John Lane may refer to:

American politicians

• John W. Lane (1835–1888), Texas politician
• John C. Lane (1872–1958), Mayor of Honolulu

Canadian politicians

• John Gary Lane (born 1942), judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
• John Gordon Lane (1916–2001), former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament
• John Lane (Ontario politician) (1818–1890), Irish-born Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament

English politicians

• John Lane of Bentley (1609–1667), officer in the Royalist army and a member of Parliament for Lichfield, 1661–1667

Others

• John Lane (clothier) (died 1529), of Cullompton, Devon
• John Lane (metallurgist) (1678–1741), English metallurgist
• John Lane (poet), English poet fl. 1600–1630
• John Bryant Lane (1788–1868), English painter
• John Quincy Lane (1831–1903), American army officer and general after the American Civil War
• John Lane (publisher) (1854–1925), British publisher
• Paddy Lane (cricketer) (1886–1937), Australian cricketer, born John Lane
• Jackie Lane (footballer) (1931–2023), English footballer
• J. Michael Lane (1936–2020), American epidemiologist
• John A. Lane (born 1955), writer and historian of printing