# John Wells

John Wells may refer to:

## Entertainment

* John B. Wells, American talk radio host and voice actor
* John Barnes Wells (1880–1935), tenor vocalist
* John K. Wells (fl. 1920s), American filmmaker in Australia
* John Warren Wells, a pseudonym used by Lawrence Block
* John Wells (artist) (1907–2000), Cornish painter
* John Wells (filmmaker) (born 1956), theater and television producer and writer
* John Wells (poet), winner of Eric Gregory Award
* John Wells (satirist) (1936–1998), British satirist
* John Wells or John Wels, screen name of Gian Maria Volonté in A Fistful of Dollars
* John Wells (sportscaster) (born 1946), Canadian sportscaster
* Jack Wells (sportscaster) (John Hampson Wells, 1911–1999), radio and TV broadcaster

### Fictional

* John Wellington Wells, fictional character in the series J.W. Wells & Co by Tom Holt
* John Wellington Wells, fictional title character of The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan
* John Wells, fictional character in the self-titled spy fiction series by Alex Berenson

## Politics

* John Wells (British politician, born 1761) (1761–1848), British MP for Maidstone
* Sir John Wells (British politician, born 1925) (1925–2017), British Conservative MP for Maidstone
* John Wells (Nova Scotia politician) (1772–?), merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia
* John Wells (New York politician) (1817–1877), member of the House of Representatives, 1851–1853
* John M. Wells, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1849
* John S. Wells (1803–1860), senator from New Hampshire

## Religion

* John Wells (Mormon) (1864–1941), general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
* John Wells (priest), Archdeacon of Ludlow
* John Wells (minister), see Morning Exercises
* John Wells (bishop), Bishop of Llandaff

## Sports

* John Wells (baseball) (1922–1993), pitcher in Major League Baseball
* John Wells (cricketer) (1760–1835), English cricketer
* John Wells (jockey) (1833–1873), British champion jockey
* John Wells (rower) (1859–1929), represented the United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics
* John Wells (rugby union) (born 1963), English rugby union footballer and coach
* John Wells (rugby league) from Stanley Rangers
* John Wells (soccer) from Colorado Springs Blizzard
* John Wells (sports administrator) (born 1943), New Zealand sports administrator and businessman
* John Wells (outfielder) in 1978 College World Series
* Jack Wells (footballer) (John Wells, 1883–1966), Australian rules footballer

## Other

* John Wells (architect) (1789–1864), architect whose works include the Bank of Montreal Head Office, Montreal
* John Wells-Thorpe (born 1928), English architect
* John Wells (Massachusetts judge) (died 1875), member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
* Sir John Wells (Royal Navy officer) (1763–1841), admiral who fought at the Battle of Camperdown
* John A. Wells, lawyer and founder of law firm Roger & Wells
* John C. Wells (born 1939), British linguist, phonetician and Esperantist
* John Keith Wells (1922–2016), U.S. Marine recipient of the Navy Cross for action during the Battle of Iwo Jima
* John Morgan Wells (1940–2017), marine biologist and physiologist
* John W. Wells (1907–1995), American paleontologist, biologist, and geologist
* John Wells (College president) (born 1960), College Administrator