John William Alan Okell OBE (/oʊˈkɛl/; 1934 – 3 August 2020) was a British linguist. He was known for his studies related to Burma. Okell was born in Brighton, England.
He retired from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1999, although he remained a research associate in the Department of South East Asia.
In 2014, in the Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to UK/Burma relations.
He died on 3 August 2020 at the age of 86.