John Purcell may refer to: John Purcell (author), Australian novelist John Purcell (VC) (1814–1857), Irish soldier in the British Army who received the Victoria Cross John Purcell (musician) (born 1952), American jazz saxophonist John Purcell (MP) (died 1665), Welsh politician John Baptist Purcell (1800–1883), Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church