# John Williams (disambiguation)

John Williams (born 1932) is an American composer (specializing in film scores), conductor and pianist.
John, Johnnie, or Johnny Williams may also refer to:

## People
### Businessmen

* John Williams (football executive) (born 1939 or 1940), English football executive
* John Williams (winemaker) (born 1953), American winemaker
* John C. Williams (economist) (born 1962), president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
* John H. Williams (businessperson), American businessperson
* John Henry Williams (baseball) (1968–2004), son of baseball player Ted Williams
* John Osborn Williams (1886–1963), Canadian businessperson
* John P. Williams Jr. (1941–2019), president of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
* John Stanton Williams (1814–1876), American shipowner and businessperson

### Clergymen

* John Williams (Ab Ithel) (1811–1862), Welsh antiquary and Anglican priest
* John Williams (archbishop of York) (1582–1650), British Anglican archbishop of York and political advisor to King James I
* John Williams (archdeacon of Switzerland) (born 1948), Anglican archdeacon of Switzerland
* John Williams (archdeacon of Worcester) (1912–2002), Anglican archdeacon of Dudley and archdeacon of Worcester
* John Williams (bishop of Chichester) (1636–1709), English bishop of Chichester
* John Williams (bishop of Connecticut) (1817–1899), American bishop of Connecticut, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and dean of Berkeley Divinity School
* John Williams (dean of Llandaff) (1907–1983), Welsh Anglican archdeacon of Llandaff and dean of Llandaff
* John Williams (evangelical priest) (1762–1802), Welsh Anglican priest
* John Williams (minister and physician) (1626 or 1627 – 1673), Welsh nonconformist preacher and physician
* John Williams (missionary) (1796–1839), English Congregationalist missionary eaten by cannibals in Vanuatu
* John Williams (New England minister) (1664–1729), New England Puritan minister, famous for The Redeemed Captive
* John Williams (Oxford academic) (died 1613), British Anglican dean of Bangor, principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford
* John Williams (priest, born 1792) (1792–1858), Welsh Anglican archdeacon of Cardigan, scholar, and schoolmaster
* John Williams (schoolmaster, born 1760) (1760–1826), Welsh Anglican priest and schoolmaster
* John Albert Williams (1866–1933), American Episcopal priest, journalist, and political activist
* Chris Williams (bishop) (John Christopher Richard Williams, born 1936), Anglican bishop in Canada
* John Elias Williams (1871–1927), American Presbyterian missionary to China
* John Joseph Williams (1822–1907), American Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston
* John Owen Williams (Pedrog) (1853–1932), Welsh Congregationalist minister and poet
* John Tudno Williams (born 1938), moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Wales and principal of United Theological College, Aberystwyth

### Criminals and alleged criminals

* John Williams (British mass murderer) (1774–1811), perpetrator of the Ratcliff Highway murders
* John Williams (convict), convict transported to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
* John Williams (died 1913), murder convict in the Case of the Hooded Man
* John Allen Williams (murderer) or John Allen Muhammad (1960–2009), American murderer
* Johnny Madison Williams Jr. (born 1951), bank robber

### Judges

* John Williams (English judge) (died 1846), known for the 1830s Tolpuddle Martyr trials
* John A. Williams (judge) (1835–1900), US federal judge
* John Griffith Williams (born 1944), Welsh judge of the High Court of England and Wales
* Hugh Williams (judge) (John Hugh Williams, born 1939), New Zealand judge
* B. John Williams (born 1949), American lawyer and judge

### Military figures
#### American military figures

* John Williams (Medal of Honor, born 1828) (1828–1886), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
* John Williams (Medal of Honor, born 1832) (1832–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
* John Williams (Medal of Honor, 1861) (1831–1899), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
* John B. Williams (general), United States Air Force general
* John F. Williams (1887–1953), Army National Guard general
* John Foster Williams (1743–1814), Continental Navy officer during the American Revolutionary War
* John G. Williams Jr. (1924–1991), US Navy admiral
* John J. Williams (soldier) (1843–1865), Union soldier, last battle fatality during the American Civil War
* John Pugh Williams (1750s–1803), American Revolution general
* John Stuart Williams (1818–1898), Confederate general in the American Civil War, later US senator from Kentucky

#### British military figures

* John Williams (British Army officer) (1934–2002), British army officer
* John Williams (VC) (1857–1932), recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Jack Williams (VC) (John Henry Williams, 1886–1953), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross
* John Lloyd Williams (RAF officer) (1894–?), World War I fighter ace
* Sir John William Collman Williams (1823–1911), Royal Marines officer
* John Williams Wilson (1798–1857), English-Chilean sailor and politician

#### Other military figures

* John Edwin Ashley Williams (1919–1944), Australian air force officer, murdered in 1944 following "The Great Escape"
* John Scott Williams (1893–1944), Canadian military officer and aviator

### Musicians

* John Williams (bassist) (born 1941), American jazz double bassist, bass guitarist
* John Williams (guitarist) (born 1941), Australian classical guitarist
* John Williams (pianist) (1929–2018), American jazz pianist
* John B (John Bryn Williams, born 1977), English disc jockey
* John David (musician) (John David Williams, born 1946), Welsh pop and rock musician and songwriter
* John Gary Williams (fl. 1960–1990), American R&B singer and member of The Mad Lads
* John McLaughlin Williams (born 1957), American classical conductor and violinist
* John Overton Williams (1905–1996), American jazz saxophonist with Andy Kirk
* John Owen Williams (record producer) (born 1951), English A&R executive, record producer and songwriter
* Johnny Williams (bassist) (1908–1998), American jazz double bassist
* Johnny Williams (blues musician) (1906–2006), Chicago blues guitarist and singer
* Johnny Williams (drummer) (1905–1985), American jazz drummer with the Raymond Scott Quintette
* Johnny Williams (saxophonist) (1936–1998), American saxophonist with Count Basie
* "Scarface" John Williams (1938–1972), singer

### Physicians

* John Williams (gastroenterologist), British clinical academic researcher
* Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London (1840–1926), physician to Queen Victoria
* John Ralston Williams (1874–1965), Canadian-American physician
* John Whitridge Williams (1866–1931), obstetrician at Johns Hopkins Hospital

### Politicians
#### American politicians

* John Williams (Caswell County, North Carolina) (1740–1804), North Carolina state senator
* John Williams (Continental Congress) (1731–1799), North Carolina delegate to Continental Congress
* John Williams (Pitt County, North Carolina) (1735–1789), American revolutionary from North Carolina, served in state Assembly and House of Commons
* John Williams (Rochester, New York) (1807–1875), US representative from New York
* John Williams (Salem, New York) (1752–1806), US representative from New York
* John Williams (Tennessee politician) (1778–1837), US senator from Tennessee
* John Williams (West Virginia politician) (born 1990), West Virginia state delegate
* John Bell Williams (1918–1983), US Representative from Mississippi
* John Cornelius Williams Jr. (born 1938), American politician in the state of South Carolina
* Thomas Edward Williams (politician) (1849–1931), Wisconsin legislator, erroneously named John Edward Williams in the 1885 Wisconsin Blue Book
* John F. Williams (American politician) (1885–1963), New York state senator
* John Green Williams (1796–1833), Virginia lawyer and delegate
* John J. Williams (politician) (1904–1988), US senator from Delaware
* John K. Williams (1822–1880), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* John M. S. Williams (1818–1886), US representative from Massachusetts
* Pat Williams (Montana politician) (John Patrick Williams, born 1937), US representative from Montana
* John R. Williams (1782–1854), mayor of Detroit
* Jack Williams (American politician) (John Richard Williams, 1909–1998), three-time governor of Arizona
* John Sharp Williams (1854–1932), US representative and senator from Mississippi
* John Skelton Williams (1865–1926), US Comptroller of the Currency (1914–21)
* John Stuart Williams (1818–1898), US senator from Kentucky, former Confederate general
* John T. Williams (politician) (1864–1944), Wisconsin state assemblyman
* John Willis Williams (fl. 1873–1875), state legislator in Arkansas

#### Australian politicians

* John Williams (Australian senator) (born 1955), Australian senator from New South Wales
* John Williams (New South Wales colonial politician) (1821–1891), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
* John Williams (New South Wales state politician) (born 1948), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* John Williams (South Australian politician) (1824–1890), pastoralist and member of the South Australian House of Assembly
* John Williams (Western Australian politician) (1926–1997), member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia
* B. A. Santamaria (1915–1998), anti-communist activist and journalist who wrote under the pseudonym John Williams

#### British politicians

* John Williams (MP for Bedford) (c. 1519 – c. 1561), sat 1554–55
* John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame (1500–1559), Lord Chamberlain
* John Williams (Dorset MP) (c. 1545–1617), English member of parliament (MP) for Dorset, 1604
* Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Llangibby (1651–1704), MP for Monmouth Boroughs and Monmouthshire, 1698–1705
* Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Eltham (1653–1723), MP for Herefordshire, 1701–1705
* John Williams (Wales MP), Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653
* Sir John Williams (died 1743), MP for Aldeburgh, 1730–1734
* John Williams (died 1751), MP for Fowey, 1701–1702
* John Williams (Macclesfield MP) (died 1855), MP for Macclesfield, 1847–1852
* John Williams (born 1736) (1736–?), MP for Saltash, 1771
* John Williams (Windsor MP) (1766–?), MP for Windsor, 1802–1804
* John Williams (1777–1846), MP for Lincoln, 1822–1826, Ilchester, 1826–1827, and Winchelsea, 1830–1832
* John Williams (Nottinghamshire politician) (1821–1907), MP for Nottingham South (1885) and Mansfield (1892–1890)
* Jack Williams (socialist activist) (John Edward Williams, 1854–1917), British socialist and unemployed movement activist
* John Charles Williams (1861–1939), MP for Truro, 1892–1895
* John Williams (Gower MP) (1861–1922), MP for Gower 1906–1922
* John Henry Williams (politician) (1870–1936), MP for Llanelli 1922–1936
* John Williams (trade unionist) (1873–?), British trade unionist and politician
* John Williams (Glasgow politician) (1892–1982), British MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove
* John L. Williams (Welsh nationalist) (1924–2004), Plaid Cymru councillor and language campaigner
* John Williams (Weymouth MP) (fl. 1554), MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

#### Canadian politicians

* John Williams (Manitoba politician) (1860–1931), Canadian politician
* John Elliot Williams (1920–1988), Canadian politician and boat builder
* John G. Williams (Canadian politician) (1946-2024), member of Parliament for Edmonton—St. Albert, Alberta
* John Reesor Williams (born 1930), member of the Ontario Legislature
* John Tucker Williams (1789–1854), Canadian political figure
* John William Williams (Canadian politician) (fl. 1878–1882), Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Victoria City

#### Other politicians

* Jack Williams (New Zealand politician) (John Henry Williams, 1919–1975), Labour Party member of parliament
* John Kenneth Williams, Pakistani senator
* John William Williams (1827–1904), New Zealand politician from Northland
* John Williams (Jamaican politician), Jamaican planter, slave-owner and politician

### Scholars

* John Williams (Ab Ithel) (1811–1862), Welsh antiquary and Anglican priest
* John Williams (art historian) (1928–2015), University of Pittsburgh
* John Williams (bishop of Connecticut) (1817–1899), American bishop of Connecticut, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, and dean of Berkeley Divinity School
* John Williams (gastroenterologist), British clinical academic researcher
* John Williams (Oxford academic) (died 1613), British Anglican dean of Bangor, principal of Jesus College, Oxford, and vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford
* John Williams (priest, born 1792) (1792–1858), Welsh Anglican archdeacon of Cardigan, scholar, and schoolmaster
* John Williams (water scientist), member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
* John Williams Jr. (university president), former and 12th president of Muhlenberg College
* John Allen Williams (born 1945), American political scientist
* John Beaumont Williams (1932–2005), Australian botanist
* John Burr Williams (1900–1989), early finance theorist; author of The Theory of Investment Value (1938)
* John Davis Williams (1902–1983), chancellor of the University of Mississippi, 1946–1968
* John Ffowcs Williams (1935–2020), professor of engineering at the University of Cambridge, former Master of Emmanuel College
* John Harry Williams (1908–1966), Canadian-American physicist
* John Henry Williams (economist) (1887–1980), American economist
* John Tudno Williams (born 1938), moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Wales and principal of United Theological College, Aberystwyth

### Sportsmen
#### Association footballers

* John Williams (footballer, born 1901) (1901–?), English professional footballer
* John Williams (footballer, born 1960), English footballer
* John Williams (footballer, born 1968), English footballer
* Johnny Williams (footballer, born 1947) (1947–2021), English footballer
* Johnny Williams (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2011), English footballer
* Jonny Williams, Wales international footballer

#### Australian rules footballers

* John Williams (Australian footballer, born 1940) (1940–2019), Australian footballer for Carlton
* John Williams (Australian footballer, born 1947), Australian footballer for Essendon and Collingwood
* John Williams (Australian footballer, born 1988), Australian footballer for Essendon

#### Baseball players

* John Williams (first baseman) (1922–1973), American Negro leagues baseball player
* John Williams (pitcher) (born 1904; death unknown), American Negro leagues baseball player
* Johnnie Williams (baseball) (1889–1963), Major League Baseball pitcher
* Johnny Williams (baseball) (1918–1986), American Negro leagues baseball player

#### Cricketers

* John Williams (Auckland cricketer) (1941–2007), New Zealand cricketer
* John Williams (Canterbury cricketer) (born 1931), New Zealand cricketer
* John Williams (cricketer, born 1878) (1878–1915), English cricketer
* John Williams (cricketer, born 1911) (1911–1964), English cricketer
* John Williams (cricketer, born 1980), English cricketer

#### Gridiron football players and coaches

* John Williams (defensive back) (born 1942), American-born player of Canadian football
* John Williams (offensive lineman) (1945–2012), American football player
* John Williams (running back) (born 1960), American football player
* John Williams Jr. (Canadian football) (born 1977), Canadian football running back
* John L. Williams (American football) (born 1964), American football player
* John M. Williams (1935–2021), American football coach
* Johnny Williams (American football) (1927–2005), American football player

#### Rugby players

* John Williams (rugby league, born 1985), Australian rugby league footballer
* John Williams (rugby league, born 1907) (1907–?), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales and Rochdale Hornets
* John Williams (rugby union, born 1940), Australian rugby union player
* John Williams (rugby union, born 1946) (1946–2024), South African rugby union player and coach
* Jack Williams (rugby union) (John Frederick Williams, 1882–1911), Wales international rugby union lock forward
* J. J. Williams (rugby union) (John James Williams, 1948–2020), Wales international rugby union winger
* J. P. R. Williams (John Peter Rhys Williams, 1949–2024), Wales international rugby union fullback
* Johnny Williams (rugby union, born 1882) (1882–1916), Wales international rugby union winger
* Johnny Williams (rugby union, born 1982), English rugby union player
* Johnny Williams (rugby union, born 1996), Wales international rugby union centre

#### Other sportsmen

* John Williams (archer) (born 1953), American archer
* John Williams (basketball, born 1966), American basketball player
* John Williams (equestrian) (born 1965), American equestrian
* John Williams (mixed martial artist) (1940–2015), Canadian martial artist known as Gray Wolf
* John Williams (motorcyclist) (1946–1978), English Grand Prix motorcycle racer
* John Williams (snooker referee) (born 1937), Welsh snooker referee
* Ian Rotten (John Benson Williams, born 1970), American wrestler
* John "Hot Rod" Williams (1962–2015), American basketball player
* John Sherman Williams (born 1963), American basketball player
* Johnny Williams (boxer) (1926–2007), Welsh boxer
* John Williams (triple jumper) (born 1964), American triple jumper, 1985 All-American for the SMU Mustangs track and field team

### Writers

* John Williams (author, born 1961), Welsh novelist
* John Williams (satirist) (1761–1818), English poet, satirist, and journalist
* John A. Williams (1925–2015), American novelist
* Sir John Bickerton Williams, English nonconformist author and lawyer
* John Edward Williams (1922–1994), American author, editor and professor, known for novels Augustus, Butcher's Crossing and Stoner
* John Ellis Williams (1924–2008), Welsh novelist
* John Francon Williams (1854–1911), Welsh journalist, writer, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor
* John Hartley Williams (1942–2014), English poet
* John James Williams (poet) (1869–1954), Welsh poet
* John Williams Ntwali (1979–2023), Rwandan journalist
* John Richard Williams (poet) (1867–1924), Welsh poet, also known as J. R. Tryfanwy
* John Sibley Williams (born 1978), American poet and fiction writer

### Others

* John Williams (Surveyor of the Navy) (1700–1784), British shipbuilder and designer and Surveyor of the Navy
* John Williams, engineer of the Montgomery Canal
* John Williams (actor) (1903–1983), English stage, film, and television actor
* John Williams (barrister) (1757–1810), Welsh barrister and legal writer
* John Williams (radio personality) (born 1959), American radio personality
* John Williams (goldsmith), Welsh-born goldsmith based in London
* John Constantine Williams Sr. (died 1892), cofounder of St. Petersburg, Florida
* John Eddie Williams, American attorney
* John G. Williams (ornithologist) (1913–1997), Welsh ornithologist
* John H. Williams (film producer) (born 1953), film producer
* Grant Williams (actor) (John Joseph Williams, 1931–1985), American actor
* J. Lloyd Williams (1854–1945), botanist, author, and musician
* John T. Williams (woodcarver) (1960–2010), Native American woodcarver and shooting victim
* John W. Williams (legislative clerk) (1869–1934), American lawyer, clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates

## Other

* List of ships named John Williams