John Rae may refer to:
- John Rae (economist) (1796–1872), Scottish economist and author of Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy
- John Rae (explorer) (1813–1893), Scottish explorer of the Arctic
- John Rae (administrator) (1813–1900), Australian administrator, painter and author.
- John Rae (biographer) (1845–1915), Scottish journalist and biographer of Adam Smith
- John Rae (politician) (1904–1979), politician of the New Zealand National Party
- John Rae (footballer) (?), New Zealand international football (soccer) player
- Jackie Rae (1922–2006), Canadian singer-songwriter
- John Rae (educator) (1931–2006), English novelist, journalist and headmaster
- John Rae (photographer and educator) (1961–), English photographer, and teacher at www.johnrae.co.uk.
- Johnny Rae (* 1934), U.S.-American jazz drummer
- John Rae (musician) (* 1966), Scottish jazz drummer
- John B. Rae (?), American labour leader in 1890s
- Johnny Rae (rugby league) (?), rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Great Britain, and Bradford Northern
John Rae, Antiquarian,Aberdeen Scotland. 1841-1891.
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“I do not wish to see John ever again,—I mean him who is dead,—but that other, whom only he would have wished to see, or to be, of whom he was the imperfect representative. For we are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (b. 1968)