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 (1925–1980), Australian rugby league footballer

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) (born 1911), 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 Adams Hunter, British colonial administrator
• John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter, Scottish judge