| Office: | Lord Provost of Glasgow |
| Term Start: | 1728 |
| Term End: | 1730 |
| Successor: | Peter Murdoch of Rosehill |
| Office1: | Baillie |
| Term1: | 1716, 1724 |
| Birth Date: | 1677 |
| Death Date: | 1736 |
| Occupation: | merchant |
| Spouse: | Isabella Hunter |
| Children: | 6[1] |
John Stirling (1677 - 1736) was an early 18th-century Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1728 to 1730.
As a merchant he traded with Virginia and the Caribbean so is presumed to have traded in tobacco and sugar but there is no mention of his owning any plantations there.[2]
He served as Baillie in 1716 and 1724[3] and was elected Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1728 being succeeded by Peter Murdoch of Rosehill in 1730.[4]
He died in Glasgow in 1736.[5]
He married Isabella Hunter. Their children included William Stirling (b.1717),[6] founder of William Stirling & Sons calico printers. He was uncle to Walter Stirling founder of the Stirling Library in Glasgow. His daughter Janet Stirling married the Glasgow goldsmith Robert Luke.[7]
He was portrayed by William Aikman around 1720.[8]