John Palmer may refer to:

People

Politicians

* John Palmer (fl. 1377–1394), English politician * Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet (1735–1817), British politician *

John Palmer (1785–1840) John Palmer (January 29, 1785 – December 8, 1840) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1817 to 1819. Biography He was born in Hoosick, Rensselaer County ...

, U.S. congressman from New York * John Palmer (1842–1905), secretary of state of New York and commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic * John Hinde Palmer (1808–1884), English barrister and Liberal Party politician * John William Palmer (1866–1958), U.S. Representative from Missouri * John M. Palmer (politician) (1817–1900), U.S. Civil War general and governor and senator from Illinois * John R. Palmer (1809–1877), Michigan politician

Architects

* John Palmer (architect) (1785–1846), English architect *

John Palmer (Bath architect) John Palmer ( 1738 – 19 July 1817) was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of Bath, Somerset, UK. He succeeded Thomas Baldwin as City Architect in 1792. He died in Bath. Some works * St James ...

(1738–1817), English architect

Religious figures

* John Palmer (Unitarian, 1729?–1790), English minister, active in the Midlands and north *

John Palmer (Unitarian, 1742–1786) John Palmer (1742–1786) was an English Unitarian minister. Life The son of John Palmer, wig-maker, he was born at Norwich. He was a protégé of John Taylor, who began his education, and, on becoming divinity tutor at Warrington Academy, p ...

, English minister, active in the south * John Palmer (Master of Magdalene College) (died 1607), English clergyman and academic * John Palmer (Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia) (1837–1902)

Military

* John M. Palmer (politician) (1817–1900), U.S. Civil War general and governor of Illinois * John McAuley Palmer (general) (1870–1955), American First World War general and military theorist

Sports

* John Palmer (cricketer) (1881–1928), English cricketer * John Palmer (rugby union) (born 1957), English rugby union player * Johnny Palmer (1918–2006), golfer *

Bud Palmer John Shove "Bud" Palmer (born John Palmer Flynn; September 14, 1921 – March 19, 2013) was an American professional basketball player and sportscaster. He was a member of the New York Knicks during the team's first three seasons in the Basketbal ...

(John S. Palmer; 1921–2013), New York Knicks player

Music

John Palmer (composer) John Palmer (1959) is a British composer, pianist, musicologist, and university professor. His compositions are published by Composers Edition. He has held academic posts at the University of Oxford, the University of Hertfordshire, and the Unive ...

(born 1959), composer of instrumental and electronic music *

John Palmer (musician) John Michael "Poli" Palmer (born 26 May 1943) is an English rock musician who was a key member in the progressive rock band Family. Though he was not an original member, he was regarded as being integral to the group's sound. He played the vib ...

(1943–2025), English musician * John F. Palmer (1870–?), American songwriter

Criminals

*John Palmer, alias of highwayman

Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ear ...

(1705–1739) *

John Palmer (criminal) John Edward Palmer (September 1950 – 24 June 2015) was an English criminal, former market trader and gold dealer, involved in various criminal activities including mortgage and timeshare fraud. The police believed that much of his alleged � ...

(1950–2015), convicted time-share fraudster, nicknamed "Goldfinger"

Other people

John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne John Roundell Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne (24 March 1940 – 12 February 2021) was a British peer, ecological expert, and businessman. He was one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the enactment of the Hous ...

(1940–2021), British peer and businessman *

John Palmer (actor) John Palmer (c. 1742–1798) was an actor on the English stage in the eighteenth century. There was also another John Palmer (1728–1768) who was known as Gentleman Palmer. Richard Brinsley Sheridan nicknamed him Plausible Jack. Birth and youth ...

(c.1742–1798), English actor *

John Palmer (author) John Leslie Palmer (4 September 1885, Paddington, London – 5 August 1944) was an English theatre critic and prolific author. Under his own name, he wrote extensively about early English actors and about British literary figures. He also wrote ...

(1885–1944), English author *

John Palmer (Commissary of New South Wales) John Palmer (17 June 1760 – 27 September 1833) was a commissary of New South Wales, responsible for the colony's supplies. He arrived with the First Fleet in 1788, and was opposed to those who plotted against Governor William Bligh. One of eig ...

(1760–1833) *

John Palmer (director) John Palmer (May 13, 1943 – May 15, 2020) was a Canadian theatre and film director and playwright."Palmer, J ...

(1943–2020), Canadian film and theatre director * John Palmer (postal innovator) (1742–1818), inventor of the lightweight mail coach *

John Palmer (colonial administrator) Captain John Palmer (c.1650 – c.1700) was an English soldier, lawyer and colonial administrator. In the earlier 1670s Palmer moved from Barbados to the Province of New York, and he was then appointed ranger of Staten Island. Thomas Rudyard made ...

(c. 1650 – c. 1700), first Englishman to purchase land in the Rockaway Peninsula *

John Palmer (TV journalist) John Spencer Palmer (September 10, 1935 – August 3, 2013) was an American news correspondent, television broadcaster and news anchor for NBC News. Career NBC News Palmer worked for the NBC network over the course of 40 years, first from 1962 to ...

(1935–2013), former NBC News correspondent * John Horsley Palmer (1779–1858), English banker and Governor of the Bank of England * John J. Palmer (born 1965), metallurgist and author of ''How to Brew'' *

John Anderson Palmer John Anderson Palmer is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of Florida. He is known for his expertise on ancient Greek philosophy. In 2014, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are ...

(born 1965), American philosopher * John Ross Palmer (born 1974), American artist *

Johnny Ace Palmer Johnny Ace Palmer is an American close-up magician. He is famous within the worldwide magical community for his prodigious sleight-of-hand abilities. Early life Palmer was born in Warren, Ohio, in 1960 and attended Lakeview High School in Ohio u ...

(born late 1950s), American magician

Characters

* John Palmer (''Home and Away''), fictional character * Johnny Palmer (''Family Affairs''), fictional character

Buildings

* John Denham Palmer House, a historic site in Fernandina Beach, Florida

Ships

* ''John Palmer'' (1807 ship) * ''John Palmer'' (1810 ship) * ''John Palmer'' (1814 schooner), a ship wrecked in Bass Strait in 1818