John Davies
John Davies may refer to:
Academics
- John Davies (archivist) (1925–1999), Malaysian archivist
 - John Davies (chemist) (died 1850), English chemist
 - John Davies (classical scholar, born 1679) (1679–1732), English classical scholar, and president of Queens' College, Cambridge
 - John Davies (historian) (1938–2015), Welsh historian
 - John Davies (librarian) (1743–1817), librarian of the University of Cambridge
 - John Davies (priest, born 1957), British Anglican priest and theologian
 - John Gordon Davies (1919–1990), British theologian
 - John K. Davies (astronomer) (born 1955), British astronomer
 - John K. Davies (historian) (born 1937), British classical historian
 
Businesspeople
- John Davies (British businessman) (1916–1979), businessman (British Petroleum) and Conservative MP and cabinet minister
 - John Davies (New Zealand businessman) (born 1941), businessman and mayor of Queenstown
 - John Davies (publisher) (1814–1872), co-founded the Australian newspaper The Mercury
 - John Henry Davies (c. 1864 – 1927), brewery owner who in 1902 took over the British football club Manchester United
 - John T. Davies (businessman) (1881–1938), British businessman, director of the Suez Canal Company, and the Ford Motor Company Limited
 - John Wingett Davies (1908–1992), cinema operator and director of Davies and Newman
 - John Winsell Davies (born 1964), owner of the Schramsberg Vineyards
 
Film, radio, television, and theatre professionals
- John Davies (screenwriter) or Jack Davies (1913–1994), English screenwriter, producer and actor
 - John Graham Davies (fl. 1983–2014), Canadian-British actor
 - John Howard Davies (1939–2011), English television producer-director and former child actor
 - John S. Davies (actor) (born 1953), American actor
 
Judges
- John Davies (judge) (1898–1969), Chief Justice of Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
 - John Davies (swimmer) (1929–2020), United States district judge and Olympic swimmer for Australia
 - John T. Davies (politician) (born 1932), Minnesota politician, former legislator and jurist
 
Musicians
- John Davies (composer) (1787–1855), Welsh stonemason and composer
 - John Elias Davies (1847–1883), Welsh harpist
 - John Haydn Davies (1905–1991), Welsh schoolmaster and conductor
 - John R. T. Davies (1927–2004), remastering engineer of classic jazz recordings and musician
 
Politicians
Australasia
- John Davies (New South Wales politician) (1839–1896), Australian politician, NSW MLA (1874–87), MLC (1888–96)
 - John Mark Davies (1840–1919), British-born Australian politician in the state of Victoria, MLC (1889–1919)
 - John George Davies (1846–1913), Tasmanian politician, newspaper proprietor, and cricketer
 
United Kingdom
- John Davies (British businessman) (1916–1979), director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, Conservative MP, cabinet minister
 - John Davies (poet, born 1569) (1569–1626), poet, statesman, attorney-general in Ireland
 - John Davies (Welsh miners' agent) (died 1918), Welsh Liberal-Labour politician and trade unionist
 - John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen (1885–1950), British cotton manufacturer and Labour politician
 - John Cledwyn Davies (1869–1952), Welsh Liberal politician, educationist, and lawyer
 - John Francis Davis (1795–1890), British diplomat, sinologist, and second Governor of Hong Kong
 - John Lloyd Davies (1801–1860), Welsh lawyer and Conservative MP
 - John Quentin Davies (1944–2025), British Labour MP
 
United States
- John C. Davies (lawyer) (1857–1925), New York State Attorney General, 1899–1902
 - John C. Davies II (1920–2002), US Representative from New York
 - John Paton Davies Jr. (1908–1999), American diplomat
 - John S. Davies (Pennsylvania politician) (1926–2010), Pennsylvania politician
 - John T. Davies (politician) (born 1932), Minnesota politician, former legislator and jurist
 
Religious leaders
Anglican clergypeople
- John Davies (archbishop of Wales) (born 1953), Archbishop of Wales from 2017 to 2021 and Bishop of Swansea and Brecon from 2008 to 2021
 - John Davies (archdeacon of Wrexham) (1908–1991), Welsh Anglican priest
 - John Davies (priest, born 1795) (1795–1861), Welsh Anglican priest and philosopher
 - John Davies (priest, born 1957), British Anglican priest and theologian
 - John Davies (bishop of St Asaph) (born 1943), Bishop of St Asaph from 1999 to 2008
 - John Davies (bishop of Shrewsbury) (born 1927), Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1987 to 1994
 - John David Davies (1831–1911), Welsh priest
 - John Llewelyn Davies (1826–1916), English preacher and theologian
 - John Rhys Davies (priest) (1890–1953), Anglican priest in Wales
 - John Thomas Davies (priest) (1881–1966), Anglican priest in Wales
 
Methodist ministers and missionaries
- John Davies (Methodist minister, born 1823) (1823–1874), Welsh Methodist minister
 - John Davies (missionary) (1772–1855), Welsh missionary and school teacher
 - John Davies of Nercwys (1799–1879), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister, preacher and writer
 - John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923), Welsh poet and Wesleyan Methodist minister
 - John Evan Davies (1850–1929), Welsh Calvinistic Methodist minister
 - John Gwynoro Davies (1855–1935), Welsh Methodist minister
 
Other religious leaders
- John Davies (Congregationalist minister, born 1804) (1804–1884), Welsh Congregationalist minister
 - John Davies (Unitarian minister, born 1795) (1795–1858), Welsh Unitarian minister and schoolmaster
 - John Ossian Davies (1851–1916), Welsh Congregationalist minister
 - John Park Davies (1879–1937), Welsh Unitarian minister
 
Sportspeople
Association footballers and football trainers
- John Davies (footballer, born 1856) (1856–1929), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer
 - John Davies (footballer, born 1881), English footballer with Liverpool and Blackpool
 - John Davies (footballer, born 1933), footballer with Portsmouth, Scunthorpe United and Walsall
 - John Davies (footballer, born 1959), Welsh footballer with Cardiff City and Hull City
 - John Davies (footballer, born 1966), Scottish footballer with Clydebank, St. Johnstone, Airdrieonians, Ayr United and Motherwell
 - John Davies (goalkeeper) (fl. 1889–1893), with Burslem Port Vale F.C. and Newton Heath F.C.
 - John Edward Davies (1862–1912), Oswestry F.C. and Wales international footballer
 - John Henry Davies (football trainer) or Jack Davies (fl. 1920–1978), British football trainer
 - John Price Davies (1862–1955), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
 
Rugby players
- John Davies (rugby, born 1941) (1941–1969), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Wales (RU), Neath, and Leeds (RL)
 - John Davies (rugby league, born 1991), current rugby league footballer for Castleford Tigers
 - John Davies (rugby union, born 1971), rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s for Wales, Llanelli, and (Llanelli) Scarlets
 - John Leighton Davies (1927–1995), former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
 
Swimmers
- John Davies (swimmer) (1929–2020), Olympic swimmer for Australia and later United States district judge
 - John Cecil Wright Davies or Jack Davies (1916–1997), New Zealand swimmer
 - John Goldup Davies (1914–1989), English swimmer
 
Other sportspeople
- John Davies (Australian footballer) (1943–86), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
 - John Davies (bowls) (fl. 1988), New Zealand Paralympic lawn bowler
 - John Davies (English cricketer) (born 1932), English cricketer
 - John Davies (ice hockey) (1928–2009), Canadian ice hockey player with the Edmonton Mercurys
 - John Davies (runner) (1938–2003), New Zealand middle-distance runner
 - John Davies (steeplechase runner) (born 1952), Welsh runner
 - John Davies (Welsh cricketer) (1926–2005), Welsh cricketer
 - John William Matthew Davies or Johnny Davies (1900–1967), Australian rules footballer for Carlton and Fitzroy
 
Other writers
- John Davies (grammarian) or Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1534 – c. 1609), Welsh physician and grammarian
 - John Davies of Hereford (c. 1565 – 1618), Anglo-Welsh poet and satirist
 - John Davies (Mallwyd) (c. 1567 – 1644), lexicographer, translator, and editor of the 1620 Welsh edition of the Bible
 - John Davies (poet, born 1569) (1569–1626), English poet, lawyer and politician
 - John Davies (translator) (1625–1693), Welsh translator and writer
 - John Davies (Taliesin Hiraethog) (1841–1894), Welsh poet
 - John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923), Welsh poet and Wesleyan Methodist minister
 - John Davies (poet, born 1944), Welsh poet
 - John Daniel Davies (1874–1948), Welsh editor and author
 - John Davies (author) (1868–1940), Welsh author
 - John Davies (bard) (died 1694), Welsh bard
 - John Davies (bibliographer and genealogist) (1860–1939), Welsh bibliographer and genealogist
 - John Davies (printer and journalist) (1832–1904), Welsh printer, editor, journalist, and songwriter
 
Others
- John Davies (architect) (1796–1865), English architect
 - John Davies (photographer) (born 1949), landscape photographer based in the United Kingdom
 - John Humphreys Davies (1871–1926), Welsh lawyer, bibliographer and educator
 - John Thomas Davies (1895–1955), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
 
See also
- Jon Davie (born 1954), folk guitarist
 - Jonathan Davies (disambiguation)
 - Jonathan Davis (disambiguation)
 - John G. Davies (disambiguation)
 - John Davis (disambiguation)
 - John Davys (disambiguation)
 - John Davey (disambiguation)
 - John Davy (disambiguation)
 - Jack Davies (disambiguation)
 - John Davies Gilbert (1811–1854), land owner
 - John Rhys-Davies (born 1944), Welsh actor
 - John Langdon-Davies (1897–1971), British author and journalist