John Lister (1587 – 1640) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1621 and 1640. Lister was the son of John Lister, a lead merchant of Hull who was mayor and MP for the town. In April 1640, Lister was re-elected MP for Hull in the Short Parliament and was re-elected in November 1640 for the Long Parliament. However he died in December. Lister funded a hospital, which opened in 1641, for twelve elderly people, with rooms for a lecturer. The house of the Lister family is now a museum known as the Wilberforce House Museum.