John Bateman may refer to: John Bateman, 2nd Viscount Bateman (1721–1802), British politician John Bateman (Australian settler) (1789–1855), one of the first Europeans in Fremantle John Frederick Bateman (1810–1889), English civil engineer John Jones Bateman (1817–1903), English architect John Wesley Bateman (1824–1909), Fremantle, Western Australia merchant John F. Bateman (1914–1998), American football player and coach John Bateman (baseball) (1940–1996), Major League Baseball catcher John Bateman (rugby league) (born 1993), professional rugby league player Lucas North, formerly known as John Bateman, a fictional character from the BBC television series Spooks