John Brookes

• John Brookes (East India Company), 17th century commander of first British vessel to come within sight of the Australian continent
• Sir John Brookes, 1st Baronet, English MP
• John Henry Brookes, last principal of Oxford City Technical School
• John Brookes (footballer, born 1927), English football midfielder
• John Brookes (footballer, born 1943), English football forward
• John Brookes (landscape designer), British garden and landscape designer