John Penn (22 February 1760 – 21 June 1834) was an English politician and writer who was the chief proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1775 to 1776.

Penn lived in Philadelphia for five years after the Revolution, from 1783 to 1788, building a country house just outside the city.

He returned to Great Britain in 1789 after receiving his three-fourths portion of £130,000, the compensation for the proprietorship by the Pennsylvania government.

He and his cousin, John Penn, who remained a resident in US, received compensation from Parliament for their losses in the former colony.

The other quarter of the proprietorship belonged to his cousin, also named John Penn, the colonial governor of the province.