# John Palmer

John Palmer may refer to:

## People
### Politicians

* John Palmer (fl. 1377–1394), English politician
* Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet (1735–1817), British politician
* John Palmer (1785–1840), U.S. congressman from New York
* John Palmer (1842–1905), secretary of state of New York and commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
* John Hinde Palmer (1808–1884), English barrister and Liberal Party politician
* John William Palmer (1866–1958), U.S. Representative from Missouri
* John M. Palmer (politician) (1817–1900), U.S. Civil War general and governor and senator from Illinois
* John R. Palmer (1809–1877), Michigan politician

### Architects

* John Palmer (architect) (1785–1846), English architect
* John Palmer (Bath architect) (1738–1817), English architect

### Religious figures

* John Palmer (Unitarian, 1729?–1790), English minister, active in the Midlands and north
* John Palmer (Unitarian, 1742–1786), English minister, active in the south
* John Palmer (Master of Magdalene College) (died 1607), English clergyman and academic
* John Palmer (Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia) (1837–1902)

### Military

* John M. Palmer (politician) (1817–1900), U.S. Civil War general and governor of Illinois
* John McAuley Palmer (general) (1870–1955), American First World War general and military theorist

### Sports

* John Palmer (cricketer) (1881–1928), English cricketer
* John Palmer (rugby union) (born 1957), English rugby union player
* Johnny Palmer (1918–2006), golfer
* Bud Palmer (John S. Palmer; 1921–2013), New York Knicks player

### Music

* John Palmer (musician) (born 1943), English musician
* John Palmer (composer) (born 1959), composer of instrumental and electronic music
* John F. Palmer (1870?–?), American songwriter

### Criminals

* John Palmer, alias of highwayman Dick Turpin (1705–1739)
* John Palmer (criminal) (1950–2015), convicted time-share fraudster, nicknamed "Goldfinger"

### Other people

* John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne (1940–2021), British peer and businessman
* John Palmer (actor) (c.1742–1798), English actor
* John Palmer (author) (1885–1944), English author
* John Palmer (Commissary of New South Wales) (1760–1833)
* John Palmer (director) (1943–2020), Canadian film and theatre director
* John Palmer (postal innovator) (1742–1818), inventor of the lightweight mail coach
* John Palmer (colonial administrator) (c. 1650 – c. 1700), first Englishman to purchase land in the Rockaway Peninsula
* John Palmer (TV journalist) (1935–2013), former NBC News correspondent
* John Horsley Palmer (1779–1858), English banker and Governor of the Bank of England
* John J. Palmer (born 1965), metallurgist and author of How to Brew
* John Anderson Palmer (born 1965), American philosopher
* John Ross Palmer (born 1974), American artist
* Johnny Ace Palmer (born late 1950s), American magician

## Characters

* John Palmer (Home and Away), fictional character
* Johnny Palmer (Family Affairs), fictional character

## Buildings

* John Denham Palmer House, a historic site in Fernandina Beach, Florida

## Ships

* John Palmer (1807 ship)
* John Palmer (1810 ship)
* John Palmer (1814 schooner), a ship wrecked in Bass Strait in 1818