John Kay may refer to:
- John Kay (flying shuttle) (1704–c. 1779), English inventor of textile machinery, notably the flying shuttle
- John Kay (spinning frame) (17??–17??), English developer of textile machinery, notably the spinning frame
- John Kay (caricaturist) (1742–1826), Scottish caricaturist
- Sir John Kay (judge) (1943–2004), British High Court judge
- John Kay (musician) (born 1944), musician and lead singer of Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf
- John Kay (poet) (14th century), English Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
- John Kay (economist) (born 1948), Scottish economist, Financial Times columnist and author
- John Kay (cricket journalist), British cricket correspondent for The Argus who introduced Basil d'Oliveira to English cricket
- John Kay (journalist) (born 1944), British journalist on Rupert Murdoch's The Sun
- John Kay (footballer), Scottish soccer player of the 1870s and 1880s
- John Caius the Elder, or John Kay, poet
- John Kay (poet born 1958), British poet and teacher
- John Kay (English footballer) (born 1964), English former footballer
- John A. Kay (1830–?), architect in Columbia, South Carolina
- Jon Kay (born 1970), BBC broadcast journalist
- Johnny Kay, lead guitarist for Bill Haley & His Comets from 1961 to 1967
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or kay:
“There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment—and nothing more corrupting.”
—A.J.P. (Alan John Percivale)
“Certainly, words can be as abusive as any blow. . . . When a three-year-old yells, “You’re so stupid! What a dummy!” it doesn’t carry the same weight as when a mother yells those words to a child. . . . Even if you don’t physically abuse young children, you can still drive them nuts with your words.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)