John Barney Weaver (March 28, 1920 – April 10, 2012)[1][2] was a sculptor from Anaconda, Montana.

He was known for creating a statue of Charles Marion Russell at the National Statuary Hall Collection, and three busts of Chester W. Nimitz for the United States Navy.

[3] Weaver graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1946, where he studied with Albin Polasek and Emil Zettler.

[4] He received a teaching position in sculpture and figure drawing at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee where he taught from 1946 to 1951.

Weaver died of a heart attack at the age of 92 on April 12, 2013, at his home of many years in Silver Creek, BC.