| Intro | English writer on architecture |
| Was |
Writer Architect |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type |
Engineering Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1820 |
| Death |
1861 (aged 41 years) |
John Clayton is the name of:
Entertainment and television
- John Clayton (painter) (1728–1800), English artist
- John Clayton Adams (1840–1906), English landscape artist
- John Bell Clayton and Martha Clayton (c.1907–1955), & (1915–1961), American writers
- Jack Clayton (1921–1995), British film director
- John Clayton (actor) (1940–2003), Australian actor
- John Clayton (sportswriter) (born 1954), writer and reporter for ESPN and SportsCenter
- John Clayton (bassist) (born 1952), American jazz bassist
- John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, birthname of the fictional character Tarzan
Politics and legal system
- John Clayton (d. 1737) (ca. 1666–1737), Attorney General of colonial Virginia from 1714 – November 18, 1737
- John Clayton (barrister) (died c. 1710), Original Fellow of the Royal Society
- John M. Clayton (1796–1856), U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretary of State
- John Clayton Allen (1860–1939), American politician
Religion
- John Clayton (divine) (1709–1773), English cleric, Methodist and Jacobite
- John Clayton (minister) (1754–1843), English Independent
Sports
- John Clayton (cricketer) (1857–1938), English cricketer
- John Clayton (footballer) (born 1961), Scottish footballer
Others
- John Clayton (botanist) (1694–1773), Colonial Virginia
- John Clayton (town clerk) (1792–1890), antiquarian and town clerk of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- John M. Clayton (Arkansas) (1840–1889), Arkansas carpetbagger, assassinated 1889