John Newton (disambiguation)

John Newton (1725–1807) was an English slave ship master and Anglican clergyman, author of "Amazing Grace".

John Newton may also refer to:

Military

 * John Newton (engineer) (1823–1895), U.S. Army engineer and Civil War general
 * John Newton (soldier) (1755–1780), American Revolution soldier, fictionalized as a hero
 * John H. Newton (1881–1948), American admiral
 * John T. Newton (1793–1857), American naval officer
 * John Newton (admiral) (born c. 1959), Royal Canadian Navy officer

Politicians

 * Sir John Newton, 2nd Baronet (1626–1699), English politician
 * John Newton (MP for Bristol) see Bristol 1407
 * John Newton (MP for Derby), see Derby 1473
 * John Newton (MP for Stafford), see Stafford (1388–1391)
 * John Newton (Nova Scotia politician) (1727–1811), surveyor and politician in Nova Scotia
 * John Verdun Newton (1916–1944), military aviator and politician in Western Australia
 * John Orville Newton (1864-1958), state representative in Maine

Sportsmen

 * John Newton (bowls), Paralympic lawn bowler from Australia
 * John Newton (rugby league) (1920–1991), New Zealand rugby league player

Others

 * John Haymes Newton (born 1965), American actor
 * John A. Newton (1930–2017), president of the Methodist Conference, president of the Wesley Historical Society
 * John Newton (trade unionist) (1908–1993), British trade unionist
 * John B. Newton (1839–1897), Episcopal bishop in Virginia, USA
 * John E. Newton (judge) (1904–1984), Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
 * John Newton (epidemiologist) (born 1959), UK public health expert
 * John Newton (poet) (born 1959), New Zealand poet
 * John Frank Newton (1767–1837), British vegetarianism activist and Zoroastrian
 * John Gubbins Newton, subject of the 1833 painting John Gubbins Newton and His Sister, Mary Newton