Military
- John Parker (captain) (1729–1775), captain of the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington
- John Frederick Parker (Navy) (1853–1911), United States Navy captain and one-time Governor of American Samoa, 1908–1910
- John Lankester Parker (1896–1965), British test pilot
- John Henry Parker (general) (1866–1942), (aka "Gatling Gun Parker"), Brigadier General (ret.) U.S. Army, officer commanding the Gatling Gun Detachment in Cuba during the Spanish-American War
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“The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment.”
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