John Baxter

John Baxter may refer to:

The arts

• John Baxter (author) (born 1939), Australian-born writer, journalist, and film-maker
• John Baxter (director) (1896–1975), British film-maker active from the 1930s to the late 1950s
• John Baxter (publisher) (1781–1858), English printer and publisher
• John Baxter, one of the pen names of intelligence officer E. Howard Hunt

Jurists and politicians

• John Baxter (judge) (1819–1886), North Carolina legislator and jurist
• John Baxter (MP) (died 1611), English lawyer and politician
• John Baxter (MP for Stafford), Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford. c. 1393-6
• John Baxter (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1939), Ulster Unionist politician and solicitor
• John Babington Macaulay Baxter (1868–1946), Premier of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, 1925–1931
• John B. M. Baxter, Jr. (died 2000), politician in New Brunswick, Canada
• John G. Baxter (1826–1885), mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, 1870–1872 and 1879–1881

Sportsmen

• John Baxter (cricketer) (1800–?), English cricketer of the 1830s
• John Baxter (footballer) (born 1936), retired Scottish association football player
• John Baxter (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s for Great Britain, England, and Rochdale Hornets

Others

• J. Clifford Baxter (1958–2002), Enron Corporation executive
• John Baxter (engineer) (born 1951), British mechanical engineer
• John Baxter (explorer) (died 1841), friend and companion of Edward John Eyre on his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in 1840–1841
• John Baxter (marine biologist), British marine biologist
• John Philip Baxter (1905–1989), British chemical engineer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, 1953–1969
• John Walter Baxter (1917–2003), British civil and structural engineer; designed the Westway