People
- John Coffey (historian), professor of early modern history at the University of Leicester
- John Louis Coffey (1922–2012), U.S. federal judge
- John Coffey (hurler) (born 1918), Irish hurler
- John B. Coffey (born 1921), retired Lieutenant Colonel in the USAAF
- John W. Coffey (born 1954), American author and art historian
- Sean Coffey (John P. Coffey, born 1956), lawyer, candidate for New York Attorney General
- Jack Coffey (baseball) (1887–1966), baseball infielder for Boston Doves, Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox
- Jack Coffey (television director), American television director
- Jack Coffey (footballer) (born 1929), Australian rules football player for St Kilda
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