John Thomas Lupton (1862–1933) was an American lawyer, industrialist and philanthropist who along with Benjamin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead, obtained exclusive rights from Asa Candler to bottle and sell Coca-Cola.

After a visit to the home of a fellow student, he settled in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1887.

They had a son, Thomas Cartter Lupton, to whom they left the bulk of their combined wealth.

Following the business' rapid success, the partners divided the country into territories and gave various family members responsibility over them and began selling bottling franchises.

[3] John Thomas Lupton died in Brevard, North Carolina on July 31, 1933.