Religious Figures
- John Owen (bishop) (1854–1926), Bishop of St David's, Principal of St David's College, Lampeter
- John Owen (bishop of St Asaph) (1580–1651), English bishop of St Asaph
- John Owen (chess player) (1827–1901), English vicar and amateur chess player
- John Owen (theologian) (1616–1683), English Nonconformist church leader and theologian
- John Owen (chancellor of Bangor) (1698–1755), Welsh priest and opponent of Methodism
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