John Dickinson may refer to:
- John Dickinson (politician) (1732–1808), lawyer, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, signer of U.S. Constitution, and namesake of Dickinson College
- John D. Dickinson (1767–1841), lawyer and U.S. Representative from New York
- John Dickinson (inventor) (1782–1869), founder of the paper mills at Apsley and Nash Mills in Hertfordshire, England
- John Dickinson (bishop) (1901–1993), Assistant English Bishop of Melanesia
- John Dickinson (rugby league) (born 1934), rugby league footballer of the 1950s for England, and St Helens RLFC
- John Dickinson (author) (born 1962), English author of young adult novels
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or dickinson:
“I do not wish to see John ever again,—I mean him who is dead,—but that other, whom only he would have wished to see, or to be, of whom he was the imperfect representative. For we are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Not quite with him at home—
Secured him by a string
To something neighboring,”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)