John Newton (disambiguation)

John Newton may mean:

  • John Newton (1725–1807), English slaveship master and Anglican clergyman, author of “Amazing Grace”
  • John Haymes Newton (born 1965), American actor
  • John Newton (engineer) (1822–1895), U.S. Army engineer and Civil War general
  • John Newton (soldier) (1755–1780), American Revolution soldier, fictionalized as a hero
  • John T. Newton (1793–1857), American naval officer