John Smedley may refer to:
- Jonathan Smedley (1671-1729), Anglo-Irish churchman and satirical victim
- John Smedley (industrialist), 19th century Derbyshire industrialist
- John Smedley (developer), president of Sony Online Entertainment
- John Smedley (British Army officer)
- John Smedley (architect) (1841-1903), the first Australian-born architect
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or smedley:
“There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment—and nothing more corrupting.”
—A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)
“Professors could silence me then; they had figures, diagrams, maps, books.... I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things if they deaden the mind of man and make him blind or cynical before subjection of any kind.”
—Agnes Smedley (1890–1950)