John Langdon Bonython AO (13 January 1905 – 1992), was a prominent Adelaide businessman.
[3] John Langdon Bonython was born on 13 January 1905 in Adelaide, South Australia.
[4][5] He chaired Advertiser Newspapers Ltd,[6] and on 18 March 1954, he became the founding chairman of the first board of directors of Santos Limited.
[7] In 1982 a deep water port facility at Stony Point 20 km north of Whyalla was connected to the Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System, a 659 km pipeline from Moomba in the Cooper Basin; this facility was named Port Bonython in his honour.
[3][7] On 9 June 1980 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, "in recognition of service to media and to industry".