John Martin may refer to:

Business

  • John Martin (businessman) (1820–1905), American lumberman and flour miller
  • John Charles Martin (1882–1966), American newspaper publisher
  • John Martin (publisher) (1930–2025), American founder of Black Sparrow Press
  • John C. Martin (businessman) (1951–2021), CEO of biotechnology company Gilead Sciences

Entertainment

  • John Martin (actor) (born 1951), American actor
  • John Martin (painter) (1789–1854), English painter
  • John Blennerhassett Martin (1797–1857), American painter, engraver, and lithographer
  • John Martin (bibliographer) (1791–1855), English bookseller, librarian, and writer
  • John Martin (dance critic) (1893–1985), at The New York Times
  • John Scott Martin (1926–2009), English actor
  • John Martin (Canadian broadcaster) (1947–2006)
  • John Martin (comedian) (born 1962), British
  • John Martin (singer) (born 1980), Swedish
  • John Martin (born 1946), also known as "The Big Figure", English drummer and member of Dr. Feelgood (1971–1982)
  • John Martin, American film actor, in Browned Off (1944) and Mesa of Lost Women (1951)
  • John Martin, Norwegian musician, husband and manager of pianist Natalia Strelchenko

Law

  • John Martin (judge) (1784–1840), American judge of the Cherokee Tribal Court
  • John C. Martin (judge) (1943–2024), North Carolina state court judge
  • John Donelson Martin Sr. (1883–1962), U.S. federal judge
  • John E. Martin (1891–1968), Wisconsin state court judge
  • John S. Martin Jr. (born 1935), U.S. federal judge

Military

  • John Donelson Martin (1830–1862), Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War
  • John Martin (Royal Navy officer) (1918–2011), British admiral
  • John Martin (New Zealand admiral), Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy
  • John L. Martin Jr. (1920–2009) US Air Force general

Politics

United Kingdom

  • John Martin (MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed), British Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1529
  • John Martin (died 1545), British Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, 1529
  • John Martin (died c. 1592), British Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, 1554
  • John Martin (1692–1767), British Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury, 1741–1747
  • John Martin (1724–1794), British Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury, 1754–1761
  • John Martin (1805–1880), British banker and Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury, 1832–1835
  • John Martin (Young Irelander) (1812–1875), Young Irelander and Member of Parliament for Meath, 1871–1875
  • John Hanbury Martin (1890–1983), British Member of Parliament for Southwark Central, 1940–1948
  • John Martin (civil servant) (1904–1991), Winston Churchill's private secretary
  • John Martin (Leicester MP), British Member of Parliament for Leicester, 1354
  • John Martin, Bailiff of Guernsey, 1499–1510
  • John Martin (1774–1832), British Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury, 1812–1832
  • John Martin (Irish politician), Irish Member of Parliament for the Irish constituency of Sligo Borough, 1832–1837

United States

  • John Martin (Governor of Georgia) (died 1786)
  • John Martin (Governor of Kansas) (1839–1889)
  • John Martin (Kansas politician) (1833–1913), U.S. Senator from Kansas
  • John Andrew Martin (1868–1939), U.S. Representative from Colorado
  • John C. Martin (politician) (1880–1952), U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • John F. Martin Jr., American Ambassador to Costa Rica (1920–1921)
  • John L. Martin (born 1941), American politician from Maine
  • John Marshall Martin (1832–1921), Confederate politician
  • John Mason Martin (1837–1898), U.S. Representative from Alabama
  • John Preston Martin (1811–1862), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
  • John W. Martin (1884–1958), governor of Florida
  • John Martin (pioneer) (1827–1893), early pioneer of Monterey County, California
  • John Martin (Missouri politician) (born 1968/9)

Other countries

  • John Wills Martin (c. 1790–after 1843), English-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland
  • John Martin (New Zealand politician) (1822–1892), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
  • John S. Martin (politician) (1855–1946), politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • John Strickler Martin (1875–1931), farmer and politician in Ontario, Canada
  • John Martin (Australian politician) (1890–1964), New South Wales politician
  • John Martin (British Columbia politician) (born 1958/9), MLA of a provincial legislature since 2013

Sports

Baseball

  • John Martin (baseball) (born 1956), American baseball pitcher
  • J. D. Martin (John Dale Martin, born 1983), Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Pepper Martin (Johnny 1904–1965), American baseball player

Cricket

  • John Martin (cricketer, born 1867) (1867–1942), played for MCC and Devon
  • John Martin (cricketer, born 1941) (1941–2024), played for Oxford University, Somerset, Oxfordshire, and Devon
  • John Martin (cricketer, born 1942), played for New South Wales
  • Johnny Martin (cricketer) (1931–1992), Australian Test cricketer

Football

  • John Martin (American football) (1895–?), American football player and coach
  • Johnny Martin (American football) (1916–1968), American football player
  • Alan Martin (footballer, born 1923) (John Alan 1923–2004), English footballer
  • Johnny Martin (footballer) (1946–2013), English former footballer
  • John Martin (goalkeeper) (born 1958), Scottish goalkeeper for Airdrieonians
  • John Martin (Irish footballer) (born 1979), midfielder
  • John Martin (footballer, born 1999) (born 1999), Irish footballer
  • John Martin (English footballer) (born 1981)
  • John Martin (footballer, born 1985) (born 1985), Scottish footballer
  • John Martin (referee) (fl. 1978–1988), English association football referee

Other sports

  • John Martin (American racing driver) (1939–2019), Indy 500 driver
  • John Martin (Australian racing driver) (born 1984), Superleague Formula and British F3
  • John Martin (figure skater), 1989–1994
  • John Martin (Paralympian) (born 1943), Australian
  • John Martin (rugby league) (born 1948), English rugby league footballer
  • John Martin (sport shooter) (1868–1951)
  • John David Martin (born 1939), American track and field athlete

Other

  • John Martin (Jamestown) (c. 1560–1632), settler and member of Council
  • John Martin (meteorologist) (1789–1869), English physician and meteorologist
  • John Martin (minister) (1741–1820), English Particular Baptist minister
  • John Martin (priest) (1797–1878), Anglican priest in Ireland
  • John Martin (headmaster) (1814–1876), educator in Adelaide, South Australia
  • John Martin (oceanographer) (1935–1993), American scientist
  • John Bartlow Martin (1915–1987), American author and ambassador
  • John F. Martin, Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, 1927–1933
  • John Jeffries Martin (born 1951), American academic and author
  • John Joseph Martin (1922–1997), NASA engineer and administrator
  • John Levi Martin (born 1964), American sociologist
  • John William Martin (1860–1956), British Fabian and academic in the United States
  • John Martin, American member of the Committee of Fifty
  • John Martin, captain of Bartholomew Gosnold's ship when he found Martha's Vineyard
  • John Martin's, former department store in Adelaide, Australia
  • John Martin Brewery, Belgian brewery founded in 1909
  • John Martin Scripps, a British-Singaporean killer, later executed

See also

  • Jon Martín (born 2006), Spanish footballer
  • J. Thomas Marten (born 1951), United States federal judge
  • Jack Martin (disambiguation)
  • John B. Martin (disambiguation)
  • John D. Martin (disambiguation)
  • John Martyn (disambiguation)
  • Jonathan Martin (disambiguation)
  • John Martinis (disambiguation)