John Townsend
John Townsend may refer to:
- John Townsend , American psychologist and author
- John Townsend , American basketball player
- John Townsend , British politician and member of Parliament for Greenwich
- John Townsend , English Congregationalist minister and founder of school for deaf children
- John Townsend , Australian rules footballer
- John Townsend , Irish MP for Dingle, Doneraile and Castlemartyr
- John Townsend , 37th mayor of Albany, NY
- John Townsend, English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614
- John Townsend , New York politician
- John Townsend , early settler of the American colonies
- John Townsend , Wisconsin politician
- Johnny Townsend , American football player
- John Townsend, cabinet maker of the Goddard and Townsend style
- John G. Townsend Jr., American businessman and politician, governor and senator from Delaware
- John Kirk Townsend, American naturalist
- John P. Townsend, American financier
- John Rowe Townsend, British children's author
- John Richard Townsend, British painter
- John Sealy Townsend, Irish physicist
- John Selby Townsend, American Democrat legislator and jurist from Iowa
- John Townsend, musician with the Sanford-Townsend Band