John Hunter may refer to:

Politics

  • John Hunter (British politician) (1724–1802), British Member of Parliament for Leominster
  • John Hunter (Canadian politician) (1909–1993), Canadian Liberal MP for Parkdale, 1949–1957
  • Sir John Hunter (consul-general) (died 1816), British consul-general in Spain
  • John Hunter (Northern Ireland politician), Ulster unionist member of the Northern Ireland Forum
  • John Hunter (Royal Navy officer) (1737–1821), Governor of New South Wales
  • John Hunter (South Carolina politician) (c. 1750–1802), American politician
  • John Hunter (Westchester County, New York) (1778–1852), New York politician
  • John F. Hunter (1896–1957), U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • John W. Hunter (1807–1900), US Congressman from New York
  • Jon Blair Hunter (fl. 1990s–2000s), West Virginia politician
  • John Dunn Hunter (1796–1827), leader of the Fredonian Rebellion
  • John McEwan Hunter (1863–1940), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Sports

Soccer

  • John Hunter (Third Lanark footballer) (died 1881), Scottish football player
  • John Hunter (Australian footballer), Scottish-born Australian former footballer and coach
  • Ian Hunter (Scottish footballer) (born John Hunter, fl. 1960s), Scottish footballer (Falkirk)
  • John Hunter (Falkirk footballer) (fl. 1920s), Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Reading, Guildford)
  • John Hunter (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1966), known as 'Sailor', Scottish football player and manager (Motherwell)
  • Jock Hunter (1875–1950), Scottish footballer

Others

  • John Hunter (American football), American football player
  • John Hunter (golfer) (1871–1946), Scottish professional golfer
  • John Hunter (rower) (born 1943), New Zealand rower
  • Johnny Hunter (rugby league) (1925–1980), Australian rugby league footballer
  • John Hunter (runner), winner of the 1980 distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

Authors and academics

  • J. A. Hunter (John Alexander Hunter, 1887–1963), white hunter in Africa, later a writer
  • John Hunter (scientist) (born 1955), projectile researcher
  • John Hunter (screenwriter) (1911–1984), American award-winning screenwriter
  • John E. Hunter (1939–2002), American psychologist and statistician
  • John Hunter (classicist) (1746–1837), joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Physicians

  • John Hunter (surgeon) (1728–1793), surgeon and anatomist
  • John Hunter (physician) (1754–1809), physician
  • John Irvine Hunter (1898–1924), Australian anatomist
  • John D. Hunter (1968–2012), American neurobiologist and creator of matplotlib

Others

  • John A. Hunter (judge) (1833–1887), chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
  • John Kelso Hunter (1802–1873), Scottish portrait painter
  • John Hart Hunter (1807–1872), college fraternity founder
  • John Hunter (bishop) (1897–1965), former bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman
  • John E. L. Hunter (1897–1971), World War I fighter ace
  • Jackie Hunter (entertainer) (John Hunter, 1903–1951), Canadian entertainer
  • John Hunter (performer), New Zealand female impersonator
  • John Hunter (singer), American singer and musician
  • Sir John Hunter (colonial administrator), British colonial administrator
  • John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter, Scottish judge
  • Johnny Hunter (musician), British jazz drummer, composer and bandleader

See also

  • Jack Hunter (disambiguation)