title: John Riley
text: # John Riley
  
  John Riley may refer to:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * John Riley (painter) (1646–1691), British portrait painter
  * John Riley (poet) (1937–1978), English poet associated with the British Poetry Revival
  * John Bernard Riley (born 1954), jazz drummer
  
  ## Sports
  
  * John Riley (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer
  * John Riley (rower) (born 1964), American rower
  * John P. Riley Jr. (1920–2016), American ice hockey coach
  * Jack Riley (American football) (John Horn Riley, 1909–1993), American wrestler who later turned to American football
  * John Riley (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s
  * John Riley (ice hockey), 1963–1966 head coach of Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey
  * John Riley (motorcyclist), in the 1976 and 1977 Isle of Man TT
  * John Riley (racing driver), in the 1965 and 1966 Tasman Series
  
  ## Other
  
  * John Riley (botanist), founder of California Rare Fruit Growers
  * John Riley (physicist) (born 1958), Defence scientist and former VFL and SANFL footballer
  * John E. Riley (1909–2001), president of the Northwest Nazarene College
  * John H. Riley (1947–1994), American attorney and railroad transportation administrator
  * John J. Riley (1895–1962), American politician, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
  * John Riley (soldier) (1805–1850), or John O'Riley, Irish-American soldier who defected from the US Army and formed the Saint Patrick's Battalion to fight for Mexico
  * John Riley (mayor), mayor of Opa-Locka, Florida
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * "John Riley" (song), a traditional English folk song
  