John Joseph Bergen (August 7, 1895 – December 11, 1980) was an American businessman who served as chairman of the Madison Square Garden Corporation.

[1] Through his father he got to know General Motors president William C. Durant, who had a policy on personally calling all GM car owners.

[3] Bergen remained involved in aviation after the war, financing Wooster and Davis's unsuccessful transatlantic flight and sponsoring the construction of Newark Airport.

[5] Bergen was also a business associate of Eddie Dowling and helped finance Shadow and Substance and The White Steed.

[6] John J. Bergen & Company underwrote stock for Grumman, Willys-Overland, United Aircraft, Bank of America, and General Instrument.

[19] In 1959, Graham-Paige purchased controlling interest in Madison Square Garden from James D. Norris and Arthur Wirtz.

[24] He was succeeded as chairman by Irving Mitchell Felt and as Rangers president by William M. Jennings but stayed on as a director.