John Farmer may refer to:
- John Farmer (composer) (c. 1570–c. 1605), Renaissance composer of madrigals
- John Farmer (author) (1789–1838), American historian and genealogist
- John Farmer (1835–1901) (1835–1901), music teacher at Harrow School
- John Bretland Farmer (1865–1944), botanist
- John Farmer (footballer) (1947–), English footballer who played for Stoke City
- John Farmer Jr. (1957 - ), Attorney General, Acting Governor of New Jersey, and law school dean
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or farmer:
“It was in and about the Martinmas time,
When the green leaves were afalling,
That Sir John Graeme, in the West Country,
Fell in love with Barbara Allan.”
—Unknown. Bonny Barbara Allan (l. 1–4)
“I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself stronger and in some respects more natural.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)