John Joseph Cremona KOM KM (6 January 1918 – 24 December 2020) was a Maltese jurist and poet.

[2] He assumed the functions of Head of State in an acting capacity several times, both as governor-general and president.

He simultaneously served as Malta's first representative judge on the European Court of Human Rights from 1965 to 1992.

[5] After Malta joined the Council of Europe in 1965, Cremona served as the country's first representative judge on the European Court of Human Rights for three consecutive terms, from 1965 to 1992.

[6][7] Beginning with the Constitution of 1959, Malta was granted greater home rule prior to independence through the creation of local legislative bodies.

[4] After independence, Cremona advocated for the establishment of a native honours system, as Maltese citizens only had access to awards from the British Crown.

[9] The English Association chose Cremona to be the Maltese contributor to their anthology Commonwealth Poems of Today (1967).