John Downes may refer to:

• John Downes (regicide) (1609–c. 1666), English commissioner convicted of regicide of Charles I of England at the restoration of Charles II
• John Downes (prompter) (died c. 1712), English theatre prompter for most of the Restoration period, 1660–1700
• John Downes (naval officer) (1786–1854), American commodore and ship captain in the United States Navy
• John Downes (admiral), rear admiral in the United States Navy during World War II
• John Downes (sailor) (1870–1943), British Olympic sailing gold medalist in 1908
• John Downes (runner), Irish athlete at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race
• John K. Downes (1879–1944), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, 1922–1927
• John P. Downes, member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• Sean Downes (1962–1984), known as John, ex-PIRA member who died when he was shot in the chest with a plastic bullet during the Troubles

• John Downs (disambiguation)

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