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:
“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”
—Bible: New Testament St. John the Divine, in Revelation, 8:1.
“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)