# John Fitzgerald

John or Jack Fitzgerald, or variants, may refer to:

## Military

* Sir John Forster FitzGerald (1785–1877), Irish soldier, officer in British Army during the Napoleonic wars and Liberal MP
* John Fitzgerald (soldier) (1817–?), American soldier
* John Fitzgerald (Medal of Honor) (1873–1948), American Medal of Honor recipient

## Nobility

* John FitzGerald, 1st Baron Desmond (died 1261)
* John FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Kildare (c. 1250–1316), Irish nobleman
* John FitzGerald, 4th Earl of Desmond (died 1399)
* John FitzGerald, de facto 12th Earl of Desmond (died 1534)
* John Fitzedmund Fitzgerald (died 1589), Irish baron
* John FitzGerald, 18th Earl of Kildare (1661–1707)
* Lord John FitzGerald (1952–2015), Irish nobleman

## Politics and law
### UK

* John Fitzgerald (governor) (fl. 1660s), Irish soldier and governor of Tangier
* John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry (1706–1741), Irish MP for Dingle
* John Fitzgerald (1775–1852), British MP for Seaford 1826–32
* John FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald (1816–1889), Irish judge and politician
* Sir John Fitzgerald (brewer) (1857–1930), Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1914–1915
* Jack Fitzgerald (1873–1929), founding member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain
* Jack Fitzgerald (politician) (John Fitzgerald, 1914–1994), Irish Labour Party politician

### U.S.

* John Fitzgerald (Wisconsin politician) (c. 1827–1863), Wisconsin banker and politician
* John Wesley Fitzgerald (1850–1908), American businessman and politician
* John C. Fitzgerald (1863–1928), New York politician
* John F. Fitzgerald (1863–1950), aka "Honey Fitz", mayor of Boston, grandfather and namesake of president John F. Kennedy
* John J. Fitzgerald (1872–1952), U.S. representative from New York
* John I. Fitzgerald (1882–1966), American attorney and politician in Massachusetts
* John Moonan Fitzgerald (1923–2008), U.S. jurist and politician
* John Warner Fitzgerald (1924–2006), Michigan chief justice
* John Wesley Fitzgerald, Michigan state representative
* John F. Kennedy, (1917-1963), 35th U.S. President

### Other figures in politics and law

* John Daniel FitzGerald (1862–1922), Australian politician
* John Fitzgerald (Australian politician) (1864–1936), member of the South Australian House of Assembly
* John FitzGerald of Dromana, MP for Dungarvan in the Irish Parliament

## Science and medicine

* John Patrick Fitzgerald (1815–1897), New Zealand doctor, community leader and hospital superintendent
* John G. FitzGerald (1882–1940), Canadian physician
* John Fitzgerald (computer scientist) (born 1965), British computer scientist and Chair of Formal Methods Europe

## Sports
### American football

* John Fitzgerald (center) (born 1948), former Dallas Cowboys center
* John Fitzgerald (quarterback) (born 1975), former quarterback with the af2's Austin Wranglers
* John Fitzgerald (offensive guard) (fl. 1998–2000), former University of Central Oklahoma lineman

### Association football (soccer)

* Jack Fitzgerald (footballer) (1930–2003), Irish footballer
* John Fitzgerald (soccer) (born 1968), Canadian soccer player, businessman & corporate lawyer
* John Fitzgerald (footballer) (born 1984), Irish footballer

### Baseball

* John Fitzgerald (Rochester Broncos pitcher) (1866–1892), pitcher for the 1890 Rochester Broncos
* John Fitzgerald (Boston Reds pitcher) (1870–1921), pitcher for the 1891 Boston Reds
* John Fitzgerald (1950s pitcher) (born 1933), pitcher for the 1958 San Francisco Giants
* John Fitzgerald (catcher) (fl. 1940s), Negro league baseball catcher

### Other sports

* John J. Fitz Gerald (1893–1963), American turf racing sportswriter
* Jack Fitzgerald (cyclist) (born 1899), Australian cyclist
* John Fitzgerald (Australian footballer, born 1961), former Geelong player
* John Fitzgerald (Australian footballer, born 1901) (1901–1987), Fitzroy player
* John Fitzgerald (tennis) (born 1960), Australian tennis player
* John Fitzgerald (pentathlete) (born 1948), American modern pentathlete
* John Fitzgerald (rugby union) (born 1961), Irish rugby union international player
* Jack Fitzgerald (rugby league) (1925–1965), Australian rugby league player

## Others

* John Fitzgerald (priest) (fl. 1627–1641), Dean of Cork
* John Anster Fitzgerald (died 1906), English fairy painter and portrait artist
* John Driscoll Fitz-Gerald (1873–1946), American scholar and philologist
* John D. Fitzgerald (1906–1988), American author of children's books
* John Fitzgerald (poet) (1927–2007), English Carmelite priest and philosopher and Welsh-language poet
* John D. FitzGerald (born 1952), Irish economist and former director of the Economic and Social Research Institute
* John S. Fitzgerald, a frontiersman and erstwhile companion to Hugh Glass