John McDowell (born 1942) is a South African philosopher.
John McDowell may also refer to:
- John McDowell (American football) (born 1942), American football player
- John McDowell (bishop) (1956– ), Bishop of Clogher in the Church of Ireland
- John McDowell (footballer) (born 1951), English footballer
- John McDowell (Manitoba politician) (1894–1980), Canadian politician from Manitoba
- John McDowell (politician) (1902–1957), American politician from Pennsylvania
- John McDowell (rugby union) (1898–1978), Irish Player
- John A. McDowell (1853–1927), American politician from Ohio
- John Bernard McDowell (1921–2010), auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- John G. McDowell (1794–1866), New York politician
- John Holmes McDowell (born 1946), folklorist
- Johnny McDowell (1915–1952), American racecar driver
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“It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.”
—Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890)
“Life is a series of diminishments. Each cessation of an activity either from choice or some other variety of infirmity is a death, a putting to final rest. Each loss, of friend or precious enemy, can be equated with the closing off of a room containing blocks of nerves ... and soon after the closing off the nerves atrophy and that part of oneself, in essence, drops away. The self is lightened, is held on earth by a gram less of mass and will.”
—Coleman Dowell (1925–1985)