John Carey may refer to:
- John Carey (animator), staff member of Warner Bros. Cartoons in the 1940s and 1950s
- John Carey (Celticist), American scholar
- John Carey (congressman) (1792–1875), United States Representative from Ohio; member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- John Carey (courtier) (c. 1491–1552), courtier to King Henry VIII
- John Carey (critic) (born 1934), British literary critic
- John Carey (journalist) (born 1960), Irish sportswriter
- John Carey (Ohio state legislator) (born 1959), Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives; former Ohio state senator
- John Carey, 2nd Earl of Dover (1608–1677), English peer
- John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon (died 1617), English peer and politician
- John Carey (Wisconsin legislator)
- Johnny Carey (1919–1995), Irish footballer and manager
- John L. Carey 19th century editor of the Baltimore American
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or carey:
“For beauties from worth arise
Are like the grace of deities,”
—Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)
“But when my seven long years are out,
O, then I’ll marry Sally;
O, then we’ll wed, and then we’ll bed—
But not in our alley!”
—Henry Carey (1693?–1743)