John or Johnny Cunningham may refer to:

Military

John Cunningham (officer) John Cunningham was an Anglo-Irish soldier known for his command of an aborted attempt to relieve the city of Derry during the Siege of Derry, 1689 Siege. His failure led to his dismissal and replacement by William Stewart (soldier), William Stew ...

(fl. 1689), Anglo-Irish soldier at the Siege of Derry *

John Cunningham, 15th Earl of Glencairn John Cunningham, 15th Earl of Glencairn (1749 – 24 September 1796) was a Scottish nobleman, cavalry officer, and finally a priest. The younger son of William Cunningham, 13th Earl of Glencairn (d. 1775) he succeeded his elder brother James, o ...

(1749–1796), Scottish nobleman, cavalry officer, and priest *

John Cunningham (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham (13 April 1885 – 13 December 1962) was a Royal Navy officer. A qualified senior navigator, he became Director of Plans at the British Admiralty, Admiralt ...

(1885–1962), RN, First Sea Lord * John Cunningham (VC 1917) (1890–1917), Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment * John Cunningham (VC 1916) (1897–1941), East Yorkshire Regiment *

John Cunningham (RAF officer) John 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham (27 July 1917 – 21 July 2002) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) night fighter ace during the Second World War and a test pilot. During the war, he was nicknamed 'Cat's Eyes' by the British press to explain his success ...

(1917–2002), RAF night fighter ace

Politics and law

Sir John Cunningham, 1st Baronet Sir John Cunningham, 1st Baronet, of Lambroughton (died November 1684), was a member of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland and of the Parliament of Scotland. Biography Cunningham was the son and heir of John Cunningham, of Brownhill in Tar ...

(died 1684), member of the Parliament of Scotland * John Cunningham (Nova Scotia judge) (fl. 1761–1785), Canadian judge and politician * John Cunningham (Nova Scotia politician) (1776–1847), Canadian farmer, official and politician * John Cunninghame, Lord Cunninghame (1782–1854), Scottish judge * John Cunningham (Australian politician) (1867–1949), Australian politician in Western Australia *

J. M. A. Cunningham John Michael Adrenne Cunningham (25 April 1912 – 29 July 1996) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1948 to 1954 and again from 1955 to 1962. He also served as mayor o ...

(1912–1996), Australian politician in Western Australia * John E. Cunningham (born 1931), U.S. Representative from Washington * John F. Cunningham (died 1954), Irish surgeon and member of the 7th Seanad of Ireland * John M. Cunningham, American attorney and member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council

Religion

* John William Cunningham (1780–1861), evangelical clergyman of the Church of England *

John Cunningham (moderator) John Cunningham (1819–1893) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1886. He was instrumental in broadening appointments within the Church of Scotland to other Presbyterian bodies ...

(1819–1893), General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1886 * John Francis Cunningham (bishop) (1842–1919), Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * John Cunningham (bishop) (1938–2021), Roman Catholic bishop of Galloway, Scotland

Science and medicine

* John Francis Cunningham (surgeon) (1875–1932), British ophthalmic surgeon * John R. Cunningham (1927–2020), Canadian medical physicist * John Cunningham (physician) (born 1949), physician to the Queen of the United Kingdom

Sports

* John Cunningham (cricketer) (1854–1932), New Zealand cricketer * John Cunningham (Scottish footballer) (1868–?), Scottish footballer *

John Cunningham (baseball) John C. Cunningham (August 9, 1892 - November 16, 1922) was an American Negro leagues shortstop and for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and in its first season. A native of Montgomery, Alabama Montgo ...

(1892–1922), Negro leagues shortstop * John Crabbe Cunningham (1927–1980), Scottish mountaineer * John Cunningham (rugby league) (born 1952), English rugby league footballer of the 1970s, for England, and Barrow * John Cunningham (Australian footballer) (born 1974), Geelong, Norwood and Port Melbourne player *

John Cunningham (Gaelic footballer) John Cunningham is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county team. He won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal. He returned from London ahead of the 1990 Ulster Senio ...

(fl. 1980s–1990s), played for Donegal * John Cunningham (Northern Ireland footballer), football coach and former football player

Writers

* John Cunningham (poet and dramatist) (1729–1773), Irish pastoral poet and dramatist * John W. Cunningham (1915–2002), American author of Western novels and stories * John T. Cunningham (1915–2012), American journalist, writer, and historian *

John Cunningham (journalist) John Cunningham (June 1945 – 8 February 2012) an Irish journalist from Salthill, Galway (originally from Tuam, County Galway). He was national journalist of the year in 1979. He was editor of the '' Waterford News & Star'' from 1982 to 1984 and ...

(1945–2012), Irish newspaper editor

Others

* John Cunningham (sorcerer) (aka "Doctor Fian", died 1591), Scottish schoolmaster executed for sorcery in the North Berwick witch trials *

John Cunningham (explorer) John Cunningham (; – 9 December 1651) was a Scottish nobleman, explorer, Dano-Norwegian naval captain, and Governor of Finnmark. Biography In 1605, Cunningham became captain of the 60-ton Danish naval ship . Along with the 70-ton an ...

(c. 1575–1651), Scottish explorer for Denmark * John Cunningham (architect) (1799–1873), Scottish architect * John Cunningham (voyageur) (1817–1870), Canadian voyageur * Juan Cunningham (1817–1871), British businessman * John Patrick Cunningham (1947–1974), Irish mentally handicapped man who was killed by the British Army * John Rood Cunningham (1891–1980), American academic, president of Davidson College *

Johnny Cunningham Johnny Cunningham (27 August 1957 – 15 December 2003) was a Scottish folk musician and composer, instrumental in spreading interest in traditional Celtic music. Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh. He was ra ...

(1957–2003), Scottish folk musician * John Cunningham (Irish criminal), Irish kidnapper and illicit drug smuggler * John James Cunningham, American painter, teacher, and founder of the Carmel Art Institute in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Other uses

* Human polyomavirus 2, referred as "John Cunningham virus"