| Spouse: | Jill Diana Lovett |
| Children: | Craig Lovett, Ewan Lovett |
| Grandchildren: | 4 |
| Office: | Comite International des Sports des Sourds |
| Order: | 6th president of |
| Honorific Suffix: | AM |
| Termend: | 30 October 2003 |
| Termstart: | 13 March 1995 |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
John Michael Lovett AM (10 July 1943 - 30 October 2003) was a former Australian government administrator who made the breakthrough in the development of deaf sports in Australia.[1] He was also the former President of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf, served as the 7th president from 1995-2003 until his death.[2] [3]
John Lovett was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) by the Australian government in the 1986 Australia Day Honours, "for service to those with impaired hearing."[4] He was married to a former British Deaflympic swimmer, Jill Diana Lovett.[5]
Lovett died in an hospital in Melbourne, Australia on 30 October due to blood cancer. He served as the President of the ICSD prior to his death.[6]