John Clay may refer to: John Clay (Wars of the Roses), English soldier John Clay (chaplain) (1796–1858), English prison chaplain John Clay (cricketer, born 1924) (1924–2011), English cricketer John Clay (offensive tackle) (born 1964), American football player John Clay (running back) (born 1988), American football player John Cecil Clay (1875–1930), American illustrator John Granby Clay (1766–1846), British general John Morrison Clay (1821–1887), American horse breeder John P. Clay (1934–2013), investment banker and founder of the Clay Sanskrit Library John Randolph Clay (1808–1885), American diplomat Johnnie Clay (1898–1973), English cricketer The Red-Headed League, an 1891 short story by Arthur Conan Doyle with a character named John Clay See also Jon Clay (born 1963), British former track and road racing cyclist