John Eyre Sloane (September 16, 1886 – July 17, 1970) was an American industrialist.
He was born in South Orange, New Jersey, to well-known scientist, inventor and author, Dr. T. O'Conor Sloane.
He established one of the country's first airplane manufacturing plants in Long Island City, Queens, New York City in 1912.
[1] He established Sloane Manufacturing Co. in 1915, which was later reorganized into Standard Aircraft Corporation and sold to Mitsui & Co.[2] He married Thomas Edison's daughter, Madeleine, and they had four children, Thomas Edison Sloane, John Edison Sloane, Michael Edison Sloane and Peter Edison Sloane.
[4] He was the younger brother of photographer T. O'Conor Sloane Jr.