John Purves may refer to: John Purves (ice hockey) (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player John Purves (politician) (1847–1915), Australian politician John Archibald Purves (1870–1952), English electrical engineer John Todd Purves (), American basketball coach Tug John Purves, a museum boat
See also John-Clay Purves (1825–1903), British geologist and museum curator Captain John Purves and His Wife (1775), a portrait by American painter Henry Benbridge