John McNamara or Macnamara may refer to:

Politics

John Macnamara (MP) Colonel (United Kingdom), Colonel John Robert Jermain Macnamara (11 October 1905 – 22 December 1944) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician and Officer (armed forces), officer of the British Army who was killed w ...

, MP for

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...

in the 1780s * John McNamara (Australian politician) (fl. 1850s), New South Wales politician *

John Macnamara John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

(1905–1944), British Army officer and politician *John McNamara, mayor of Rockford, Illinois (1981–89)

Sports

* John J. McNamara (author) (1932–1986), banker, author and Olympic sailor *

John McNamara (baseball) John Francis McNamara (June 4, 1932July 28, 2020) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. After spending over 15 years in the minor leagues as a catcher and player-manager, McNamara helmed six Major League Baseball ...

(1932–2020), American baseball manager * Jackie McNamara Sr. (born 1952), Scottish footballer *

Jackie McNamara Jackie McNamara (born 24 October 1973) is a Scottish professional Association football, football Sports agent, agent, and former football player, player, Manager (association football), manager and executive. He won 33 international caps playin ...

(born 1973), Scottish footballer *

JT McNamara John Thomas McNamara (8 April 1975 – 26 July 2016) was an Irish amateur steeplechase jockey. He won over 600 racecourse victories during his career. He sustained a serious back injury and a broken neck after a fall at the 2013 Cheltenham ...

(1975–2016), Irish steeplechase jockey

Others

*John J. McNamara (1876–1941), one of the McNamara brothers who bombed the office of the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 1910 *

John Michael McNamara John Michael McNamara (August 12, 1878 – November 26, 1960) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1927 to 1947 and of the Archdiocese of Washington from 1 ...

(1878–1960), American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church *

John McNamara (VC) John McNamara VC (28 October 1887 – 16 October 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was ...

(1887–1918), recipient of the Victoria Cross * John J. McNamara (architect) (fl. 1930s–1960s), American theater architect *

John Leo McNamara John Leo McNamara (1922–2004) was a bushman, poet, historian and author mainly responsible for documenting the life and community of the little-known and now lost Cordeaux River settlement south west of Wollongong. He was born in 1922 in the ...

(1922–2004), Australian bushman, poet, historian and author *

John R. McNamara Chaplain (Rear Admiral) John Richard McNamara, USN (September 4, 1927 – April 16, 2001) was an American Navy officer who served as the 17th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy from 1985 to 1988. He was awarded the Bronze Star for s ...

(1927–2001), U.S. Navy officer and Catholic bishop *

John McNamara (artist) John McNamara (born 1950) is an American artist who was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1971 with a BFA in painting and in 1977 with an MFA. In 1975, he began teaching painting at the Massa ...

(born 1950), American artist *

John McNamara (sportswriter) John McNamara or Macnamara may refer to: Politics * John Macnamara (MP), MP for Leicester in the 1780s * John McNamara (Australian politician) (fl. 1850s), New South Wales politician * John Macnamara (1905–1944), British Army officer and politici ...

(1961/2–2018), sports reporter killed in the

Capital Gazette shooting On June 28, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the offices of ''The Capital'', a newspaper serving Annapolis, Maryland, United States. The gunman, Jarrod Ramos, killed five employees with a shotgun and injured two others who were trying to esca ...

John McNamara (writer) John McNamara (born April 2, 1962) is an American writer, producer, showrunner and television creator. He attended East Grand Rapids High School located in Michigan and attended the University of Michigan and New York University. While at NYU, he ...

(born 1962), co-creator of ''Profit'' *

John McNamara (fraudster) John M. McNamara (born 1940) is an American former businessman who was convicted of a Ponzi scheme fraud through gaining loans to a value of $6 billion from General Motors financing arm GMAC, to develop a $400M car sales and property develo ...

(fl. 1980s–1990s), Long-Island car dealer convicted of defrauding GMAC * John McNamara (mathematical biologist), English mathematical biologist {{hndis, Mcnamara, John