John Gray may refer to:

Politics and government

John Gray (North Carolina politician) John Gray may refer to: Politics and government *John Gray (North Carolina politician), American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 *John Gray, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1800– ...

, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 *John Gray, American politician, member of the

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, 1800–1821 * John C. Gray (1783–1823), United States representative from Virginia * John Gray (socialist) (1799–1883), English economic pamphleteer, utopian socialist, and exponent of Ricardian economics * John Gray (New Zealand politician) (1801–1859), member of the New Zealand Parliament * John Hamilton Gray (Prince Edward Island politician) (1811–1887), Canadian politician, Premier of Prince Edward Island * John Hamilton Gray (New Brunswick politician) (1814–1889), Canadian politician, Premier of New Brunswick *Sir John Gray (Irish politician) (1815–1875), Irish Member of Parliament for Kilkenny, 1865–1875 * John Gray (Wisconsin politician, born 1817) (1817–?), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly * John S. Gray (Idaho politician) (1833–1891), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho * John Gray (Ontario politician) (1837–1917), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario * John Gray (New South Wales politician) (1841–1914), Australian senator * John Gray (Victorian politician, died 1925) (c. 1853–1925), Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly * John H. Gray (Illinois politician) (1855–?), Illinois state representative * John Gray (North Dakota politician) (1877–1952), American politician, North Dakota State Treasurer * John Austin Gray (1892–1939), Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly * John R. Gray (politician) (1925−1996), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *Sir John Gray (diplomat) (1936–2003), British diplomat * John Gray (Oshawa politician) (born 1959), former mayor of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Law and crime

* John Gray (barrister) (1807–1875), British barrister and legal writer * John Chipman Gray (1839–1915), American law professor and legal scholar * John Clinton Gray (1843–1915), American judge in New York * John Joe Gray (1950–2023), fugitive from the law in Trinidad, Texas, United States

Military

* John Gray (American Revolutionary War soldier) (1764–1868), U.S. soldier, said to be the longest surviving veteran of the war * John Gray (Medal of Honor) (1836–1887), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War *Sir John Gray (Royal Navy officer) (1913–1998), British admiral * John P. Gray (naval officer) (1914–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient

Arts and humanities

Literature and music

* John Gray (Canadian author) (1937–2020), Canadian journalist and biographer * John Gray (American author) (born 1951), American author best known for his book ''Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus'' * John Gray (composer), Australian film composer, writer of the score for 2006 film '' The Bet'' * John Gray (mythologist) (1913–2000), Scottish author of books on history and mythology * John Gray (poet) (1866–1934), English poet and Catholic priest * John MacLachlan Gray (born 1946), Canadian writer, playwright and composer of musicals

Visual art

*John Gray (1811–1891), Scottish engineer and philanthropist for whom the Gray's School of Art is named * John Miller Gray (1850–1894), Scottish art critic and curator

Other arts and humanities

John Gray (museum administrator) John Gray is an American businessman and museum administrator. He was the director of the National Museum of American History until 2018 and a former president and CEO of the Autry National Center. Career Gray worked in commercial banking for 2 ...

, American museum director *

John Gray (philosopher) John Nicholas Gray (born 17 April 1948) is an English political philosopher and author with interests in analytic philosophy, the history of ideas, and philosophical pessimism. He retired in 2008 as School Professor of European Thought at the L ...

(born 1948), British philosopher

Religion

* John Gray (Episcopalian minister) (1646–1717), minister of the Episcopal Church of Scotland * John Gray (Scottish bishop) (1817–1872), Roman Catholic vicar apostolic for Western Scotland * John Gray (archdeacon of Hong Kong) (1823–1890), Archdeacon of Hong Kong * John R. Gray (minister) (1913–1984), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1977 * John Gray (New Zealand bishop) (1947–2015), New Zealand Anglican bishop

Science, medicine and technology

* John Gray (mathematician) (died 1769), Scottish mathematician, author and Rector of Aberdeen University *

John Edward Gray John Edward Gray (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The same is used for a z ...

(1800–1875), British zoologist * John Franklin Gray (1804–1881), American educator and physician, first practitioner of homeopathy in the United States * John Gray (locomotive engineer), locomotive superintendent of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, 1845–1847 * John P. Gray (psychiatrist) (1825–1886), American psychiatrist * John McFarlane Gray (1831–1908), Scottish engineer * John H. Gray (economist) (1859–1946), American economist *Sir John Gray (physiologist) (1918–2011), British physiologist * John Stuart Gray (1941–2007), British-Norwegian marine biologist

Business

* John Gray (Canadian banker) (c. 1755–1829), president of the Bank of Montreal *John Gray, British founder of Gray and Davison pipe organ builders in 1841 * John S. Gray (businessman) (1841–1906), Scottish-born American candymaker, businessman, and first president of Ford Motor Company * John Gray (British banker) (1934–2009), British banker

Sport

* John Gray (Australian footballer) (1888–1947), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne University FC and medical doctor * John Gray (runner, born 1894) (1894–1942), American Olympic runner * John Gray (boxer) (1906–1964), Filipino Olympic boxer * Johnny Gray (baseball) (1926–2014), American baseball pitcher * John Gray (English sportsman) (born 1948), English cricketer, and rugby union and rugby league footballer * John Gray (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player *

Johnny Gray John Lee Gray Jr. (born June 19, 1960) is a retired American world-class 800 meter runner from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s and the holder of the 600m world best. A four-time Olympian (1984-1996), in 1985 he set the United States records in t ...

(born 1960), American runner

Broadcasting and entertainment

* John MacLachlan Gray (born 1946), Canadian playwright, composer, and performer * John Gray (director), American writer and director * John J. Gray, American television writer and producer *John Gray, television news anchor on WXXA-TV in Albany, New York

Ships

* MV ''John Hamilton Gray'', Canadian icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferry * USS ''John P. Gray'' (APD-74), United States Navy high-speed transport

Other

* John Gray (master mariner) (1819–1872), British captain of the SS ''Great Britain'' * John Gray (nightwatchman) (died 1858), owner of Greyfriars Bobby * John E. Gray (1907–2002), American educational administrator and businessman, president of Lamar University * John Hunter Gray (1934–2019), American sociologist and civil rights activist