John Carter may refer to:

Business

• John Carter (businessman) (born 1961/62), British businessman, CEO of Travis Perkins
• John Carter (insurance executive) (born 1937), chairman of Commercial Union (1994–1998)
• John W. Carter (died 1895), partner in Carter's Ink Company in Massachusetts

Arts and entertainment

• John Carter (actor) (1927–2015), American actor and director
• Carter (artist), (born 1970), John Carter, American artist and film director
• John Carter (writer) (1905–1975), English author, book collector and bookseller
• John Carter (film editor) (1922–2018), American film editor
• John Carter (mouth artist) (1815–1850), disabled English artist
• John Carter (sound engineer) (1907–1982), American film audio engineer
• John Charles Carter, birth name of actor Charlton Heston

Media

• John Carter (film), a 2012 film about the Burroughs character on Mars
• Princess of Mars, a 2009 direct-to-DVD film retitled in 2012 to John Carter of Mars
• John Carter, Warlord of Mars, a Marvel Comics series created in 1977
• John Carter, Warlord of Mars (role-playing game), 1978
• John Carter: Warlord of Mars, board game

Music

• John Carter (1832-1916), English organist and composer, brother of William Carter
• John Carter (jazz musician) (1929–1991), American jazz musician
• John Carter (English musician) (born 1942), English singer-songwriter
• John S. Carter (1945–2011), American music executive, producer, and songwriter, often known simply as Carter
• Johnny Carter (singer) (1934–2009), American singer and member of the Dells and the Flamingos

Fictional characters

• John Carter of Mars, a character from the classic science fiction series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• John Carter (ER), a character from the television series ER played by Noah Wyle
• John Carter (Little House)
• Johnny Carter (EastEnders), a character from the television series EastEnders

Military

• John Carter (Royal Navy officer) (1785–1863), Irish born Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

• John C. Carter (U.S. naval officer) (1805–1870), U.S. Naval officer including during the American Civil War
• John C. Carter (1837–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War
• John J. Carter (1842–1917), Irish officer who fought in the American Civil War

Politics

United States

• Jack Carter (politician) (John William Carter, born 1947), U.S. Senate candidate from Nevada, son of President Jimmy Carter
• John Carter (South Carolina politician) (1792–1850), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
• John Carter (Texas politician) (born 1941), U.S. Representative from Texas
• John A. Carter (Virginia politician) (1808–1895), delegate to Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850
• John R. Carter (diplomat) (1864–1944), U.S. diplomat and banker
• John Prentiss Carter (1840–1925), lieutenant governor of Mississippi
• John Carter Sr. (1613–1670), English merchant and politician in Virginia, founder of the Carter Family of Virginia
• John Carter Jr. (burgess) (died 1690), son of John Carter, Sr. and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
• John Carter (1696-1742), colonial secretary for two decades as well as lawyer, planter at Shirley Plantation and politician; nephew of John Carter Jr and son of "King Carter"
• John Carter, U.S. Air Force veteran and candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina in 2010

United Kingdom

• John Carter (died 1408), MP for Scarborough
• John Carter (died 1432), MP for Scarborough
• John Carter (Roundhead) (died 1676), English Parliamentary soldier and politician
• John Carter (Mayor of Portsmouth) (1741–1808), English merchant and mayor
• John Carter (architect), antiquarian and draughtsman

Other countries

• John Chilton Lambton Carter (1816–1872), New Zealand politician
• John Carter (Australian politician) (1893–1971), Australian politician
• John Carter (New Zealand politician) (born 1950), New Zealand politician and mayor of the Far North District
• John A. Carter (Newfoundland politician) (1933–2017), politician and farmer in Newfoundland, Canada
• John Carter (ambassador) (1919–2005), Guyanese politician, lawyer and diplomat

Religion

• John S. Carter (Latter Day Saints) (1792–1834), early American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
• John Carter (Christadelphian) (1899–1962), editor of The Christadelphian from 1937 to 1962
• John Carter (evangelist), Seventh-day Adventist evangelist
• John Carter (priest), English Anglican priest

Sports

• John Carter (cricketer, born 1935), former English cricketer
• John Carter (cricketer, born 1963), former English cricketer
• John Carter (ice hockey) (born 1963), professional ice hockey player
• Johnny Carter (footballer) (1894–1960), Australian footballer

Other

• John Carter (architect) (1748–1817), English draughtsman and architect
• John Coates Carter (1859–1927), English architect
• John Carter (smuggler) (1770–1807), "King of Prussia", smuggler operating out of Prussia Cove, Cornwall
• Lynching of John Carter (died 1927), African-American man murdered by a white mob
• John Carter (police officer) (1882–1944), Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, 1938–1940
• John Franklin Carter (1897–1967), American journalist
• John Cain Carter (born 1966), American rancher and environmentalist
• John Carter (endocrinologist) (born 1944), Australian medical academic and endocrinologist
• John Carter (printer), American printer and newspaper publisher
• John Mack Carter, American publishing industry figure
• John Corrie Carter, English barrister, High Sheriff, author and sportsman
• John Carter (1942–2000), founder of Carters Steam Fair

See also

• Jack Carter (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Carter (disambiguation)
• Jon Carter (born 1970), English musician
• Jon Carter (American football) (born 1965)

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