John Ward
John Ward may refer to:
Academia
- John Ward (academic), English Gresham Professor of Rhetoric
- John Ward (geologist), British palaeontologist and icthycologist
- John Clive Ward, British physicist
- John Manning Ward, Vice-Chancellor and history professor at the University of Sydney
- John Mason Ward, British chemist
- John Milton Ward IV, musicologist and Professor of Music at Harvard University
- John Sebastian Marlowe Ward, British historian, Freemason and spiritualist
- John William Ward (professor), professor of English and history, and president of Amherst College
Arts
- John Ward (actor), English actor
- John Ward (American actor), American actor
- John Ward (composer), English composer
- John Ward (painter), English marine artist
- John Ward (potter), British potter
- John Powell Ward, English poet and academic
- John Quincy Adams Ward, American sculptor
- John Stanton Ward, English painter
- Johnny Ward (actor), Irish actor
- Johnny Ward (travel blogger), Irish world traveller
Military
- John Ward (American soldier), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Ward (RAF officer), British airman, member of Polish resistance during Warsaw Uprising
- John Hubert Ward, British army officer and courtier
Public officials
- John Ward (1779–1855), British Member of Parliament for Leominster
- John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, British statesman, 1st Earl of Dudley
- John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward, British peer and politician
- John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward, British peer and politician
- John Ward (banker), British MP, Lord Mayor of London, Governor of the Bank of England
- John Ward (Conservative politician), Conservative MP for Poole, 1979–1997
- John Ward (diplomat, died 1890), British diplomat in Germany
- John Ward (economist), British trade unionist and opera administrator
- John Ward (loyalist), businessman and politician in New Brunswick
- John Ward (Minnesota politician), retired educator and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
- John Ward (South Carolina politician), intendent of Charleston, South Carolina, 1801–1802
- John Ward (trade unionist), English politician, trade union leader and soldier
- John Durbin Ward, Ohio lawyer, politician, newspaper publisher and American Civil War officer
- John Elliott Ward, American diplomat and politician
- John F. Ward, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and President of the Maine Senate
- John Guthrie Ward, British ambassador to Argentina and Italy
- John M. Ward, Member of the Maine House of Representatives
- Sir John MacQueen Ward, Scottish businessman
- T. John Ward, United States federal judge, Eastern District of Texas
- John Ward, Lord Mayor of London buried in St Paul's Cathedral
Religion
- John Ward (archbishop of Cardiff), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, 1983–2001
- John Ward (auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles
- John Ward (bishop of Leavenworth), Roman Catholic Bishop of Leavenworth, 1911–1929
- John Ward (priest), English Anglican Dean of Lincoln
- John Ward (prophet), Irish preacher and prophet
- John Ward (vicar), English vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon
- John C. Ward, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Erie
Sports
Cricket
- John Ward (cricketer, born 1946), Australian cricketer
- John Ward (Derbyshire cricketer), English cricketer for Derbyshire
- John Ward (Hampshire cricketer), English cricketer for Hampshire
- John Ward (Kent cricketer), English cricketer in Kent
- John Ward (New Zealand cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
- John Ward (umpire), Australian cricket umpire
Other sports
- John Ward (1920s footballer), English footballer
- John Ward (American football, born 1907), American football player and coach
- John Ward (American football, born 1948), American football player
- John Ward (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer
- John Ward (broadcaster), American radio broadcaster
- John Ward (footballer, born 1951), English footballer and manager
- John Ward (outfielder), American baseball outfielder
- John Ward (pitcher), American baseball pitcher
- John Ward (rugby), English rugby player
- John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player
- John T. Ward Jr., American horse trainer
- Johnny Ward (rugby league), English rugby player
- Jay Ward (baseball), American baseball player and coach
Other
- John Ralph Hansford Ward, known as Hansford Ward, also his son with the same name, ship owners and captains of South Australia