John Davy may refer to:
- John Davy (chemist) (1790–1868), British chemist and younger brother of Sir Humphy Davy
- John Davy (cricketer) (born 1974), Irish cricketer
- John M. Davy (1835–1909), U.S. Representative from New York
- John Davy (Blessed), English Carthusian monk executed during the English Reformation
- John Davey (Cornish speaker) of Zennor (1812–1891), Cornwall; considered to be one of the last people to have traditional knowledge of the Cornish language
- John Davy (MP), MP for Dorchester
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or davy:
“I do not wish to see John ever again,—I mean him who is dead,—but that other, whom only he would have wished to see, or to be, of whom he was the imperfect representative. For we are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think.”
—Humphry, Sir Davy (1778–1829)