# John Downes

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**John Downes** may refer to:

- [John Downes (regicide)](/source/John_Downes_(regicide)) (1609–c. 1666), English commissioner convicted of regicide of Charles I of England at the restoration of Charles II
- [John Downes (prompter)](/source/John_Downes_(prompter)) (died c. 1712), English theatre prompter for most of the Restoration period, 1660–1700
- [John Downes (naval officer)](/source/John_Downes_(naval_officer)) (1786–1854), American commodore and ship captain in the United States Navy
- [John Downes (admiral)](/source/John_Downes_(admiral)), rear admiral in the United States Navy during World War II
- [John Downes (sailor)](/source/John_Downes_(sailor)) (1870–1943), British Olympic sailing gold medalist in 1908
- [John Downes (runner)](/source/John_Downes_(runner)), Irish athlete at the [1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race](/source/1996_IAAF_World_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Senior_men's_race)
- [John K. Downes](/source/John_K._Downes) (1879–1944), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, 1922–1927
- [John P. Downes](/source/John_P._Downes), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- [Sean Downes](/source/Sean_Downes) (1962–1984), known as John, ex-PIRA member who died when he was shot in the chest with a plastic bullet during the Troubles

## See also

- [John Downs (disambiguation)](/source/John_Downs_(disambiguation))

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