John O'Keefe or O'Keeffe may refer to:

Politics, government, and law

* John O'Keefe (Irish politician) (1827–1877), Member of Parliament for Dungarvan, 1874–1877 *

John O'Keefe (Australian politician) John O'Keefe (11 January 1880 – 27 January 1942) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, representing Chillagoe from 1926 to 1929 and Cairns from 1930 to 1942. He was Attorney-Genera ...

(1880–1942), Queensland state MP * John Martin O'Keefe (born 1946), U.S. diplomat * John J. O'Keefe, III (1975–2022), American police officer found dead outside a home in Canton, Massachusetts

Scientists

John A. O'Keefe (astronomer) John Aloysius O'Keefe III (October 13, 1916 – September 8, 2000) was an expert in planetary science and astrogeology with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from 1958 to 1995. He and his co-authors, Ann Eckels and Ken S ...

(1916–2000), American planetary scientist *

John O'Keefe (neuroscientist) John O'Keefe (born November 18, 1939) is an American-British neuroscientist, psychologist and a professor at University College London. O'Keefe discovered place cells in the hippocampus, and that they show a specific kind of temporal coding i ...

(born 1939), American British neuroscientist, 2014 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Sportspeople

* John O'Keeffe (Cork hurler) (1894–1973), Irish hurler in the 1910s and 1920s *

John O'Keeffe (Gaelic footballer) John O'Keeffe (born 15 April 1951 in Tralee, County Kerry) is a former Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Austin Stacks club and at senior level for the Kerry county team between 1969 and 1984. He was a highly talented midfielder, an ...

(born 1951), Irish footballer who played for Kerry * John O'Keeffe (Tipperary hurler) (born 1988), Irish hurler in the 2000s *

John O'Keeffe (Australian rules footballer) John O'Keefe (born 24 November 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operate ...

(born 1943), Australian rules footballer with Fitzroy *

John R. O'Keefe John O'Keefe (born 17 November 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by ...

(born 1936), Australian rules footballer with Carlton *

Jack O'Keefe Jack O'Keefe (29 September 1915 – 8 March 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Hawthorn and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules foot ...

(1915–2000), Australian rules footballer

Other people

John O'Keeffe (writer) John O'Keeffe (24 June 1747 – 4 February 1833) was an Irish actor and dramatist. He wrote a number of farces, amusing dramatic pieces and librettos for pasticcio operas, many of which had great success. Among these are '' Tony Lumpkin in Town'' ...

(1747–1833), sometimes O'Keefe, Irish playwright *

John O'Keeffe (painter) John O'Keeffe sometimes O'Keefe ( – April 1838) was an Irish people, Irish portrait and figure Painting, painter. Life Born in Fermoy, County Cork of humble parentage, O'Keeffe began painting at an early age and was apprenticed to a c ...

( 1797–1838), Irish painter *

John O'Keefe (playwright) John O'Keefe (born 1940) is an American playwright, director and solo performer. Notable awards include the 2002 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for ''Times Like These'', and a Bessie Award for ''Shimmer'', which was also made into a motio ...

(born 1940), American playwright *

Johnny O'Keefe John Michael O'Keefe (19 January 1935 – 6 October 1978) was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the early 1950s. A pioneer of Rock music in Australia, his hits include " Wild One" (1958), " Shout!" and "She's My Baby". O ...

(1935–1978), Australian rock and roll singer {{hndis, Okeefe, John