John Molo (born December 5, 1953, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American rock and jazz drummer and percussionist.

Best known for being the drummer for Bruce Hornsby and the Range, he has also played with The Other Ones, Phil Lesh and Friends, Delaney Bramlett, John Fogerty, Keller Williams, Mike Watt, Paul Kelly, David Nelson, Jemimah Puddleduck, and Modereko.

He was raised Catholic in Washington, D.C.[1] His father was an oceanographer who became increasingly concerned about the safety of the inner city and, when Molo was 12, the family moved to suburban Virginia, where Molo attended Langley High School in nearby McLean, Virginia.

[2] While at Langley Molo played in the school's nationally renowned jazz ensemble, the Langley High Jazz Lab, under the direction of band director George Horan.

[3] Molo was the drummer for Bruce Hornsby and the Range when the band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist of 1986.