John Fortescue may refer to:
- John Fortescue (judge) (c. 1394–1476), English lawyer and judge
- John Fortescue (died 1479), MP for Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency), Totnes, Plympton Erle and Wiltshire
- John Fortescue of Salden (1531/1533–1607), third Chancellor of the Exchequer of England
- John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670–1746), English jurist
- John Fortescue (MP) (1819-1859), British MP
- John Fortescue (military historian) (1859–1938), British statesman and military historian
Famous quotes containing the word john:
“It was in and about the Martinmas time,
When the green leaves were afalling,
That Sir John Graeme, in the West Country,
Fell in love with Barbara Allan.”
—Unknown. Bonny Barbara Allan (l. 1–4)