Joseph Thornton

Joseph Thornton may refer to:


 * Joseph Thornton (bookseller) (1808–1891), founder of Thornton's Bookshop in Oxford, England
 * Joseph William Thornton, founder of the British chocolate brand Thorntons
 * Joseph Thornton (biologist) (born 1965), American evolutionary biologist
 * Joseph Thornton (contractor) (1804–1889), railway contractor in England
 * Joe Thornton (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey centre
 * Joe Thornton (archer), Cherokee archer