John Bethune may refer to: John Bethune (Scottish minister) (1725–1774) Scottish minister and philosopher John Bethune (Canadian minister) (1751–1815), founder of the first Presbyterian Church in Montreal John Drinkwater Bethune (1762–1844), English army officer and military historian John Bethune (principal) (1791–1872), Canadian Anglican priest, and acting principal of McGill University from 1835 to 1846 John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801–1851), English barrister John Bethune (poet) (1812–1839), Scottish poet John Lemuel Bethune (1850–1913), Canadian physician and politician John Bethune (footballer) (1888–1955), Scottish footballer John Bethune of Craigfoodie, Scottish landowner and politician, later a clergyman