Military and Naval
- John Watts (sailor) (ca.1778–1823), U.S. merchant captain from Virginia
- John Cliffe Watts (1786–1873), British military officer and colonial architect in New South Wales
- John Watts de Peyster (1821–1907), author on the art of war, philanthropist, and early Adjutant General of the New York National Guard
- John Watts de Peyster Jr. (1841–1873), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
- Philip Watts (naval architect), British naval architect
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