title: John Downey
text: # John Downey
  
  John Downey may refer to:
  
  * John G. Downey (1827–1894), Governor of California
  * John T. Downey (1930–2014), former CIA officer shot down over communist China and imprisoned for two decades
  * John V. Downey (c. 1884–1960), New York politician
  * John W. Downey (1927–2004), contemporary classical composer
  * John Downey (Iowa politician) (1834–1906), Irish-born American politician in Iowa
  * John Downey (RAF officer) (1920–2010)
  * John Anthony Downey, accused of carrying out the Hyde Park bombing in 1982
  