John Carlin may refer to: John Carlin (actor) (1929–2017), Scottish actor John Carlin (painter) (1813-1891), American painter John Carlin (businessman) (born 1955), American entrepreneur, art historian and record producer John Carlin (footballer) (1878–1935), English footballer for Liverpool F.C. John Carlin (journalist) (born 1956), journalist and author John Carlin (umpire) (1861–1944), cricketer and test umpire John Carlin (professor), Australian statistician John P. Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for Justice National Security Division John W. Carlin (born 1940), governor of Kansas, 1979–1987, and Archivist of the United States, 1995–2005