Several notable people have been called John Phillips:

• John Phillips (1935-2001) was a musician and member of The Mamas & the Papas
• John Phillips (1631-1706) was an author and secretary to John Milton
• Sir John Phillips (1700-1764) was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1763.
• Dr. John Phillips (1719-1795), was a merchant, and the founder of Phillips Exeter Academy
• John Phillips (1800-1874) was a professor of geology at Oxford University
• John Phillips (born 1951) is an astronaut
• John Phillips was a member of the Seventeenth United States Congress 1821-1822
• John Calhoun Phillips (1870-1943) was Governor of Arizona 1929-1931