John Wilkinson may refer to:
- John Wilkinson (President of Magdalen) (1588–1650)
- John Wilkinson (industrialist) (1728–1808), British industrialist who suggested the use of iron for many roles where other materials had previously been used
- John Wilkinson (American colonist) (1758–1802), Rhode Island Unitarian, settled in Troy, New York, abolitionist
- John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875), English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist
- John Wilkinson (Syracuse pioneer) (born 1798), Lawyer and first Postmaster, named the city, Syracuse, son of John Wilkinson (American colonist)
- John Wilkinson (1821–1891) - Officer in the Confederate States Navy during the U.S. Civil War, commanded the CSS Chickamauga
- John Wilkinson (Australian politician) (born 1853), Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1889–1895
- John Wilkinson (Franklin automobile) (born 1868), Invented the Franklin automobile air-cooled engine, son of John Wilkinson (Syracuse pioneer)
- John Wilkinson (Gloucestershire cricketer) (1876–1948), English cricketer
- John Wilkinson (Worcestershire cricketer) (1892–1967), English cricketer
- John Wilkinson (guitarist), American rhythm guitarist with Elvis Presley's TCB Band
- John Wilkinson (British politician) (born 1940)
- John Wilkinson (Canadian politician), Canadian politician from Ontario
- John Wilkinson (poet) (born 1953), British poet
- John Wilkinson (entrepreneur), British businessman in the steel industry and chairman of Salford City Reds Rugby League Club
- John Wilkinson (scientist) (born 1961), Introduced the first degree (BSc) course in herbal medicine in the UK
- John Wilkinson (Singaporean footballer) (born 1979), Singaporean/British footballer playing in the S.League
- John Wilkinson (ice hockey) (1911–1970), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- John Wilkinson (footballer), English footballer of the 1920s
- John Wilkinson (football manager), manager of Grantham Town F.C. from 1999 to 2003
- John Wilkinson (sound engineer), American sound engineer and Academy Award winner
Famous quotes containing the word john:
“But I’m his poor shepherd, as plain you may see,
That am come to beg pardon for him and for me.””
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 99–100)