John Punnett Peters (December 16, 1852 – November 10, 1921) was an American Episcopal clergyman and Orientalist.

[4] From 1888 to 1895, he conducted excavations at Nippur with John Henry Haynes and Hermann Volrath Hilprecht.

He was active in promoting an intellectual approach to religion, social service, and positive relations between labor and management.

Peters was an outspoken opponent of municipal corruption and was active in the Excise Reform Association's West Side branch in Manhattan.

[7] As chairman of the Committee of Fourteen in New York City from the time of its founding in 1905 to 1910, and again from 1912 to 1916, Peters worked to close down or otherwise manage Raines law hotels while advocating numerous reforms to law enforcement institutions and practices.