John Wilkinson may refer to:
John Wilkinson (Australian politician) (born 1853), Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1889–1895
John Wilkinson (British politician) (1940–2014)
John Wilkinson (Canadian politician), Canadian politician from Ontario
John Wilkinson (Georgia politician), state senator from Georgia (U.S. state)
John Wilkinson (Gloucestershire cricketer) (1876–1948), English cricketer
John Wilkinson (Worcestershire cricketer) (1892–1967), English cricketer
John Wilkinson (Scottish footballer) (1886–1918), Scottish footballer
John Wilkinson (ice hockey) (1911–1970), Canadian professional ice hockey player
John Wilkinson (Watford footballer), English footballer of the 1920s
John Wilkinson (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2007), English footballer
John Wilkinson (footballer, born 1979), Singaporean/British footballer playing in the S.League
John Wilkinson (football manager), manager of Grantham Town F.C. from 1999 to 2003
John Wilkinson (President of Magdalen) (1588–1650)
John Wilkinson (industrialist) (1728–1808), British industrialist who suggested the use of iron for many roles where other materials had previously been used
John Wilkinson (American colonist) (1758–1802), Rhode Island Unitarian, settled in Troy, New York, abolitionist
John Wilkinson (1780–1796), another American colonist, the first son of James Wilkinson
John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875), English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist
John Wilkinson (Syracuse pioneer) (born 1798), Lawyer and first Postmaster, named the city, Syracuse, son of John Wilkinson (American colonist)
John Wilkinson (CSN) (1821–1891) - Officer in the Confederate States Navy during the U.S. Civil War, commanded the CSS Chickamauga
John Wilkinson (Franklin automobile) (born 1868), Invented the Franklin automobile air-cooled engine, son of John Wilkinson (Syracuse pioneer)
John Wilkinson (guitarist), American rhythm guitarist with Elvis Presley's TCB Band
John Wilkinson (poet) (born 1953), British poet
John Wilkinson (entrepreneur), British businessman in the steel industry and chairman of Salford City Reds Rugby League Club
John Wilkinson (scientist) (born 1961), Introduced the first degree (BSc) course in herbal medicine in the UK
John Wilkinson (sound engineer), American sound engineer and Academy Award winner