# John King

John or Johnny King may refer to:

## Academics

* John Edward King (1858–1939), author and headmaster
* John E. King (1913–2008), American educator and academic administrator
* John Leslie King (born 1951), professor at the University of Michigan School of Information
* John Mark King, leader of St. James-Bond Church (1863–1883) and principal of Manitoba College in Winnipeg

## Entertainment

* John Crookshanks King (1806–1882), Scottish sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts
* John King (painter) (1929–2014), English painter
* John 'Dusty' King (1909–1987), American actor
* John Michael King (1926–2008), American actor
* John Reed King (1914–1979), American radio and TV game show host
* John King (ukulelist) (1953–2009), American ukulele player
* John King (author) (born 1960), English author of novels such as The Football Factory
* John King (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe
* John King (country singer) (born 1988), country musician
* John King (record producer), American music producer, one of the Dust Brothers
* John King, lead guitarist for American rock band The Litter.

## Military

* John King, 1st Baron Kingston (died 1676), Anglo-Irish soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
* John King (explorer) (1838–1872), Irish soldier and member of the Burke and Wills expedition in Australia
* John King (Medal of Honor) (1865–1938), U.S. Navy chief petty officer and twice recipient of the Medal of Honor
* John F. King, U.S. Army officer and Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
* John H. King (1820–1888), U.S. Army officer and American Civil War general

## Politics
### US

* John King (New York congressman) (1775–1836), United States Representative from New York
* John A. King (1788–1867), Governor of New York, 1857–1858
* John Pendleton King (1799–1888), United States Senator from Georgia
* John A. King (1817–1900), New York politician
* J. Floyd King (1842–1915), U.S. Representative from Louisiana
* John Rhodes King, member of the sixth (1855) and eleventh (1866) Texas Legislatures
* John M. King, member of the 6th South Dakota State Senate in 1899
* Jack P. King (1909–1982), member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
* John W. King (1918–1996), Governor of New Hampshire, 1963–1969
* John McCandish King (1927–2016), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
* John G. King (politician) (born 1942), in Massachusetts
* John King Jr. (born 1975), United States Secretary of Education, 2016–2017
* John Richard C. King (born 1976), South Carolina state legislature
* John King (Los Angeles politician), president of the Common Council
* John King (Michigan politician), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
* John Edward King (Louisiana judge) (1821–1881), Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for one day

### UK

* John King, 2nd Baron King (1706–1740), English MP and peer
* John King (official) (1759–1830), of Aldenham House, Herts., English Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs and MP
* John Gilbert King (1822–1901), Irish Conservative politician
* John Francis King (1926–1998), mayor of Galway, 1978–1979
* John King (MP for Gloucester), English MP for Gloucester
* Sir John King, 2nd Baronet (died 1720), Anglo-Irish politician

### Elsewhere

* John Charles King (1817–1870), member of Victorian Legislative Assembly for Evelyn
* John King (Australian politician) (1820–1895), Victorian Legislative Council and Gippsland
* John Warwick King (1856–1927), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario

## Religion

* John King (bishop of London) (died 1621), Church of England bishop
* John King (Covenanter) (died 1679), Church of Scotland minister, Scots Worthy, executed and mutilated in Edinburgh
* John King (Rector of Chelsea) (1652–1732), English clergyman
* John King (Master of Charterhouse) (1655–1737), English clergyman and headmaster
* John Glen King (1732–1787), English cleric and antiquarian
* John King (bishop of Portsmouth) (1880–1965), English Roman Catholic bishop
* John King (priest) (died 1638), Canon of Windsor, and of Westminster
* John King (Archdeacon of Killala) (died 1818), Anglican priest in Ireland

## Sports
### Cricket

* John King (Suffolk cricketer) (1797–1842), English cricketer
* John King (cricketer, born 1871) (1871–1946), English cricketer
* John William King (1908–1953), English cricketer and nephew of cricketer John King
* Bart King (1873–1965), American cricketer, John Barton King

### Football and rugby

* Johnny King (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2010), English footballer for Leicester in the 1949 FA Cup Final
* Johnny King (footballer, born 1932), English footballer for Stoke and Crewe in the 1950s and 1960s
* John King (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1982), Welsh international footballer for Swansea
* John King (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2016), English footballer for Tranmere and Port Vale
* John King (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s
* John King (Scottish footballer) (1888–1984), Scottish footballer
* John Abbott King (1883–1916), English rugby player
* Johnny King (born 1942), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s
* John M. King, Mississippi College head football coach before George Bohler in 1925

### Other sports

* John King (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
* Johnny King (boxer) (1912–1963), English boxer 1920s–1940s
* John King (long jumper) (born 1963), English long jumper
* John Paul King (born 1982), Irish hurler
* John King (racing driver) (born 1988), American stock car racing driver

## Other

* John King (murderer) (1974–2019), American white supremacist and one of the three perpetrators of the Murder of James Byrd Jr.
* John King (pirate) (died 1717), juvenile pirate in the crew of "Black Sam" Bellamy
* John King (police officer) (1830–1881), police constable at the Eureka Stockade rebellion
* John G. King (physicist) (1925–2014), experimental physicist at MIT
* John King (journalist) (born 1963), American journalist for CNN
** John King, USA, American television show
* John King, Baron King of Wartnaby (1917–2005), English businessman, chairman of British Airways
* John Herbert King, British clerk and spy for the Soviet Union
* USS John King (DDG-3), U.S. Navy Destroyer named for the Medal of Honor recipient
* John A. King House, historic house in Lake Butler, Florida