John Albyne Burbank (July 23, 1827 – December 17, 1905) was an American businessman and the fourth Governor of Dakota Territory.

President Abraham Lincoln appointed Burbank as agent for the Iowa and Sac Indian tribes in Missouri.

In 1873, the Secretary of the Dakota Territory, Edwin S. McCook, took over as acting governor in Burbank's stead, but was assassinated in Yankton on September 11, 1873, by Peter P. Wintermute, a disgruntled constituent.

After a scandal involving the Dakota Southern Railroad, Governor Burbank finally resigned on January 1, 1874.

After his departure from the office, he returned to Indiana and spent the rest of his life in the town of Richmond, dying on December 17, 1905, at age 78.