John Hawkins may refer to:
Public officials
John Hawkins (naval commander) (1532–1595), English admiral
John Hawkins (17th century diplomat), ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France, 1626–1627
John Hawkins (MP) (c. 1611–?), English politician
John Hawkins (burgess), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
John Hawkins (Maryland politician), American politician
John Heywood Hawkins (1802–1877), British politician
John Parker Hawkins (1830–1914), U.S. Civil War brigadier general
John Joseph Hawkins (1840–1916), politician in Ontario, Canada
John A. Hawkins (New York politician) (1864–1941), New York politician
John J. Hawkins (1855–1935), American jurist and politician in the Arizona Territory
John Clifford Hawkins (1879–?), American lawyer and political figure
John Hawkins (diplomat) (born 1960), British ambassador to Qatar
John D. Hawkins (born 1968), South Carolina politician
John Edgar Hawkins (1869–1944), Arkansas politician
Writers
John Hawkins (grammarian) (c. 1587–c. 1641), English physician, grammarian and translator
John Hawkins (author) (1719–1789), English music historian
John Sidney Hawkins (baptised 1758–1842), English antiquarian, son of the music historian
John Hawkins (geologist) (1761–1841), English geologist and writer
John A. Hawkins (linguist) (born 1950), English linguist
Musicians
John Hawkins (English composer), co-composed 1964's Canterbury Tales
John Hawkins (Canadian composer) (1944–2007), Canadian classical composer
Big Hawk, American rapper whose real name was John Hawkins (1969–2006)
Other
John Hawkins (archdeacon of Totnes) (1903–1965), Anglican priest
John Hawkins (archdeacon of Hampstead) (born 1963)
John Isaac Hawkins (1772–1855), engineer and inventor of the upright piano, a mechanical pencil and a letter copying machine (the polygraph)
John Russell Hawkins (1862–1939), American professor and college president
John Hawkins (athlete) (born 1949), Canadian high jumper
John Hawkins (rower), Australian rower
John Hawkins (rugby union) (born 1996), English rugby union player
John Hawkins (Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge), Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1728–1733
TSS Sir John Hawkins, passenger tender vessel