Several notable individuals have been named John Robinson:

• John Robinson (1576-1625), organized Mayflower voyage
• John Robinson (1615-1680), English Member of Parliament (City of London 1660)
• John Robinson (1650-1723), English diplomat; later Bishop of Bristol from 1710 and Lord Privy Seal from 1711-1713
• John Robinson, colonial governor of Virginia
• Lt. Col John Robinson, Revolutionary War commander
• John Robinson (1762-1818), New Brunswick businessman, politician
• John McCracken Robinson (1795-1843), U.S. Senator from Illinois
• John Robinson (1908-1979), British actor, best known for his role in Quatermass II
• John C. Robinson (1817–1897), Union general in the American Civil War
• John Martin Robinson, an English Officer of Arms and historian.
• John A.T. Robinson (1919-1983), British Bishop of Woolwich; Dean of Trinity College
• John Robinson (born 1935), American football coach
• John Edward Robinson, which may refer to either of the following:

• John Edward Robinson (serial killer) (born 1943), American serial killer

• John Edward Robinson (Methodist Bishop), a Missionary Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church who served in India and Burma.
  • Johnny Robinson, player for the Kansas City Chiefs
• John Robinson, teenage American actor
• John Robinson, American sociologist
• John Robinson, American journalist
• John Alan Robinson (born 1930), philosopher and mathematician
• John Robinson, British field hockey player, born 1885
• John Robinson Pulitzer Prize Winner
• John Robinson, American drummer
• John Seaton Robinson (1856-1903), Nebraska representative
• John S. Robinson 22^nd Governor of Vermont.
• Constable John Robinson, a Northern Irish policeman whose testimony led to the Stalker inquiry
• John Robinson (born 1973), Wales International footballer