John Paton may refer to:

• John Paton (Covenanter) (died 1684) Scottish soldier and Covenanter, executed at the Grassmarket on 9 May 1684
• John Stafford Paton (1821–1889), English general in the British Indian Army
• John Gibson Paton (1824–1907), Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides
• John Brown Paton (1830–1911), Scottish Nonconformist theologian
• John Paton (VC) (1833–1914), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Paton (general) (1867–1943), Australian Major General
• John Paton (British politician) (1886–1976), Labour Member of Parliament for Norwich 1945–1950, Norwich North 1950–1964
• Johnny Paton (1923–2015), Scottish footballer

• John Patten (disambiguation)
• John Patton (disambiguation)