John Phelps may refer to:
Politics John Phelps (regicide) (1619–?), Clerk of the High Court of England and Wales which tried Charles I of England for high treason in 1649 John M. Phelps (1821–1884), Republican President of the West Virginia Senate John S. Phelps (1814–1886), Governor of Missouri (1876–1881) John W. Phelps (1813–1885), American Civil War general and U.S. Presidential Candidate (1880)
Others John E. Phelps (1839–1921), Union Army officer during the American Civil War John Jay Phelps (1810–1869), American railroad baron and financier John Phelps, writer for a number of British TV series including Birds of a Feather, My Hero and Young, Gifted and Broke
See also Edward John Phelps (1822–1900), American lawyer and diplomat