John Hunter may refer to:
- J. A. Hunter (John Alexander Hunter, 1887–1963), white hunter in Africa, later a writer
- John Hunter (bishop) (1897–1965), former bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman
- John Hunter (British politician) (1724–1802), British Member of Parliament for Leominster
- John Hunter (Canadian politician) (born 1909), Canadian Liberal MP for Parkdale, 1949–1957
- John Hunter (footballer) (1879–1966), Scottish football player
- 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 (rower) (born 1943), New Zealand rower
- John Hunter (scientist) (born 1955), projectile researcher
- John Hunter (screenwriter) (born 1911), American award-winning screenwriter
- John Hunter (singer), American singer and musician
- John Hunter (South Carolina politician) (1732–1802), American politician
- John Hunter (surgeon) (1728–1793), surgeon and anatomist
- John Hunter (Westchester County, NY) (1778–1852), New York politician
- John E. Hunter (1939–2002), American psychologist and statistician
- John E. L. Hunter (born 1897), World War I fighter ace
- John F. Hunter (1896–1957), U.S. Representative from Ohio
- John Hart Hunter (1807–1872), college fraternity founder
- John Irvine Hunter (1898–1924), Australian anatomist
- John Kelso Hunter (1802–1873), Scottish portrait painter
- John W. Hunter (1807–1900), US Congressman from New York
- Johnny Hunter, Australian rugby league footballer
- Jon Blair Hunter, West Virginia politician
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or hunter:
“Show me a man who feels bitterly toward John Brown, and let me hear what noble verse he can repeat. He’ll be as dumb as if his lips were stone.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.”
—Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)