John Drinkwater is the name of:
- John Drinkwater Bethune (1762–1844), English officer and military historian
- John Drinkwater (playwright) (1882–1937), English poet and dramatist
- John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune (1801–1851), pioneer in women's education in India
- John Drinkwater (musician, technologist) (born 1957), English composer and technologist
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or drinkwater:
““You the one, I the few”
said John Adams
speaking of fears in the abstract
to his volatile friend Mr. Jefferson,”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“At the top of the house the apples are laid in rows,”
—John Drinkwater (1882–1937)