John Ward may refer to: Academia John Ward (academic) (1679–1758), English Gresham Professor of Rhetoric John Clive Ward (1924–2000), British physicist John Manning Ward (1919–1990), Vice-Chancellor and history professor at the University of Sydney John Mason Ward (1921–2014), British chemist John Milton Ward IV (1917–2011), musicologist and Professor of Music at Harvard University John Sebastian Marlowe Ward (1885–1949), British historian, Freemason and spiritualist John William Ward (professor) (1922–1985), professor of English and history, and president of Amherst College Arts John Ward (actor) (1704–1773), English actor John Ward (American actor) (1923–1995), American actor John Ward (composer) (1590–1638), English composer John Ward (painter) (1798–1849), English marine artist John Powell Ward (born 1937), English poet and academic John Quincy Adams Ward (1830–1910), American sculptor John Stanton Ward (1917–2007), English painter Johnny Ward (actor) (born 1987), Irish actor Johnny Ward (travel blogger) (born 1983), Irish world traveller Military John Ward (Medal of Honor) (1848–1911), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient John Ward (RAF officer) (1918–1995), British airman, member of Polish resistance during Warsaw Uprising John Hubert Ward (1870–1938), British army officer and courtier Public officials John Ward (1779–1855), British Member of Parliament for Leominster John Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (1781–1833), British statesman, 1st Earl of Dudley John Ward, 1st Viscount Dudley and Ward (1704–1774), British peer and politician John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward (1725–1788), British peer and politician John Ward (banker) (c. 1650–1726), British MP, Lord Mayor of London, Governor of the Bank of England John Ward (Conservative politician) (1925–2010), Conservative MP for Poole, 1979–1997 John Ward (diplomat, died 1890) (1805–1890), British diplomat in Germany John Ward (economist) (born 1942), British trade unionist and opera administrator John Ward (loyalist) (1753–1846), businessman and politician in New Brunswick John Ward (Minnesota politician) (born 1950), retired educator and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives John Ward (South Carolina politician) (1767–1816), intendent (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, 1801–1802 John Ward (trade unionist) (1866–1934), English politician, trade union leader and soldier John Durbin Ward (1819–1886), Ohio lawyer, politician, newspaper publisher and American Civil War officer John Elliott Ward (1814–1902), American diplomat and politician John F. Ward (1904–1973), Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and President of the Maine Senate John Guthrie Ward (1909–1991), British ambassador to Argentina and Italy John M. Ward (1865–1948), Member of the Maine House of Representatives Sir John MacQueen Ward (born 1940), Scottish businessman T. John Ward