John Small may refer to:
- John Small (British Army officer) (1726–1796), active in the American Revolutionary War
- John Small (cricketer) (1737–1826), English cricketer
- Jack Small (1765–1836), English cricketer
- John Small (politician) (1746–1841), political figure in Upper Canada
- John Small (librarian) (1828–1886), librarian of Edinburgh University
- John Small (Member of Parliament) (1831–1909), member of the Canadian House of Commons
- John Francis Small, Member of the United Kingdom Parliament for County Wexford, 1883–1885 and South Down, 1885–1886
- John Humphrey Small (1858–1946), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
- John Kunkel Small (1869–1938), American botanist
- John Small (American football) (born 1946), American football player
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or small:
“Fair, rich, and young: how rare is her perfection,
Were it not mingled with one foul infection!
I mean, so proud a heart, so curst a tongue,
As makes her seem nor fair, nor rich, nor young.”
—Sir John Harington (1561–1612)
“A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a proper distance, and is a very small restraint to the sensible and to the well-bred part of the world.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)