St John or St. John is a given name and surname. It can be pronounced or sometimes in some places, particularly if it is the first part of a hyphenated family name or a given name. Use of the

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People with the given name

* St John Pettifor Catchpool (1890–1971), English Quaker relief worker * St. John Ellis (1964–2005), British Rugby League player * St John Ervine (1883–1971), Irish writer * St John Groser (1890–1966), Anglican priest and Christian socialist *

St John Hornby Charles Harold St John Hornby (25 June 1867 – 1946) was a founding partner of W. H. Smith, deputy vice-chairman of the NSPCC, and founder and owner of the Ashendene Press. Early life Charles Harold St John (pronounced 'Sin-jun') Hornby was b ...

(1867–1946), British businessman * St John Horsfall (1910–1949), British motor racing driver *

St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC, DL (14 December 185613 February 1942), styled as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative and Irish Unionist Al ...

(1856–1942), British politician * St John O'Neill (1741–1790), Irish MP for Randalstown *

Saint-John Perse Alexis Leger (; 31 May 1887 – 20 September 1975), better known by his pseudonym Saint-John Perse (; also Saint-Leger Leger), was a French poet, writer and diplomat, awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the soaring flight and the ev ...

, pseudonym of Alexis Leger (1887–1975), French poet and diplomat *

St John Philby Harry St John Bridger Philby, CIE (3 April 1885 – 30 September 1960), also known as Jack Philby or Sheikh Abdullah (), was a British Arabist, advisor, explorer, writer, and a colonial intelligence officer who served as an advisor to King A ...

(1885–1960), British civil servant and explorer in Arabia

Fictional characters with the given name

*St. John Allerdyce, real name of

Pyro Pyro comes from the Greek word πῦρ (pyr), meaning ''fire''. It may refer to: Businesses * Pyro Plastics Corporation, a plastic model kit maker 1940s through the 1970s *Pyro Studios, a computer game developer based in Madrid * NRK P3 Pyro, a N ...

, fictional supervillain *St John Colchester, in the ''Torchwood'' audio drama series *St. John Hawke, in the American TV series ''

Airwolf ''Airwolf'' is an American action military drama television series. It centers on a high-technology attack helicopter, code-named '' Airwolf'', and its crew. They undertake various exotic missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War the ...

'' *St. John Quartermaine, in

Quartermaine's Terms ''Quartermaine's Terms'' is a play by Simon Gray which won The Cheltenham Prize in 1982. Plot The play takes place over a period of two years in the 1960s in the staffroom at a Cambridge school for teaching English to foreigners. It deals wi ...

, the play by

Simon Gray Simon James Holliday Gray (21 October 1936 – 7 August 2008) was an English playwright and memoirist who also had a career as a Academia, university lecturer in English literature at Queen Mary, University of London, for 20 years. While teach ...

*St. John Rivers, clergyman in Charlotte Brontë's ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...

'' *St. John Talbot, in the film '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'' *St. John Powell, partner of fictional advertising firm Putnam, Powell and Lowe in American TV series ''Mad Men'' *James St. John Smythe, alias used by fictional spy

James Bond The ''James Bond'' franchise focuses on James Bond (literary character), the titular character, a fictional Secret Intelligence Service, British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels ...

whilst posing as a horse buyer in ''

A View to a Kill ''A View to a Kill'' is a 1985 spy film, the fourteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the seventh and final appearance of Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from ...

'' *Deacon St. John, in the video game ''

Days Gone ''Days Gone'' is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for the PlayStation 4 in April 2019, and Windows in May 2021. A remastered version for PlaySta ...

'' *St. John Gurney-Clifford, in British TV series ''Grantchester''

People with the surname

Alex St. John Alex St. John, along with Craig Eisler and Eric Engstrom, created the original Microsoft DirectX technology platform. Alex became the Microsoft Windows Game technology evangelist for DirectX through his early work at Microsoft (1992-1997) to adva ...

, American programmer * Al St. John, American comic actor * Ambrose St. John (1815–1875), English priest and convert to Catholicism *

Andrew St. John Andrew St. John (born July 9, 1982) is an American actor who portrayed Kyle Ratcliffe on ABC's soap opera ''General Hospital'' during the 2003 season. Also, he also had a guest-starring role on CBS' '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' spinoff ...

, American actor * Annie St John, British television presenter * Archer St. John (1904–1955), American comic book publisher *

Austin St. John Jason Lawrence Geiger (born September 17, 1974), professionally known as Austin St. John, is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Jason Lee Scott in the ''Power Rangers'' franchise. Early life Austin St. John is the son of U.S. Ma ...

, American actor * Bayle St. John, British writer * Bert St. John, Australian tennis player * Betta St. John, American actress * Beverly St. John, American church elder *

Bridget St John Bridget St John (born Bridget Anne Hobbs; 4 October 1946 in East Molesey, Surrey, England) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel's Dandelion record label ...

, British singer * Caroline St John-Brooks, English journalist * Charles St. John, 19th-century U.S. Representative from New York * Charles Edward St. John (1857–1935), American astronomer * Cheryl St. John, American author * Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902), American poet * Cynthia Morgan St. John (1852–1919), American Wordsworthian, book collector, and author * Daniel B. St. John, 19th-century U.S. Representative from New York * Dai St. John, Welsh heavyweight boxer * David St. John, American poet * Del St. John, Canadian hockey player * Douglas St. John, New Zealand cricketer * Earl St. John, American-born producer *

Edward St John Edward Henry St John QC (pr: Sinj'n) (15 August 191624 October 1994) was a prominent Australian barrister, anti-nuclear activist and Liberal politician in the 1960s. His political career came to a controversial end after he criticised the Pr ...

(1916–1994), Australian politician * Eugenia F. St. John, American evangelist and lecturer * Florence St. John, English actress and singer *

Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, 3rd Viscount St John (21 December 1732 – 5 May 1787), was a British peer and landowner. His father was John St John, 2nd Viscount St John, half-brother of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke ( ...

George St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke George Richard St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke and 4th Viscount St John (5 March 1761 – 11 December 1824), styled The Honourable George St John from birth until 1787, was a British peer and politician. He became famous in his own lifetime fo ...

* Georgie Boyden St. John (1861–1899), American composer * Gina St. John, American actress *

Harold St. John Harold St. John (July 24/25 1892 – December 12, 1991) was a professor of botany at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa from 1929 to 1958. A prolific specialist in field botany and systematics, he is credited with naming about 500 new specie ...

, American botanist *

Harold Bernard St. John Sir Harold Bernard St. John, KA (16 August 1931 – 29 February 2004) was a Barbadian politician who served as the third prime minister of Barbados from 1985 to 1986. To date, he is the shortest serving Barbadian prime minister. He was leader o ...

, Barbadian politician * Helen St. John, American musician *

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (; 16 September 1678 – 12 December 1751) was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tory (British political party), Tories, and supported the ...

(1678–1751), English statesman and philosopher * Henry St. John (congressman), 19th-century U.S. Representative from Ohio *

Henry Beauchamp St John Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Beauchamp St John, (26 August 1874 – 5 October 1954) was a British Indian Army and Indian Political Service officer. Biography St John was born on 26 August 1874, the son of Colonel Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry ...

, British Army officer * Howard St. John, American actor *

Ian St John John "Ian" St John (; 7 June 1938 – 1 March 2021) was a Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster. St John played as a forward for Liverpool throughout most of the 1960s. Signed by Bill Shankly in 1961, St John was a key m ...

(1938–2021), Scottish footballer, manager and pundit * Isaac M. St. John (1827–1880), Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War *

J. Allen St. John James Allen St. John (October 1, 1872 – May 23, 1957) was an American author, artist and illustrator. He is especially remembered for his illustrations for the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, although he illustrated works of many types. He ta ...

, American author, artist and illustrator * James Augustus St. John (1795–1875), British author and traveller * Jane Martha St. John (1801–1882), British amateur photographer *

Jeff St John Jeff St John (born Jeffrey Leo Newton; 22 April 1946 – 6 March 2018), was an Australian musician best known for several Australian hits, such as ''"Teach Me How to Fly"'' (1970), ''"Big Time Operator"'' (1967) and ''"A Fool in Love"'' (1977). ...

(1946-2018), Australian musician *

Jill St. John Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American Bond girl of the James Bond film franchise, in 1971's '' Diamonds Are Forever''. Additiona ...

, American film and television actress * John St. John (disambiguation), several people * Jon St. John, American voice actor and singer * Joseph St. John, Canadian politician * Jude St. John, Canadian football league player * Julia St. John, English actress *

Kate St John Kate St John (born 2 October 1957) is an English composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. She was a member of bands Ravishing Beauties, The Dream Academy, and Channel Light Vessel, and of Van Morrison's live band, in which she pl ...

, British musician and composer * Kristoff St. John, American actor * Lara St. John, Canadian violinist * Locke St. John, American baseball player * Lynn St. John, American sports coach *

Madeleine St John Madeleine St John (12 November 194118 June 2006) was an Australian writer, the first Australian woman to be shortlisted Beresford, Bruce (2009) "In memory of a friendship", ''The Canberra Times'', 28 March 2009, Panorama, p. 9 for the Booker Priz ...

, Australian author * Marco St. John, American actor *

Mark St. John Mark Leslie Norton (February 7, 1956 – April 5, 2007), better known as Mark St. John, was an American guitarist best known for his brief stint with the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss from April to November 1984. His work can be heard on the ...

, American guitarist * Mary Louise St. John, American nun * Mia St. John, American boxer *

Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 9th and 10th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

, British politician *

Oliver St John Sir Oliver St John (; c. 1598 – 31 December 1673) was an English barrister, judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640-53. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. Early life St John was the son o ...

(ca. 1598–1673), English statesman and judge * Oliver St John (civil servant), British administrator of India *

Orestes St. John Orestes Hawley St. John (January 12, 1841 – July 20, 1921) was an American geologist, paleontologist, and scientific illustrator specializing in the study of Paleozoic fossil fish. He trained under Louis Agassiz and worked extensively with the ...

(1841–1921), American geologist and paleontologist * Pat St. John, American DJ * Patricia St. John, British writer * Pete St. John, Irish singer * Powell St. John, American singer and songwriter * Ray St. John, British musician *

Richard Fleming St Andrew St John Richard Fleming St Andrew St John (1839–1919) of Ealing was an English orientalist. St John's works include readers and guides to the Burmese language, and papers and correspondence in journals of folklore and 'Asiatic studies'. Manuscrip ...

(1839–1919), English orientalist *

Robert St. John Robert William St. John (March 9, 1902 – February 6, 2003) was an American writer, broadcasting, broadcaster, and journalist. Soyer was a member of the Writers and Artists for Peace in the Middle East, a pro-Israel group. In 1984, he signed a ...

(1902–2003), American author, broadcaster, and journalist * Scott St. John, Canadian musician * Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Native American poet * Spenser St. John, British Consul in Brunei (19th century) * Trevor St. John, American actor *

Warren St. John Warren St. John is an American author, journalist and business executive. He was a reporter at ''The New York Times'' from 2002 to 2008 and is now the Chief Executive Officer of Patch, the hyperlocal news network that was formerly part of AOL. ...

, American author Baronets of Lydiard Tregoze (1611) * Sir John St John, 1st Baronet (1585–1648), Member of Parliament and prominent Royalist Barons St John of Bletso (1559) *

John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso (died 23 October 1596) was an England, English peerage, peer. The son of Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso, and Agnes Fisher, he succeeded to the Baron St John of Bletso, barony upon his father ...

(died 1596) * Oliver St John, 5th Baron St John of Bletso ** Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke (1580?–1646), known from 1618 until 1624 as 4th Baron St John of Bletso, English nobleman and politician * Paulet St Andrew St John, 8th Baron St John of Bletso *

John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso (died 24 June 1757) was an English peer. Biography The son of Andrew St John and his wife Jane Blois, daughter of William Blois of Cockfield Hall, Suffolk, he was a nephew of Paulet St John, 8th Baro ...

(died 1757) *

John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso John St John of Northwood, 12th Baron St John of Bletso (15 November 1725 – 20 April 1767) was a British peer. Biography St John was the eldest son of John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso and his wife Elizabeth Crowley, daughter of ...

(died 1767) *

St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC Fellows of the Royal Society, FRS (22 August 1759 – 15 October 1817) was an English politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 until 1806 ...

St Andrew St John, 15th Baron St John of Bletso St Andrew St John, 15th Baron St John of Bletso (8 November 1811 – 27 January 1874) was an English peer. Biography St John was born at Wimpole Street the eldest son of St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso, and his wife, Louisa Boug ...

* Beauchamp St John, 17th Baron St John of Bletso * Mowbray St John, 19th Baron St John of Bletso * John St John, 20th Baron St John of Bletso (1917–1976) * Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso

Fictional characters with the surname

* Alexandria St. John, in the American TV series ''

The Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...

'' *Dalton St. John, in the American TV series ''The Vampire Diaries'' *Deacon St. John, protagonist in the video game ''

'' *Mick St. John, one of the main characters in the American TV series ''

Moonlight Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. History The ancient Greek philosopher Anaxagoras was aware that "''the sun provides the moon with its ...

'' *Peter St. John (Mandala), in the British comic book series ''

Zenith The zenith (, ) is the imaginary point on the celestial sphere directly "above" a particular location. "Above" means in the vertical direction (Vertical and horizontal, plumb line) opposite to the gravity direction at that location (nadir). The z ...

'' * Lorenzo St. John, a vampire in the American TV series ''The Vampire Diaries'' *Virginia St. John, in the American TV series ''The Vampire Diaries''

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