# John Hunter

John Hunter may refer to:

## Politics

* John Hunter (British politician) (1724–1802), British Member of Parliament for Leominster
* John Hunter (Canadian politician) (1909–1993), Canadian Liberal MP for Parkdale, 1949–1957
* Sir John Hunter (consul-general) (died 1816), British consul-general in Spain
* 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 (South Carolina politician) (c. 1750–1802), American politician
* John Hunter (Westchester County, New York) (1778–1852), New York politician
* John F. Hunter (1896–1957), U.S. Representative from Ohio
* John W. Hunter (1807–1900), US Congressman from New York
* Jon Blair Hunter (fl. 1990s–2000s), West Virginia politician
* John Dunn Hunter (1796–1827), leader of the Fredonian Rebellion
* John McEwan Hunter (1863–1940), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

## Sports
### Soccer

* John Hunter (Third Lanark footballer) (died 1881), Scottish football player
* John Hunter (Australian footballer), Scottish-born Australian former footballer and coach
* Ian Hunter (Scottish footballer) (born John Hunter, fl. 1960s), Scottish footballer (Falkirk)
* John Hunter (Falkirk footballer) (fl. 1920s), Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Reading, Guildford)
* John Hunter (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1966), known as 'Sailor', Scottish football player and manager (Motherwell)
* Jock Hunter (1875–1950), Scottish footballer

### Others

* John Hunter (American football), American football player
* John Hunter (golfer) (1871–1946), Scottish professional golfer
* John Hunter (rower) (born 1943), New Zealand rower
* Johnny Hunter (1925–1980), Australian rugby league footballer
* John Hunter (runner), winner of the 1980 distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

## Authors and academics

* J. A. Hunter (John Alexander Hunter, 1887–1963), white hunter in Africa, later a writer
* John Hunter (scientist) (born 1955), projectile researcher
* John Hunter (screenwriter) (born 1911), American award-winning screenwriter
* John E. Hunter (1939–2002), American psychologist and statistician
* John Hunter (classicist) (1746–1837), joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

## Physicians

* John Hunter (surgeon) (1728–1793), surgeon and anatomist
* John Hunter (physician) (1754–1809), physician
* John Irvine Hunter (1898–1924), Australian anatomist
* John D. Hunter (1968–2012), American neurobiologist and creator of matplotlib

## Others

* John A. Hunter (judge) (1833–1887), chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory
* John Kelso Hunter (1802–1873), Scottish portrait painter
* John Hart Hunter (1807–1872), college fraternity founder
* John Hunter (bishop) (1897–1965), former bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman
* John E. L. Hunter (1897–1971), World War I fighter ace
* Jackie Hunter (entertainer) (John Hunter, 1903–1951), Canadian entertainer
* John Hunter (performer), New Zealand female impersonator
* John Hunter (singer), American singer and musician
* Sir John Adams Hunter, British colonial administrator
* John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter, Scottish judge