John Egan (1840–1897) was an Irish piper. Egan, known as The Albino piper was a native of Dunmore, County Galway. Like his countyman Patsy Touhey, he was lefthanded. His tutor in pipe music as , and his grandson, . He emigrated to the United States and spent much of his subsequent life in New York City, barring tours with and Patsy Touhey across eastern states. Francis O'Neill preserves a comment by Nicholas Burke on Egan, who stated that Egan "was a grand player and very powerful in his music." Egan died in New York in 1897.