John (; ') is a common male given name in the

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origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the

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forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by

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transliterating the

name ''

Yochanan Yohanan, Yochanan and Johanan are various transliterations to the Latin alphabet of the Hebrew male given name ('), a shortened form of ('), meaning "YHWH is gracious". The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Se ...

'' (), the contracted form of the longer name (), meaning "

Yahweh Yahweh *''Yahwe'', was the national god of ancient Israel and Judah. The origins of his worship reach at least to the early Iron Age, and likely to the Late Bronze Age if not somewhat earlier, and in the oldest biblical literature he po ...

is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". There are numerous forms of the name in different languages; these were formerly often simply translated as "John" in English, but are increasingly left in their native forms (see sidebar). It is among the most commonly given names in Anglophone, Arabic, European,

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, Persian and Turkish countries. Traditionally in the Anglosphere, it was the most common, although it has not been since the latter half of the 20th century. John owes its unique popularity to two highly revered saints,

John the Baptist John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...

(forerunner of

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and relig ...

) and the apostle John (traditionally considered the author of the

Gospel of John The Gospel of John ( grc, Εὐαγγέλιον κατὰ Ἰωάννην, translit=Euangélion katà Iōánnēn) is the fourth of the four canonical gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "sig ...

); the name has since been chosen as the regnal or religious name of many

emperors An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife ( empress consort), mother (empr ...

king King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen regnant, queen, which title is also given to the queen consort, consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contempora ...

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and

patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in c ...

s. Initially, it was a favorite name among the

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but it flourished in all of Europe after the

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Origins

The name John is a theophoric name originating from the

name (), or in its longer form (), meaning "

has been gracious". Several obscure figures in the Old Testament bore this name, and it grew in popularity once borne by the high priest

Johanan Yohanan, Yochanan and Johanan are various transliterations to the Latin alphabet of the Hebrew male given name ('), a shortened form of ('), meaning " YHWH is gracious". The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of th ...

and especially by King John Hyrcanus In the second temple period, it was the fifth most popular male name among Jews in Judaea and was borne by several important

rabbi A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as '' semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form o ...

s, such as

Yochanan ben Zakai :''See Yohanan for more rabbis by this name''. Yohanan ben Zakkai ( he, יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי, ''Yōḥānān ben Zakkaʾy''; 1st century CE), sometimes abbreviated as Ribaz () for Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, was one of the T ...

and Yochanan ben Nuri.

Germanic derivatives

The

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(including

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, English and Scandinavian) produced the masculine

Johann Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning " Yahweh is Gracio ...

(also

Johan Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han, a man ...

(Dutch)),

Joan Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters * Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *: Joan of Arc, a French military heroine *Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multip ...

, Jan and

Janke Janke is a name of Germanic origin. This name is popular in countries speaking Dutch or Afrikaans, such as The Netherlands and South Africa. As a first name, it is usually attributed to a woman in South Africa. (This being due to a TV series aire ...

(Dutch),

Jannis Jannis is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jannis Bäcker (born 1985), German bobsledder * Jannis Kallinikos (born 1954), Greek academic *Jannis Kounellis (born 1936), Greek artist *Jannis Niewöhner Jannis Niewöhner () (bor ...

Jens Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also * Jensen (disambiguation) Jensen may refer to: People *Jensen (surn ...

( Danish and Frisian), Jóhannes,

Jóhann Jóhann is a masculine given name. It is the Icelandic and Faroese form of the name Johann, a form of the Germanic and Latin given name " Johannes". The English-language form is John. The Icelandic surname Jóhannsson is a patronymic surname mea ...

, ( Icelandic and Faroese), Jön ( Swedish),

Hans Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjab ...

(German, Dutch and Scandinavian)

Name statistics

John was the most popular name given to male infants in the United States until 1924, and though its use has fallen off gradually since then, John was still the 20th most common name for boys on the

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's list of names given in 2006. ''John'' was also among the most common masculine names in the United Kingdom, but by 2004 it had fallen out of the top 50 names for newborn boys in England and

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

. By contrast Jack, which was a

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

for John but is now established as a name in its own right, was the most popular name given to newborn boys in England and Wales every year from 1995 to 2005.

In other languages

People with name John

Royalty

* John, King of England (1166–1216) * Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905–1919), youngest son of King George V *

John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall John of Eltham, 1st Earl of Cornwall (15 August 1316 – 13 September 1336) was the second son of Edward II of England and Isabella of France. He was heir presumptive to the English throne until the birth of his nephew Edward, the Black Princ ...

(1316–1336), second son of Edward II * John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399), third son of Edward III * John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389–1435), second son of Henry IV * Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), third son and youngest child of Edward VII * John I of Aragon, (1350–1396), King of Aragon * John II of Aragon, (1398–1479), King of Aragon * John of Bohemia, (1296–1346), Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia * John I of Castile, (1358–1390), King of Castile * John II of Castile, (1405–1454), King of Castile * John I of France, (1316), King of France and Navarre * John II of France, (1319–1364), King of France * John Sigismund Zápolya, (1540–1571), King of Hungary * John I of Münsterberg, (1380–1284), Duke of Münsterberg * John III of Navarre, (1469–1516), King of Navarre * John I Albert (1459–1501), King of Poland * John II Casimir Vasa (1609–1672), King of Poland * John III Sobieski (1629–1696), King of Poland * John I of Portugal, (1357–1433), King of Portugal * John II of Portugal, (1455–1495), King of Portugal * John III of Portugal, (1502–1557), King of Portugal * John IV of Portugal, (1604–1656), King of Portugal *

John V of Portugal Dom John V ( pt, João Francisco António José Bento Bernardo; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 17 ...

, (1689–1750), King of Portugal * John VI of Portugal, (1767–1826), King of Portugal *

John, Duke of Valencia de Campos John of Portugal ( pt, João ), occasionally surnamed Castro (1352), was the eldest surviving son of King Peter I of Portugal by his mistress Inês de Castro. He was a potential but unsuccessful contender for the Portuguese throne during the 138 ...

(1349–1396), son of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro * John, Constable of Portugal (1400–1442), son of John I of Portugal * John I of Sweden, (1201–1222), King of Sweden *

John II of Sweden John (Danish, Norwegian and sv, Hans; né ''Johannes'') (2 February 1455 – 20 February 1513) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was king of Denmark (1481–1513), Norway (1483–1513) and as John II ( sv, Johan II ...

, (1455–1513), King of Denmark and king of Sweden during the Kalmar Union * John III of Sweden, (1537–1592), King of Sweden * Charles XIV John, (1763–1844), King of Sweden and king of Norway, first king in the Bernadotte dynasty

Politicians

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...

(1735–1826), American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801 * John Adams (Virginia politician) (1773–1825), Mayor of Richmond, Virginia *

John Adams (New York politician) John Adams (August 26, 1778 – September 25, 1854) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States Congressman from New York from 1833 to 1835. Life John studied law, and taught school in Durham. John was admitted ...

(1778–1854), Congressman from New York *

John Adams (Ohio politician) John Adams (born January 14, 1960) is an American politician who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2007 to 2014. For part of his tenure, he served as the majority whip. In 2022, he ran for Ohio Secretary of State, but w ...

(born 1960), Ohio House of Representatives * John Adams (journalist) (1819–1???), American lawyer, politician and journalist in Maine *

John Adams Sr. John Adams Sr. (February 8, 1691 – May 25, 1761), also known as Deacon John, was a British-North American colonial farmer and minister. He was the father of the second U.S. president, John Adams Jr., and grandfather of the sixth president ...

(1691–1761), father of John Adams and grandfather of John Quincy Adams * John Adams Sr. (Nebraska politician) (1876–1962), American minister, lawyer, and politician * John Adams Jr. (Nebraska politician) (1906–1999), American lawyer and politician * John Adams II (1803–1834), American government functionary and businessman, son of John Quincy Adams and grandson of John Adams * John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829, son of John Adams * John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), American lawyer, politician, and member of the Adams political family, grandson of John Quincy Adams II, great-grandson of John Adams *

John J. Allen Jr. John Joseph Allen Jr. (November 27, 1899 – March 7, 1995) was the U.S. representative from California's 7th congressional district from January 3, 1947 to January 3, 1959. He is the last Republican to represent Oakland and Berkeley in Congres ...

(1899–1995), U.S. representative from California's seventh congressional district * John Judson Ames (1821–1861), American politician and California Pioneer *

John Anderson (New Jersey politician) John Anderson (1665 – March 28, 1736) was a Scottish colonel who served as acting governor of New Jersey in 1736. Biography John Anderson was born in Fortrose, Scotland, in 1665. He was the son of James Anderson, who was born in the same town ...

(1665–1736), colonel who served as acting governor of New Jersey in 1736 *

John Anderson (Maine politician) John Anderson (July 30, 1792August 21, 1853) was an American politician from Maine. Anderson served as United States Representative from Maine from 1825 to 1833. Biography Anderson was born in Windham, Massachusetts (now in Maine) on July 30, ...

(1792–1853), United States Representative from Maine * John T. Anderson (1804–1879), American politician in Virginia * John Alexander Anderson (1834–1892), United States Representative from Kansas * John C. Anderson (politician) (1862–1???), Wisconsin state assemblyman *

John Anderson (Wisconsin senator) John Anderson (December 28, 1870–August 7, 1954) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. Biography Anderson was born on December 28, 1870, in Carver County, Minnesota. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College. Career Anderson was elected to t ...

(1870–1954), Wisconsin state senator *

Jack Z. Anderson John Zuinglius Anderson (March 22, 1904 – February 9, 1981) was an American farmer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1939 to 1953. Early life and career Born in Oakland, California, Anderson ...

(1904–1981), United States Representative from California * John Hope Anderson (1912–2005), American politician in Pennsylvania *

John Anderson Jr. John Anderson Jr. (May 8, 1917 – September 15, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 36th governor of Kansas, from 1961 until 1965. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 33rd attorney general of Kansas from 195 ...

(1917–2014), Governor of Kansas, 1961–1965 *

John B. Anderson John Bayard Anderson (February 15, 1922 – December 3, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 16th congressional district from 1961 to 1981. A member ...

(1922–2017), United States Representative from Illinois and 1980 presidential candidate * John C. Anderson (lawyer) (born 1975), United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico * John N. Anderson, American politician in California * Johnny Anderson (politician), member of the Utah House of Representatives *

Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Mill Hill Sir John William Anderson, 1st Baronet (ca. 173621 May 1813) was a British politician. Born in Danzig, he was the son of William Anderson and Lucy Sheldon who had settled in that town. Anderson was an alderman of Aldersgate between 1789 and 181 ...

(died 1813), British politician, MP for City of London, 1793–1806 * John Anderson (diplomatic writer) (1795–1845), Scottish diplomatic writer *

John Anderson (colonial administrator) Sir John Anderson (23 January 1858 – 24 March 1918) was a Scottish colonial administrator who served as Governor of Ceylon between 1916 and 1918, and Governor of the Straits Settlements between 1904 and 1911. Education He was the only son of ...

(1858–1918), British governor of Straits Settlements and later of Ceylon * John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882–1958), British civil servant and politician * John Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley (born 1949), British peer * John Anderson (trade unionist), British trade union leader * John Hawkins Anderson (1805–1870), member of the Canadian Senate *

John Anderson (Newfoundland politician) John Anderson (January 27, 1855 – November 8, 1930) was a businessman, politician, and a city councillor of St. John's City Council and member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly. He was instrumental in the passing of the Daylight Saving Ac ...

(1855–1930), Newfoundland businessman and politician * John Victor Anderson (1918–1982), Canadian politician in Alberta * John Gerard Anderson (1836–1911), Scottish-born educationalist and public servant in colonial Queensland * John Anderson (Australian politician) (born 1956), Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the National Party 1999–2005 * John Anderson (mayor) (1820–1897), mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, blacksmith, engineer, businessman * Crawford Anderson (John Crawford Anderson, c. 1848–1930), New Zealand politician, MP for Bruce electorate * John Attygalle (1906–1981), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1966 to 1967 *

John Bacon (Massachusetts politician) John Bacon (April 5, 1738 – October 25, 1820) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. John Bacon was born in Canterbury in the Connecticut Colony on April 5, 1738. Upon graduating from Princeton College ...

(1738–1820), US Representative from Massachusetts * John F. Bacon (1789–1860), Clerk of the New York State Senate, and U.S. Consul at Nassau, Bahamas * John L. Bacon (1878–1961), mayor of San Diego, California * John Bailey (MP) (died 1436), MP for Cricklade and Calne * John Bailey (Australian politician) (born 1954), Australian politician *

John Bailey (Massachusetts politician) John Bailey (1786June 26, 1835) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1824 to 1831. Biography Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts (in that part of Stoughton whic ...

(1786–1835), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts *

John Edgar Bailey John Edgar Bailey (1897 – 14 November 1958) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. A farmer by profession, he was educated at private school and was a member of Down County Council. He was elected to the House of Commons of Norther ...

(1897–1958), Northern Irish politician * John H. Bailey (1864–1940), American politician, senator and representative in Texas * John Moran Bailey (1904–1975), United States politician, chair of the Democratic National Committee * John Mosher Bailey (1838–1916), U.S. Representative from New York * John Bailey (Irish politician) (1945–2019), member of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council * John Bailey (Victorian politician) (1826–1871), Australian politician * John D. Bailey (1928–2018), American mayor of St. Augustine, Florida * John Baker (fl. 1407), English MP for Lyme Regis, 1407 * John Baker (fl. 1421), English MP for Devizes, 1421 * John Baker (died 1544) (by 1503–44), English MP for Radnorshire * Sir

John Baker (died 1558) Sir John Baker (1488–1558) was an English politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1545 to his death, having previously been Speaker of the House of Commons of England. Early life Baker was the grandson of Thomas and Benet ...

(1488–1558), English speaker of the House of Commons *

John Baker (MP for Bedford) John Baker (by 1501-1538 or later), of Bedford, was an English politician. He was Mayor of Bedford for 1528-29 and 1537–38 and elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, Eng ...

(by 1501–1538 or later), English mayor and MP of Bedford * John Baker (by 1531–1604/6), English MP for Horsham and Bramber *

John Baker (MP for Canterbury) John Baker (c. 1754 - 20 January 1831) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom in 1796 and 1797 and from 1802 to 1818. Baker was the son of George Baker, a surgeon and medical p ...

( – 1831), British MP for Canterbury * John Baker (representative) (1769–1823), United States congressman from Virginia *

John Baker (Baker Brook) John Baker (January 17, 1796 – March 10, 1868) is the namesake of the towns of Baker Lake (Lac Baker) and Baker-Brook, New Brunswick, Canada, just west of Edmundston. He was a successful sawmill and gristmill businessman who became a well ...

(1796–1868), Canadian political activist in Baker Brook, New Brunswick * John Baker (Australian politician) (1813–1872), briefly the Premier of South Australia * Sir

John Baker (Portsmouth MP) Sir John Baker (1828 – 9 November 1909) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected at the 1892 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Portsmouth, and held the seat until his defeat a ...

(1828–1909), British MP for Portsmouth *

John Tamatoa Baker John Tamatoa Baker, also given as John Timoteo Baker, (1852 – September 7, 1921) was a Hawaiian politician, businessman, and rancher who served many political posts in the Kingdom of Hawaii, including Governor of the Island of Hawaii from 1892 ...

(1852–1921), Hawaiian rancher, sheriff and governor *

John Baker (Labour politician) John Baker (8 April 1867 – 3 May 1939) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire, he was the son of a bricklayer, also named John Baker. He held various jobs in iron foundries, steelworks ...

(1867–1939), British Labour MP for Bilston *

John Baker (Wisconsin politician) John Baker was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Baker was born on July 17, 1869, in Evansville, Wisconsin Evansville is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,703 at the 2020 census. Hist ...

(1869–1???), American politician from Wisconsin *

John Baker (defensive lineman, born 1935) John Haywood Baker Jr. (June 10, 1935 – October 31, 2007), nicknamed "Big John", was an American defensive lineman in the National Football League who played for four teams from 1958 to 1968. He later served as sheriff of Wake County, North C ...

(1935–2007), American football player and then sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina * John Baker (Indiana politician) (1832–1915), United States congressman from Indiana * John S. Baker (1861–1955), American politician from Washington * Sir John Baker, 2nd Baronet (1608–1653), English politician * John A. Baker Jr. (1927–1994), U.S. diplomat *

John Arnold Baker His Honour John Arnold Baker DL (5 November 1925 – 13 June 2016) was a British judge and a Liberal Party politician. Background Baker was born in Calcutta the son of William Sydney Baker, MC and Hilda Dora Swiss. He was educated at Plymouth Col ...

(1925–2016), British judge and politician * John Baker II (1780–1843), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1834–1843 * John All Barham (1843–1926), American politician * John Bear (politician), American politician and businessman * John Black (Wisconsin politician) (1830–1899), French American immigrant and Democratic politician * John Bidwell (1819–1900), Californian politician * John M. Bolton (1901–1936), American businessman and politician *

John Boscawen John Spencer Boscawen (born c.1957) is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the ACT New Zealand Party and served as a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2008 to 2011. Boscawen briefly served as deputy leader ...

(born c.1957), New Zealand politician * John Boozman (born 1950), American politician * John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875), American vice president * John Y. Brown Sr. (1900–1985), American attorney and politician * John H. Bryden (born 1943), Canadian politician * Jeb Bush (John Ellis Bush, born 1953), American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007 *

John V. Byrne John Vincent Byrne (born May 9, 1928) is an American marine geologist and academic. He served as the 12th President of Oregon State University from 1984 to 1995. Early life and education Born in Hempstead, New York, Byrne attended Hamilton Co ...

(born 1928), American Republican * John Moors Cabot (1901–1981), American diplomat and U.S. Ambassador * John Calvin Coolidge Sr. (1845–1926), American politician and businessman from Vermont, father of Calvin Coolidge * John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), American vice president * John Coleman Calhoun (1871–1950), Canadian politician in Alberta *

John F. Carew John Francis Carew (April 16, 1873 – April 10, 1951) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1913 to 1929. He was a nephew of Thomas Francis Magner. Biography Born in Williams ...

(1873–1951), U.S. Representative from New York * John M. Carroll (politician) (1823–1901), U.S. Representative from New York *

John Lee Carroll John Lee Carroll (September 30, 1830 – February 27, 1911), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 37th Governor of Maryland from 1876 to 1880. Early life Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Col. Charles Carr ...

(1830–1911), American politician in Maryland * John Carroll (mayor) (1836–1903), mayor of Dunedin * John E. Carroll (1877–1955), Mayor of Seattle *

John A. Carroll John Albert Carroll (July 30, 1901 – August 31, 1983) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from Colorado. He also served as a special assistant to President Harry Truman ...

(1901–1983), American jurist and politician in Colorado * John Carroll (Ohio politician) (died 1985), member of the Ohio House of Representatives * John Carroll (Manitoba politician) (1921–1986), Canadian politician in Manitoba * John Carroll (Hawaii politician) (1929–2021), member of the Hawaii Senate and House of Representatives *

John Carroll (trade unionist) John F. Carroll is an Irish former trade union leader. He was vice-president of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union from 1969 to 1981, when he became the union's president until its merger in 1990 with the Federated Workers' Union of ...

(active 1969–1990), Irish trade unionist and senator * John Chafee (1922–1999), American politician * Calvin Coolidge (John Calvin Coolidge Jr., 1872–1933), American politician and lawyer, 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929 * John Tyler Cooper (1844–1912), American politician * John R. Culbreath (1926–2013), American politician * John F. Cusack (born 1937), American politician from Massachusetts * John Cusack (Australian politician) (1868–1956), Australian politician * John Davies (British businessman) (1916–1979), British businessman, director-general of the CBI, and Conservative MP and cabinet minister *

John Bennett Dawson John Bennett Dawson (March 17, 1798 – June 26, 1845) was an American politician who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana. Early life Born near Nashville ...

(1798–1845), American politician * John Diehl (politician) (born 1965), American politician * John Dodd (1717–1782), English politician *

John Driscoll (Montana politician) John Brian Driscoll (born July 17, 1946) is an American writer and politician who served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979. Early life and education Driscoll was born in Los Angeles, California. He was raised in Montan ...

(born 1946), American writer and politician *

John Porter East John Porter East (May 5, 1931 – June 29, 1986) was a Republican U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1981 until his suicide in 1986. A paraplegic since 1955 because of polio, East was a professor of political science at East Ca ...

(1931–1986), American Republican U.S. senator * John Edgar (politician) (1750–1832), Irish-American pioneer and politician * John Edwards * John Patton Erwin (1795–1857), American Whig politician * John De Saram (born 1929),

Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations The Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations is Sri Lanka's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations, and in charge of the country's mission to the UN. The position of Permanent Representative is equivalent in r ...

from 1998 to 2002 * John Fetterman (born 1969), American politician, U.S. Senator Elect from Pennsylvania *

John F. Fitzgerald John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (February 11, 1863 – October 2, 1950) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served as a U.S. Representative and Mayor of Boston. He also made unsuccessful runs for the United ...

(1863–1950), American politician *

John Garang John Garang de Mabior (June 23, 1945 – July 30, 2005) was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) after the Second Sudanese Civil War, the comprehensive peace agreeme ...

(1945–2005), Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader * John P. Garfield (born 1949), American former member of the Michigan House of Representatives * John Nance Garner (1868–1967), American vice president *

John Glen (mayor) John Glen (1809–1895) was born in Laurens, South Carolina, and moved to Decatur, Georgia, in 1826, where he worked as a clerk in the Superior Court of DeKalb County. He moved to Atlanta in 1850 to work for the Georgia Railroad, which he ...

(1809–1895), mayor of Atlanta in 1855 *

John Glenn (Alberta) John Glenn (1833 in County Mayo, Ireland – January 9, 1886 in Calgary, Alberta) was the first documented European to settle in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada area. Glenn was an Irish immigrant who first settled in the United States in 1849 and ...

(1833–1886), early Alberta settler * John Thomas Glenn (1845–1899), mayor of Atlanta from 1889 to 1891 * John Glen (politician) (born 1974), British politician * John H. Hager (1936–2020), American politician * John Henry Hager (Iowa politician) (1871–1952), American politician *

John Church Hamilton John Church Hamilton (August 22, 1792 − July 25, 1882) was a historian, biographer, and lawyer. He was a son of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Early life Hamilton was born on August 22, 1792, in Philade ...

(1792−1882), American historian, biographer, and lawyer * John P. Harllee (1942–2017), American politician * John Willie Kofi Harlley (1919–1980s), Ghanaian senior police officer and politician * John Joseph Harper (1951–1988), Canadian aboriginal leader * John Harrison (diplomat), 17th-century English diplomat *

John Harrison (died 1669) Sir John Harrison (c. 1590 – 28 September 1669) of Balls Park, Hertfordshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1669. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War. Public life Ha ...

(1590–1669), English politician who sat in the House of Commons as MP for Lancaster variously between 1640 and 1669 * John Harrison (Canadian politician) (1908–1964), member of Parliament for Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan * John Harrison (mayor), mayor of North Tyneside, England * John Scott Harrison (1804–1878), American Congressman for Ohio, 1853–1857; son of President William Henry Harrison and the father of President Benjamin Harrison * John Hart (1879–1957), 23rd premier of British Columbia *

John Isaac Heard John Isaac Heard (1787 – 1 September 1862) was an Irish Whig politician. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1859. Born in Kinsale, County Cork, Heard was the son of John Heard and Rachel, daughter of Isaac Serv ...

(1787–1862), Irish Member of the UK Parliament for Kinsale * John T. Heard (1840–1927), American politician * John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322–1375), Royal family member of the Holy Roman Empire * John Henry (Maryland politician) (1750–1798), U.S. senator from and governor of Maryland *

John Vernon Henry John Vernon (or Vernor) Henry (1767 – October 22, 1829) was an American lawyer and politician. Life John V. Henry was born in 1767, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Vernor Henry. He was admitted to the bar in 1782. He was a Federalist membe ...

(1767–1829), American politician, New York State comptroller * John Flournoy Henry (1793–1873), U.S. representative from Kentucky *

John Henry (representative) John Henry (November 1, 1800 – April 28, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Stanford, Kentucky, Henry attended the public schools. He served as a private in Captain Arnett's company of Illinois volunteers in the Black ...

(1800–1882), U.S. representative from Illinois * John Snowdon Henry (1824–1896), British politician from South-East Lancashire * J. L. Henry (John Lane Henry, 1831–1907), Supreme Court of Texas judge * John Henry (Australian politician) (1834–1912), Tasmanian House of Assembly member and treasurer of Tasmania *

Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (Johannes Heinrich Friedrich Werner Konrad Rainer Maria; Slovak: ''Ján Henrich'', Hungarian: ''János Henrik''; 28 March 1931, in Innsbruck – 14 April 2010, in Innsbruck) was a prince ...

(1931–2010), Hungarian prince *

John Henry (Ontario politician) John G. Henry (born July 30, 1960) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was mayor of Oshawa from 2010 to 2018 and is currently chair of the Regional Municipality of Durham. Background Henry was born in Oshawa. The son of General Motors worke ...

(born 1960), Canadian politician, mayor of Oshawa, Ontario *

John Henry (Cook Islands politician) John Mokoenga Tikaka Henry (born c. 1959) is a Cook Islands politician and member of the Parliament of the Cook Islands, Cook Islands Parliament. He is a member of the Cook Islands Party. Henry is a nephew of former Prime Minister of the Cook ...

, Cook Islander politician * John Hicks (politician) (1715–1790), land agent and politician in Nova Scotia *

John H. Holdridge John Herbert Holdridge (August 21, 1924 – July 12, 2001) was an American foreign service officer and diplomat, who was best known for having taken part in, and later recounted, Henry A. Kissinger, Henry A. Kissinger's secret 1971 initiative to r ...

(1924–2001), U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and Indonesia *

John Horgan John Joseph Horgan (born August 7, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 36th premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022, and also as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2014 to 2022. Horgan has been the ...

(born 1959), Canadian politician and the current Premier of British Columbia *

John Horgan (Australian politician) John William Horgan (15 July 1834 – 8 July 1907) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1888–89. He is remembered most for his aggressive election campaigns in which he characterised six of the most prominent fam ...

(1834–1907), Australian politician, Western Australia MLC *

John Horgan (Irish politician) John Horgan (1876 – 27 June 1955) was an Irish politician from Cork who had a very brief career as a parliamentary representative in the Irish Free State. He served for three months as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the National League Party, a sho ...

(1876–1955), Irish politician * John Horgan (Irish nationalist) (1881–1967), Irish Cork-born nationalist politician, solicitor and author * John Herbert Ilangatileke, Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the

2nd State Council of Ceylon The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election held between 22 February and 7 March 1936. The parliament met for the first time on 17 ...

for Puttalam *

John Ince (activist) John Ince (born ) is a Canadian activist, politician, author, and lawyer. He is a founder of The Sex Party, a sex-positive movement political party of which he was party leader from 2005 until 2012. Sex-positive activism In 2002, Ince opened The ...

(born 1952), Canadian activist, politician, author, and lawyer *

John Jay John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served as the second governor of New York and the f ...

, American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, and the first Chief Justice of the United States * John Johnson (Ohio congressman) (1805–1867), politician * John A. Johnson (Minnesota politician) (1883–1962), Minnesota politician * John A. Johnson (Wisconsin), Wisconsin state assemblyman from Madison * John Albert Johnson (1861–1909), 16th governor of Minnesota *

John Anders Johnson John Anders Johnson (April 15, 1832November 10, 1901) was a Norwegian American immigrant, businessman, and Republican politician. He served in the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, representing eastern Dane County. Biography Johnson was bor ...

(1832–1901), Wisconsin state senator * John E. Johnson (Brandon) (1873–1951), Wisconsin state assemblyman from Brandon, Wisconsin * John E. Johnson (Utica) (''fl. circa'' 1868), Wisconsin state assemblyman from Utica, Wisconsin * John J. Johnson (1926–2016), Missouri state senator * John Warren Johnson (born 1929), Minnesota state legislator * John Telemachus Johnson (1788–1856), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * John Johnson (Kansas City mayor) (1816–1903), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri * J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California politician and politician * John Johnson (b. 1833) (1833–1892), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * John Johnson (Ohio state representative) (born 1937), member of the Ohio House of Representatives * John Johnson Sr. (1770–1824), Chancellor of Maryland * John Johnson Jr. (1798–1856), Chancellor of Maryland * John Johnson (Indiana judge) (1776–1817), associate justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * John T. Johnson (Oklahoma judge) (1856–1???), associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court * John B. Johnson (politician) (1885–1985), American politician in the South Dakota State Senate * John Ramsey Johnson, associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia * J. B. Johnson (Florida politician) (1868–1940), 23rd Florida Attorney General * John S. Johnson (North Dakota politician) (1854–1941), member of the North Dakota House of Representatives * John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), American politician, served as the 35th President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 *

John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party, he ...

(born 1943), American politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017 * John Lionel Kotelawala (1895–1980), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1953 to 1956 *

John Lansing Jr. John Ten Eyck Lansing Jr. (January 30, 1754 – vanished December 12, 1829), a Founding Father of the United States, was an attorney, jurist, and politician. Born and raised in Albany, New York, Lansing was trained as a lawyer, and was long in ...

(1754–1829?), American politician who disappeared *

John Lee (government official) John Lee Ka-chiu ( zh, t=李家超; born 7 December 1957) is a Hong Kong politician and former police officer who is the 5th and current Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Originally a police officer, Lee served as the Deputy Commissioner of the ...

(born 1957), Hong Kong politician *

John Limbert John W. Limbert (born 1943) is an American diplomat. He is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iran in the US State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. He is a veteran U.S. diplomat and a former official at the U.S. Embas ...

(born 1943), American diplomat * John H. Long, Canadian political figure * John B. Macy (1799–1856), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin *

John Macy John Williams Macy Jr. (April 6, 1917 – December 22, 1986) was a United States Government administrator and civil servant. Biography Born in Chicago, he received a B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1938. In 1938 Macy moved to Washington, D.C. ...

(1917–1986), United States Government administrator and civil servant * John Mahama (born 1958), Ghanaian politician and former president of Ghana * John Major (born 1943),

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...

from 1990 to 1997 * John Major (17th-century English MP), English politician and Member of Parliament * Sir John Major, 1st Baronet (1698–1781), English merchant and Member of Parliament * John Cyril Malloy (1930–2014), American politician * John Manley (born 1950), Canadian politician who served as the eighth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2002 to 2003 * John S. Marmaduke (1833–1887), American politician * John McCain (1936–2018), American statesman and US Navy officer, United States Senator for Arizona from 1987 to 2018 * John McConnel (1806–1899), Australian politician * John Foster McCreight (1827–1913), first premier of British Columbia * John Moore (Louisiana politician) (1788–1867), American statesman * John Verdun Newton (1916–1944), Australian politician * John Nkadimeng (1927–2020), South African politician and anti-apartheid activist * John Prescott (Indiana politician), American politician * John Gladstone Rajakulendran (1907–1950),

Sri Lankan Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern P ...

teacher and politician * John Reagan (New Hampshire politician) (born 1946), New Hampshire politician * John Henninger Reagan (1818–1905), American politician * John Roberts (born 1955), American lawyer and jurist who serves as Chief Justice of the United States *

John Robbins (congressman) John Robbins (1808April 27, 1880) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life and career John Robbins was born in Bustleton, Pennsylvania, (now a part of Philadelphia), near Lower Dublin Townsh ...

(1808–1880), American congressman from Pennsylvania * John Senhouse Goldie-Taubman (1838–1898), Manx politician * John Sidoti, Australian independent politician *

John H. Tolan John Harvey Tolan (; January 15, 1877 – June 30, 1947) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1935 to 1947. Biography Born in St. Peter, Minnesota, Tolan attended the public ...

(1877–1947), American politician and lawyer * John H. Trumbull (1873–1961), American politician who served as the 70th Governor of Connecticut from 1925 to 1931 *

John Herbert Turner John Herbert Turner (May 7, 1834 – December 9, 1923) was a British Columbia politician. Born in Claydon, Suffolk, England, Turner moved to British North America and worked as a merchant in Halifax and Charlottetown. In 1862 he moved to ...

(1834–1923), 11th premier of British Columbia * John Tyler (1790–1862), tenth president of the United States * John Tyler Sr., 15th governor of Virginia, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia, father of John Tyler * John Van Buren, United States lawyer, official, politician, son of Martin Van Buren *

John Walker (Arkansas politician) John Winfield Walker (June 3, 1937 – October 28, 2019) was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arkansas House of Representatives representing District 34 from January 2011 until his death. Life and career John W. Walker was ...

(1937–2019), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives * John Walker (Missouri politician) (1770–1838), State Treasurer of Missouri * John Walker (Virginia politician) (1744–1809), U.S. Senator, public official, and soldier * John A. Walker (Iowa politician) (1912–2012), American politician *

John M. Walker Jr. John Mercer Walker Jr. (born December 26, 1940) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He served as chief judge from September 30, 2000, to September 30, 2006, when he assumed senior ...

(born 1940), chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit *

John M. Walker (Pennsylvania politician) John M. Walker (1905-1976) was a Republican politician from Pennsylvania. Born on January 15, 1905, in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, he was the son of a general manager of Allegheny Steel Company. Walker studied at Culver Military Academy before se ...

(1905–1976), Pennsylvania State Senator and lieutenant-gubernatorial nominee * John Randall Walker (1874–1942), U.S. Representative from Georgia * John Smith Walker (1826–1893), Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Hawaii * John Williams Walker (1783–1823), U.S. Senator from Alabama * John Crompton Weems (1777–1862), American politician * John Weir (politician) (1904–1995), Australian politician *

John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (1586–1649) was a Scottish politician. He was a son of Sir John Wemyss and Margaret Douglas, a daughter of Sir William Douglas of Lochleven. His home was Wemyss Castle in Fife. Around 1610 he acquired the es ...

(1586–1649), Scottish politician *

John Young (died 1589) Sir John Young (by 1519 – 4 September 1589), of The Great House, Bristol, of London and of Melbury Sampford, Dorset, was an English politician. Origins He was the eldest surviving son of Hugh Young (d.1534) of Bristol and of Castle Combe ...

(by 1519–1589), of Bristol, MP for Devizes, West Looe, etc. * John Young (MP for Marlborough), in 1559, MP for Marlborough * John Young (MP for New Shoreham) (fl. 1586–1597), MP for New Shoreham, Sussex *

John Allan Young John Allan Young (February 7, 1895 – 1961) was a Scotland, Scottish-born political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Biggar (former provincial electoral district), Biggar from 1938 to 1944 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as ...

(1895–1961), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada * John Andrew Young (1916–2002), American politician from Texas * John Duncan Young (1823–1910), US congressman from Kentucky * John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1807–1876), UK MP, NSW Governor, Canadian Governor General * John Young (Canadian politician) (1811–1878), member of the Canadian House of Commons * John Young (governor) (1802–1852), Governor of New York * John Young (advisor) (–1835), British-born government advisor of Kamehameha I * John Young (Australian politician) (1842–1893), New South Wales politician * John Young (judge), Federal Court of Australia judge *

John Young (jurist) Sir John McIntosh Young , (17 December 1919 – 6 October 2008) was an Australian jurist. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria (1974–91), the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria (1974–95), and the Chief Scout of Australia (1 ...

(1919–2008), Australian jurist * John Young (Scottish politician) (1930–2011), Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament * John Young (seigneur) (–1819), Scottish-born Canadian land entrepreneur, jurist, and politician * John Darling Young (1910–1988), Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, 1969–1984 *

John M. Young John Martin Young (February 3, 1926December 18, 2010) was an American pharmacist and Republican politician. He served 8 years in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Young was born on February 3, 1926, in Dubuque, Iowa. After graduating fr ...

(1926–2010), American politician from Wisconsin * John Young (Indiana politician), American politician * John Young (New Brunswick politician, born 1841) (1841–1907), Canadian politician * John Young (New Brunswick politician, born 1854) (1854–1934), Canadian politician

Businessmen

* John G. Agar (lawyer) (1856–1935), American lawyer * John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland *

John Aspinall (zoo owner) John Victor Aspinall (11 June 1926 – 29 June 2000) was an English zoo and casino owner. From upper class beginnings he used gambling to move to the centre of British high society in the 1960s. He was born in Delhi during the British Raj, and ...

(1926–2000), British casino and zoo owner * John Wilford Blackstone Sr. (1796–1868), American lawyer *

John Vernou Bouvier Jr. Major John Vernou Bouvier Jr. (August 12, 1866 – January 15, 1948) was an American Wall Street lawyer and stockbroker. He was the father of John Vernou Bouvier III as well as a grandfather of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, socialite Le ...

* John Vernou Bouvier III *

John W. Brady John W. Brady (April 6, 1869 or 1870 – December 14, 1943) was an American lawyer. He served as a county attorney from 1902 to 1910, the assistant attorney general for the state, and a judge on the Texas Third Court of Civil Appeals. In 1929 ...

(1869 or 1870–1943), American lawyer * John Coolidge *

John Davis (British businessman) } Sir John Henry Harris Davis (10 November 1906 – 27 May 1993) was an English businessman and accountant. He was the managing director, later chairman, of The Rank Organisation Early life John Davis was born in the City of London in 1906 to Si ...

(1906–1993), English managing director of the Rank Organization, later Chairman * John A. Eastman (1821–1895), American lawyer *

John Eastman John Charles Eastman (born 1960) is an American lawyer who is the founding director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, a public interest law firm affiliated with the conservative think tank Claremont Institute. He is a former profe ...

, American lawyer * John F. Grundhofer (1939–2021), American businessman * John M. Harrell (1828–1907), American lawyer * John W. Henry (born 1949), American businessman and owner of sports teams *

John Hindley, 1st Viscount Hyndley John Scott Hindley, 1st Viscount Hyndley, Order of the British Empire, GBE (24 October 1883 – 5 January 1963), known as Sir John Hindley, 1st Baronet, between 1927 and 1931 and as The Lord Hyndley between 1931 and 1948, was a British businessman ...

(1883–1963), British businessman * John E. Irving (1932–2010), Canadian businessman * John Jay (lawyer) (1817–1894), American diplomat and lawyer, grandson of John Jay, the American Founding Father and statesman * John F. McGee (1861–1925), United States district judge * John Sackville Labatt (1880–1952), Canadian businessman *

John Marshall (Kansas judge) John Marshall (April 11, 1858 – March 25, 1931) was a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from January 11, 1915, to March 25, 1931. Life and education Marshall was born April 11, 1858, in Logansport, Indiana, the son of Humphrey Marshal ...

(1858–1931), American justice of the Kansas Supreme Court * John McAfee, (1945–2021), British-American computer programmer, businessman and prisoner *

John Preston, Lord Fentonbarns Sir John Preston, Lord Fentonbarns (died 1616), of Penicuik, was a Scottish lawyer and judge who became lord president of the court of session. Life He was the son of a burgess, town councillor, and dean of guild in Edinburgh. John Preston was ...

(died 1616), Scottish lawyer and judge * Jack W. Robbins (1919–2005), American prosecutor at Nuremberg trials * John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), American business tycoon *

John D. Rockefeller Jr. John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist, and the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was involved in the development of the vast office complex in M ...

(1874–1960), American financier, philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller *

John D. Rockefeller III John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-found ...

(1906–1978), American philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. *

John Aspinwall Roosevelt John Aspinwall Roosevelt II (March 13, 1916 – April 27, 1981) was an American businessman and the sixth and last child of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. Early life John Aspinwall Roosevelt II was the yo ...

(1916–1981), American businessman, sixth and youngest son of Franklin D. Roosevelt *

John Ellis Roosevelt John Ellis Roosevelt (February 25, 1853 – March 9, 1939) was a lawyer with the Wall Street firm of Roosevelt & Kobbe, the president of the Elkhorn Valley Coal Land Company and secretary of the Broadway Improvement Company. He owned the John ...

, Roosevelt family member * John Alexander Weir (1894–1942), Canadian lawyer and professor

Military

* John Joseph Abercrombie (1798–1877), American brigadier general * John Worthington Adams (1764–1837), British general in India * John Giles Adams (1792–1832), U.S. commander at the Battle of Stillman's Run during the 1832 Black Hawk War * John Adams (Confederate Army officer) (1825–1864), US Army officer *

John G. B. Adams John Gregory Bishop Adams (October 6, 1841 – October 19, 1900) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War. Biography John was born on October 6, 1841 in Groveland, Massachusetts, to I ...

(1841–1900), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient * John Mapes Adams (1871–1921), Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor recipient * John Adams (Royal Navy officer) (1918–2008), British rear admiral * John G. Adams (1932–2003), Army counsel in the Army-McCarthy hearings * John Adams (Canadian general) (born 1942), Canadian military leader *

John F. Aiso John Fujio Aiso ( ja, 相磯藤雄, December 14, 1909 – December 29, 1987) was an American nisei military leader, lawyer and judge. Aiso was the Director and head instructor of the Military Intelligence Service Language School, and the highes ...

(1909–1987), American nisei military leader * John Aiken (RAF officer) (1921–2005), Royal Air Force officer * John Alcock (RAF officer) (1892–1919), Royal Air Force officer * John Taylor Arms (1887–1953), United States Navy officer and etcher * John H. Aulick (1787–1791–1873), United States Navy officer *

John Cushing Aylwin John Cushing Aylwin (1780s – January 28, 1813) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.Marquis Who's Who, Inc. ''Who Was Who in American History, the Military''. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975.P.49 Early life B ...

(1780–1813), Officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 * John Babcock (1900–2010), last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War * John M. Bacon (1844–1913), American general * John Bacon (loyalist) (died 1783), Loyalist guerilla fighter during the American Revolutionary War *

John Baker (American Revolutionary War) John Baker (1722–1792) was a militia leader during the American Revolutionary War. Most notably he led the American militia in the Battle of Thomas Creek on May 17, 1777 against the British army of 250. Baker County, Georgia Baker County is ...

(1731–1787), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named * John Baker (RAF officer) (1897–1978), British air marshal * John Drayton Baker (1915–1942), United States Navy officer *

John Baker (general) General John Stuart Baker (24 February 1936 – 9 July 2007) was a senior Australian Army officer. Entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1954, his career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the Defence Force from 1995 ...

(1936–2007), Australian Chief of the Defence Force * John F. Baker Jr. (1945–2012), American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient *

John Baker (Royal Navy officer) Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral John Baker (1660 – 10 November 1716) was an officer of the Royal Navy and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1713 and 1716. He rose to the rank of Vice admiral ...

(1660–1716), English naval officer, MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis * John Baker (Medal of Honor, 1876) (1853–1???), American soldier *

John Henry Balch John Henry Balch (January 2, 1896 – October 15, 1980) was a United States Naval Reserve officer. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I. Education Balch enlisted in the Navy in Kansas City, Missouri under an officers trai ...

(1896–1980), United States Naval Reserve officer *

John Sanford Barnes John Sanford Barnes (May 12, 1836 – November 22, 1911) was a United States Navy officer and businessman and naval historian. Biography Barnes was born at West Point, New York, in 1836, while his father, General James Barnes, served as an ...

(1836–1911), United States Navy officer * John D. Barry (1839–1867), officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * John R. Baylor (1822–1894), Senior officer of the Confederate States Army *

John Bello John Joseph Bello (born March 30, 1946, in New Britain, Connecticut) is an American entrepreneur best known for creating and building the SoBe brand of New Age beverages. Early life Bello grew up in Plainville, Connecticut, the son of the late G ...

(born 1946), United States Navy officer * John Bell Blish (1860–1921), United States Navy officer * John Bigelow Jr. (1854–1936), United States Army lieutenant colonel *

John L. Borling John Lorin Borling (born March 24, 1940) is a retired major general of the United States Air Force whose military career spanned 33 years. He has piloted many aircraft including the F-15, F16, F-4, the SR-71 Blackbird, the U-2, and B-52 and ...

(born 1940), retired major general of the United States Air Force * John Buford (1826–1863), United States Army cavalry officer * John Bush (Royal Navy officer) (1914–2013), British Royal Navy officer * John Cooke (Royal Navy officer) (1762–1805), English Royal Navy officer * John G. Cowell (1785–1814), officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 *

John Cubbon Major-General John Hamilton Cubbon, (1911–1997) was a British Army officer. Military career Cubbon was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1931. He served as adjutant of the 7th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment with the British Expedi ...

(1911–1997), British Army officer and entrepreneur *

John Owen Donaldson Captain John Owen Donaldson (May 14, 1897 – September 7, 1930) was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Early life Donaldson was born in Fort Yates, North Dakota, the son of General Thomas Quinton Donaldson. He lef ...

(1897–1930), American World War I flying ace * John A. Dramesi (1933–2017), United States Air Force Colonel * John Eglit (1874–1914), United States Navy seaman serving in the * John Eisenhower, United States Army officer, diplomat, and military historian, second and youngest son of Dwight D. Eisenhower * John C. England (1920–1941), United States Navy officer * John Heaphy Fellowes (1932–2010), United States Navy captain and pilot * John P. Flynn (1922–1997), United States Air Force officer * John D. Foley (1918–1999), United States Army Air Forces gunner * John Franklin (1786–1847), British Royal Navy officer * John M. Franklin (1896–1975), American general *

John Gingell Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell, (3 February 1925 – 10 December 2009) was a senior Royal Air Force commander and Gentleman usher of the Black Rod. Military career The son of Ernest (1895–1981) and Hilda (née Attwood; 1894–1957) Ging ...

(1925–2009), senior Royal Air Force commander * John Harllee (admiral) (1914–2005), American admiral *

John Harrison (VC 1857) John Harrison VC (24 January 1832 – 27 December 1865) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life Harrison was born ...

(1832–1865), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross * John B. Henry Jr., United States Air Force general * John Joseph Henry (1758–1811), American Revolutionary War soldier * John Hotaling (1824–1886), American soldier * John Martin Howard (1917–1942), United States Navy officer *

John Johnson, 8th Seigneur of Sark John Johnson, 8th Seigneur of Sark (died 1723) was Seigneur of Sark from 1720 to 1723. The colonel and former commander of the garrison in Guernsey Guernsey (; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; french: Guernesey) is an island in the English ...

(died 1723), Seigneur of Sark, 1720–1723 * Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet (1741–1830), loyalist leader during the American Revolution * John "Liver-Eating" Johnson (1824–1900), American frontier figure * John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1839) (1839–1???), United States Navy sailor * John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1842) (1842–1907), Norwegian-American Medal of Honor recipient * John D. Johnson (general), U.S. Army general * John Paul Jones (1747–1792), Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War * John Kennedy (Medal of Honor) (1834–1910), American soldier * John Doby Kennedy (1840–1896), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * John J. Kennedy (Republic of Texas politician) (1814–1880), soldier, lawyer and sheriff * Sir

John Kennedy (British Army officer, born 1878) Major-General Sir John Kennedy (1878–1948) was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War and commanded 1st Division. Military career Educated at Haileybury, Kennedy was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland High ...

(1878–1948), British general * Sir John Kennedy (British Army officer, born 1893) (1893–1970), British general * John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879), British military engineer * John Thomas Kennedy (1885–1969), American soldier *

John Kelvin Koelsch John Kelvin Koelsch (December 22, 1923 – October 16, 1951) was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of America's highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the Korean War. He was the first helicopter pi ...

(1923–1951), United States Navy officer * John Lerew (1912–1996), Royal Australian Air Force officer * John B. Magruder (1807–1871), American and Confederate military officer * John Minor Maury (1795–1824), Lieutenant in the United States Navy * John S. McCain Jr. (1911–1981), United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander,

United States Pacific Command United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) is a unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region. Formerly known as United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) since its inception in 1947, ...

, father of John McCain *

John S. McCain Sr. John Sidney "Slew" McCain (August 9, 1884 – September 6, 1945) was a U.S. Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several command assignments during the Pacific campaign of World War II. He was a pioneer of a ...

(1884–1945), U.S. Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family, grandfather of John McCain * John Neville (general) (1731–1803), American Revolutionary War officer later prominent in the Whiskey Rebellion *

John T. Newton Commodore John Thomas Newton (May 20, 1793 – July 28, 1857) was an officer in the United States Navy"Death of Commodore Newton", ''Washington Evening Star'' (July 29, 1857), p. 2. who commanded several ships over a period of decades, underta ...

(1793–1857), United States Navy officer * John Verdun Newton (1916–1944), Australian Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) officer *

John Pitcairn Major John Pitcairn (28 December 1722 – 17 June 1775) was a Marine Service officer who was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts, at the start of the American War of Independence. Born in Scotland in 1722, Pitcairn joined the Naval Service at ...

(1722–1775), Marine Service officer * John R. Redman (1898–1970), United States Navy admiral * John Hamilton Roberts (1881–1962), Canadian Army two-star general * John Q. Roberts (1914–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient * John W. Roberts (1921–1999), United States Air Force four-star general * John Roberts (Royal Navy officer) (born 1924), British admiral * John Alexander Tyler, Son of John Tyler * John P. Van Leer (1825–1862), Union Army officer *

John Walker (RAF officer) Air Marshal Sir John Robert Walker, (born 26 May 1936) is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Chief of Defence Intelligence from 1991 to 1994. RAF career Walker joined the Royal Air Force in 1954 and was commissioned on 31 July 19 ...

(born 1936), Chief of Defence Intelligence * John Walker (Medal of Honor) (1845–1???), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Walker (officer of arms) John Riddell Bromhead Walker (21 June 1913 – 9 September 1984) was a soldier and long-serving English officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Following graduation from Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned a Second Li ...

(1913–1984), English officer of arms * John Anthony Walker (1937–2014), American communications specialist convicted in 1985 of spying for the Soviet Union * John C. Walker, Indiana physician and officer during the American Civil War * John George Walker (1821–1893), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War * John Grimes Walker (1835–1907), United States Navy admiral * John T. Walker (USMC) (1893–1955), United States Marine Corp general *

John Young (naval officer) John Young ( 17401781) was a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, commander of the which was lost at sea. Background He began his seafaring career at an early age in the colonial merchant marine and, at the s ...

(1740–1781), United States captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War

Musicians

(born 1947), American composer *

John Luther Adams John Luther Adams (born January 23, 1953) is an American composer whose music is inspired by nature, especially the landscapes of Alaska, where he lived from 1978 to 2014. His orchestral work '' Become Ocean'' was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize ...

(born 1953), American composer *

John Addison John Mervyn Addison (16 March 19207 December 1998) was a British composer best known for his film scores. Early life Addison was born in Chobham, Surrey to a father who was a colonel in the Royal Field Artillery, and this influenced the d ...

(1920–1998), English composer * John Anderson (jazz trumpeter) (1921–1974), American jazz musician * John Anderson (producer) (born 1948), Northern Irish composer and producer * John Anderson (musician) (born 1954), American country musician * John Anderson, vocalist for the British rock band

Charlie Charlie may refer to: Characters * "Charlie," the head of the Townsend Agency', from the ''Charlie's Angels'' franchise * Charlie, a character on signs for the CharlieCard, a smart card issued by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority * ...

(founded 1971) *

John Bailey (luthier) John Bailey (1931–2011) was a British luthier who made and repaired guitars and other stringed instruments during the 1960s revival of English folk music and beyond. Bailey lived in London until 1972 when he moved to Dartmouth, Devon, Dart ...

(1931–2011), maker of fine guitars in England * John Bailey (producer), Canadian recording engineer, producer * John Barry (1933–2011), English film composer * John Beal (composer), American film composer * John Blow (1649–1708), English composer * John Bonham (1948–1980), drummer/percussionist for Led Zeppelin * John Bull (1562–1628), English composer * John Bush (musician) (born 1963), American metal vocalist for Armored Saint and Anthrax * John Cage (1912–1992), American composer * John Casken (born 1949), English composer *

John Colianni John Colianni (born 1966) is an American jazz pianist. Early life The son of Patricia Colaianni and journalist James F. Colaianni, John Colianni was born in Paterson, New Jersey on January 7, 1966 and grew up in Maryland. Duke Ellington perf ...

(born 1966), American jazz pianist * John Coltrane (1926–1967), American jazz saxophonist and composer * John Cooper (musician) (born 1975), American bassist and vocalist for Skillet * John Corigliano (born 1938), American composer *

John Dankworth Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE (20 September 1927 – 6 February 2010), also known as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist and writer of film scores. With his wife, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, he ...

(1927–2010), English jazz musician * John Darnielle (born 1967), American singer-guitarist, founder of The Mountain Goats and half of

The Extra Lens The Extra Lens, formerly known as The Extra Glenns, is a band made up of Franklin Bruno (of Nothing Painted Blue and The Human Hearts) and John Darnielle (of the Mountain Goats). The band acts as a side project for both artists, and stayed unde ...

John David Davis John David Davis (22 October 1867 – 20 November 1942), often known as J D Davis, was an English composer, born in Edgbaston, near Birmingham.Leach, Gerald. ''British Composer Profiles'' (2012), p. 73 Career Although born into a musical family, ...

(1867–1942), English composer * John Denver (1943–1997), American folk and country singer *

John Deacon John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician, best known for being the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. He wrote several songs for the group, including Top 10 hits " You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bit ...

(born 1951), British bass player for Queen * John Doe (musician) (born 1953), American singer, songwriter, actor, and poet * John Dowland (1563–1626), English composer * John W. Duarte (1919–2004), English composer and guitarist *

John Dunstaple John Dunstaple (or Dunstable, – 24 December 1453) was an English composer whose music helped inaugurate the transition from the medieval to the Renaissance periods. The central proponent of the ''Contenance angloise'' style (), Dunstaple w ...

(1390–1453), English composer * John Entwistle (1944–2002), English bassist for The Who * John Fahey (1939–2001), American fingerstyle guitarist and composer * John Farmer (c.1570–c.1601), English madrigal composer * John Field (1782–1837), Irish composer * John Conant Flansburgh (born 1960), American singer-guitarist, founder of Mono Puff, and one half of They Might Be Giants * John Frusciante (born 1970), guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers * John Fogerty (born 1945), lead singer and guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival * John Foreman (musician) (born 1972), Australian musician * John Foulds (1880–1939), English composer * John Gardner (1917–2011), English composer *

John Maxwell Geddes John Maxwell Geddes (26 May 1941 – 7 September 2017) was a Scottish composer and academic. He taught in Scotland and in institutions in Europe and America; compositions include three symphonies. Life Geddes was born in Maryhill, Glasgow in 1941; ...

(1941–2017), Scottish composer and academic * John D. H. Greenwood (1889–1975), English composer * John Harbison (born 1938), American composer * John Heard (musician) (born 1938), jazz bassist * John Hicks (pianist) (1941–2006), American jazz pianist and composer * John Ireland (1879–1962), English composer * John Jarrard (1953–2001), American country music songwriter * John Jenkins (1592–1678), English composer * John Joubert (1927–2019), English composer * John Kander (born 1927), American musical theatre composer * John Kinsella (1932–2021), Irish composer *

John Lanchbery John Arthur Lanchbery OBE (15 May 1923 – 27 February 2003) was an English- Australian composer and conductor, famous for his ballet arrangements. He served as the Principal Conductor of the Royal Ballet from 1959 to 1972, Principal Conductor ...

(1923–2003), English-Australian composer *

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

(1940–1980), English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Beatles * John Charles Julian Lennon (born 1963), English singer, son of John Lennon * John Sidney Linnell (born 1959), American singer-songwriter and one half of They Might Be Giants *

John Henry Maunder John Henry Maunder (February 21, 1858 – January 21, 1920) was an English composer and organist best known for his cantata "Olivet to Calvary" . Life John Henry Maunder was born in Chelsea and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He ...

(1858–1920), English composer and organist * John McCabe (1939–2015), British composer and classical pianist * John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948), Scottish composer * John Newman (singer) (born 1990), English singer, musician, songwriter and record producer * John Oates (born 1948), American musician, half of Hall & Oates *

John O'Neill (guitarist) John Joseph O'Neill (born 26 August 1957) is a musician who is the rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter of the punk rock/New wave music, new wave band The Undertones. O'Neill, along with his younger brother Vincent and friends Feargal Shar ...

(born 1957), Irish rhythm guitarist * John Knowles Paine (1839–1906), American composer * John Pickard (born 1963), British composer * John Prine (1946–2020), American singer-songwriter * John Rutter (born 1945), English composer, conductor and choral arranger * John Scofield (born 1951), American guitarist and composer * John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), American composer *

John Stainer Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today (with the exception of ''The Crucifixion'', still heard at Passiontide in some churches of the Anglican Communi ...

(1840–1901), British composer * John Stanley (1712–1786), English composer * John Sykes (1909–1962), English composer * John Sykes (born 1959), guitarist for Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake * John Tavener (1944–2013), 20th century English composer * John Taverner (1490–1545), 16th century English composer *

John Veale John Douglas Louis Veale (15 June 1922 – 16 November 2006) was an English classical composer. Early career He was born in Shortlands, Bromley, Kent; his father, the civil servant Douglas Veale, later served as Registrar of the University o ...

(1922–2006), English composer * John White (born 1936), English experimental composer * John Whitehead (singer) (1948–2004), American singer and songwriter * John Wilbye (1574–1638), English composer * John Williams (born 1932), American composer, conductor, and pianist * John Woolrich (born 1954), English composer * John Zorn (born 1953), American composer, saxophonist and bandleader

Scientists

John Adams (physicist) Sir John Bertram Adams (24 May 1920 – 3 March 1984) was an English accelerator physicist and administrator. Adams is mostly known for his work at CERN and Culham Laboratory. Despite a lack of formal university education, Adams worked fo ...

(1920–1984), British accelerator physicist *

John Couch Adams John Couch Adams (; 5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge. His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position o ...

(1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomer * John Franklin Adams (1843–1912), British amateur astronomer and author of stellar maps * John Stacey Adams, behavioral psychologist known for equity theory * John Till Adams (1748–1786), English Quaker physician * John Alderson (physician) (1758–1829), English physician * John Lawrence Angel (1915–1986), British-American biological anthropologist * John Baker (biologist) (1900–1984), British biologist and anthropologist *

John Baker, Baron Baker John Fleetwood Baker, Baron Baker, (19 March 1901 – 9 September 1985) was a British scientist and structural engineer. Early life Baker was born in Liscard, Cheshire, a son of J.W. Baker and Emily Fleetwood. He was educated at Rossall Schoo ...

(1901–1985), British engineer * John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920), British botanist * John Norman Leonard Baker (1893–1971), British geographer * John Holland Baker (1841–1930), New Zealand surveyor and public servant * John Berkenhout (1726–1791), English physician * John Roosevelt Boettiger, grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt * Sir John Carroll (astronomer) (1899–1974), British astronomer * John Alexander Carroll (died 2000), American history professor * John Bissell Carroll (1916–2003), American cognitive scientist * John L. Carroll, American legal academic *

John M. Carroll (information scientist) John Millar Carroll (born 1950) is an American distinguished professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University, where he previously served as the Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology. Carroll ...

(active since born 1950), American information scientist * John Clauser (born 1942), American theoretical and experimental physicist * John Clements Davis (born 1938), American geologist * John Fothergill (physician) (1712–1780), English physician * John Goodsir (1814–1867), Scottish anatomist and a pioneer in the formulation of cell theory *

John Henry (toxicologist) Professor John Anthony Henry (Born: 11 March 1939 at Greenwich, England, died 8 May 2007) was a professor specialising in toxicology in the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. He conducted resea ...

(1939–2007), English toxicologist * John R. Lukacs (born 1947), American anthropologist *

(1808–1880), American congressman from Pennsylvania * John G. Trump, uncle of Donald Trump * John Truss (born 1947), British mathematician * John Van Denburgh (1872–1924), American herpetologist * John Weir (geologist) (1896–1978), Scottish geologist and palaeontologist * John Wood (surgeon) (1825–1891), British surgeon at King's College Hospital * John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist * John L. Wood (born 1964), American chemist * John Ligertwood Paterson (1820–1882), Scottish medical doctor known for working in Bahia, Brazil * John S. Fossey, British chemist and professor at the University of Birmingham *

John Medley Wood John Medley Wood (1 December 1827 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England – 26 August 1915 Durban) was a South African botanist who contributed greatly to the knowledge of Natal ferns, is generally credited with the establishment of sugarcane mos ...

(1827–1915), South African botanist * John Nicholas Wood, British neurobiologist * John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer, and archaeologist

Writers

* John David Anderson (born 1975), American writer * John J. Anderson (1956–1989), writer and editor covering computers and technology * J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964), English poet * John Baker (author) (born 1942), British novelist * John Baker (legal historian) (born 1944), English legal historian and academic *

John Roman Baker John Roman Baker is a British poet, playwright and novelist. Theatre His first play 'Limitations' launched the first season of the Gay Sweatshop Theatre company. In 1989, his play 'Crying Celibate Tears' was presented at the Sussex Aids Cent ...

(born 1944), British playwright and activist *

John Banville William John Banville (born 8 December 1945) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas and screenwriter. Though he has been described as "the heir to Proust, via Nabokov", Banville himself maintains that W. B. Yeats and Henry J ...

(born 1945), Irish writer * John Barth (born 1930), American writer *

John Tucker Battle John Tucker Battle (October 1, 1902 – October 31, 1962) was an American screenwriter. He wrote for television programs including ''Bonanza'', '' Have Gun, Will Travel'', ''Maverick'', '' Colt .45'', ''The Restless Gun'', ''Bat Masterson'' and ...

(1902–1962), American screenwriter * John Betjeman (1906–1984), English poet, writer and broadcaster * John Braine (1922–1986), English writer * John Bunyan (1628–1688), English writer and preacher * John Bryant (journalist) (1944–2020), British journalist * John Buchan (1875–1940), British author and politician * John Carroll (author) (born 1944), Australian conservative writer *

John Carroll (journalist) John Sawyer Carroll (January 23, 1942 – June 14, 2015) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, known for his work as the editor of the ''Lexington Herald-Leader,'' the ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''The Baltimore Sun''. Early life ...

(1942–2015), American journalist and editor * John Francis Carroll (1858–1917), newspaper publisher and editor * John Cheever (1912–1982), American novelist and short story writer * John Clare (1793–1964), English poet * John Maxwell Coetzee (born 1940), South African-Australian novelist and essayist *

John Cunliffe (author) John Arthur Cunliffe (16 June 1933 – 20 September 2018) was an English children's book author and television presenter who created the characters of ''Postman Pat'' and ''Rosie and Jim''. Biography Cunliffe was born in Colne, Lancashire, the ...

, English children's book author * John Donne (1572–1631), English poet and cleric *

John Dryden '' John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the p ...

(1631–1700), English poet and playwright * John T. Dugan (1920–1994), American screenwriter *

John Dunkel John Dunkel (February 21, 1915 – February 22, 2001) was an American screenwriter. In the 1930s he wrote for CBS Radio in Hollywood, California. Dunkel wrote for television programs including ''Gunsmoke'', ''Bonanza'', ''The Life and Legend of ...

(1915–2001), American screenwriter * John Fowles (1926–2005), English novelist * John Galsworthy (1867–1933), English novelist and playwright * John Gardner (1933–1982), American novelist and educator * John Gardner (1926–2007), English spy and thriller novelist * John Gray (1866–1934), English poet *

John Grant (author) Paul le Page Barnett (22 November 1949 – 3 February 2020), known by the pen name of John Grant, was a Scottish writer and editor of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction. Biography Born Paul le Page Barnett in Aberdeen, Scotland, Grant h ...

(1949–2020), pseudonym used by science fiction writer Paul Le Page Barnett * John Grant (1930–2014), Scottish author and illustrator * John L. Greene (1912–1995), American screenwriter * John Grisham (born 1955), American writer * John Gunther (1901–1970), American journalist and author *

M. John Harrison Michael John Harrison (born 26 July 1945), known for publication purposes primarily as M. John Harrison, is an English author and literary critic.Kelley, George. "Harrison, M(ichael) John" in Jay P. Pederson (.ed) ''St. James guide to sci ...

(born 1945), author * John Hersey (1914–1993), American journalist and novelist *

John Hockenberry John Charles Hockenberry (born June 4, 1956) is an American journalist and author. He has reported from all over the world, on a wide variety of stories in several mediums for more than three decades. He has written dozens of magazine and newsp ...

(born 1956), American journalist and author * John Irving (born 1942), American novelist and screenwriter *

John Major Jenkins John Major Jenkins (4 March 1964 – 2 July 2017) was an American author and pseudoscientific researcher. He is best known for his works that theorize certain astronomical and esoteric connections of the calendar systems used by the Maya civilizat ...

(born 1964), American author and populariser of the Maya calendar * John Keats (1795–1821), English romantic poet *

John le Carré David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. ...

(1931–2020), British-Irish author *

John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels ''The Midnight Folk'' and ''The Box of Delights'', and the poem ...

(1878–1967), English poet and writer *

John McClain John McClain is a retired American sportswriter. He was the winner of the 2006 Dick McCann Memorial Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Early life and education McClain grew up in Waco, Texas and graduated from Baylor University in 1975. C ...

, American sportswriter *

John McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the four ...

(born 1931), American writer * John Milton (1608–1674), English poet and intellectual *

John Muir John Muir ( ; April 21, 1838December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologis ...

(1838–1914), Scottish-born American naturalist and author * John Mulaney (born 1982), American comedian known for his work on ''Saturday Night Live'' * John Munonye (1929–1999), Igbo writer * John Dos Passos (1896–1970), American novelist * John Pearson (author) (1930–2021), English novelist * John Preston (English author) (born 1953), English journalist and novelist * John Pudney (1909–1977), British poet, journalist and author * John Rappaport (screenwriter), American screenwriter * John Rechy (born 1931), Mexican-American novelist and essayist * John Romita Sr., father of John Romita Jr. * John Romita Jr., son of John Romita Sr. * John Robbins (author) (born 1947), American author, known for his books on food and health * John Scalzi (born 1969), American science fiction author * John Steinbeck (1902–1968), American writer * John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer and philologist * John Updike (1932–2009), American novelist * John Verney (author) (1913–1993), English author and illustrator * John Weir (writer) (born 1959), American writer * John Whittington, American screenwriter * John Wyndham (1903–1969), English writer * John Younger (writer) (1785–1860), writer, shoemaker, and poet

Actors

* John Aasen (1890–1938), American actor *

John G. Adolfi John Gustav Adolfi (February 19, 1888 – May 11, 1933) was an American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout his career. An early acting credit was in the recently restored 1912 f ...

(1888–1933), American actor * John Alderton (born 1940), English retired actor *

John Ales John Ales (born January 3, 1969) is an American actor best known for appearing in ''Spy Hard'', '' The Nutty Professor'', '' You Wish'', and other films and television series. Filmography Film *''Crime Killer'' (1985) ... Kids *''Spy Hard'' (1 ...

(born 1969), American actor * John Alvin (actor) (1917–2009), American actor *

John Patrick Amedori John Patrick Amedori is an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Gabe Mitchell in ''Dear White People''. Amedori appeared in the film ''The Vatican Tapes'' (2015). He has also appeared in a number of television shows, including '' ...

(born 19??), American actor and musician * John Amos (born 1939), American actor *

John Anderson (actor) John Robert Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) was an American character actor who performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions during a career that spanned over four decades. Life and career Anderson was born and ...

, (1922–1992), American actor * John Anderson (director) (born 1954), American documentary film director, producer, editor and writer *

John Anderson (sportscaster) John Anderson (born ) is a sports commentator from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a host of the ESPN TV program ''SportsCenter'' since June 1999. Since Brian Kenny's departure to the MLB Network, he mostly appears on the 11pm-1am edition with Joh ...

(born 1965), American ESPN television sports journalist and co-host of ''Wipeout'' * John Anderson (TV personality) (born 1931), Scottish television personality, referee on the series ''Gladiators'' * John H. Anderson, American set decorator *

John Murray Anderson John Murray Anderson (September 20, 1886 – January 30, 1954) was a Canadian theatre director and producer, songwriter, actor, screenwriter, dancer and lighting designer, who made his career in the United States, primarily in New York City a ...

(1886–1954), Newfoundland-American theater director *

John Aniston John Anthony Aniston (born Yannis Anastassakis, , July 24, 1933 – November 11, 2022) was a Greek-born American actor who played Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime drama series ''Days of Our Lives'', which he originated in July 1985 and played ...

(1933–2022), Greek-born American actor father of actress

Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career ...

* John Aprea (born 1941), American actor and comedian * John Arledge (1906–1947), American actor * John Ashley (actor) (1934–1997), American actor * John Astin (born 1930), American actor * John Aylward (1946–2022), American actor * John Baer (actor) (1923–2006), American actor * John Bailey (1947–1994), American actor * John Barrowman (born 1967), British-American actor *

John Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ...

(1882–1942), American actor * John Blyth Barrymore (born 1954), American actor son of John Drew Barrymore * John Drew Barrymore (1932–2004), American actor son of John Barrymore * John Belushi (1949–1982), American actor and comedian * John Boncore (1952–2013), American actor *

John Bowers (actor) John Bowers (born John E. Bowersox; December 25, 1885 – November 17, 1936) was an American stage and silent film actor who starred in 94 films including several short subjects. He has been identified as being an inspiration for the character ...

(1885–1936), American actor * John Boyega (born 1992), English actor * John Brandon (actor) (1929–2014), American film and television actor * John Byner (born 1938), American actor, comedian and impressionist * John Candy (1950–1994), Canadian actor * John Carlisle (actor) (1935–2011), British actor * John Carradine (1906–1988), American actor * John Challis (1942–2021), English actor * John Cliff (actor) (1918–2001), American film and television actor *

John Cornell John Cornell (2 March 1941 – 23 July 2021) was an Australian actor, director, producer, writer, and businessman. He was best known for his role as "Strop" on ''The Paul Hogan Show'', and he was instrumental in the introduction of World Seri ...

(1941–2021), Australian actor * John Cusack (born 1966), American actor, producer, and screenwriter *

John Diehl John Henry Diehl (born May 1, 1950) is an American character actor. Noted for his work in avant-garde theater, Diehl has performed in more than 140 films and television shows, including ''Land of Plenty'', '' Stripes'', ''City Limits'', ''Nixon ...

(born 1950), American actor * John DiMaggio (born 1968), American actor and voice actor *

John Dullaghan John Joseph Dullaghan III (November 27, 1930 – January 18, 2009) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was known for playing the role of Dr. Wilker in the American science fiction television series ''Battlestar Galactica''. Dul ...

(1930–2009), American film, stage and television actor * John Erwin (born 1936), American voice actor * John Estrada (born 1973), Filipino actor * John Forsythe (1918–2010), American actor * John Franklin (actor) (born 1959), American actor *

John Garfield John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of ...

(1913–1952), American actor * John Gielgud (1904–2000), English actor *

John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He gained national fame for his role as the family patriarch Dan Conner in the ABC comedy series '' Roseanne'' (1988–1997; 2018), for which he received a Golden Globe Award, ...

(born 1952), American actor * John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962), British voice actor *

John Bregar John Francis Bregar (born March 1, 1985) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Dylan Michalchuk on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. He also played Cody Flowers in '' Family Biz''. His professional acting debut was starring in the mu ...

(born 1985),Canadian actor * John Hannah (born 1962), Scottish actor *

John Hasler John Hasler (born 21 April 1974) is an English actor. He is best known as T-Shirt in the children's television series '' T-Bag'' from 1985 to 1992, and for voicing Thomas the Tank Engine in the UK dub of the children's television series '' Thom ...

(born 1974), English actor and voice actor * John Heard (actor) (1946–2017), American actor * John Heffernan (American actor) (1934–2018), American film, stage and television actor *

John Henry (actor) John Henry (1738-October 16, 1794) was an Irish-born actor and early American actor and theatre manager. Career Henry was born in Dublin, performed there and in London, and went to Jamaica with Charles Storer and his family about 1762. He ma ...

(1738–1794), Irish and early American actor *

John Hora John Charles Hora (February 16, 1940 – February 9, 2021) was an American cinematographer and actor who was active from the 1970s to the 2000s. Career Hora worked with director Joe Dante in numerous films, including '' The Howling'' in 1981, '' ...

(1940–2021), American actor * John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor * John Hoyt (1905–1991), American actor * John Hurt (1940–2017), English actor * John M. Jackson (born 1950), American actor * John Kassir (born 1957), American actor, voice actor and stand-up comedian * John Krasinski (born 1979), American actor, director and producer * John Lasell (born 1928), American film and television actor * John Lawlor (actor), (born 1941), American actor and assistant director * John Lebar, British actor * John Lone (born 1952), Hong Kong-born American actor * John Lithgow (born 1945), American actor, author, musician, poet and singer * John Carroll Lynch (born 1963), American actor *

John Mahon (actor) John Patrick Mahon (February 3, 1938 – May 3, 2020) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Captain Gillette in the 2007 film '' Zodiac''. Life and career Mahon was born in Scranton, Pennsylva ...

(1938–2020), American film, stage and television actor * John Malkovich (born 1953), American actor, voice actor, producer, director and fashion designer * John Martin (actor) (born 1951), American film and television actor *

John C. McGinley John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor. His best known roles include Perry Cox in '' Scrubs'', Bob Slydell in ''Office Space'', Captain Hendrix in '' The Rock'', Sergeant Red O'Neill in Oliver Stone's ''Platoon,'' ...

(born 1959), American actor * John Miljan (1892–1960), American actor * John Mulaney (born 1982), American actor and stand-up comedian * John Neville (actor) (1925–2011), English theatre and film actor * John Alexander Luft "Xander" Mobus, American voice actor * John O'Hurley (born 1954), American actor, comedian, author, game show host and television personality *

John Paragon John Dixon Paragon (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'', where he portrayed Jambi the Genie and provided the voice for Pterri ...

(1954–2021), American actor, writer, and director *

John Ratzenberger John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947)About John
from Ratzenberger's official website is an Americ ...

(born 1947), American actor, voice actor, director and entrepreneur *

John C. Reilly John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and writer. After his film debut in '' Casualties of War'' (1989), he gained exposure through his supporting roles in '' Days of Thunder'' (1990), '' ...

(born 1965), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and musician * John Ritter (1948–2003), American actor * John Richardson (actor) (1934–2021), English actor * John Franklyn-Robbins, British actor *

John Robbins (illustrator) John Nelson Robbins, Jr. (1938–2016) was an illustrator and educator, who hosted the public television program '' Cover to Cover'', aired in the United States and Canada from the 1960s to the 1990s. Background Robbins was born at Greensboro, No ...

(died 2016), host of the public television program ''Cover to Cover'' * John Paul Ruttan (born 2001), Canadian actor * John P. Ryan (1936–2007), American actor * John Schlesinger (1926–2003), English film and stage director, and actor * John Schwab (born 1972), American actor, voice actor, musician and producer * John Snee (born 1974), American former film and television actor *

John Stahl John Macdonald Steele (23 June 1953 – 2 March 2022), better known as John Stahl, was a Scottish actor best known for playing Rickard Karstark in HBO's '' Game of Thrones'' and Tom 'Inverdarroch' Kerr in ''High Road''. Life and career Stahl ...

(1953–2022), Scottish actor * John Stamos (born 1963), American actor and musician * John Stephenson (1923/1924–2015), American actor * John Stocker (voice actor) (born 1947), Canadian voice actor *

John Todd John Todd or Tod may refer to: Clergy *John Todd (abolitionist) (1818–1894), preacher and 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad * John Todd (author) (1800–1873), American minister and author * John Todd (bishop), Anglican bishop in the early ...

(1876–1957), American actor * John Travolta (born 1954), American actor and singer *

John Viener Jonathan David Viener (; born July 10, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Early life Viener was born in New York City, New York. Career He is a writer and producer on the television series '' Family Guy'', where he al ...

(born 1972), American actor, comedian, writer, and producer * John Vivyan (1915–1983), American stage and television actor * John Wayne (1907–1979), American actor and filmmaker * John Zenda (1944–1994), American film and television actor

Sportsmen

* John (footballer) (born 1996), Brazilian footballer * John H. Adams (jockey) (1914–1995), American Hall of Fame jockey * John Adams (basketball) (1917–1979), All-American basketball player from Arkansas * John Adams (drummer) (born 1951), perennial attendee of Cleveland Indians baseball home games * John Adams (golfer) (born 1954), American professional golfer * John Adams (judoka) (born 1960), Dominican Republic judoka * John Adams (ice hockey, born 1920) (1920–1996), Canadian ice hockey winger in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens * John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946), Canadian ice hockey goaltender * John Aeta (born 2000), Solomon Islands footballer * John Alderton (American football) (1931–2013), American professional football defensive lineman * John Andrews (American football) (born 1948), American football player * John Anson (born 1949), Canadian retired professional wrestler * John Babcock (wrestler) (fl. 1904), American Olympic wrestler * John Bacon (footballer) (born 1973), Irish footballer * John Bacon (cricketer) (1871–1942), English cricketer * John Bailey (footballer, born 1950), English footballer and chairman * John Bailey (footballer, born 1957), English footballer * John Bailey (footballer, born 1969), English footballer * John Bailey (rugby league) (born 1954), Australian rugby league footballer and coach * John Bailey (English cricketer) (born 1940), English cricketer * John Bailey (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1941), New Zealand cricketer * John Bates (American football) (born 1997), American football player * John Beale (footballer) (1930–1995), English footballer * John Beedell (1933–2014), New Zealand-born, Canadian sprint canoer * John Biolo (1916–2003), American football player * John Bonica (1917–1994), Italian professional wrestler * John Brannon (American football) (born 1998), American football player * John Brown (wide receiver) (born 1990), American football wide receiver * John Bruhin (1964–2022), American football guard * John Cena (born 1977), American professional wrestler, actor, television presenter and rapper * John Condrone (1960–2020), American professional wrestler * John Cuffe (1880–1931), Australian-born English first-class cricketer * John Cusack (hurler) (1925–2002), Irish hurler, active in the 1940s and 1950s * John Diehl (American football) (1936–2012), American football player * Johnny Dodd (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1950s for New Zealand, and Wellington * John-John Dohmen (born 1988), Belgian field hockey player * John Duffy (soccer), U.S. soccer player at 1928 Summer Olympics * John Edgar (English footballer) (1930–2006), English footballer * John Edgar (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer * John John Florence (born 1992), American surfer * John Hawley Edwards (1850–1893), footballer; a founder of Welsh Football Association * John Dunlop Edwards (1860–1911), Jack Edwards, Australian cricketer * John Edwards (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1???), English footballer * John Edwards (Canadian football) (1912–2005), Canadian football player * John Edwards (cricketer, born 1928) (1928–2002), Australian cricketer * John Edwards (Barbadian cricketer) (1909–1976), Barbadian cricketer * John Edwards (Australian footballer) (born 1942), Australian rules footballer * John Edwards (canoeist) (born 1954), Canadian sprint canoer * John Edwards (basketball) (born 1981), American basketball player * John Edwards (racing driver) (born 1991), American racing driver * John Farragher (born 1957), Australian former professional rugby league footballer * John Ferguson Sr. (1938–2007) American professional ice hockey player and executive * Cyclecraft, John Franklin (cyclist), British cyclist * John Franklin (footballer) (1924–2005), English football forward * Johnny Gargano, John "Johnny" Gargano (born 1987), American professional wrestler * John Garlington (1946–2000), American football linebacker * John Goodner (1944–2005), American football coach * John Gunter (football manager), American football manager * John Heard (basketball) (born 1939), Australian Olympic basketball player * John Henderson (darts player) (born 1973), Scottish darts player * John Henry (catcher) (1889–1941), American baseball catcher * John Henry (footballer) (born 1971), Scottish footballer * John Henry (outfielder/pitcher) (1863–1939), American baseball outfielder/pitcher * John Hicks (American football) (1951–2016), lineman * John Hicks (baseball) (born 1989) * John Hicks (cricketer) (1850–1912) * John Hicks (field hockey) (born 1938) * Johnny Smith (wrestler), John Hindley (born 1965), real name of retired British professional wrestler Johnny Smith * John Horgan (hurler) (1950–2016), Irish sportsperson * John G. Horgan (1866–1921), pocket billiards (pool) player * John Houseman (baseball) (1870–1922), European Major League Baseball player * John Hurd (1914–2001), American fencer * John Klug (born 1965), Australian rules former professional footballer * John Kronus (1969–2007), American professional wrestler * John Lindsay (Paralympian) (born 1970), Australian Paralympic athlete * John Layfield (born 1966), American retired professional wrestler * John Madden (1936–2021), American football coach and television announcer * John Madden (hurler) (born 1968), Irish hurling selector and player * John Madden (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player * John Matuszak (1950–1989), American football defensive end * John McMullin (baseball) (1849–1881), American baseball player * John McMullin (golfer), American golfer * John McSeveney (1931–2020), Scottish footballer and manager * John Major (cricketer) (1861–1930), English cricketer * John John Molina (born 1965), Puerto Rican boxer * Big John Studd, John Minton (1948–1995), real name of American professional wrestler Big John Studd * John Morrison (wrestler), John Morrison (born 1979), American professional wrestler * John Selwyn Moll, John Moll (1913–1942), English rugby union player * John Morkel (1928–2010), South African born Rhodesian international rugby union player * John Wayne Murdoch (born 1988), American professional wrestler * John Naber (born 1956), American former competitive swimmer * John Hunter Nemechek (born 1997), American racing driver * John Nogowski (born 1993), American baseball player * John Nord (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler * John Pearson (cricketer) (1915–2007), English cricketer * John Pearson (curler) (active 1959), Scottish curler * John Pearson (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1931), English football player and referee * John Pearson (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1937), Scottish football player * John Pearson (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1979), English football player * John Pearson (footballer, born 1935), English football player * John Pearson (footballer, born 1946), English football player * John Pearson (footballer, born 1963), English football player * John Pearson (gymnast) (1902–1984), American gymnast * John Pearson (sport shooter) (1926–1994), British Olympic shooter * John Pesek (1894–1978), American professional wrestler * Johnny Reagan (1926–2018), baseball coach * John Maunsell Richardson (1846–1912), English cricketer, Member of Parliament and twice winner of the English Grand National * John Richardson (Derbyshire cricketer) (1856–1940), English cricketer for Derbyshire County Cricket Club * John Richardson (tennis) (1873–1???), South African Olympic tennis player * Mick Richardson (John Mettham Richardson, 1874–1920), English footballer active in the 1890s * John Richardson (Yorkshire cricketer) (1908–1985), English cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club * John Richardson (South African cricketer) (born 1935), South African cricketer for North Eastern Transvaal * Jock Richardson (1906–1986), Scottish footballer * John Richardson (American football) (born 1945), American football player for the Miami Dolphins * John Richardson (baseball), American baseball player * John Richardson (footballer, born 1949) (1949–1984), English football player for Brentford, Fulham and Aldershot * John Richardson (footballer, born 1966), English football player for Colchester * John Richardson (rower) (born 1944), Canadian rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics * John Roberts (footballer, born 1956), Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne/Sydney Swans and in South Australia * John Roberts (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1956), Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne * John Roberts Jr. (billiards player) (1847–1919), player of English billiards * John Roberts (Shropshire cricketer) (born 1948), Shropshire cricketer * John Roberts (Lancashire cricketer) (1933–2019), English cricketer * John Roberts (Somerset cricketer) (born 1949), Somerset cricketer * John Roberts (footballer, born 1857) (1857–1???), Welsh (from Llangollen) international footballer * John Roberts (footballer, born 1858) (1858–1???), Welsh international footballer * John Roberts (footballer, born 1885) (1885–19??), English footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bristol Rovers * John Roberts (footballer, born 1887) (1887–19??), English-born footballer active in Italy for Milan and Modena * John Roberts (footballer, born 1891) (1891–19??), Scottish footballer * John Roberts (footballer, born 1944), Australian soccer player * John Roberts (footballer, born 1946) (1946–2016), Welsh international footballer who played for Wrexham and Arsenal * John Roberts (hurler) (1895–1987), Irish hurler * John Roberts (rower) (born 1953), British Olympic rower * John Roberts (rugby player) (1906–1965), Welsh rugby player * John Roberts (American football) (1920–2012), American football, wrestling and track coach * John de Saulles (1878–1917), American football player and coach * John Stones (born 1994), English footballer * John Tatum (wrestler), John Tatum (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler * John Tavares (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player * John Tenta (1963–2006), Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler * John Kennedy Tod (1852–1925), Scottish rugby union player * John Todd (footballer) (born 1938), Australian rules football player and coach * John Todd (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s * John Weir (footballer), Scottish footballer * John Williams (mixed martial artist) (born 1940), Canadian retired mixed martial artist * John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), baseball player * John Wood (canoeist) (1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer * John Wood (racing driver) (born 1952), CART driver * John Wood (rugby league) (born 1956), English rugby league footballer who played for Great Britain * John Young (first baseman) (1949–2016), American baseball first baseman * John Young (cricketer, born 1863) (1863–1933), English cricketer * John Young (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1913), English cricketer * John Young (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1960), English cricketer * John Young (cyclist) (1936–2013), Australian cyclist * John Young (field hockey) (born 1934), Canadian Olympic hockey player * John Young (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1915), Scottish footballer * John Young (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1???), Scottish footballer * John Young (footballer, born 1891) (1891–1947), Scottish footballer * John Young (footballer, born 1951), Scottish footballer and manager * John Young (footballer, born 1957), Scottish footballer (Denver Avalanche) * John Young (ice hockey), American ice hockey and roller hockey player * John Young (rugby union) (1937–2020), English rugby union player * John Young (swimmer) (1917–2006), Bermudian swimmer

Criminals

* John Arthur Ackroyd (died 2016), American murderer * John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), British criminal * John Patrick Addis (1950–2006), American parental child kidnapper * John Agrue (1947–2009), American serial killer * John Alite (born 1962), Albanian American former Gambino crime family associate * John Allen (murderer), John Allen (1934–2015), British criminal * John Ashley (bandit), John Ashley (1888 or 1895–1924), American outlaw * John Balaban (serial killer) (1924–1953), Romanian-born serial killer * John Battaglia (1955–2018), American murderer * John Baughman (1941–2000), American murderer * John Baxter (explorer) (1799–1841), Irish convict * John C. Beale (born 1948), former senior policy advisor convicted of fraud and theft * John William Bean (1824–1882), British criminal who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria * John Billee (1873–1890), American outlaw and Creek Indian * John Bittrolff (born 1966), American murderer * John Bodkin (c. 1720 – 1742), Irish murder * John T. Bone (1947–2019), British pornographic film director who became a drug dealer * John Bull (gunman) (1836–1929), English gunman * John Dwight Canaday (1945–2012), American serial killer * John Cannan (born 1954), British murderer, serial rapist, and serial abductor * John Charles Bolsinger (1957–1988), American serial killer * John Wilkes Booth (1838–1865), American who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln * John Paul Chase (1901–1973), American robber * John Childs (murderer), John Childs, British hit man and serial killer * John William Clouser (born 1932), American robber * John Cooper (serial killer), John Cooper (born 1944), Welsh serial killer * John Coxon (pirate), John Coxon, pirate and fugitive * John Martin Crawford (1962–2020), Canadian serial killer * John Christie (serial killer), John Christie (1899–1953), English serial killer * John Crenshaw (1797–1871), American kidnapper * John Brennan Crutchley (1946–2002), American convicted kidnapper, rapist, and suspected serial killer * John Cunningham (Irish criminal), John Cunningham, Irish drug smuggler and kidnapper * John D'Amato (died 1992), American murder mobster * John Darwin disappearance case, John Darwin (born 1950), British criminal * John Dickman (1864–1910), English murderer * John Dillinger (1903–1934), American gangster of the Great Depression * John Duffy and David Mulcahy, John Duffy (born 1958), British serial rapist * John David Duty (1952–2010), American murderer * John Eichinger (born 1972), American murderer * John Ewell (born 1957), American serial killer * John Factor (1892–1984), American prohibition-era gangster and con artist * John Linley Frazier (1946–2009), American mass murderer * John Wayne Gacy (1942–1994), American serial killer and sex offender * John Albert Gardner (born 1979), American convicted double murderer, rapist, and child molester * John Geoghan (1935–2003), American serial child rapist * John Getreu (born 1944), American murderer and possible serial killer * John Charles Gilkey (born 1968), American prolific serial thief * John K. Giles (1895–1979), American inmate at Alcatraz prison * John Gotti (1940–2002), American gangster * John Haigh (1909–1949), English serial killer * John Hamilton (gangster) (1899–1934), Canadian fugitive * John Patrick Hannan (born 1933), Irish prison fugitive who holds the record for the longest escape from custody * John Wesley Hardin (1853–1895), American Old West outlaw * John Ruthell Henry (1951–2014), American serial killer * John R. Hicks (1956–2005), American murderer * John Hinckley Jr. (born 1955), American criminal * John Hirst (criminal), John Hirst (born 1950), British convicted murderer * John Michael Hooker (1953–2003), American serial killer * John Joubert (serial killer), John Joubert (1963–1996), American serial killer * John Kinney (outlaw) (1847–1919), American outlaw of the Old West, who formed the John Kinney Gang * John Kiriamiti (born 1950), Kenyan former bank robber * John M. Larn (1849–1878), American lawman and later outlaw * John Walker Lindh (born 1981), American who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001 * John List (serial killer), John List (1925–2008), American mass murderer and fugitive * John Ingvar Lövgren (1930–2002), Swedish serial killer * John and Sarah Makin, John Makin (1845–1893), Australian murderer * John Peter Malveaux (born 1964), American serial killer * John Mason (outlaw) (18??–April 1866), American fugitive and one of the leaders of the Mason Henry Gang * John McAfee (1945–2021), British-American computer programmer and businessman who committed suicide in prison * John McCaffary (1820–1851), Irish-American murderer * John Middleton (cowboy), John Middleton (1854–1885), American outlaw and friend of Billy the Kid * John Murrell (bandit) (1806–1844), American outlaw * John Palmer (criminal) (1950–2015), English gangster * John Felton Parish (1933–1982), American mass murderer * John Paul Sr. (racing driver) (born 1939), American racing driver, convicted felon and fugitive whose whereabouts are unknown * John Parsons (criminal), John Parsons (born 1971), American fugitive * John M. Pyle (born 1956), American fugitive * John Richardson (convict) (1797–1882), Australian convict who accompanied several exploring expeditions as a botanical collector * John Edward Robinson (born 1943), American serial killer, con man, embezzler, kidnapper, and forger * John Wesley Robinson (1867–1915), American serial killer * John Roselli (1905–1976), American influential mobster for the Chicago Outfit * John Ruffo (born 1954), American fugitive whose whereabouts are unknown * John Selman (1839–1896), American fugitive * John Paul Scott (1927–1987), American criminal * John Sontag (1861–1893), American outlaw * John Svahlstedt (born 1947), Swedish serial rapist * John Tillmann (1961–2018), Canadian art thief * John Thanos (1949–1994), American spree killer * John Wojtowicz (1945–2006), American bank robber * John Younger (1851–1874), American outlaw

Colonial people

* John Custis (1678–1749), North American Colonial British politician * John Parke Custis (1754–1781), son of Martha Washington * John Wayles (1715–1773), American colonial planter and slave trader

Others

* John Samuel Agar (1773–1858), English portrait painter and engraver * John Judson Ames (1821–1861), California Pioneer * John Anderson (classical scholar) (1870–1952), Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford * John Anderson (escaped slave), American slave who escaped to Canada in the 1860s, leading to a famous extradition case * John S. Apperson (1878–1963), General Electric engineer * John Asman, American sound engineer * John de Borman (born 1954), French born British cinematographer * John Bozeman (1835–1867), American pioneer and frontiersman * John J. Brooks, American lawman * John Bush (set decorator), British set decorator * John Buxton (ornithologist) (1912–1989), British scholar, university teacher, poet and an ornithologist * John Cabot (145–c. 1500), Italian navigator and explorer * John Cantlie (born 1970), British war photographer and correspondent * John F. Carroll (1932–1969), one of 23 known people in medical history to have reached a height of 8 feet * John David Carson (1952–2009), American actor * John Casali, American sound engineer * John Cashman (journalist) (died 1945), American war correspondent for the International News Service * John Cavanagh (designer) (1914–2003), Irish couturier * John Clavie (died 1607), Scottish apothecary * John Climacus (579–649), Christian monk * John Chaffee and Jason Chamberlain, John Chaffee, American gold miner * John W. Chaffee (born 1948), American historian * John Chambers (make-up artist) (1922–2001), American make-up artist * John Charles Darke (1806–1844), English surveyor and explorer * John Davidson (traveller) (1797–1836), English traveller in Africa * John Davis (sculptor) (1936–1999), Australian sculptor * John F. Davis (artist) (born 1958), Australian artist, painter and video editor * John Philip Davis (1784–1862), British portrait and subject painter * John Scarlett Davis (1804–1845), English painter * John Dawson Dewhirst (1952–1978), British teacher * John E. Douglas (born 1944/1945), American retired special agent * John Price Durbin (1800–1876), Chaplain of the Sentae, president of Dickinson College * John R. Ellis, American visual effects artist * John M. Falcone (1967–2011), American police officer * Disappearance of John Favara, John Favara (born 1929), American person missing since 1980 * John Fetterman (reporter) (1920–1975), American journalist * John Gallagher (cartoonist) (1926–2005), American cartoonist and illustrator * John Paul Getty III (1956–2011), American grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty * John L. Gihon (1839–1878), Philadelphia photographer * Murders of John Goosey and Stacy Barnett, John Goosey (died 2009), American murder victim * John Gray (nightwatchman), John Gray (died 1858), owner of Greyfriars Bobby * John Gregory (engineer) (1806–c.1848), English railway and naval engineer * John F. Grundhofer (1939–2021), director of Donaldson Company * John Gunther (public servant) (1910–1984), Australian public servant * John Gordon Harris (1947–2019), Canadian policeman * J. Hartwell Harrison, John Hartwell Harrison, M.D. (1909–1984), urologic surgeon * John Harrison (director) (born 1948), writer, director, producer, and music composer * John Harrison (Leeds) (1579–1656), benefactor of the Yorkshire town * John C. Harrison (law professor), John C. Harrison, American law professor * John Kent Harrison, television producer, director and writer * John Leonard Harrison (1917–1972), British zoologist * John Harrison (historian) (1847–1922), Scottish merchant, master tailor and historical author * John Harrison (engraver) (1872–1954), British stamp engraver * John Harrison (ice cream taster) (born 1942), American ice cream taster * John B. Harrison (1861–1947), justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court * John Vernon Harrison (1892–1972), British structural geologist, explorer and cartographer * John Henry (folklore), John Henry, American folk hero whose existence is disputed * John Henry (spy) (c. 1776–1853), British spy * John Raymond Henry (born 1943), American sculptor * John Hejduk (1929–2000), American architect, artist, and educator * John Horgan (academic) (born 1940), Irish press ombudsman, former journalist, politician and professor * John Horgan (journalist) (born 1953), American science journalist * John Horgan (psychologist) (born 1974), Irish political psychologist, terrorism researcher, and professor * John Horgan, chairman of the Western Australian Development Corporation * John Hubley (1914–1977), American animation director, art director, producer and writer * John Hurt (chaplain) (1752–1824), American Episcopal minister * John Jay (builder) (1805–1888), British stonemason and builder in the nineteenth century * John Clarkson Jay (1808–1891), physician and grandson of John Jay, the American Founding Father and statesman * John Jay (filmmaker) (1915–2000), American ski filmmaker * John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999), American political-family member and journalist, son of John F. Kennedy * John Knight (seafarer) (died 1606), British explorer * John Lake (journalist) (born 1930), American sports journalist and editor who disappeared in 1967 * John Layfield (theologian) (died 1617), English scholar and Bible translator * John Lounsbery (1911–1976), American animator and director * John A. List (born 1968), American economist at the University of Chicago * John M. Lloyd (1835–1892), American police officer, tavern owner, and bricklayer, known for testifying in the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy trials * John Majhor (1953–2007), Canadian radio and television host * John William Mackail (1859–1945), Scottish academic * John Masius (born 1950), American screenwriter * John Means (comedian), American stand-up comedian * John McMullin (silversmith) (1765–1843), American silversmith * John McSweeney Jr. (1915–1999), American film editor * John Middleton (giant) (1578–1623), English giant * John Mosman (apothecary), apothecary at the Scottish court * John Mosman (goldsmith), Scottish goldsmith based in Edinburgh * John Mulaney (born 1982), American stand-up comedian * John Elliott Neville, prisoner who died in 2019 after being restrained at the Forsyth County, North Carolina jail * John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny (1789–1845), English peer * John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny (1914–2000), British peer * John Nevill, 10th Baron Bergavenny (c. 1614–1662), English peer * John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890), Irish poet, journalist, author and activist * John G. Palfrey (1796–1881), American clergyman and historian * John Palfrey (born 1972), American educator, scholar, and law professor * John Otunba Payne (1839–1906), Nigerian sheriff * John Pitcairn Jr. (1841–1916), Scottish-born American industrialist * John Gordon Purvis (born 1942), American man who spent nine years in prison for a murder he did not commit * John Rando, American stage director * Neil Reagan, John Neil Reagan (1908–1996), American radio station manager, elder brother of Ronald Reagan * John Rich (director) (1925–2012), American film and television director * John Ridge (c. 1802–1839), member of the Cherokee Nation * John Robins (comedian) (born 1982), British comedian * John Rogan (c. 1867–1905), American who was the second-tallest person ever * John Rosengrant, American make-up and special effects artist * John Smith (disambiguation) * John Smith (dentist), John Smith (1825–1910), Scottish dentist * John Snorri Sigurjónsson (1973–2021), Icelandic high-altitude mountaineer * John Solecki, American head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees * John Sturges (1910–1992), American film director * John Payne Todd (1792–1852), first son of Dolley Madison, adopted son of James Madison * John V. Tolan (born 1959), American historian * John Traill (1835–1897), Scottish coffee house owner * John Anderson Truman (1851–1914), father of Harry S. Truman * John Vianney (1786–1859), French Catholic priest * John M. Wallace (1815–1880), granduncle of Bess Truman * John Warhurst (sound editor), American sound editor * John F. Warren (1909–2000), American cinematographer * John B. Wood (1827–1884), American journalist * John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge * John Wood (millowner) (1758–1???), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England * John Wood (Bradford manufacturer) (1793–1871), English industrialist and factory reformer * John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia * John Wood (photographer), Civil War photographer for Union Army * John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), Centre College president

Pseudonyms

* Bible John, unidentified serial killer * Chicken John (born 1967 or 1968), musician, showman, activist, and author * Jihadi John (1988–2015), nickname for Kuwaiti–born British militant Mohammed Emwazi * John Doe, placeholder name for an anonymous person

Fictional characters

* The Fox and the Cat, John Worthington Foulfellow, also known as Honest John, a character from ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' * Master Chief (Halo), John-117, also known as Master Chief, the protagonist of the ''Halo (franchise), Halo'' franchise * John, a character in the ''Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation#Cast, Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation'' * John and Gillian, John, a character in the ''Doctor Who'' comic strip * John-Boy, eldest son in ''The Waltons'' * John, in the 1994 American black-comedy film ''The Ref#Cast, The Ref'' * John, in the American miniseries V (1983 miniseries)#Cast, ''V'' * John "Jack" Arnold, a character in the American coming-of-age, comedy-drama television series ''List of The Wonder Years characters#Main characters, The Wonder Years'' * John Barton (Emmerdale), John Barton, a character in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'' * List of Downton Abbey characters#John Bates, John Bates, a character from ''Downton Abbey'', married to Anna * John Carik, also known as Bible John, a character from Marvel Comics * John Clark (Ryanverse character), John Clark, a character in Tom Clancy's Ryanverse * John Connor, a character in the ''Terminator (franchise), Terminator'' franchise * John Darling, one of the Darling children and a character in the 1953 Walt Disney animated film ''Peter Pan (1953 film), Peter Pan'' * John Davis, a character on British soap opera, ''EastEnders'' * John Davis, character in ''After Many Years (1908 film), After Many Years'' * Sergeant John Davis, a playable character in ''Call of Duty 2#North African campaign, Call of Duty 2'' * John Diggle (Arrowverse), from the ''Arrowerse'' franchise * John Dillermand, the titular protagonist of ''John Dillermand'' * John Doe, a character in the video game ''Batman: The Enemy Within'' * John Dough, a gingerbread man brought to life in the Frank Baum book ''John Dough and the Cherub'' * J.D. (Scrubs), John Michael Dorian (J.D.), the main character and protagonist of the comedy-drama Scrubs (TV Series), Scrubs * John Drake (Danger Man), in the TV series ''Danger Man'' * John Ellis, a character in the Netflix series ''Grand Army (TV series), Grand Army'' * John Ross Ewing III, character from the American prime time soap opera Dallas (1978 TV series), Dallas'' and its Dallas (2012 TV series), 2012 continuation series * Herbert (Family Guy), John Herbert, a character in the animated television series ''Family Guy'' * John Henry, a character/stage name of the comedian Norman Clapham, popular in BBC radio in the 1920s * John Henry, a character in the 2006 comic series ''The Transformers: Evolutions'' * John Henry, a character in the ''List of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles minor characters#John Henry, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' science-fiction series * John Henry, alter ego of John Wilson, character in DC Comics * John Henry Irons, also known as Steel (John Henry Irons), Steel, a character from DC Comics * J. Jonah Jameson, John Jonah Jameson, a newspaper publisher in Marvel Comics * Jigsaw (Saw character), John Kramer, also known as Jigsaw, a character in the ''Saw (franchise), Saw'' franchise * John Kimble, the protagonist in the 1990 American action comedy film ''Kindergarten Cop#Cast, Kindergarten Cop'' * John Locke (Lost), John Locke, one of the central characters in the American television series ''Lost (TV series), Lost'' * John Marston (Red Dead), John Marston, a central character in the ''Red Dead'' franchise * Soap MacTavish, John "Soap" MacTavish, a character in the ''Call of Duty'' franchise * John McBain (character), John McBain, a character in the American daytime dramas ''One Life to Live'' and ''General Hospital'' * John McClane, the main protagonist of the ''Die Hard (film series), Die Hard'' franchise * John Paul McQueen, a character from the British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * John "Ace" Merrill, a character in the 1986 American coming-of-age film ''Stand by Me (film)#Cast, Stand by Me'' * John Milner, a character in the 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film ''American Graffiti#Cast, American Graffiti'' * Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy and Trapper John McIntyre, characters in the American war comedy-drama television series ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'' * John Murphy, in the TV series ''The 100 (TV series), The 100'' * John Nana, the main character in the 1988 American science-fiction action thriller film ''They Live#Cast, They Live'' * John Rainbird, in the 1984 American science fiction horror film ''Firestarter (1984 film)#Cast, Firestarter'' * John Rambo, the titular protagonist in the ''Rambo'' franchise * John Redcorn, a character in the Fox animated series ''King of the Hill'' * John Riggs, a character in the 1989 American-Canadian fantasy drama film ''Prancer (film)#Cast, Prancer'' * Jack Robbins, a character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Major John Russell, a character in the 1997 American science fiction drama film ''Contact (1997 American film)#Cast, Contact'' * John Shaunessy, a character in the 1979 American drama film ''Kramer vs. Kramer#Cast, Kramer vs. Kramer'' * Long John Silver, antagonist of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel ''Treasure Island'' * Sergeant John Spartan, a character in the 1993 American science fiction action film ''Demolition Man (film)#Cast, Demolition Man'' * John "Hannibal" Smith, a character in the 1980s action-adventure television series ''The A-Team'' * John Smith, a character in ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film), Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' * John Stewart (character), John Stewart, a character in DC Comics, one of several characters known as Green Lantern * John, a character in the children's science-fiction series ''The Tomorrow People'' * John Walker, also known as U.S. Agent, a superhero in Marvel Comics * John "John-Boy" Walton Jr and John Walton Sr., characters in the American historical drama television series ''List of The Waltons characters, The Waltons'' * John Warner and "Little John" Warner, characters in the American sitcom ''Jesse (TV series)#Cast, Jesse'' * Dr. Watson, John H. Watson, associate of Sherlock Holmes * John Wick (character), John Wick, the titular protagonist of the ''John Wick'' franchise * John Ridd, main character of the 1869 historical novel by R. D. Blackmore ''Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor''

References

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