John Brooks

John Brooks may refer to:

Association football/soccer

 * John Brookes (footballer, born 1945), English footballer
 * John Brooks (footballer, born 1927) (1927–2018), English footballer
 * Johnny Brooks (1931–2016), former English footballer
 * John Brooks (footballer, born 1956), retired English soccer forward
 * John Brooks (soccer, born 1993), German-American soccer player
 * John Brooks (referee) (born 1990), English association football referee

Other sportspeople

 * John Brooks (racing driver) (born 1959), American race car driver
 * John Brooks (rugby union) (born 1977), Harlequins rugby union player
 * John Brooks (athlete) (1910–1990), American long jumper

Politicians

 * John Brooks (governor) (1752–1825), 11th Governor of Massachusetts
 * John Brooks (mayor) (1785–1869), 9th mayor of Columbus, Ohio
 * John Brooks (New York politician) (born 1949), Member of the New York Senate from the 8th District
 * John Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa (1927–2016), Welsh politician and boxing functionary
 * John Brooks (English politician) (1856–1886), British Conservative MP
 * John C. Brooks (born 1937), North Carolina Labor Commissioner
 * J. Stewart Brooks (1910–2000), Canadian politician whose given name was John

Musicians

 * John Benson Brooks (1917–1999), American jazz pianist, songwriter, arranger, and composer
 * John Ellingham Brooks (1863–1929), English pianist and classical music scholar

Others

 * John Brooks (engraver) (fl. 1755), Irish engraver
 * John Brooks (writer) (1920–1993), financial journalist for The New Yorker magazine
 * John Brooks Jr. (1783–1813), United States Marine Lieutenant, killed at Battle of Lake Erie
 * John A. Brooks (1836–1897), religious scholar and prohibitionist
 * John E. Brooks (1923–2012), former President of College of the Holy Cross
 * John J. Brooks, American lawman
 * John Graham Brooks (1846–1938), American sociologist, political reformer, and author
 * John Langdon Brooks (1920–2000), American evolutionary biologist, ecologist and limnologist
 * Ferdinand Poulton (c. 1601–1641), Jesuit missionary who used the alias John Brooks for most of his life