John Davies

John Davies is the name of:

Politicians

• John Davies (died 1626), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme
• John Davies (New South Wales politician) (1839–?), 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
• John C. Davies (lawyer) (1857–1925), NYS Attorney General, 1899–1902
• 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 Paton Davies, Jr. (1908–1999), American diplomat
• John Davies (businessman) (1916–1979), British businessman (British Petroleum) and Conservative MP and cabinet minister
• 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
• Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (John Quentin Davies, born 1944), British Labour MP

Sportsmen

• 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 (football goalkeeper) (fl. 1889–1893), with Burslem Port Vale F.C. and Newton Heath F.C.
• John Davies (footballer born 1856) (died 1929), Wrexham A.F.C. and Wales international footballer
• John Davies (footballer born 1881) (1881–?), English footballer with Liverpool and Blackpool
• John Davies (footballer born 1966), Scottish footballer with Clydebank, St. Johnstone, Airdrieonians, Ayr United and Motherwell
• John Davies (cricketer) (1926–2005), Welsh cricketer
• John Davies (cricketer, born 1932), former English cricketer
• John Davies (ice hockey) (1928–2009), Canadian ice hockey player with the Edmonton Mercurys
• John Davies (swimmer) (born 1929), Olympic gold medalist for Australia and later United States district judge
• John Davies (athlete) (1938–2003), New Zealand middle-distance runner
• John Goldup Davies, English swimmer at 1938 British Empire Games
• John Leighton Davies (1927–1995), former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer
• John Davies (rugby) (1941–1969), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1960s for Wales (RU), Neath, and Leeds (RL)
• John Davies (rugby player 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

Other

• John Davies of Hereford (c. 1560–1618), 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), poet, statesman, attorney-general in Ireland
• John Davies (translator) (1625–1693), Welsh translator and writer
• John Davies (lecturer) or Davis (18th-century–1850), English chemist and lecturer
• John Davies (publisher) (1814–1872), co-founded the Australian newspaper The Mercury
• John Humphreys Davies (1871–1926), Welsh lawyer, bibliographer and educator
• John Henry Davies (19th-century–1927), brewery owner who in 1902 took over the British football club Manchester United
• John Thomas Davies (priest) (1881–1966), Anglican priest in Wales
• John Thomas Davies (1895–1955), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Davies (businessman) (1916–1979), British businessman (British Petroleum) and Conservative MP and cabinet minister
• John Davies (bishop of St Asaph) (born 1923), Bishop of St Asaph, 1999–2008
• John Davies (archivist) (1925–1999), Malaysian archivist
• John R. T. Davies (1927–2004), remastering engineer of classic jazz records and musician
• John Davies (bishop of Shrewsbury) (born 1927), former Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury
• John Davies (historian) (born 1938), Welsh historian
• John Howard Davies (1939–2011), television producer-director and former child actor
• John Davies (photographer) (born 1949), landscape photographer based in the United Kingdom
• John Davies (bishop of Swansea and Brecon) (born 1953)
• John S. Davies (actor) (born 1953), American actor
• John Winsell Davies (born 1964), owner of the Schramsberg Vineyards
• John Graham Davies, British actor
• John Cadvan Davies (1846–1923), Welsh poet and Wesleyan minister
• John Davies, editor of The Children's Newspaper and Look and Learn
• John Davies (Climber) (Born 1958), South African Climber

See also

• Jon Davies, American punk rock musician
• Jon Davie, folk guitarist
• Jonathan Davies (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