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John Parker (1803-1867) was an English whaling master from Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He commenced his seafaring career in 1815 and was a commander by 1831. Parker's Bay (Baffin Island) is named after him.

In 1847 Parker brought two young Inuit to Britain to publicise the conditions in which they lived and to raise money and government support to alleviate their plight. He also hoped to persuade the Moravian Church to send a missionary to the region. The Inuit, named Memiadluck and Uckaluk (a 15-year-old orphan), were husband and wife and lived in the Parker home whilst in England. Uckaluk died of measles on the journey home and Parker had her buried on Kinatuk island. A cast of her head, that of her husband Memiadluck and John Parker himself can be seen at the Hull Maritime Museum.