John Silkin
 John Ernest Silkin PC (18 March 1923 – 26 April 1987) was an English Labour politician and solicitor.He was the third son of Lewis Silkin 1st Baron Silkin and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College the University of Wales and Trinity Hall at Cambridge. Silkin served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1942 to 1946.