John Waddell may refer to: John Waddell (engineer) (1828–1888), Scottish railway contractor John Waddell (footballer) (born 1966), English-Australian footballer John Alexander Low Waddell (1854–1938), American civil engineer and bridge designer John Waddell (politician) (1891–1939), Australian politician John Henry Waddell (1921–2019), American sculpture artist John Kenneth Waddell, former president of Allen University, Columbia, South Carolina John Newton Waddel (1812–1895), American clergyman, educator Rankin (photographer) (John Rankin Waddell, born 1966), British portrait and fashion photographer John Waddell, Irish author, and former Professor of Archaeology