John Quayle is the name of the following people: John Rodney Quayle (1926–2006), British microbial biochemist and Vice Chancellor of University of Bath John Quayle (actor) (born 1938), English actor John Quayle (advocate, b. 1693) (1693–1755), Manx lawyer who became the Clerk of the Rolls on the Isle of Man John Quayle (judge, born 1725) (1725–1797), Manx-born advocate who succeeded his father as Clerk of the Rolls John Quayle (politician) (1868–1930), American politician John Quayle (rugby league) (born 1947), Australian rugby league footballer and administrator John Quayle Cannon (1857–1931), American newspaper editor and a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints John Quayle-Dickson (1860–1945), Manx military officer