John Parkinson may refer to:
- John Parkinson (botanist) (1567–1650), English herbalist
- John B. Parkinson (1861–1935), American architect in Los Angeles
- John Parkinson (UK politician) (1870–1941), British Labour Party MP for Wigan, 1918–1941
- John Parkinson (physician) (1885–1976), English cardiologist, a namesake of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
- John Edward Parkinson (1955–2004), British academic in UK company law
- John Parkinson (footballer) (born 1944), Australian rules footballer
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or parkinson:
“Whither goest thou?”
—Bible: New Testament Peter, in John, 13:36.
The words, which are repeated in John 16:5, are best known in the Latin form in which they appear in the Vulgate: Quo vadis? Jesus replies, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.”
“A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.”
—C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993)