John Davis

John Davis may refer to:

People

American politicians

• John Davis (judge) (1761–1847), Massachusetts state representative and federal judge
• John Davis (Kansas politician) (1826–1901), U.S. Representative from Kansas
• John Davis (Massachusetts Governor) (1787–1854), Governor of Massachusetts, 1834–1835; 1841–1843
• John Davis (Pennsylvania) (1788–1878), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• John Davis (UN), U.S. assistant secretary of agriculture and Director of UNRWA
• Bancroft Davis, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, (1822–1907), Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions, 1883–1902
• John E. Davis (North Dakota politician) (1913–1990), Governor of North Dakota, 1957–1961
• John G. Davis (1810–1866), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• John J. Davis (congressman) (1835–1916), United States Representative from West Virginia
• John Morgan Davis (1906–1984), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
• John Warren Davis (1867–1945), NJ State legislator and Judge, Third Circuit Court of Appeals
• John Wesley Davis (1799–1859), U.S. Representative from Indiana, Commissioner to China, Governor of Oregon Territory
• John W. Davis (1873–1955), Democratic U.S. presidential candidate, 1924
• John W. Davis (governor) (1826–1907), Governor of Rhode Island
• John William Davis (Georgia politician) (1916–1992), Lawyer and U.S. Representative from Georgia

Other politicians

• John Davis (Australian politician) (1817–1893), Australian Pastoralist in colonial Western Australia
• Jack Davis (Canadian politician) (1916–1991), Canadian politician from British Columbia
• John Caswell Davis (1888–1953), Canadian senator
• John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet (1795–1890), British Governor of Hong Kong and minor poet

In arts and media

• Sir John Francis Davis (1795–1890) English poet & translator
• John Scarlett Davis (1804–1845), English painter
• John Davis (film producer) (1906–1993), English film producer, chairman of the Rank Organisation
• Blind John Davis (1908–1985), American blues pianist
• John F. Davis (artist), Australian artist, painter and video editor
• John H. Davis (author), (born 1927) American author
• John Davis (sculptor) (1936–1999), Australian sculptor
• John Davis (producer) (born 1953), U.S. film producer
• John A. Davis (born 1963), American animator
• John Davis (singer-songwriter) (born 1974), American Superdrag member

In military

• John Davis (Medal of Honor, 1878), American Medal of Honor recipient
• John Davis (Medal of Honor, 1854) (1854–1903), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• Sir John Gilbert Davis (1911 - 1989), former Air Chief Marshal in the RAF
• John J. Davis, U.S. Army, Military Intelligence
• John K. Davis (born 1927), U.S. Marine Corps
• John Davis, officer of the British commando Force 136 in WWII Malaya

In sports

• John Davis (offensive lineman) (born 1965), American football offensive lineman
• John Davis (tight end) (born 1973), American football tight end
• John Davis (pitcher) (born 1963), major league baseball player for San Francisco Giants
• John Davis (speedway rider) (born 1954), English speedway rider
• John Davis (Worcestershire cricketer) (1884–1951), English cricketer
• John Davis (cricketer, born 1882) (1882–1963), English cricketer for Derbyshire
• John Davis (cricketer) (born 1939), Welsh cricketer
• John Davis (footballer), soccer player
• John Davis (swimmer) (born 1978), New Zealand swimmer
• John Davis (weightlifter) (1921–1984), U.S. Olympian, gold medalist
• John S. Davis, American head college football coach for the Ottawa University Braves, 1930
• Sir John Brewer Davis (1741–1817), English cricketer

Other people

• John Aubrey Davis, Sr. (1912–2002), African American rights activist and political science professor
• John Davis (academic) (born 1938), English Warden of All Souls College, Oxford
• John Davis (buccaneer) (alias of Robert Searle), English buccaneer
• John Davis (English explorer) (c. 1550–1605), English navigator and explorer
• John Davis (entrepreneur) (born 1953), American entrepreneur
• John Davis (sealer) (1784–?), American who claimed to have first set foot on Antarctica
• John Adelbert Davis (1871–1934), American bible college founder
• John C. Davis, American economist
• John F. Davis (1907–2000), American lawyer, law professor, and Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States
• John King Davis (1884–1967), Australian explorer and navigator
• John P. Davis (1905–1973), African-American activist and writer
• John Davies (lecturer) or Davis (fl. 1816–1850), English chemist and lecturer

Fictional characters

• John Davis (EastEnders), fictional character on British soap opera, Eastenders
• Sergeant John Davis, A playable character in Call of Duty 2

John Davis as a title

• John Davis (album), album released 2005 by John Davis (singer-songwriter)
• John Davis and the Monster Orchestra, 1970s band

See also

• Jack Davis (disambiguation)
• Johnny Davis (disambiguation)
• John Davys (disambiguation)
• Jon Davis (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Davis (disambiguation)
• John Davies (disambiguation)
• Jon Davies, American musician
• Jonathan Davies (disambiguation)