John Thornton

John Thornton may refer to:

Sports

 * John Thornton (Australian cricketer) (1835–1919), Australian cricketer
 * John Thornton (Leicestershire cricketer) (1902–1993), English cricketer
 * John Thornton (baseball), American baseball pitcher
 * John Thornton (American football) (born 1976), American football player
 * John Thornton (athlete) (1911–1944), British Olympic hurdler

Government and politics

 * John Thornton (MP), English MP for Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament constituency)
 * John Thornton (Canadian politician) (1823–1888), Canadian merchant and politician in Quebec
 * John Thornton (American politician) (1846–1917), American Louisiana politician and senator

Fictional characters

 * John Thornton, a leading character in Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild
 * John Thornton (North and South), a leading character in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South

Other

 * John Thornton (bishop), English 16th-century bishop and university administrator
 * John Thornton (glass painter), English York Minster stained glass designer between 1405 and 1408
 * John Thornton (cartographer) (1641–1708), English cartographer and hydrographer
 * John Thornton (philanthropist) (1720–1790), merchant and Christian philanthropist
 * John Thornton (philosopher), British author, computer scientist and phenomenologist
 * John Thornton (historian) (born 1949), American historian
 * John L. Thornton, former president and co-COO of Goldman Sachs
 * John S. Thornton, bishop
 * John P. Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic Technology Inc.
 * John Wingate Thornton, American lawyer, historian, antiquarian, book collector and author