# John Carter

John Carter may refer to:

## Business

* John Carter (businessman) (born 1961/62), British businessman, CEO of Travis Perkins
* John Carter (insurance executive) (born 1937), chairman of Commercial Union (1994–1998)
* John W. Carter (died 1895), partner in Carter's Ink Company in Massachusetts

## Arts and entertainment

* John Carter (actor) (1927–2015), American actor and director
* Carter (artist), (born 1970), John Carter, American artist and film director
* John Carter (writer) (1905–1975), English author, book collector and bookseller
* John Carter (film editor) (1922–2018), American film editor
* John Carter (mouth artist) (1815–1850), disabled English artist
* John Carter (sound engineer) (1907–1982), American film audio engineer
* John Charles Carter, birth name of actor Charlton Heston

### Media

* John Carter (film), a 2012 film about the Burroughs character on Mars
* Princess of Mars, a 2009 direct-to-DVD film retitled in 2012 to John Carter of Mars
* John Carter, Warlord of Mars, a Marvel Comics series created in 1977
* John Carter, Warlord of Mars (role-playing game), 1978
* John Carter: Warlord of Mars, board game

### Music

* John Carter (1832-1916), English organist and composer, brother of William Carter
* John Carter (jazz musician) (1929–1991), American jazz musician
* John Carter (English musician) (born 1942), English singer-songwriter
* John S. Carter (1945–2011), American music executive, producer, and songwriter, often known simply as Carter
* Johnny Carter (singer) (1934–2009), American singer and member of the Dells and the Flamingos

### Fictional characters

* John Carter of Mars, a character from the classic science fiction series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
* John Carter (ER), a character from the television series ER played by Noah Wyle
* John Carter (Little House)
* Johnny Carter (EastEnders), a character from the television series EastEnders

## Military

* John Carter (Royal Navy officer) (1785–1863), Irish born Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
* John C. Carter (U.S. naval officer) (1805–1870), U.S. Naval officer including during the American Civil War
* John C. Carter (1837–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War
* John J. Carter (1842–1917), Irish officer who fought in the American Civil War

## Politics
### United States

* Jack Carter (politician) (John William Carter, born 1947), U.S. Senate candidate from Nevada, son of President Jimmy Carter
* John Carter (South Carolina politician) (1792–1850), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
* John Carter (Texas politician) (born 1941), U.S. Representative from Texas
* John A. Carter (Virginia politician) (1808–1895), delegate to Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850
* John R. Carter (diplomat) (1864–1944), U.S. diplomat and banker
* John Prentiss Carter (1840–1925), lieutenant governor of Mississippi
* John Carter Sr. (1613–1670), English merchant and politician in Virginia, founder of the Carter Family of Virginia
* John Carter Jr. (burgess) (died 1690), son of John Carter, Sr. and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
* John Carter (1696-1742), colonial secretary for two decades as well as lawyer, planter at Shirley Plantation and politician; nephew of John Carter Jr and son of "King Carter"
* John Carter, U.S. Air Force veteran and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina in 2010

### United Kingdom

* John Carter (died 1408), MP for Scarborough
* John Carter (died 1432), MP for Scarborough
* John Carter (Roundhead) (died 1676), English Parliamentary soldier and politician
* John Carter (Mayor of Portsmouth) (1741–1808), English merchant and mayor
* John Carter (architect), antiquarian and draughtsman

### Other countries

* John Chilton Lambton Carter (1816–1872), New Zealand politician
* John Carter (Australian politician) (1893–1971), Australian politician
* John Carter (New Zealand politician) (born 1950), New Zealand politician and mayor of the Far North District
* John A. Carter (Newfoundland politician) (1933–2017), politician and farmer in Newfoundland, Canada
* John Carter (ambassador) (1919–2005), Guyanese politician, lawyer and diplomat

## Religion

* John S. Carter (Latter Day Saints) (1792–1834), early American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
* John Carter (Christadelphian) (1899–1962), editor of The Christadelphian from 1937 to 1962
* John Carter (evangelist), Seventh-day Adventist evangelist
* John Carter (priest), English Anglican priest

## Sports

* John Carter (cricketer, born 1935), former English cricketer
* John Carter (cricketer, born 1963), former English cricketer
* John Carter (ice hockey) (born 1963), professional ice hockey player
* Johnny Carter (footballer) (1894–1960), Australian footballer

## Other

* John Carter (architect) (1748–1817), English draughtsman and architect
* John Coates Carter (1859–1927), English architect
* John Carter (smuggler) (1770–1807), "King of Prussia", smuggler operating out of Prussia Cove, Cornwall
* Lynching of John Carter (died 1927), African-American man murdered by a white mob
* John Carter (police officer) (1882–1944), Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, 1938–1940
* John Franklin Carter (1897–1967), American journalist
* John Cain Carter (born 1966), American rancher and environmentalist
* John Carter (endocrinologist) (born 1944), Australian medical academic and endocrinologist
* John Carter (printer), American printer and newspaper publisher
* John Mack Carter, American publishing industry figure
* John Corrie Carter, English barrister, High Sheriff, author and sportsman
* John Carter (1942–2000), founder of Carters Steam Fair