John Carter

John Carter may refer to:

Business

 * John Carter (businessman) (born 1961/62), British businessman, CEO of Travis Perkins
 * John Carter (insurance executive) (born 1937), chairman of Commercial Union (1994–1998)
 * John W. Carter (died 1895), partner in Carter's Ink Company in Massachusetts

Arts and entertainment

 * John Carter (actor) (1927–2015), American actor and director
 * Carter (artist), (born 1970), John Carter, American artist and film director
 * John Carter (writer) (1905–1975), English author, book collector and bookseller
 * John Carter (film editor) (1922–2018), American film editor
 * John Carter (mouth artist) (1815–1850), disabled English artist
 * John Carter (sound engineer) (1907–1982), American film audio engineer
 * John Charles Carter, birth name of actor Charlton Heston

Media

 * John Carter (film), a 2012 film about the Burroughs character on Mars
 * Princess of Mars, a 2009 direct-to-DVD film retitled in 2012 to John Carter of Mars
 * John Carter, Warlord of Mars, a Marvel Comics series created in 1977
 * John Carter, Warlord of Mars (role-playing game), 1978
 * John Carter: Warlord of Mars, board game

Music

 * John Carter (1832-1916), English organist and composer, brother of William Carter
 * John Carter (jazz musician) (1929–1991), American jazz musician
 * John Carter (English musician) (born 1942), English singer-songwriter
 * John S. Carter (1945–2011), American music executive, producer, and songwriter, often known simply as Carter
 * Johnny Carter (singer) (1934–2009), American singer and member of the Dells and the Flamingos

Fictional characters

 * John Carter of Mars, a character from the classic science fiction series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
 * John Carter (ER), a character from the television series ER played by Noah Wyle
 * John Carter (Little House)
 * Johnny Carter (EastEnders), a character from the television series EastEnders

Military

 * John Carter (Royal Navy officer) (1785–1863), Irish born Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


 * John C. Carter (U.S. naval officer) (1805–1870), U.S. Naval officer including during the American Civil War
 * John C. Carter (1837–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War
 * John J. Carter (1842–1917), Irish officer who fought in the American Civil War

United States

 * Jack Carter (politician) (John William Carter, born 1947), U.S. Senate candidate from Nevada, son of President Jimmy Carter
 * John Carter (South Carolina politician) (1792–1850), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
 * John Carter (Texas politician) (born 1941), U.S. Representative from Texas
 * John A. Carter (Virginia politician) (1808–1895), delegate to Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850
 * John R. Carter (diplomat) (1864–1944), U.S. diplomat and banker
 * John Prentiss Carter (1840–1925), lieutenant governor of Mississippi
 * John Carter Sr. (1613–1670), English merchant and politician in Virginia, founder of the Carter Family of Virginia
 * John Carter Jr. (burgess) (died 1690), son of John Carter, Sr. and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
 * John Carter (1696-1742), colonial secretary for two decades as well as lawyer, planter at Shirley Plantation and politician; nephew of John Carter Jr and son of "King Carter"
 * John Carter, U.S. Air Force veteran and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina in 2010

United Kingdom

 * John Carter (died 1408), MP for Scarborough
 * John Carter (died 1432), MP for Scarborough
 * John Carter (Roundhead) (died 1676), English Parliamentary soldier and politician
 * John Carter (Mayor of Portsmouth) (1741–1808), English merchant and mayor
 * John Carter (architect), antiquarian and draughtsman

Other countries

 * John Chilton Lambton Carter (1816–1872), New Zealand politician
 * John Carter (Australian politician) (1893–1971), Australian politician
 * John Carter (New Zealand politician) (born 1950), New Zealand politician and mayor of the Far North District
 * John A. Carter (Newfoundland politician) (1933–2017), politician and farmer in Newfoundland, Canada
 * John Carter (ambassador) (1919–2005), Guyanese politician, lawyer and diplomat

Religion

 * John S. Carter (Latter Day Saints) (1792–1834), early American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
 * John Carter (Christadelphian) (1899–1962), editor of The Christadelphian from 1937 to 1962
 * John Carter (evangelist), Seventh-day Adventist evangelist
 * John Carter (priest), English Anglican priest

Sports

 * John Carter (cricketer, born 1935), former English cricketer
 * John Carter (cricketer, born 1963), former English cricketer
 * John Carter (ice hockey) (born 1963), professional ice hockey player
 * Johnny Carter (footballer) (1894–1960), Australian footballer

Other

 * John Carter (architect) (1748–1817), English draughtsman and architect
 * John Coates Carter (1859–1927), English architect
 * John Carter (smuggler) (1770–1807), "King of Prussia", smuggler operating out of Prussia Cove, Cornwall
 * Lynching of John Carter (died 1927), African-American man murdered by a white mob
 * John Carter (police officer) (1882–1944), Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, 1938–1940
 * John Franklin Carter (1897–1967), American journalist
 * John Cain Carter (born 1966), American rancher and environmentalist
 * John Carter (endocrinologist) (born 1944), Australian medical academic and endocrinologist
 * John Carter (printer), American printer and newspaper publisher
 * John Mack Carter, American publishing industry figure
 * John Corrie Carter, English barrister, High Sheriff, author and sportsman
 * John Carter (1942–2000), founder of Carters Steam Fair