John Whitehead may refer to:
- John Whitehead (theologian), 15th-century Irish theologian
- John Meek Whitehead (1852–1924), Wisconsin politician
- John Whitehead (explorer) (1860–1899), British explorer
- J. H. C. Whitehead (1904–1960), British mathematician
- John B. Whitehead (1872–1954), American electrical engineer and a professor at Johns Hopkins University
- John Whitehead (footballer), former Liverpool F.C. player, 1894–1896
- John Whitehead (baseball) (1909–1964), American baseball player for the Chicago White Sox
- John C. Whitehead (born 1922), Chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, former Deputy Secretary of State, former Senior Partner at Goldman Sachs
- John Whitehead (cricketer) (1925–2000), English cricketer
- John Whitehead (singer) (1949–2004), American singer and one-half of the duo McFadden & Whitehead
- John Whitehead (New Zealand), Secretary of the New Zealand Treasury
- John Whitehead (American football) (1924–2002), American football coach
- John W. Whitehead, constitutional attorney and conservative author, founder of the Rutherford Institute
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or whitehead:
“The person who designed a robot that could act and think as well as your four-year-old would deserve a Nobel Prize. But there is no public recognition for bringing up several truly human beings.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.”
—Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)