John Thornton
John Thornton may refer to:
Sports
- John Thornton (Australian cricketer) (1835-1919), Australian cricketer
- John Thornton (Leicestershire cricketer) (1902-1993), English cricketer
- John Thornton (baseball), American baseball pitcher
- John Thornton (American football) (born 1976), American football player
Government and politics
- John Thornton (MP), English MP for Kingston-upon-Hull (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Thornton (Canadian politician) (1823–1888), Canadian merchant and politician in Quebec
- John Thornton (Louisiana) (1846–1917), American Louisiana politician and senator
Fictional characters
- John Thornton, a leading character in Jack London's novel The Call of the Wild
- John Thornton (North and South), a leading character in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South
Other
- John Thornton (bishop), English 16th-century bishop and university administrator
- John Thornton (glass painter), English York Minster stain glass designer between 1405 and 1408
- John Thornton (cartographer) (1641–1708), English cartographer and hydrographer
- John Thornton (philanthropist) (1720–1790), merchant and Christian philanthropist
- John Thornton (historian) (born 1949), American historian
- John L. Thornton, former President and Co-COO of Goldman Sachs
See also
- Jolly Jack's Lost Mine, a legend about a secret gold mine discovered by Canadian prospector Jack Thornton
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