title: John Atkinson
text: John Atkinson may refer to:
  
  Entertainment
   John Atkinson (actor), Australian actor
   John Augustus Atkinson (died 1830), English artist engraver and watercolourist
   John Christopher Atkinson (1814–1900), English author, antiquary, and priest
   John Atkinson, editor-in-chief of Stereophile Magazine
  
  Sports
   John Atkinson (athlete) (born 1963), Australian high jumper
   John Atkinson (Australian footballer) (born 1948), 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
  
  Other
   John Atkinson (Australian politician) (died 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) (born 1938), professor of Classics
   Torchy Atkinson (John Dunstan Atkinson, 1909–1990), New Zealand horticultural scientist
   John William Atkinson (1923–2003), American psychologist
   John M. P. Atkinson (1817–1883), president of Hampden–Sydney College
  
  See also
  John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893), British painter usually known as Atkinson Grimshaw