John Carlin

John Carlin may refer to:
 * John Carlin (actor) (1929–2017), Scottish actor
 * John Carlin (painter) (1813-1891), American painter
 * John Carlin (businessman) (born 1955), American entrepreneur, art historian and record producer
 * John Carlin (footballer) (1878–1935), English footballer for Liverpool F.C.
 * John Carlin (journalist) (born 1956), journalist and author
 * John Carlin (umpire) (1861–1944), cricketer and test umpire
 * John Carlin (professor), Australian statistician
 * John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for Justice National Security Division
 * John W. Carlin (born 1940), governor of Kansas, 1979–1987, and Archivist of the United States, 1995–2005