John Roman (1950-) is an American map illustrator, author, and college art professor. Roman was born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up in Hartford, Colchester, and Simsbury, CT. He served in the US Army in Augsburg, Germany from 1969–1971. From 1971-1974, he attended New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied illustration, cartooning and animation.

After graduating, Roman pursued a freelance career specializing in illustrated maps that combine cartography and cartooning. His maps have appeared in national and international publications including TIME, Yankee Magazine, Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, and Walden Magazine (Germany). His illustrations won recognition from the Society of Illustrators (New York, New York), the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Communication Arts, and the American Society of Architectural Illustrators.

Roman illustrated three nationally syndicated comic strips: “Son & Co.” (King Features Syndicate), “The Biography Sunday Comics” (United Features), and “Gunther” (The McNaught Syndicate). Many of his original comic strips are archived in the collections of the Cartoon Art Museum, the International Museum of Cartoon Art, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University.

Roman wrote about his work and approach to illustrated maps in The Art of Illustrated Maps: A Complete Guide to Creative Mapmaking's History, Process and Inspiration published by HOW Books in 2015. Roman is a feature-story writer for Artists Magazine and authored articles and essays for national art magazines and journals.

Roman is an Assistant Professor of Illustration at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where he has taught since 1993. He is married to painter, illustrator, and fellow professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Irena Roman. John and Irena Roman reside in Scituate, Massachusetts.