John McIntosh Kell (January 26, 1823 – October 5, 1900) was an officer in the Confederate navy during the American Civil War, during which time Kell was First Lieutenant and Executive Officer of the commerce raider CSS Alabama.

[1] He spent his childhood at Laurel Grove Plantation and with his great uncle Thomas Spalding, whose family owned a large part of Sapelo Island.

He would serve in the Mexican War, was a member of the expedition of Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan in 1853 and Master of the flagship USS Mississippi on the cruise home.

[2] First Lieutenant Kell was Semmes' Executive Officer on CSS Alabama throughout her career and was on board when she was sunk by USS Kearsarge in June 1864.

[3][4] The John McIntosh Kell Camp #107 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans located in Griffin, Georgia, is named in his memory and honor on July 18, 1898.