John West

John West may refer to:

Arts and sciences

 * John West (Australian poet) (died 2009), Australian poet and author
 * John West (horticulturist) (1856–1926), Australian journalist and horticulturist
 * John West (mathematician) (1756–1817), Scottish mathematician
 * John West (musician) (born 1964), hard rock singer, solo artist and member of Artension and Royal Hunt
 * John West (singer) (born 1983), pop soul singer, solo artist
 * John West (theatre) (1924–2008), Australian theatre historian and radio broadcaster
 * John West (writer) (1809–1873), Australian congregational minister, author and newspaper editor
 * John Anthony West (1932–2018), American author and Egyptologist
 * John B. West (born 1928), Australian-American respiratory physiologist
 * John G. West, American political scientist and Intelligent Design advocate

Politics

 * John West, 1st Earl De La Warr (1693–1766), British soldier, courtier and politician
 * John West, 2nd Earl De La Warr (1729–1777), British politician and soldier, son of the above
 * John West, 4th Earl De La Warr (1758–1795), British aristocrat and courtier
 * John West, 6th Baron De La Warr (1663–1723), English nobleman and courtier
 * John West (Australian politician) (1852–1931), Australian politician and trade unionist
 * John West (colonel) (1632–1691), American military officer and politician in colonial Virginia
 * John West (governor) (1590–1659), American politician, colonial Governor of Virginia
 * John West III (1676–1734), American justice, sheriff, and politician in colonial Virginia
 * John West (Scottish politician) (born 1988), Scottish politician, Scotland's youngest elected Local Authority Councillor
 * John Beattie West (died 1842), Conservative politician for Dublin City
 * John C. West (1922–2004), American politician, Governor of South Carolina

Sports

 * John West (cricketer, born 1844) (1844–1890), English first-class cricketer and umpire
 * John West (footballer) (1888–?), Irish footballer
 * Frank West (baseball) (John Franklin West, 1873–1932), Major League Baseball pitcher

Other

 * John West (captain) (1809–1888), Scottish-American inventor and businessperson
 * John West (pirate) (fl. 1713–1714), minor pirate in the Caribbean
 * John West (missionary) (1778–1845), Church of England missionary in Canada, reformer in England
 * John West (priest) (1806–1890), Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
 * John West (Royal Navy officer) (1774–1862), Royal Navy officer
 * John Alan West (1911–1964), British murder victim whose killing led to the last executions in Britain
 * John F. West (1920–2001), environmentalist, activist from Marin County, California
 * John C. West (philatelist) (1922–2016), vice-chancellor of the University of Bradford
 * John Briggs West (1852–1922), American publisher
 * John West (c. 1872–1922), African-American lynching victim in Hope, Arkansas; see Lynching of John West

Other uses

 * John West Foods, a Thai-owned English brand of canned fish (tuna, salmon, etc.)
 * John West, a fictional character from the Frank Hardy 1950 novel Power Without Glory