John Stanton may refer to:
- John Stanton (actor) (born 1944), Australian actor
- John Stanton (cricketer) (1901–1973), English cricketer
- John Stanton (painter) (1857–1929), American painter and professor
- John Stanton (journalist), American journalist and writer
- John W. Stanton, founder and former CEO of Western Wireless Corporation
- J. William Stanton (1924–2002), Republican congressman from Ohio