John Griffin may refer to:

Lawyers

  • John Griffin (judge) (1774/1779 – after 1823), American jurist and member of the Michigan Territorial Supreme Court, 1806–1823
  • John Bowes Griffin (1903–1992), British lawyer, Chief Justice of Uganda and first Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament

Politicians

  • John Griffin (Allegany County, New York) (c. 1771–1846), New York politician
  • John Griffin (MP) (fl. 1414), English politician
  • John Gardner Griffin (1815–?), Wisconsin and Connecticut politician
  • John K. Griffin (1789–1841), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina, 1831–1841
  • John Strother Griffin (1816–1898), American surgeon and politician in Los Angeles
  • John W. Griffin (politician) (1927–2006), American local political figure in Ohio

Sports

  • John Griffin (alpine skier) (1930–2005), Canadian alpine skier
  • John Griffin (baseball) (1913–1984), American baseball player
  • John Griffin (basketball) (born 1956), American college basketball player and coach
  • John Griffin (defensive back) (born 1939), American football defensive back
  • John Griffin (hurler) (born 1984), Irish hurler with the Kerry hurling team
  • John Griffin (rugby league) (), New Zealand rugby player
  • John Griffin (rugby union) (1859–1895), English doctor who played international rugby for Wales
  • John Griffin (running back) (born 1988), American football player
  • John-Ford Griffin (born 1979), American Major League Baseball outfielder
  • John Griffin III, American college basketball coach
  • Corn Griffin (John Charles Griffin, 1911–1973), American boxer

Others

  • John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden (1719–1797), English nobleman and army officer
  • John Howard Griffin (1920–1980), American journalist and novelist
  • John Joseph Griffin (1802–1877), English chemist and publisher
  • John Smith Griffin (1807–1899), American missionary in Oregon Country
  • John W. Griffin (archaeologist) (1919–1993), American historian in Florida
  • Johnny Griffin (1928–2008), American bop and hard bop tenor saxophonist
  • John Griffin (businessman) (born 1942), British businessman and philanthropist
  • John H. Griffin (1914–1988), Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

See also

  • John Colahan Griffin Nature Reserve, Victoria, Australia
  • John Griffin Carlisle (1834–1910), American congressman from Kentucky
  • Jonathon Griffin (born 1986), Australian aboriginal footballer
  • Griffin (The Invisible Man), Jack Griffin, fictional character