architect and builder in Edinburgh's First New Town, uncle of Thomas Hamilton
- John Church Hamilton, son of the American founding father Alexander Hamilton
- John B. Hamilton, U.S. Surgeon General
- John Hamilton (university chancellor), Quebec merchant and chancellor of Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec
- John Hamilton (farmer), Scottish sheep farming pioneer in Patagonia and landowner in the Falkland Islands
- John Hamilton (gangster), Canadian murderer and bank-robber and associate of John Dillinger
- John Randle Hamilton, American diplomat
- John Maxwell Hamilton, journalist, civil servant and educator
- John Hamilton (judge), judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, 1997–2009
- Jon Hamilton, scientist and NPR correspondent