Big John

Big John may refer to:

In sports

 * John Baker (defensive lineman, born 1935) (1935-2007), American National Football League player
 * John Cannady (1923–2002), American National Football League player
 * John Huard (born 1944), American former National Football League and Canadian Football League player and coach, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
 * John Kissell (1923-1992), American National Football League and All-America Football Conference player
 * John Macklin (c. 1884–1949), American college football player, multi-sport head coach and athletics administrator
 * Big John Mazmanian (1926–2006), American drag racer
 * John McCarthy (referee) (born 1962), former referee for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
 * John Merritt (1926–1983), American football coach
 * John R. Richards (1875–1947), American college football player, coach, educator and public administrator
 * John Sears (racing driver) (1931-1999), American NASCAR driver
 * Big John Studd (1948–1995), professional wrestler
 * John Tate (boxer) (1955–1998), American boxer, WBA heavyweight champion (1979-1980)
 * John Thompson (basketball) (1941–2020), American two-time NBA championship-winning player and NCAA championship-winning coach
 * Jerry Tuite (1966–2003), American former pro wrestler

Musicians

 * Big John Bates, Canadian guitarist and singer
 * Big John Duncan (born 1958), former guitarist for The Exploited
 * John Goodison (musician) behind Big John's Rock And Roll Circus
 * Big John Greer (1923–1972), American blues saxophonist and vocalist
 * John Patton (musician) (1935–2002), jazz musician
 * "Big" John Thomas, member of the Welsh hard rock band Budgie
 * John Wallace (musician), bassist and singer
 * Big John Wrencher (1923–1977), American blues harmonica player and singer

Other

 * John Buscema (1927-2002), American comic book artist
 * John Castelle (born 1959), American mobster, a capo of the Lucchese crime family
 * John Cornyn (born 1952), U.S. Senator from Texas
 * John McMichael (1948-1987), Northern Ireland loyalist killed by the Provisional IRA
 * Giovanni "Big John" Ormento, gangster involved in the French Connection
 * Big John, bodyguard of rocker Bret Michaels who appeared on Rock of Love with Bret Michaels (season 1)

Other

 * "Big John (Ain't You Gonna Marry Me)", a 1961 song by The Shirelles
 * "Big John", a working title of the ABBA song "Move On"
 * The title character in the country song "Big Bad John", by Jimmy Dean
 * Big John Steak & Onion, a sub chain based in Michigan
 * A nickname for the John Hancock Center in Chicago, Illinois
 * A nickname of the US aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
 * "Big John" Cannon, protagonist of the American TV series The High Chaparral
 * "Big John" Martin, a main character from the 1976 American TV series Big John, Little John
 * Big John Butte, a mountain in Montana
 * Big John (dinosaur), fossilized triceratops
 * Big John Bay, Kupreanof Island, Alaska