John or Johnny Hayes may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

J. Milton Hayes James Milton Hayes Military Cross, MC (1884, in Ardwick – 1940, in Nice), known as J. Milton Hayes, was an England, English actor and poet, best known for his 1911 dramatic monologue "The Green Eye of the Yellow God", much parodied by his cont ...

(1884–1940), English actor and poet * John F. Hayes (writer) (1904–1980), Canadian writer *

John Michael Hayes John Michael Hayes (11 May 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an American screenwriter, who wrote four of Alfred Hitchcock's films in the 1950s. Early life and education Hayes was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to John Michael Hayes Sr. and Ellen M ...

(1919–2008), American screenwriter * John Hayes (director) (1930–2000), American director of low-budget films * John Hayes (radio), American radio executive * Johnny Hayes (radio DJ), American radio personality

Politics

U.K.

John Hayes (1643–1705) John Hayes (25 January 1643 – 22 March 1705) was an English Member of Parliament. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency), Winchelsea from 1698 to January 1701, and from November 1701 to 1702. He died aged ...

, MP for Winchelsea *

Jack Hayes (politician) John Henry Hayes (14 October 1887 – 25 April 1941) was a British police officer, trade unionist and politician. After serving in the Metropolitan Police, he became general secretary of the National Union of Police and Prison Officers. In 1923 ...

(John Henry Hayes, 1887–1941), Member of Parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill *

John Hayes (British politician) Sir John Henry Hayes (born 23 June 1958) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for South Holland and The Deepings since 1997. He has held five ministerial positions and six shadow ministerial pos ...

(born 1958), British politician and MP *

Seán Hayes (Cork politician) Seán Hayes (29 March 1884 – 24 January 1928) was a Sinn Féin member of Dáil Éireann in Ireland. He was a newspaper editor (the '' Cork County Southern Star'' of Skibbereen) and political propagandist. John Hayes was born in Clegg, Glan ...

(otherwise known as John Hayes, 1884–1928), Sinn Féin member of the 1st Dáil Éireann, and the 2nd and 3rd

U.S.

* John F. Hayes (Borough President of Brooklyn) (1915–2001), American politician * John F. Hayes (Kansas legislator) (1919–2010), Kansas attorney and former Majority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives * Johnny H. Hayes (1941–2008), Tennessee Democratic politician and fundraiser

Other politicians

John Hayes (Tasmanian politician) John Blyth Hayes (21 April 1868 – 12 July 1956) was an Australian politician who served as a Australian Senate, Senator for Tasmania from 1923 to 1947. He was President of the Senate (Australia), President of the Senate from 1938 to 1941. Bef ...

(1868–1956), Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania, 1922–1923 *

John Hayes (Queensland politician) John Vincent Hayes (19 July 1897 – 16 June 1986) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1932 to 1947, representing the electorate of Nundah. Hayes was born at Ipswich, Queensla ...

(1897–1986), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * John Hayes (New Zealand politician) (born 1948), New Zealand diplomat and politician

Military

Sir John Hayes, 1st Baronet Sir John Macnamara Hayes, 1st Baronet ( – 19 July 1809) was a military physician who served as physician-extraordinary to the George IV, George, Prince of Wales, the future George IV of the United Kingdom. Early life Hayes was born in Limerick, ...

(c. 1750–1809), military physician * John Hayes (explorer) (1768–1831), of the British East India Company * John Hayes (Royal Navy officer) (1767/1775–1838), Royal Navy admiral * John Hayes (sailor) (1832–1911), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Daniel Hayes John Daniel Hayes (January 23, 1902 – March 29, 1991) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and a naval historian. Naval career John Hayes enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1919 and in 1920 entered the United States Naval Academy, graduatin ...

(1902–1991), U.S. Navy admiral and naval historian * John Osler Chattock Hayes (1913–1998), British admiral * John B. Hayes (1924–2001), U.S. Coast Guard commandant *

John Alfred Hayes John Alfred Hayes (1839–1913) was a Union Army surgeon and officer during the American Civil War and later a physician in New Hampshire. John Alfred Hayes was born in Berwick, Maine, to a Sarah (Hurd) Hayes and Frederick Hayes, a large farmer a ...

, Union Army surgeon and officer

Sports

Australian rules football

John Hayes (footballer, born 1903) John Nicholas Hayes (5 April 1903 – 16 September 1977) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Austr ...

(1903–1977), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy *

John Hayes (footballer, born 1936) John Hayes (born 27 February 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated b ...

, Australian rules footballer for St Kilda *

John Hayes (footballer, born 1939) John Hayes (born 6 August 1939) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football Fitzroy (VFL) A defender, Hayes came to Fitzroy from Warracknabeal. Hayes captained Fitzroy for m ...

, Australian rules footballer, former Fitzroy VFL captain

Other sports

John Hayes (baseball) John Edward Hayes (1855–1904) was a Major League Baseball left fielder. He played for the New York Mutuals in . He later attended law school at Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Co ...

(1855–1904), baseball player *

Johnny Hayes John Joseph Hayes (April 10, 1886 – August 25, 1965) was an American athlete, a member of the Irish American Athletic Club, and winner of the marathon race at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Hayes' Olympic victory contributed to the early gro ...

(1886–1965), American marathon runner *

Johnny Hayes (baseball) John William Hayes (April 27, 1910 – November 16, 1988) was an American Negro league catcher from 1934 to 1951. A native of Independence, Missouri, Hayes served in the US Army during World War II. He was selected to play in the East–West ...

(1910–1988), American Negro league baseball player *

John Hayes (harness racer) John G. Hayes, Sr. (July 17, 1919 – December 8, 1998), was a harness racing driver, trainer, and owner who was inducted into the Canadian and American harness racing halls of fame. Born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, Hayes was the son of a dair ...

(1919–1998), harness racing driver/trainer/owner *

John Hayes (cricketer) John Arthur Hayes (11 January 1927 – 25 December 2007) was a New Zealand Test cricketer who played 15 Test matches for the country between 1951 and 1958. Primarily a fast bowler bowling late away-swingers with a high action, he took 30 wicket ...

(1927–2007), New Zealand Test cricketer *

John Hayes (rugby league) John "Chow" Hayes (25 May 1939 – 24 September 2023) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for Western Suburbs in the NSWRL competition, as a or . Early life John Hayes was born i ...

(1939–2023), Australian rugby league footballer *

John Bouchier-Hayes John Bouchier-Hayes (born 17 December 1944) is an Irish épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially ...

(born 1944), Irish Olympic fencer * John Hayes (tennis) (born 1955), American tennis player, who was on the tour in the early 1980s * John Hayes (soccer) (born 1960), U.S. soccer player * J. P. Hayes (born 1965), American golfer *

John Hayes (rugby union) John James "The Bull" Hayes (born 2 November 1973) is a retired Irish rugby union player who was the first man to make 100 appearances for his country. A tighthead prop, Hayes was selected for two British and Irish Lions tours, earning two Te ...

(born 1973), Irish prop forward * John Hayes (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic football player * John Joe Hayes, Irish hurler

Others

*John Hayes (1685–1726), killed by his wife

Catherine Hayes (murderer) Catherine Hayes (1690 – 9 May 1726), sometimes spelled Catharine Hayes, was an English woman who was burned at the stake for committing petty treason by killing her husband. Early life and marriage Catherine Hall was born near Birmingham in ...

; tried for the murder and executed by burning at the stake. *

John Hayes (painter) John Hayes (1786?–1866) was a British portrait-painter. He died aged 80. Works Hayes first exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1814. He continued to show there to 1851; his contributions were chiefly portraits, though he occasionally sent a su ...

(1786?–1866), British portrait artist * John E. Hayes, American chemosensory psychophysicist * John Hayes (unionist) (1854–1942), American labor union leader * John M. Hayes (priest) (1887–1957), Irish Catholic priest *

John 'Chow' Hayes John Frederick "Chow" Hayes (7 September 19117 May 1993) was an Australian criminal who became known as Australia's first gangster. Early life Hayes was born in the Sydney suburb of Paddington on 7 September 1911, the illegitimate son of Elizabe ...

(1911–1993), Australian criminal *

John Hayes (art historian) John Trevor Hayes (21 January 1929 – 25 December 2005) was a British art historian and museum director. He was an authority on the paintings of Thomas Gainsborough. Early life Hayes was educated at Ardingly College and read modern history at ...

(1929–2005), British art historian and museum director, expert on Gainsborough * John M. Hayes (scientist) (1940–2017), scientist emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution *John Hayes, co-founder of software publisher

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* John P. Hayes, Irish-American computer scientist and electrical engineer * John S. Hayes, newspaper executive and American ambassador *

John W. Hayes John Walker Hayes (21 May 1938 – 27 February 2024), often referred to as J.W. Hayes, was a British archaeologist. Hayes studied at the University of Cambridge and was curator at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto Toronto ( , locally p ...

, British archaeologist