John Hunt may refer to:

Politics

John Hunt (MP for Reading) John Hunt (floruit, fl. 1383–1421) was a tailor and citizen of the town of Reading, Berkshire, Reading in the English county of Berkshire. He held the office of Mayor of Reading in 1404–5, 1407–8, 1418–19 and 1422–3. He was a Member o ...

(fl. 1383–1421), MP for Reading * John Hunt (MP for Barnstaple), in 1407, MP for

Barnstaple Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool from ...

* John Hunt (MP for Sudbury), in 1571, MP for

Sudbury Sudbury may refer to: Places Australia * Sudbury Reef, Queensland Canada * Greater Sudbury, Ontario ** Sudbury (federal electoral district) ** Sudbury (provincial electoral district) ** Sudbury Airport ** Sudbury Basin, a meteorite impact cra ...

John Hunt (died 1586) John Hunt (by 1514 – 27 March 1586) was an English politician. Hunt was a graduate of Cardinal College, Oxford and a lawyer. In 1531 he acted as tutor to Gregory Cromwell at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliamen ...

, in 1554, MP for

Rutland Rutland is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Leicestershire to the north and west, Lincolnshire to the north-east, and Northamptonshire to the south-west. Oakham is the largest town and county town. Rutland has a ...

* John Hunt (New South Wales politician) (1856–1930), Australian politician * John T. Hunt (1860–1916), U.S. Representative from Missouri *

John E. Hunt John Edmund Hunt (November 25, 1908 – September 22, 1989) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975. Early life Born in ...

(1908–1989), New Jersey politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975 * John Hunt (Western Australian politician) (1912–1988), Australian politician *

John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth, (23 October 1919 – 17 July 2008) was a British civil servant. Born in Minehead, Somerset to Major A. L. Hunt MC by his wife Daphne (''née'' Ashton Case), he was educated at Downside Sc ...

(1919–2008), British politician and Secretary of the Cabinet *

John Hunt (British politician, born 1929) Sir John Leonard Hunt (27 October 1929 – 19 September 2017) was a British Conservative Party politician. Early life Hunt was educated at Dulwich College and became a stockbroker. Political career He served as a councillor on Bromley Borou ...

(1929–2017), British Conservative Party politician, MP for

Bromley Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is southeast of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 88,000 as of 2023. Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, charte ...

, and for Ravensbourne * John B. Hunt (born 1956), American politician, member of the

New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral State legislature (United States), legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members com ...

Religion

John Hunt (Quaker exile) John Hunt (1712 – March 31, 1778) was one of the ''Virginia Exiles'', who were a group of Philadelphia area Quakers that were forcibly exiled to Winchester, Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Prior to 1769, John Hunt was a London mercha ...

(1712–1778), Quaker minister, originally from London, England, and one of the "Virginia Exiles" *

John Hunt (Quaker minister) John Hunt was a prominent Quaker minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey. He kept a diary, most of which has been preserved, from 1770 to 1824. The diary relates Hunt's personal activities, concerns and beliefs. It is also a concise ...

(1740–1824), Quaker minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey * John Hunt (missionary) (1812–1838), Methodist missionary *

John Hunt (theologian) John Hunt, D.D. (21 January 1827 – 12 April 1907) Johann Jakob Herzog, Samuel Macauley Jackson, Philip Schaff (editors), ''Encyclopedia of Living Divines and Christian Workers of all Denominations in Europe and America; being a supplement to S ...

(1827–1907), Scottish cleric, theologian and historian *

Johnny Hunt Johnny M. Hunt (born July 17, 1952) is an American evangelical Christian pastor, author, and who served as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was also formerly senior pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, in Woodstock, Geor ...

(born 1952), American evangelical Christian pastor and author

Military

John Hunt (Alabama) John Hunt (1750–1822) was an American militiaman and land speculator who became the namesake of Huntsville, Alabama, United States. He had earlier been a printer of the laws for the North Carolina legislature and a delegate to the North Carolina ...

(1750–1822), Revolutionary War veteran for whom the city of

Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville is the List of municipalities in Alabama, most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population of the city is estimated to be 241,114 in 2024, making it the List of United States cities by population, 100th-most populous ...

is named *

John Hunt Morgan John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh, and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Br ...

(1825–1864), general of a Confederate cavalry troop in the American Civil War *

Joshua French Joshua Olav Daniel Hodne French (born 7 April 1982) is a Norwegian-British man who was convicted of murder in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He worked as a security contractor with his friend Tjostolv Moland when they were arrested in M ...

(alias John Hunt, born 1982), former Norwegian soldier

Sports

John Hunt (cricketer) John Henry Sneyd Hunt (24 November 1874 – 16 September 1916) was an English first-class cricketer active 1902–12 who played for Middlesex. He was born in Kensington Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington an ...

(1874–1916), English cricketer *

John Hunt (curler) John Hunt is a Welsh curler. He was a longtime skip Skip or Skips may refer to: Acronyms * SKIP (Skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol phosphatase), a human gene * Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocol * SKIP of New York (S ...

, Welsh curler *

John Hunt (American football) John Stephen Hunt (born November 6, 1962) is a former professional American football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at the University of Florida. Early li ...

(born 1962), American football guard *

John Hunt (rower) John Atlee Hunt (11 September 1934 – 13 January 2005) was an Australian representative rowing (sport), rower. He competed in the Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair, men's coxless pair event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. ...

(1934–2005), Australian Olympic rower

Others

John Hunt (died c. 1615) Sir John Hunt (''c.'' 1550 – 1615) was an English gentleman from Rutland. Life Hunt was the second son of John Hunt of Lyndon, Rutland; his mother was Amy, daughter of Sir Thomas Cave of Stanford, Northamptonshire. He was born at Morcott in R ...

(c. 1550–1615), English gentleman of Rutland * John Hunt (sculptor) (c.1690–1754), English sculptor * John Hunt (Michigan judge) (died 1827), American jurist *

John Hunt (publisher) John Hunt (1775 – 7 September 1848) was an American-born English printer, publisher, and occasional political writer. Early life, family and education Hunt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Roe, Nicholas. ''Fiery Heart: The First Life of ...

(1775–1848), English printer and publisher *

John Horbury Hunt John Horbury Hunt (1838 – 30 December 1904), often referred to as Horbury Hunt, was a Canadian-born Australian architect who worked in Sydney and rural New South Wales from 1863. Life and career Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of ...

(1838–1904), Canadian-born Australian architect *

John Hunt (antiquarian) John Durell Hunt (28 May 1900 – 19 January 1976) was a historian, antiquarian, and collector. Together with his wife Gertrude (née Hartmann), he amassed the Collection that today forms the basis of The Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland. Earl ...

(1900–1976), Irish antiquarian and collector *

John Hunt, Baron Hunt Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt (22 June 1910 – 7 November 1998) was a British Army officer who is best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest. Early life and military career Hunt was born in Simla, ...

(1910–1998), leader of the 1953 British expedition to climb Mount Everest * John Hunt (oceanographer) (1918–2005), marine scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution * John Hunt (psychiatric patient) (born 1981), Irish citizen who was involuntarily detained *

John David Hunt John David Hunt FRS (12 December 1936 – 8 December 2012) was a British metallurgist. His research career was mainly based at the University of Oxford, from 1966 to 2002. His legacy includes the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining's John ...

(1936– 2012), British metallurgist * John Dixon Hunt (born 1936), European-born landscape historian *

John Wesley Hunt John Wesley Hunt (1773–1849) was an American businessman, slave trader, and early civic leader in Lexington, Kentucky. He was one of the first millionaires west of the Allegheny Mountains. Hunt enslaved as many as 77 people, many of them childr ...

(1773–1849), businessman and early civic leader in Lexington, Kentucky *

John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Fawley John Henderson Hunt, Baron Hunt of Fawley (3 July 1905 – 28 December 1987) was a British general practitioner (GP) who, in 1952, co-founded the College of General Practitioners. In 1967 the royal prefix was approved and the college was renamed ...

(1905–1987), British general practitioner *John Hunt, a fictional character in Willard Price's ''Adventure'' series *

Jackie Hunt John Seva Hunt (February 17, 1920June 21, 1991) was an American football fullback/ halfback. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. He played with the Marshall Thundering Herd, and later played professionally with the Chi ...

(1920–1991), American football player with Chicago Bears * John Clinton Hunt (1925–2017), American author

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