John Merrick may refer to:
- John Merrick (ambassador) (fl. ca. 1596-1621), English ambassador to Russia
- John Merrick (insurance) (1859–1919), African-American founder of North Carolina Mutual & Provident Insurance Company in Durham, North Carolina
- John Merrick (golfer), American golfer
- John Merrick (Buffyverse character)
- Joseph Merrick (1862–1890), the Elephant Man; early biographies inaccurately give his first name as "John", and this name was used in the 1980 film The Elephant Man
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“This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and No.”
—Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890)