John Pierpont

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| birth_place = South Farms, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date = | death_place = Medford, Massachusetts | education = | alma_mater = Yale College
Litchfield Law School | occupation = Attorney, merchant, minister, poet | parents = James Pierpont
Elizabeth Collins Pierpont | spouse = * }} | children = 6, including James | relations = John Pierpont Morgan (grandson) | allegiance = | branch = Union Army | serviceyears = 1861 | rank = Chaplain | unit = 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry | battles = American Civil War *Defenses of Washington | signature = Signature of John Pierpont.png | birth_name = John Pierpont }}

John Pierpont (April 6, 1785 – August 27, 1866) was an American poet, who was also successively a teacher, lawyer, merchant, and Unitarian minister. His poem ''The Airs of Palestine'' made him one of the best-known poets in the U.S. in his day. He was the grandfather of J. P. Morgan.