John Bennett may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

John Bennett (actor) John David Bennett (8 May 1928 – 11 April 2005) was an English actor. Early life Bennett was born in Beckenham, Kent, to Alfred Bennett and Bessie Bennett (née Rudnidsky). He was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained ...

(1928–2005), British actor *

John Bennett (composer) John Bennett (or Bennet; c. 10 March 1735, Liverpool – September 1784, in London) was an English organist and composer. Biography Details of Bennett's life are limited, but it is known that he married one Sarah Everett in 1756 in Holborn and di ...

(c. 1735–1784), British composer and organist * John Bennett (drummer), drummer of the UK doom metal band The Prophecy *

John Bennett (potter) John Bennett (1840-1907) was a British-American ceramic artist who spent much of his career in America. He is known for decorative glazed earthenware with natural motifs. Career Bennett came from Burslem, Staffordshire. In the 1870s, he was t ...

(1840–1907), British ceramic artist *John Bennett, American trombonist, founding member of

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen Kenneth Daniel Ball (22 May 1930Larkin C., ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music''. (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), p. 29; ) – 7 March 2013) was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and ...

Johnny Bennett Jonathan Kevin Bennett (born 10 June 1998) is an English actor, who played Liam Gallagher William John Paul Gallagher (born 21 September 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and co-founder of the rock band Oas ...

(born 1998), British actor

Military

* John A. Bennett (1936–1961), the last person executed by the US military * John Bradbury Bennet (sometimes misspelled Bennett, 1865–1930), American Army brigadier general *John Bennett, Royal Navy recipient of the Ushalov Medal for his role in the Second World War Arctic convoys

Politics

John Benett John Benett (1773–1852), of Pythouse, Wiltshire, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency), Wiltshire 1819 to 1832 and for South ...

(1773–1852), British Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire *

John Bennett (fl. 1586–1589) John Bennett (fl. 1586–1589) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Heytesbury Heytesbury is a village (formerly considered to be a town) and a civil parish in Wiltshire, England. The village lie ...

, MP for Heytesbury and Westbury *

John Bennett (Australian politician) John Myles Bennett (19 July 1942 – 8 October 2019) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, and held a Bachelor of Law. In the 1986 state election, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assemb ...

(1942–2019), Tasmanian politician *

John Bennett (Canadian politician) John Bennett (1832–1912) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Stormont in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal-Patrons of Industry member from 1894 to 1898. He was born in Saint-Polycarpe, Lower Canada in 1 ...

(1832–1912), Ontario farmer and political figure *

John Bennett (English barrister) Sir John Bennett (c. 1658 – 21 December 1723), of Essex Buildings, Essex Street, Westminster, was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1710. Early life Bennett was the eldest son of John Bennett of ...

(c. 1658–1723), British politician * John Bennett (Irish politician) (c. 1720–1792), Irish politician, barrister and judge * John Bennett (Victorian politician) (1824–1859), lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria *

John Bennett (watchmaker) Sir John Bennett (15 October 1814 – 3 July 1897) FRAS was a clockmaker and watchmaker. He was described by one biographer as a "flamboyant personality who seems to have aroused in his contemporaries varying degrees of ridicule, hostility ...

(1814–1897), watchmaker and briefly Sheriff of London *

John B. Bennett John Bonifas Bennett (January 10, 1904 – August 9, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1964. Early life and education Bennett was bo ...

(1904–1964), U.S. Representative from Michigan *

John D. Bennett John Davison Bennett (June 21, 1911 – February 1, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on June 21, 1911, in Rockville Centre, Nassau County, New York, the son of Earl Job Bennett (1878–1965) and Edna ( ...

(1911–2005), New York politician and judge *

John E. Bennett (judge) John Emory Bennett (March 18, 1833 – December 31, 1893) was a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1871 to 1874, and a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1889 until his death. Born in East Bethany, Genesee County, New York, B ...

(1833–1893), Arkansas Supreme Court Justice and South Dakota Supreme Court Justice *

John J. Bennett Jr. John James Bennett (March 2, 1894 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York – October 4, 1967, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Life Bennett was educated in Brooklyn's public and parochial schools. He was an a ...

(1894–1967), American lawyer and politician *

John O. Bennett John Orus Bennett III (born August 6, 1948) is an American former politician from New Jersey. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a state senator, and between 2002 and 2004, as president of the state senate. Bennett served as acting ...

(born 1948), New Jersey state senator and acting governor (for 4 days) *

John R. Bennett John R. Bennett is an American politician who served as the chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party from April 2021 to April 2022 and as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 2011 until 2019. Bennett has been a controversial ...

(fl. 2010s), Oklahoma politician *

John Robert Bennett Sir John Robert Bennett Order of the British Empire, KBE (August 8, 1866 – October 23, 1941) was a merchant and politician in Dominion of Newfoundland, Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West (provincial electoral district), St. John ...

(1866–1941), Newfoundland politician *

John Bennet (judge) Sir John Bennet (1553 – 15 February 1627) was a judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1597 and 1621. His career ended in controversy after he was found guilty of extorting bribes and excessive fees. Education Benne ...

(1553–1627), English judge and politician

Religion

John C. Bennett John Cook Bennett (August 4, 1804 – August 5, 1867) was an American physician and briefly a ranking and influential leader of the Latter Day Saint movement, who acted as mayor of Nauvoo, Illinois, and Major-General of the Nauvoo Legion in the ea ...

(1804–1867), American physician and leader in the Latter Day Saint movement *

John George Bennett John George Bennett (January 20, 1891—November 20, 1957) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana from 1945 until his death in 1957. Biography Early life John Benne ...

(1891–1957), American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church * John P. Bennett (1914–2011), Arawak priest and linguist

Science and medicine

John Caister Bennett John Caister "Jack" Bennett (born 6 April 1914 in Estcourt, Natal, died 30 May 1990 in Pretoria), was a South African civil servant and amateur astronomer. His mother was British and his father was from Tasmania. He attended school in Ficksburg ...

(1914–1990), South African astronomer * John E. Bennett (scientist) (born 1933), American physician-scientist *

John G. Bennett John Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 – 13 December 1974) was a British academic and writer. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff. Bennett met Gurdjieff in Istanbul in O ...

(1897–1974), British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, mystic and author *

John Hughes Bennett John Hughes Bennett PRCPE FRSE (31 August 1812 – 25 September 1875) was an English physician, Physiology, physiologist and pathology, pathologist. His main contribution to medicine has been the first description of leukemia as a blood diseases ...

(1812–1875), English physician, physiologist and pathologist *

John Joseph Bennett John Joseph Bennett (8 January 1801 – 29 February 1876) was a British physician and botanist. He was the younger brother of the zoologist Edward Turner Bennett. Life and work Bennett was born in Tottenham and was educated in Enfield where h ...

(1801–1876), British botanist *

John Makepeace Bennett John Makepeace Bennett (31 July 1921 – 9 December 2010) was an early Australian computer scientist. He was Australia's first professor of computer science and the founding president of the Australian Computer Society. His pioneering career ...

(1921–2010), Australian pioneer of computer science *

John Whitchurch Bennett John Whitchurch Bennett (28 July 1790 – 10 June 1853) was a British army officer, official and printer, and was also known as a naturalist. Life Bennett served in the Royal Marines from 1806 to 1815. He transferred to the British Army in 1815, an ...

(1790–1853), British army officer and naturalist

Sport

John Bennett (athlete) John Dale Bennett (born November 14, 1930) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the ...

(born 1930), American long jumper, Olympic silver medal winner (1956) * John Bennett (Australian footballer) (born 1960), Australian rules footballer * John Bennett (cricketer, born 1777) (1777–1857), English cricketer *

John Bennett (cricketer, born 1864) John William Bennett (22 February 1864 – 10 November 1928) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1895 and 1896. Bennett was born in Lower Whitfield, Glossop, the son of Hiram Bennett a cotton spinner, and he also worked in the ...

(1864–1928), English cricketer *

John Bennett (diver) John Bennett (7 March 1959 – 15 March 2004) was a British scuba diver who set a world record by becoming the first person to deep dive below a depth of on self-contained breathing apparatus on 6 November 2001. Bennett first broke the record i ...

(1959–2004), first scuba diver beyond 1,000 feet *

John Bennett (field hockey) John Hadfield Bennett (11 August 1885 – 25 May 1973) was an English field hockey player from Chorlton, Lancashire, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the gold medal. He als ...

(1885–1973), British Olympic field hockey player * John Bennett (footballer, born 1946), former professional footballer in England * John Bennett (footballer, born 1949), former footballer in England *

John Bennett (hurler) John Bennett (1934 – 10 August 2016) was an Irish hurler whose league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned eight years from 1960 to 1968. Born in Douglas on the south side of Cork city, Bennett moved from Douglas GAA to ...

(1934–2016), Irish hurler * John Bennett (ice hockey) (born 1950), retired American ice hockey left winger * Jon Bennett (racing driver) (born 1965), American racing driver *

John Bennett (racing driver) John Andrew Bennett (born 15 September 2003) is a British racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing. He previously stood in for Enzo Fittipaldi for the last two rounds in , driving for the same te ...

(born 2003), British racing driver *

Jack Bennett (rugby league) John "Jack" Bennett (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Rochdale Hornets ...

, English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s

Writing

John Bennett (author) John Bennett (May 14, 1865 – December 28, 1956) was an American author who is best known for the children's books that he wrote and illustrated. Some of them are anthologies of stories based on black folk tales, especially those drawn from the ...

(1865–1956), author and illustrator of children's books *

John M. Bennett John M. Bennett (born 1942, in Chicago) is an American experimental text, sound, and visual poet. Personal life Bennett was born in 1942 in Chicago. After World War II he spent three years of his childhood living in Japan, where his fathe ...

(born 1942), American poet

Other

* John Bennett (educator) (born 1948), Australian education administrator *

(1814–1897), watchmaker and local politician *

John Cyril Bennett John Cyril Bennett (June 21, 1891 – May 25, 1957) was a British-born American architect. Early life Bennett was born in Hereford, England, and moved to Chicago, Illinois at three months of age. From 1907 to 1910, he attended the University o ...

(1891–1957), British-born, US-based architect *John G. Bennett (1883–1929), Kansas City resident and victim of the

Bridge Murder case The Bridge Murder case, also known as the Bridge Table Murder case, was the trial (law), trial of Myrtle Adkins Bennett (born March 20, 1895, in Tillar, Arkansas), a Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City housewife, for the murder of her husband John ...

* John S. Bennett (1911–1987), British spy during WWII *

John Tuson Bennett John Tuson Bennett (12 November 1937 – 22 July 2013) was a solicitor in Victoria, Australia. He was one of Australia's longest and most active Holocaust deniers, active in the Holocaust denial movement from the late 1970s. He formed the Austr ...

(1937–2013), Australian solicitor and legal historian involved in Holocaust denial *

John Wheeler-Bennett Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett (13 October 1902 – 9 December 1975) was a conservative English historian of German and diplomatic history, and the official biographer of George VI, King George VI. He was well known in his lifetime, and ...

(1902–1975), English historian of German and diplomatic history * John W. F. Bennett (c. 1875–1943), American civil engineer and football player * John Bennett, a fictional character from the '' Ted'' franchise