John David Hayward (1929–2007) was a British stained glass artist who made nearly 200 windows in churches and cathedrals across Britain and abroad.^[1]

Hayward was born in Tooting, London into a Methodist family.^[2] His father, David Hayward, was a printer and church organist. He was educated at Tooting Bec Grammar School (now Ernest Bevin Academy) and developed a talent for painting and drawing. After school, he enrolled at St Martin's School of Art.^[3]

After leaving St. Martin's, Hayward received an offer from Royal College of Art, but he instead joined Faith Craft, a company that designed ecclesiastical furniture. He remained there for 18 years before setting up his own practice as a stained glass artist. His first major commission was a set of ruined windows of the Christopher Wren church, St Mary-le-Bow, which had been damaged in the Second World War.

• Sherborne Abbey, Sherborne, Dorset
• St. Matthew's Church, Camberwell, Greater London
• St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, Greater London
• Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Edgefield, Norfolk
• Shrine of Our Lady, Walsingham, Norfolk
• St. Richard's Church, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

• The West Window At Sherborne Abbey, installed in 1997. It was designed and created by John Hayward. The window replaced a Victorian one conceived by Augustus Pugin
• The great east window was designed by John Hayward in 1964
• St Matthew, Lilford Road, London SE5 - Window Designed by John Hayward
• Window in St Richard's Church, Haywards Heath
• Window in St Richard's Church, Haywards Heath, produced in 1984