John Cox

John Cox may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * John Howard (American actor) (1913–1995), American actor, birth name John R. Cox, Jr.
 * John Cox (director) (born 1935), English theatre director
 * John Cox (screenwriter), American screenwriter
 * John Cox (sound engineer) (1908–1972), English sound engineer
 * John Cox (special effects artist) (born 1959), Australian special effects artist
 * John "Jack" Cox, British cinematographer for the film Rich and Strange
 * John Cox (cartoonist), American editorial cartoonist, artist of Cox & Forkum
 * John Rogers Cox (1915–1990), American painter

Military

 * John Cox (died 1672), English naval officer killed at the Battle of Solebay
 * Sir John William Cox (1821–1901), British Army general serving in Afghanistan and in the Crimea War, see List of British generals and brigadiers
 * John Cox (Royal Navy officer) (1928–2006), British Royal Navy admiral
 * John V. Cox (born 1930), United States Marine Corps naval aviator

Politics

 * John Cox (Virginia politician) (born 1944), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
 * John Cox (mayor), mayor of Georgetown, Maryland
 * John F. Cox (born 1955), American attorney, politician, and city manager
 * John H. Cox (born 1955), businessman, radio host, and the Republican nominee in the 2018 November gubernatorial election in California
 * John I. Cox (1855–1946), governor of Tennessee
 * John W. Cox Jr. (born 1947), Illinois lawyer and former Congressman, Democrat
 * John Cox (MP), Member of Parliament (MP) for Bletchingley
 * John R. Cox, candidate in the United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, 2010

Sports

 * Johnny Cox (born 1936), American basketball player
 * Chubby Cox (born 1955), American basketball player, full name John Arthur Cox III
 * John Cox (basketball, born 1981), Venezuelan-American basketball player
 * John Cox (cricketer) (1823–1866), Australian cricketer
 * John Cox (footballer) (1870–?), England international footballer
 * Jack Cox (footballer) (1877–1955), British footballer and manager

Other

 * John B. Cox, British-Australian ornithologist
 * John Cox (psychiatrist), British psychiatrist and President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
 * John Cox (doctor), died 1816, tried to free Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori from slavery
 * John Cox (priest) (born 1940), Archdeacon of Sudbury
 * John Charles Cox (1843–1919), English cleric and local historian
 * John Watson Cox (1902–1984), New Zealand lawyer and town planning administrator
 * John Carrington Cox (born 1943), American professor and economist
 * John Henry Cox (1750–1791), English explorer
 * John Cox (pirate), 17th-century pirate
 * John Cox (chess player) (born 1962), English chess player and chess author