John Thornton

John Thornton may refer to:

• John Thornton (glass painter) York Minster stain glass designer between 1405 and 1408
• John Thornton (American football) (born 1976), American football player
• John Thornton (Canadian politician) (1823–1888), merchant and politician in Quebec
• John Thornton (philanthropist) (1720–1790), merchant and Christian philanthropist
• John Thornton (politician) (1846–1917), Louisiana politician and senator
• John Thornton (historian) (1949-), American historian
• John L. Thornton, former President and Co-COO of Goldman Sachs
• John Thornton (baseball), baseball pitcher
• John Thornton, a leading character in Jack London's novel Call of the Wild
• John Thornton (North and South), a leading character in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South