John Davies

John Davies may refer to:

Politicians

United Kingdom

• John Davies (poet) (1569–1626), poet, statesman, attorney-general in Ireland
• John Davies (minister) (1804–1884), Welsh Congregational Minister
• John Davies (Welsh politician) (died 1918), Welsh Liberal-Labour politician and trade unionist
• John Cledwyn Davies (1869–1952), Welsh Liberal politician, educationist and lawyer
• John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen (1885–1950), British cotton manufacturer and Labour politician
• John Davies (British businessman) (1916–1979), British businessman (British Petroleum) and Conservative MP and cabinet minister
• Quentin Davies (John Quentin Davies, born 1944), British Labour MP
• John Davies (Archdeacon of Wrexham), from 1969 to 1978

United States

• John Davies (swimmer) (1929–2020), United States district judge and Olympic gold medalist for Australia.
• John C. Davies (lawyer) (1857–1925), New York State Attorney General, 1899–1902
• John Paton Davies, Jr. (1908–1999), American diplomat
• John C. Davies II (1920–2002), U.S. Representative from New York
• John T. Davies (born 1932), Minnesota politician, former legislator and jurist
• John S. Davies (Pennsylvania politician), Pennsylvania politician, in office 1975–1992

Other

• 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 first-class cricketer

Sportsmen

Cricket

• John Davies (cricketer, born 1926) (1926–2005), Welsh cricketer
• John Davies (cricketer, born 1932), former English cricketer

Football

• John Davies (footballer, born 1856) (died 1929), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer
• John Edward Davies (1862–1912), Oswestry F.C. and Wales international footballer
• John Price Davies (1862–1955), Druids F.C. and Wales international footballer
• John Davies (goalkeeper) (fl. 1889–1893), with Burslem Port Vale F.C. and Newton Heath F.C.
• John Davies (footballer, born 1881) (1881–?), English footballer with Liverpool and Blackpool
• John Davies (winger) (fl. 1953–1961), 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 Henry Davies (football trainer), British football trainer

Football (Australian rules)

• Johnny Davies (1900–1967), Australian rules footballer for Carlton and Fitzroy
• John Davies (Australian footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer for Geelong

Ice hockey

• John Davies (ice hockey) (1928–2009), Canadian ice hockey player with the Edmonton Mercurys

Rugby

• John Leighton Davies (1927–1995), former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
• 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 union, born 1971), rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s for Wales, Llanelli, and (Llanelli) Scarlets
• John Davies (rugby league) (born 1991), current rugby league footballer for Castleford Tigers

Running

• John Davies (middle-distance runner) (1938–2003), New Zealand middle-distance runner
• John Davies (steeplechase runner), Welsh steeplechase runner

Swimming

• Jack Davies (swimmer) (1916–1997), New Zealand swimmer
• John Davies (swimmer) (1929–2020), Olympic gold medalist for Australia and later United States district judge
• John Goldup Davies, English swimmer

Religious leaders

• John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923), Welsh poet and Wesleyan minister
• John Thomas Davies (priest) (1881–1966), Anglican priest in Wales
• John Rhys Davies (priest) (1890-1953), Anglican priest in Wales
• John Davies (bishop of St Asaph) (born 1943), Bishop of St Asaph, 1999–2008
• John Davies (bishop of Shrewsbury) (born 1927), former Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury
• John Davies (Archbishop of Wales) (born 1953), Archbishop of Wales (since 2017); also Bishop of Swansea and Brecon (since 2008)
• John Ossian Davies, Welsh minister

Academics

• John Davies (Queens') (1679–1732), English classical scholar, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge
• John Davies (Cambridge University Librarian) (1743–1817)
• John Davies (lecturer) or Davis (died 1850), English chemist and lecturer
• John Davies (archivist) (1925–1999), Malaysian archivist
• John K. Davies (historian) (born 1937), British classical historian
• John Davies (historian) (1938–2015), Welsh historian
• John K. Davies (born 1955), British astronomer

Arts and entertainment

Actors and people in film and television

• John Davies, birth name of Jack Davies (screenwriter) (1913–1994), English producer and actor
• John Davies (director) (born 1934), British television director and producer (War and Peace, 1972)
• John Howard Davies (1939–2011), English television producer-director and former child actor
• John S. Davies (actor) (born 1953), American actor
• John Graham Davies, British actor

Poets and writers

• Siôn Dafydd Rhys, also called John David Rhys, or John Davies (1534 – c. 1609), Welsh physician and grammarian
• John Davies of Hereford (c. 1560–1618), Anglo-Welsh poet and satirist
• John Davies (Mallwyd) (c. 1560–1644), lexicographer, translator, and editor of the 1620 Welsh edition of the Bible
• John Davies (poet) (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 minister

Other

• John R. T. Davies (1927–2004), remastering engineer of classic jazz recordings and musician
• John Davies (photographer) (born 1949), landscape photographer based in the United Kingdom

Businessmen

• 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 Wingett Davies (1908–1992), cinema operator and director of Davies and Newman
• John Davies (British businessman) (1916–1979), businessman (British Petroleum) and Conservative MP and cabinet minister
• John Davies (New Zealand businessman) (born 1941 or 1942), businessman and mayor of Queenstown
• John Winsell Davies (born 1964), owner of the Schramsberg Vineyards

Other

• John Humphreys Davies (1871–1926), Welsh lawyer, bibliographer and educator
• John Thomas Davies (1895–1955), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Davies, editor of The Children's Newspaper and Look and Learn
• (Edward) John Davies (judge) (1898–1969) Chief Justice of Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
• (John) Daryl Davies (1928–2017) judge of the Federal Court of Australia
• John Davies, the fourth mate in the video game Return of the Obra Dinn

See also

• Jon Davie, folk guitarist
• Jonathan Davies (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Davis (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