John Kay

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 (not the same as John Kay the inventor of the flying shuttle)
• 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 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

Also:

• Jon Kay, BBC broadcast journalist
• Johnny Kay, lead guitarist for Bill Haley and His Comets from 1961 to 1967

See also

• John Kaye (disambiguation)
• Jack Kay, professor