John Poindexter (born 1936) is a former U.S. federal government official. Other notable John Poindexters:
John A. Poindexter (1825–1869), Confederate-American military officer John B. Poindexter (born 1944), American soldier and trucking-company founder John J. Poindexter (c. 1816–1870), American slave trader and steamboat master John Q. Poindexter (1854–1932), American politician of Mississippi