John Burnett may refer to:
- John Burnett (judge) (1831–1890), American judge on the Oregon Supreme Court
- John Burnett (merchant) (1729–1784), Aberdeen merchant
- John Burnett (advocate) (c. 1764–1810), Scottish advocate and judge
- John George Burnett (1876–1962), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 1945), British politician, Member of Parliament
- John Harrison Burnett (1922–2007), Principal of Edinburgh University
- John L. Burnett (1854–1919), U.S. Representative from Alabama
- John Napier Burnett (1899–1989), Canadian educator
- Johnny Burnett (baseball) (1904–1957), US baseball player
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or burnett:
““Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. Bribery and corruption are common. Children no longer obey their parents. . . . The end of the world is evidently approaching.” Sound familiar? It is, in fact, the lament of a scribe in one of the earliest inscriptions to be unearthed in Mesopotamia, where Western civilization was born.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“I have grown so tired of Woman with a capital W, though I suppose it is rankest heresy to say so. I don’t want to be Woman at all—I have begun to feel that I want to be something like this—WO—A–.”
—Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)