John Bolton (born 1948) is a former U.S. National Security Advisor and United States Ambassador to the United Nations. John Bolton may also refer to: Politicians John Bolton (York MP), English Member of Parliament for the City of York in 1399 and 1407 John Bolton (Haverfordwest MP) (fl. 1524–1556), MP for Haverfordwest John Bolton (Canadian politician) (1824–1872), member of the Canadian House of Commons Sir John Bolton (Manx politician) (c. 1901–1980), Chairman of the Isle of Man Finance Board John M. Bolton (1901–1936), Member of the Illinois House of Representatives and businessman Others John Bolton of Reading, imprisoned 1554 in Foxes Book of Martyrs John Bolton (priest) (1665–1724), Dean of Derry John Bolton, code name of Benjamin Tallmadge (1754–1835), George Washington's spymaster John Bolton (merchant) (1756–1837), Liverpool merchant, slaver, landowner, and lieutenant-colonel John Bolton, brother and co-worker of William Jay Bolton (1816–1884), American glassworker John Bolton (cricketer) (1881–1935), Australian cricketer John Gatenby Bolton (1922–1993), British-Australian astronomer John Bolton (weightlifter) (born 1945), New Zealand weightlifter John Bolton (illustrator) (born 1951), British comic and graphic artist John Bolton (actor) (born 1965), American actor John Bolton (Australian actor), winner of the Kenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts in 2002 See also John Bolton Rogerson (1809–1859), English poet John Boulton, fictional character in British drama The Bill; played by Russell Boulter