John Gardner

John Gardner may refer to:

Arts and literature

• John Gardner (American writer) (1933–1982), American novelist and educator, author of Grendel
• John Gardner (British writer) (1926–2007), British author of spy and mystery novels, former official James Bond author
• John Gardner (composer) (1917–2011), British composer
• John Lowell Gardner II (1837–1898), patron of the arts
• John Gardner (boat builder) (1905–1995), American nautical historian

Law, education and government

• John Gardner (Rhode Island) (1697–1764), Deputy Governor, Colony of Rhode Island
• John Gardner (Australian politician), Australian Liberal Party MP for the South Australian seat of Morialta since 2010
• John Gardner (Continental Congress) (1747–1808), American farmer, Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress
• John Gardner (lawyer) (born 1964), professor of jurisprudence, University of Oxford
• John Dunn Gardner (1811–1903), British Member of Parliament, 1841 to 1847
• John Fentress Gardner (1912–1998), American author and educator
• John J. Gardner (1845–1921), American politician representing New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives, 1885 to 1893
• John W. Gardner (1912–2002), U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Great Society, founder of Medicare and Public Broadcasting

Others

• John D. Gardner (general), lieutenant general in the U.S. Army
• John L. Gardner (1793–1869), brigadier general in the US Army
• John Albert Gardner (born 1979), American double murderer
• John Sterling Gardner, Jr., American criminal, see List of individuals executed in North Carolina
• John Gardner (Texas Ranger) (1845–1926), Texas Ranger, cowboy, Indian fighter and trail boss
• John Twiname Gardner (1854–1914), English doctor and composer
• John L. Gardner (boxer), British boxer
• John Gardner (tennis), Australian tennis player, see 1971 US Open – Men's Singles