John Bannister may refer to:
John Bannister (actor) (1760–1836), English actor and theatre manager John Bannister (philologist) (1816–1873), English philologist John Bannister (Wisconsin politician) (1808–1888), 4th mayor of Beloit, Wisconsin John Bannister (Wisconsin pioneer, born 1810), 7th mayor of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
See also John Banister (disambiguation) Jack Bannister (1930–2016), cricket commentator