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:
“Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?”
—Harvey Thew, screenwriter, John Bright, screenwriter, and Lowell Sherman. Lady Lou (Mae West)