| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Sir John William Taverner | |
| Birth Date: | 20 November 1853 |
| Birth Place: | Williamstown, Victoria |
| Death Date: | 17 December 1923 |
| Death Place: | Doncaster, Victoria |
| Mother: | Margaret Sarah, née Large |
| Father: | Henry Taverner |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Ann Bassett Luxton |
| Occupation: |
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| Office1: | Agent-general |
| Term Start1: | 1904 |
| Term End1: | 1913 |
| Predecessor1: | Andrew Clarke |
| Successor1: | Peter McBride |
| Office2: | Minister of Agriculture |
| Term Start2: | 27 September 1894 |
| Term End2: | 5 December 1899 |
| Premier2: | George Turner |
| Predecessor2: | William Webb |
| Successor2: | George Graham |
| Term Start3: | 10 June 1902 |
| Term End3: | 16 February 1904 |
| Premier3: | William Irvine |
| Predecessor3: | John Morrissey |
| Successor3: | John Murray |
| Office4: | Minister of Health |
| Term Start4: | 14 May 1895 |
| Term End4: | 16 September 1895 |
| Premier4: | George Turner |
| Predecessor4: | Henry Cuthbert |
| Successor4: | Henry Williams |
| Constituency Am5: | Electoral district of Donald and Swan Hill |
| Assembly5: | Victorian Legislative |
| Term Start5: | 1 April 1889 |
| Term End5: | 1 May 1904 |
| Predecessor5: | Seat created |
| Successor5: | James Meldrum |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
| Blank1: | Education |
| Data1: | Scots Grammar School, Williamstown |
Sir John William Taverner (20 November 1853 – 17 December 1923) was a politician of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Taverner was educated at Scots Grammar School, Williamstown, and worked his first jobs, cutting thistles, holding a surveyor's chain, and drove for Cobb & Co. He went on to be a senior partner at two firms and the principal of a stock and station agents company.
He married his wife, Elizabeth Ann Bassett Luxton, on 23 May 1879, in Kerang.