John Griswold may refer to: John Augustus Griswold (1818–1872), American businessman and politician from New York John Ashley Griswold (1822–1902), attorney, judge and politician from New York John N. A. Griswold (1822–1909), American China trade merchant, industrialist, and diplomat (pen name Oronte Churm; b. 1963), American non-fiction writer, editor, lecturer, teacher