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:
“I, a poor peasant, have conquered science. Why can’t I conquer love? Don’t you understand? You must be mine, not his. You are mine.”
—P. J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston (1899–1954)
“Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe.”
—Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)