John Bender may refer to:
- John Bender (fl. 1870s), American serial killer among Bloody Benders
- John R. Bender (born c. 1880), football & basketball player & coach
- Jonathan Bender (born 1981), basketball player
- John Bender (Ohio politician), member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993–2000
- John Bender (character), a fictional character in the film The Breakfast Club
- John Bender (gridiron football) (born 1987), Canadian football offensive lineman
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or bender:
“Well, I know you haven’t had much experience writing and none at all in pictures. But I’ve heard about you. It all sounded like you’re just the man I wanted for a story about the Navy. I don’t want a story just about ships and planes. I want a story about the officers.... I want this story from a pen dipped in salt water not dry martinis. Do you know what I mean?”
—Frank Fenton, William Wister Haines, co-scenarist, and John Ford. John Dodge (Ward Bond)
“Despite compelling evidence that she will be working at 35, by choice or necessity, today’s 21-year-old woman has difficulty looking beyond the ceremonies of her marriage and her babies’ christenings.”
—Marilyn Bender (b. 1925)