John Atkinson may refer to:

• John Atkinson (actor), Australian actor
• John Augustus Atkinson (c. 1775–1830), English artist engraver and watercolourist
• John Christopher Atkinson (1814–1900), English author, antiquary, and priest
• John Atkinson, editor-in-chief of Stereophile Magazine

• John Atkinson (athlete) (born 1963), Australian high jumper
• John Atkinson (Australian footballer) (1948–2022), Australian rules footballer
• John Atkinson (cricketer) (1878–1951), English cricketer
• John Atkinson (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1914), Scottish footballer
• John Atkinson (rugby league) (1946–2017), English rugby league footballer

• John Atkinson (Australian politician) (1850–1943), Australian politician
• John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson (1844–1932), Irish lawyer and politician
• John Atkinson (clergyman) (1835–1897), American Methodist clergyman and historian
• John Atkinson (professor) (1938–2022), British classicist
• Torchy Atkinson (John Dunstan Atkinson, 1909–1990), New Zealand horticultural scientist
• John Maxwell Atkinson (1944–2024), British author and academic
• John William Atkinson (1923–2003), American psychologist
• John M. P. Atkinson (1817–1883), president of Hampden–Sydney College

• John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893), British painter usually known as Atkinson Grimshaw