John Townsend

John Townsend may refer to:

  • John Townsend (author) (born 1956), American psychologist and author
  • John Townsend (basketball) (1916–2001), American basketball player
  • John Townsend (British politician) (1819–1892), British politician and member of Parliament for Greenwich
  • John Townsend (MP for Warwick), English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614
  • John Townsend (footballer) (born 1943), Australian rules footballer
  • John Townsend (Irish politician) (1737–1810), Irish MP for Dingle, Doneraile and Castlemartyr
  • John Townsend (Mayor) (1783–1854), 37th mayor of Albany, NY
  • John Townsend (New York City) (1789–1863), New York politician
  • John Townsend (Norwich) (1608–1668), early settler of the American colonies
  • John Townsend (Wisconsin politician) (born 1938), Wisconsin politician
  • John G. Townsend, Jr. (1871–1964), American businessman and politician, governor and senator from Delaware
  • John Kirk Townsend (1809–1851), American naturalist
  • John P. Townsend (1832–1898), American financier
  • John Rowe Townsend (born 1922), British children's author
  • John Sealy Townsend (1868–1957), Irish physicist
  • John Selby Townsend (1824–1892), American Democrat legislator and jurist from Iowa

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