John Carlson may refer to:
- John Carlson (radio host) (born 1959), talk radio host on KOMO in Seattle, Washington
- John Carlson (American football) (born 1984), tight end
- John Carlson (ice hockey) (born 1990), ice hockey defenseman
- John Carlson (Minnesota politician) (born 1953), American politician and member of the Minnesota State Senate
- John Carlson (sportscaster), former American sportscaster
- John F. Carlson (1875–1947), Swedish-born American Impressionist artist
- John Roy Carlson (1909–1991), journalist and author of Under Cover
- John Carlson (biologist), American biologist
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or carlson:
“Wonderful invention, the phonograph. Keeps a man alive long after he’s dead.”
—P. J. Wolfson, and John L. Balderston (1899–1954)
“There is only one place for the women who served and that is on the same site with our brother soldiers. These women have touched thousands of those names on the wall. We have to be at that spot, physically, spiritually and emotionally.”
—Diane Carlson Evans (b. c. 1943)