John Irwin may refer to: John Irwin (academic) (born 1940), American English professor at The Johns Hopkins University John Irwin (admiral) (1832–1901), United States Navy rear admiral John Irwin (baseball) (1861–1928), Canadian-born Major League Baseball player John Irwin (boxer) (born 1969), English boxer of the 1990s John Irwin (British Army officer) (1727/8-1788), British soldier, Commander-in-Chief of Ireland and Member of Parliament for East Grinstead, 1762–1783 John Irwin (director), Irish film, television, and radio director, see Badger's Green John Irwin (politician) (1869–1948), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta John Irwin (producer), American television producer, president of Irwin Entertainment John Irwin (writer), British writer, see The Big Fun Show John Keith Irwin (1929–2010), American sociologist known for his work on subcultures and on the prison system John N. Irwin (died 1905), American politician, governor of Idaho Territory, 1883–1884, and Arizona Territory, 1890–1892 John N. Irwin II (1913–2000), American Deputy Secretary of State and Ambassador to France, 1973–1974 John Rice Irwin (born 1930), American cultural historian