John Rawlinson (1576 – 1631) was an English churchman and academic who was Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1610.
He was elected scholar of St John's College, Oxford, in 1591, and graduated B.A.
He was elected a fellow of his college in 1602, taking holy orders and proceeding B.D.
On 1 May 1610 the provost and fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford elected him principal of St. Edmund Hall.
Rawlinson published numerous separate sermons and one collected volume, entitled 'Quadriga Salutis, foure Quadrigesmal or Lent Sermons preached at Whitehall,’ Oxford, 1625, dedicated to the prince (Charles).