John Stevens is the name of a number of prominent people:
- John Stevens (1682-1737), immigrant to America, Port Collector at Perth Amboy.
- John Stevens (1749-1838) developed the multitubular boiler engine and the screw propeller
- John Stevens (c. 1716-1792) was a delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey and received the first American railroad charter
- John F. Stevens (1853-1943) built the Great Northern Railroad in the United States and was chief engineer on the Panama Canal
- John Stevens (1940-1994) was a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble
- Sir John Stevens (b. 1942) is Britain's senior Chief Constable.
- John Stevens (politician) was the founder of the Pro-Euro Conservative Party
- John Stevens (scholar) an expert on Buddhism
- John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1832) explorer, travel writer, and Panama railroad director