There have been several well-known people named John White, including:

• John White (surveyor), (c.1537 - c.1593), governor of the first British colony in the Americas
• John White (composer)
• John White (surgeon), (1756 - 1832), Surgeon-General of New South Wales
• John White (Kentucky politician), (1802-1845), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• John White (Australian politician), member of the Tasmanian state parliament, (1986-1998)

There have also been three Canadian politicians named John White, two of whom were contemporaries in the Parliament of Canada.

• John White (Halton County) (1811-1897)
• John White (Hastings County) (1833-1894)
• John Franklin White (1863-1961)

See also:

• John Whyte, historian