# List of people with surname Johnson

Johnson is one of the most widely distributed surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Johnson:

## Common combinations with the surname "Johnson"

* Aaron Johnson
* Abby Johnson
* Adam Johnson
* Al Johnson
* Alan Johnson
* Albert Johnson
* Alexander or Alex Johnson
* Alice Johnson
* Andrew or Andy Johnson
* Anna Johnson
* Anne or Ann Johnson
* Anthony Johnson
* Austin Johnson
* Ben or Benjamin Johnson
* Bill Johnson
* Billy Johnson
* Bob Johnson
* Brad or Bradley Johnson
* Brandon Johnson
* Brennan Johnson
* Brent Johnson
* Brett Johnson
* Brian Johnson
* Caleb Johnson
* Calvin Johnson
* Carl Johnson
* Chad Johnson
* Chris or Christopher Johnson
* Colin Johnson
* Curt or Curtis Johnson
* Dan Johnson
* Daniel Johnson
* Darryl Johnson
* David or Dave Johnson
* Denis Johnson
* Dennis Johnson
* D. J. Johnson
* Derek Johnson
* Don or Donald Johnson
* Earl Johnson
* Edward or Eddie Johnson
* Emma Johnson
* Eric Johnson
* Erik Johnson
* Ernest Johnson
* Ernie Johnson
* Florence Johnson
* Frank Johnson
* Fred Johnson
* Gary Johnson
* Gene Johnson
* George Johnson
* Glen or Glenroy Johnson
* Gordon or Gordie Johnson
* Graham Johnson
* Gregory or Greg Johnson
* Gus Johnson
* Guy Johnson
* Harold Johnson
* Herbert or Herb Johnson
* Howard or Howie Johnson
* Hugh Johnson
* Hunter Johnson
* J. J. Johnson
* Jack Johnson
* James Johnson
* Janet Johnson
* Jason Johnson
* Jay Johnson
* Jennifer or Jen Johnson
* Jenny Johnson
* Jimmy, Jim, or Jimmie Johnson
* Joan Johnson
* Joe Johnson
* Joel Johnson
* John Johnson
* Joseph Johnson
* Josephine Johnson
* Joshua or Josh Johnson
* Katherine, Katharine or Kate Johnson
* Karl Johnson
* Keith Johnson
* Kelly Johnson
* Kent Johnson
* Kevin Johnson
* Kim Johnson
* Kris Johnson
* Lamont Johnson
* Larry Johnson
* Leo Johnson
* Linda Johnson
* Louis or Lou Johnson
* Luke Johnson
* Luther Johnson
* Marc Johnson
* Marcus Johnson
* Mark Johnson
* Martin Johnson
* Matthew or Matt Johnson
* Micah Johnson
* Michael or Mike Johnson
* Michelle Johnson
* Mitchell or Mitch Johnson
* Nathan Johnson
* Norman or Norm Johnson
* Patrick Johnson
* Paul Johnson
* Peter Johnson
* Randy Johnson
* Ray or Raymond Johnson
* Rebecca Johnson
* Richard or Dick Johnson
* Rob Johnson
* Robert Johnson
* Roger Johnson
* Russell Johnson
* Ryan Johnson
* Samuel or Sam Johnson
* Sarah Johnson
* Scott Johnson
* Shannon Johnson
* Simon Johnson
* Stephanie Johnson
* Stephen Johnson
* Steve Johnson
* Steven Johnson
* Susan Johnson
* Ted or Teddy Johnson
* Terry Johnson
* Theo or Theodore
* Thomas, Tom or Tommy Johnson
* Timothy or Tim Johnson
* Tyler Johnson
* Walter or Wally Johnson
* Will Johnson
* William Johnson
* Willie Johnson
* Zach Johnson

## Notable individuals with surname Johnson
### Arts, music, and letters

* Al Johnson (musician) (1948–2013), American singer, arranger, producer
* Alice E. Johnson (1862–1936), American architect
* Alphonso Johnson (born 1951), American jazz bassist
* Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970), American actor, singer, and songwriter
* Andre Johnson (born 1970), known as Jah Mason, Jamaican reggae artist
* Andreas Johnson (born 1970), Swedish singer
* Arte Johnson (1929–2019), American comic actor
* Ashley Johnson (born 1983), American actor, voice actor, and internet personality
* B. S. Johnson (1933–1973), English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, television producer, and filmmaker
* Brian Johnson (born 1947), British-born lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC
* Bunk Johnson (1879–1949), American jazz musician
* Buzz Johnson (1951–2014), Tobago-born publisher and activist
* C. David Johnson (born 1955), Canadian actor
* Carmencita Johnson (1923–2000), American actor
* Carrie Johnson (journalist), justice correspondent
* Carrie Ashton Johnson (1863–1949), American editor and author
* Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Johnson in 1955), American actress, comedian, author, and television personality
* Chalmers Johnson (1931–2010), American author
* Chubby Johnson (1903–1974), American actor
* Clare Johnson, American writer and artist
* Clark Johnson (born 1954), American actor and director
* Claude Joseph Johnson (1913–1990), American gospel singer
* Claudette Johnson (born 1959), British visual artist
* Crockett Johnson (1906–1975), cartoonist and children's book illustrator
* D. E. Johnson (aka Dan E. Johnson), American author
* Dakota Johnson (born 1989), American actress
* Dink Johnson (1892–1954), American jazz musician
* Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock, born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler
* Edith North Johnson (1903–1988), American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter
* Eliana Johnson (born 1984), American magazine editor
* Elliott Johnson (born 1975), American artist and designer
* Erica Johnson, Canadian broadcaster and journalist
* Erika Johnson (born 1982), American actor
* Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865), American priest and religious writer
* Geir Johnson (1953–2021), Norwegian composer, writer and initiator of culture projects
* Georgann Johnson (1926–2018), American stage, film, and television actress
* George Johnson, American guitarist and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson
* George Matthew Johnson, American author and activist
* Gertrude Johnson (1894–1973), Australian soprano
* Henry "Rufe" Johnson (1908–1974), American Piedmont blues musician
* Holly Johnson (born 1960), English artist, musician and writer
* Irving Johnson (1905–1991), author and adventurer
* Jake Johnson (born 1978), American actor
* Janelle Johnson (1923–1995), American film actress
* Jef Johnson, American clown
* Jenn Johnson, American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor
* Jeremiah Johnson (blues musician) (born 1972), an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
* Johnson (composer) (1953–2011), Indian film score composer and director
* Johnson (rapper) (born 1979), Danish rapper Marc Johnson
* Jill Johnson (born 1973), Swedish country singer
* Joanna Johnson (born 1961), American actor
* KC Johnson (born 1967), Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, known for his work exposing the facts about the Duke lacrosse case
* Kerry G. Johnson (born 1966), African-American cartoonist, graphic designer, and children's book illustrator
* Kim Johnson (musician), American vocalist
* Kim Johnson (politician), British Labour Party MP for Liverpool Riverside since 2019
* Laura Johnson (born 1957), American actor
* Linton Kwesi Johnson, (born 1952), Jamaican United Kingdom-based dub poet
* Liza Johnson (born 1970), American film director, producer, and writer
* Lois Johnson (1942–2014), American country music singer
* Lou Johnson (singer) (1941–2019), American soul singer and pianist
* Louis Johnson (bassist) (1955–2015), American bass player and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson
* Luther "Houserocker" Johnson (1939–2019), American blues singer and guitarist
* L.V. Johnson (1946–1994), American Chicago blues and soul-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
* Marv Johnson (1938–1993), American R&B and soul singer
* Mary Johnson (singer) (1898 or 1900–1983), American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter
* Mary Coffin Johnson (1834–1928), American activist and writer
* Meg Johnson (actress) (1936–2023), English actress
* Molly Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter
* Nedra Johnson (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
* Pableaux Johnson (1966–2025), American journalist and food writer
* Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actor
* Philip Johnson (1906–2005), American architect
* Puff Johnson (1972–2013), American singer
* Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British editor and journalist
* Ramone Johnson, known as Cashis (born 1982), American rapper
* Rian Johnson (born 1973), American filmmaker
* Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect
* Robb Johnson (born 1955), British musician and songwriter
* Russell Johnson (1924–2014), American TV and film actor
* Ruth Johnson (born 1955), American politician in Michigan
* Ruth Johnson (known also as Ruth Horsting and Ma Renu; 1919–2000), American sculptor, professor, and philanthropist
* Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), English poet, essayist, lexicographer and "man of letters"
* Scarlett Alice Johnson (born 1985), English actor
* Sophia Orne Johnson (1826–1899), American author
* Taborah Johnson (born 1953), actor and jazz singer
* Tom Johnson (composer) (1939–2024), American minimalist composer
* Traci Paige Johnson (born 1969), American animator, voice actress, co-creator of Blue's Clues
* Van Johnson (1916–2008), American actor
* W. Bolingbroke Johnson, pseudonym of Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American author and scholar
* Wesley Johnson (1945–2009), aka Wess, American-born Italian singer and bass guitarist
* Wilko Johnson (1947–2022), English singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor

### Politics, law, and government

* Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869
* Axel Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1870–1924)
* A. R. Johnson (1856–1933), Louisiana politician
* Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943), American jurist
* Bob Johnson (Arkansas state representative), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
* Boris Johnson (born 1964), UK Prime Minister
* Cavalier Johnson, American politician
* Cecil E. Johnson (1888–1955), Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
* Charlene Johnson, Canadian politician
* Clark Johnson (politician) (born 1952), American politician (Minnesota)
* Dean Johnson (politician) (born 1947), American politician
* Dusty Johnson (born 1976), American politician
* Dusty A. Johnson, American politician
* Ebenezer Johnson (1786–1849), first mayor of Buffalo, New York
* Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American political activist
* Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810–1876), wife of U.S. president Andrew Johnson
* Fitz Johnson (born 1963), American politician
* Frank Minis Johnson (1918–1999), American jurist
* Gerald W. Johnson (1919–2002), American military general
* Greta Johnson (born 1977), politician
* Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844–1917), American writer, poet, and activist
* Henrietta R. Johnson (1914–1997), American state legislator and nurse
* Huey Johnson (1933–2020), American environmentalist and politician
* Isaac Johnson (colonist) (c. 1601–1630), English colonist and one of the founders of Massachusetts
* Isaac Johnson (politician) (1803–1853), 12th governor of the state of Louisiana
* J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California governor
* Jacob Johnson (born 1948), Swedish politician
* Janis Johnson (born 1946), Canadian politician
* Jay W. Johnson (1943–2009), American politician
* K. A. Johnson (1848–1929), Wisconsin politician
* Kim Johnson, British politician elected 2019
* Kristina M. Johnson (born 1957), American businesswoman, academic, engineer, and government official
* Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969, and businesswoman
* Lee A. Johnson (born 1947), American lawyer
* Luci Baines Johnson (born 1947), youngest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson
* Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born 1944), eldest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson
* Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
* Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), American gay liberation activist and drag queen
* Oswald H. Johnson (1912–1993), American politician
* Phillip E. Johnson (1940–2019), American law professor and a founder of the Intelligent Design movement
* Pierre-Marc Johnson (born 1946), 24th Premier of Quebec
* Prince Johnson (1952–2024), Liberian warlord and politician
* Ron Johnson (born 1955), Wisconsin politician
* Shirley Johnson (1937–2021), Michigan politician
* Tara Johnson (born 1962), Wisconsin politician
* Vaughan Johnson (politician) (1947–2023), Australian politician
* Verne C. Johnson (1925–2012), Minnesota politician
* Willard Johnson (politician) (1820–1900), New York politician
* William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Western Australian MLA
* William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician and soldier
* Yvonne Johnson (1942–2024), American politician

### Sciences and medicine

* Angas Johnson (1873–1951), Australian physician
* Florence Merriam Johnson (c. 1876–1954), American nurse
* Hosmer Allen Johnson (1822–1891), American physician
* James Yate Johnson (1820–1900), English naturalist
* Joanne Johnson (born 1977), British geologist and Antarctic scientist
* Katherine Johnson (1918–2020), American mathematician
* Kathleen R. Johnson, American paleoclimatologist
* Marcia K. Johnson (born 1943), American psychologist
* Reynold B. Johnson (1906–1998), American inventor and computer pioneer
* Roberta Frances Johnson (1902–1988), American mathematician
* Virginia E. Johnson (1925–2013), American sexologist
* Leslie Peter Johnson (1930–2016), English philologist
* Veronica Johnson, American meteorologist
* Wilhelmine Mimi Johnson (1890–1980), Norwegian geologist, physician

### Sports

* Alec Johnson (born 1944), English cricketer
* Alissa Johnson (born 1987), American ski jumper
* Alonzo Johnson (1963–2024), American football player
* Andre Johnson (born 1981), American football player
* Antonio Johnson (born 1984), American football player
* Antonio Johnson (defensive back) (born 2001), American football player
* B. J. Johnson (born 1987), American swimmer
* Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American football player
* Berry Johnson (1906–1985), New Zealand rower
* Bobby Johnson (born 1951), American football coach
* Brent Johnson (born 1977), American ice hockey player
* Bryce Johnson (baseball) (born 1995), American baseball player
* Buddy Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player
* Cade Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* Calvin Johnson (born 1985), American football player
* Camron Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* Carlton Johnson (born 1969), American football player
* Carrie Johnson (canoeist), (born 1984), American Olympian
* Cephus Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* Chad Johnson (born 1978), American football player
* Christian Johnson (born 1986), American football player
* Collin Johnson (born 1997), American football player
* Curley "Boo" Johnson (born 1965), American basketball player
* Dallas Johnson (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
* Danny Johnson (American football) (born 1995), American football player
* Darcy Johnson (born 1983), American football player
* Darnell Johnson (born 1998), English footballer
* Davey Johnson (born 1943), American baseball player and manager
* Delano Johnson (born 1988), American football player
* Demetrious Johnson (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
* Desjuan Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* D'Ernest Johnson (born 1996), American football player
* Dillon Johnson (born 2001), American football player
* Diontae Johnson (born 1998), American football player
* Dorian Johnson (born 1994), American football player
* Dustin Johnson (born 1984), American golfer
* Elijah Johnson (basketball) (born 1990), American player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Ethel Johnson (wrestler) (1935–2018), American professional wrestler
* Hammond Johnson (1883–1919), American college football and baseball coach
* Hunter Johnson (tennis) (born 1994), American professional tennis and pickleball player
* Isaiah Johnson (American football, born May 1992) (born 1992), American football player
* Isaiah Johnson (cornerback) (born 1996), American football player
* Ivan Johnson (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball player
* Jakob Johnson (born 1994), American football player
* Jaleel Johnson (born 1994), American football player
* Jamar Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* Jamarr Johnson (born 1988), Indonesian basketball player
* Jan Johnson (1950–2025), American pole vaulter
* Jaquan Johnson (born 1996), American football player
* Jaylon Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* Jett Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American NASCAR driver
* Jing Johnson (1894–1950), American baseball player
* Jon'Vea Johnson (born 1996), American football player
* Jorja Johnson, American professional pickleball player
* Josh Johnson (baseball coach) (born 1986), American baseball coach
* J. R. Johnson (born 1979), American football player
* Junior Johnson (1931–2019), American NASCAR driver and team owner
* Juwan Johnson (born 1996), American football player
* JW Johnson (John Wayne Johnson, born 2003), American professional pickleball player
* Kameron Johnson (born 2002), American football player
* K. D. Johnson (born 2001), American basketball player
* KeeSean Johnson (born 1996), American football player
* Keldon Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
* Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher), American baseball player
* Kermit Johnson (born 1952), American football player
* Kerryon Johnson (born 1997), American football player
* Keyshawn Johnson (born 1972), American football player and ESPN broadcaster
* Kobe Johnson (born 2003), American basketball player
* Kortnei Johnson (born 1997), American sprinter
* Kris Johnson (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player
* Kyron Johnson (born 1998), American football player
* Lance Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
* Leavander Johnson (1969–2005), American boxer
* Len Johnson (boxer) (1902–1969), English boxer
* Len Johnson (cricketer) (1919–1977), Australian cricketer
* Lonnie Johnson Jr. (born 1995), American football player
* Lyndon Johnson (American football) (born 1994), American football player
* Magic Johnson (born 1959), American basketball player and businessman
* Malik Johnson (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player
* Malik Johnson (soccer) (born 1998), Canadian soccer player
* Marques Johnson (born 1956), American basketball player and basketball analyst
* Max Johnson (born 2001), American football player
* Meechie Johnson, American basketball player
* Michael Johnson (sprinter) (born 1967), American athlete and Gold Medal Olympian
* Mickey Johnson (born 1952), American basketball player
* Myles Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
* Nazeeh Johnson (born 1998), American football player
* Bisi Johnson (Olabisi Johnson, born 1997), American football player
* Oli Johnson (born 1987), English footballer
* Paris Johnson, American football player
* Paris Johnson Jr. (born 2001), American football player
* Pierce Johnson (born 1991), American baseball player
* P. J. Johnson (born 1995), American football player
* Quindell Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* Quinten Johnson (born 2000), American football player
* Rafer Johnson (1934–2020), American decathlete and actor
* Randy Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
* Rocky Johnson (1944–2020; birth name Wayde Bowles), Canadian professional wrestler and father of Dwayne Johnson
* Roderick Johnson (born 1995), American football player
* Roschon Johnson (born 2001), American football player
* Rudi Johnson (born 1979), American football player
* Samson Johnson (born 2002), Togolese basketball player
* Shaun Johnson (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league international
* Shawn Johnson (born 1992), American gymnast
* Sherry Combs Johnson (1938–2023), American barrel racer
* Spider Johnson (1907–1966), American football player
* Taron Johnson (born 1996), American football player
* Tez Johnson (born 2002), American football player
* Tiffani Johnson (born 1975), American basketball player
* T. J. Johnson (American football) (born 1990), American football player
* Travis Johnson (defensive end) (born 1982), American football player
* Ty Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
* Tyren Johnson (born 1988), American basketball player
* Tyron Johnson (born 1996), American football player
* Van Johnson (racing driver) (1927–1959), American racing driver
* Vaughan Johnson (1962–2019), American football player
* Xavier Johnson (basketball) (born 1999), American basketball player
* Xavier Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player
* Zack Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
* Zion Johnson (born 1999), American football player
* Johnson, footballer at the 1904 Summer Olympics, see List of 1904 Summer Olympics medal winners#Football

### Other

* Amy Johnson (1903–1941), pioneering English aviator
* Ariell Johnson (born 1983), American business owner
* Benton Johnson (1928–2024), American sociologist
* Bessilyn Johnson (1871–1943), wife of Albert Mussey Johnson
* Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829–1903), American Civil War general
* Bushrod Johnson (1817–1880), Confederate Army general
* Dolly Johnson (~1820s–~1890s), formerly enslaved Tennessean
* Eben Samuel Johnson (1886–1939), English-American Methodist bishop
* Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929), American philanthropist, writer
* F. Ross Johnson (1931–2016), CEO of RJR Nabisco
* Gertrude I. Johnson (1876–1961), co-founder of Johnson & Wales University
* Gisle Johnson (Scouting) (1934–2014), Chief Scout of the Norges Speiderforbund
* Guion Griffis Johnson (1900–1989), American historian
* Guy Benton Johnson (1901–1991), American social anthropologist
* Janelle Johnson (died 1983), American murder victim and formerly missing person
* John Thad Johnson (1893–1927), aviator
* Jotham Johnson (1905–1967), American archaeologist
* Lacey Robert Johnson (1854–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
* Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864–1956), American educator
* Liver-Eating Johnson (c. 1824–1900), mountain man of the American Old West
* Lycurgus Johnson (1818–1876), American cotton planter and politician.
* Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821–1863), American plantation owner in the Antebellum South
* Marilyn Johnson (1928–2007), American bridge player
* Osgood Johnson (1803–1837), 5th Principal of Phillips Academy
* Peggy Johnson (1976–1999), American female murder victim
* R. Milton Johnson, American chief executive
* Sarah Marie Johnson (born 1987), American murderess
* Scott Johnson (1961–1988), American PhD student in mathematics and victim of a 1988 suspected homophobic murder in Australia
* Veora Johnson (1910–2001), educational administrator
* Victor S. Johnson Jr. (1916–2008), American businessman
* Victor S. Johnson Sr. (1882–1943), American businessman
* Wallace E. Johnson (1901–1988), co-founder of Holiday Inn
* William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), American educator and president of Lincoln University

## Fictional characters

* Adrian Johnson (Oz), an African American correctional officer in the HBO drama Oz
* Alice Johnson, a character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
* Agent Johnson, a character in The Matrix franchise
* Angelina Johnson, a character in the Harry Potter franchise
* Avery Johnson from the video game series Halo
* Bergholt Stuttley Johnson (known as Bloody Stupid Johnson), from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
* Carl "CJ" Johnson, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
* Cave Johnson, the CEO of Aperture Laboratories from Portal 2
* Christopher Johnson, a character from the 2009 science fiction film District 9
* Daisy Johnson, a character in Marvel Comics
* Ellen Johnson, a character in the American teen comedy drama Teenage Bounty Hunters
* E. Normus Johnson, a character used to advertise Big Johnson T-shirts
* Janie Johnson, a character from books written by Caroline B. Cooney
* Jeremy Johnson, a character from Phineas and Ferb
* Johnson Johnson, the hero of a series of mystery novels written by Dorothy Dunnett
* Mr. Johnson (Sesame Street), a Fat Blue character on Sesame Street
* Olivia Johnson, a character from Hollyoaks
* Shelly Johnson, a character from the Twin Peaks TV series
* Suzy Johnson, a character from Phineas and Ferb
* Tilda Johnson aka Nightshade, a character in Marvel Comics
* Tyrone Johnson, "Cloak" of the Cloak and Dagger Marvel Comics duo