John Banks or Bankes may refer to:
Politics and law
Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet (1627–1699), English merchant and Member of Parliament John Banks (American politician) (1793–1864), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania John Gray Banks (1888–1961), politician in Canada John Banks (activist) (1915–2010), English political activist and writer John Banks (New Zealand politician) (born 1946), New Zealand politician Sir John Bankes (1589–1644), Attorney General and Chief Justice to King Charles I of England John Bankes (judge) (1854–1947), English judge John Bankes (died 1772), British politician John Eldon Bankes (1854–1946), Welsh judge John Garnett Banks (1889–1974), Scottish businessman and local politician John Bankes (died 1714), Member of Parliament 1698–1714 for Corfe Castle John W. Banks (1867–1958), justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court