John (given name)

John (given name)
John is a common male given name in the English language ultimately of Hebrew origin. The English form is from Middle English Ion, Ihon, Jon, Jan (mid-12c.), itself from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan (Modern French Jean), from Medieval Latin Johannes, altered form of Late Latin Ioannes, or the Middle English personal name is directly from Medieval Latin, which is from the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized Jews transliterating the Hebrew name Yochanan, the contracted form of the longer name , meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". There are numerous forms of the name in different languages; these were formerly often simply translated as "John" in English, but are increasingly left in their native forms (see sidebar).
It is among the most commonly given names in Anglophone, Arabic, European, Latin American, Iranian, and Turkic countries. Traditionally in the Anglosphere, it was the most common, although it has not been since the latter half of the 20th century. John owes its unique popularity to two highly revered saints, John the Baptist (forerunner of Jesus Christ) and the apostle John (traditionally considered the author of the Gospel of John); the name has since been chosen as the regnal or religious name of many emperors, kings, popes and patriarchs. Initially, it was a favorite name among the Greeks, but it flourished in all of Europe after the First Crusade.
Origins
The name John is a theophoric name originating from the Hebrew name , or in its longer form , meaning "Yahweh has been gracious". Several obscure figures in the Old Testament bore this name, and it grew in popularity once borne by the high priest Johanan and especially by King John Hyrcanus In the second temple period, it was the fifth most popular male name among Jews in Judaea and was borne by several important rabbis, such as Yochanan ben Zakai and Yochanan ben Nuri.
Germanic derivatives
The Germanic languages (including German, English and Scandinavian) produced the masculine Johann (also Johan (Dutch)), Joan, Jan and Janke (Dutch), Jannis, Jens (Danish and Frisian), Jóhannes, Jóhann, (Icelandic and Faroese), Jöns (Swedish), Hans (German, Dutch and Scandinavian).
Name statistics
John was the most popular name given to male infants in the United States until 1924, and though its use has fallen off gradually since then, John was still the 20th most common name for boys on the Social Security Administration's list of names given in 2006.
John was also among the most common masculine names in the United Kingdom, but by 2004 it had fallen out of the top 50 names for newborn boys in England and Wales. By contrast Jack, which was a nickname for John but is now established as a name in its own right, was the most popular name given to newborn boys in England and Wales every year from 1995 to 2005. It is also the third most common name in the United States, with an estimated 3.18 million individuals as of 2021 according to the Social Security Administration.
In other languages
People with name John
Royalty
John, King of England (1166–1216)
Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905–1919), youngest son of King George V
John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316–1336), second son of Edward II
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (1340–1399), third son of Edward III
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389–1435), second son of Henry IV
Prince Alexander John of Wales (1871), third son and youngest child of Edward VII
John I of Aragon, (1350–1396), King of Aragon
John II of Aragon, (1398–1479), King of Aragon
John of Bohemia, (1296–1346), Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia
John I of Castile, (1358–1390), King of Castile
John II of Castile, (1405–1454), King of Castile
John I of France, (1316), King of France and Navarre
John II of France, (1319–1364), King of France
John Sigismund Zápolya, (1540–1571), King of Hungary
John I of Münsterberg, (1380–1284), Duke of Münsterberg
John III of Navarre, (1469–1516), King of Navarre
John I Albert (1459–1501), King of Poland
John II Casimir Vasa (1609–1672), King of Poland
John III Sobieski (1629–1696), King of Poland
John I of Portugal, (1357–1433), King of Portugal
John II of Portugal, (1455–1495), King of Portugal
John III of Portugal, (1502–1557), King of Portugal
John IV of Portugal, (1604–1656), King of Portugal
John V of Portugal, (1689–1750), King of Portugal
John VI of Portugal, (1767–1826), King of Portugal
John, Duke of Valencia de Campos (1349–1396), son of Peter I of Portugal and Inês de Castro
John, Constable of Portugal (1400–1442), son of John I of Portugal
John I of Sweden, (1201–1222), King of Sweden
John II of Sweden, (1455–1513), King of Denmark and king of Sweden during the Kalmar Union
John III of Sweden, (1537–1592), King of Sweden
Charles XIV John, (1763–1844), King of Sweden and king of Norway, first king in the Bernadotte dynasty
Politicians
John Acclom (14th-century politician)
John Acclom (15th-century politician) (1395–1458)
John Adams (1735–1826), American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801
John Adams (Virginia politician) (1773–1825), Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
John Adams (New York politician) (1778–1854), Congressman from New York
John Adams (Ohio politician) (born 1960), Ohio House of Representatives
John Adams (journalist) (1819–1???), American lawyer, politician and journalist in Maine
John Adams Sr. (1691–1761), father of John Adams and grandfather of John Quincy Adams
John Adams Sr. (Nebraska politician) (1876–1962), American minister, lawyer, and politician
John Adams Jr. (Nebraska politician) (1906–1999), American lawyer and politician
John Adams II (1803–1834), American government functionary and businessman, son of John Quincy Adams and grandson of John Adams
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States from 1825 to 1829, son of John Adams
John Quincy Adams II (1833–1894), American lawyer, politician, and member of the Adams political family, grandson of John Quincy Adams II, great-grandson of John Adams
John J. Allen Jr. (1899–1995), U.S. representative from California's seventh congressional district
John Judson Ames (1821–1861), American politician and California Pioneer
John Anderson (New Jersey politician) (1665–1736), colonel who served as acting governor of New Jersey in 1736
John Anderson (Maine politician) (1792–1853), United States Representative from Maine
John T. Anderson (1804–1879), American politician in Virginia
John Alexander Anderson (1834–1892), United States Representative from Kansas
John C. Anderson (Wisconsin politician) (1862–1???), Wisconsin state assemblyman
John Anderson (Wisconsin senator) (1870–1954), Wisconsin state senator
Jack Z. Anderson (1904–1981), United States Representative from California
John Hope Anderson (1912–2005), American politician in Pennsylvania
John Anderson Jr. (1917–2014), Governor of Kansas, 1961–1965
John B. Anderson (1922–2017), United States Representative from Illinois and 1980 presidential candidate
John C. Anderson (lawyer) (born 1975), United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico
John N. Anderson, American politician in California
Johnny Anderson (politician), member of the Utah House of Representatives
Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Mill Hill (died 1813), British politician, MP for City of London, 1793–1806
John Anderson (diplomatic writer) (1795–1845), Scottish diplomatic writer
John Anderson (colonial administrator) (1858–1918), British governor of Straits Settlements and later of Ceylon
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley (1882–1958), British civil servant and politician
John Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley (born 1949), British peer
John Anderson (trade unionist), British trade union leader
John Hawkins Anderson (1805–1870), member of the Canadian Senate
John Anderson (Newfoundland politician) (1855–1930), Newfoundland businessman and politician
John Victor Anderson (1918–1982), Canadian politician in Alberta
John Gerard Anderson (1836–1911), Scottish-born educationalist and public servant in colonial Queensland
John Anderson (Australian politician) (born 1956), Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the National Party 1999–2005
John Anderson (mayor) (1820–1897), mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, blacksmith, engineer, businessman
Crawford Anderson (John Crawford Anderson, c. 1848–1930), New Zealand politician, MP for Bruce electorate
John Attygalle (1906–1981), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1966 to 1967
John Bacon (Massachusetts politician) (1738–1820), US Representative from Massachusetts
John F. Bacon (1789–1860), Clerk of the New York State Senate, and U.S. Consul at Nassau, Bahamas
John L. Bacon (1878–1961), mayor of San Diego, California
John Bailey (MP) (died 1436), MP for Cricklade and Calne
John Bailey (Australian politician) (born 1954), Australian politician
John Bailey (Massachusetts politician) (1786–1835), Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
John Edgar Bailey (1897–1958), Northern Irish politician
John H. Bailey (1864–1940), American politician, senator and representative in Texas
John Moran Bailey (1904–1975), United States politician, chair of the Democratic National Committee
John Mosher Bailey (1838–1916), U.S. Representative from New York
John Bailey (Irish politician) (1945–2019), member of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council
John Bailey (Victorian politician) (1826–1871), Australian politician
John D. Bailey (1928–2018), American mayor of St. Augustine, Florida
John Baker (fl. 1407), English MP for Lyme Regis, 1407
John Baker (fl. 1421), English MP for Devizes, 1421
John Baker (died 1544) (by 1503–44), English MP for Radnorshire
Sir John Baker (died 1558) (1488–1558), English speaker of the House of Commons
John Baker (MP for Bedford) (by 1501–1538 or later), English mayor and MP of Bedford
John Baker (by 1531–1604/6), English MP for Horsham and Bramber
John Baker (MP for Canterbury) (– 1831), British MP for Canterbury
John Baker (representative) (1769–1823), United States congressman from Virginia
John Baker (Baker Brook) (1796–1868), Canadian political activist in Baker Brook, New Brunswick
John Baker (Australian politician) (1813–1872), briefly the Premier of South Australia
Sir John Baker (Portsmouth MP) (1828–1909), British MP for Portsmouth
John Tamatoa Baker (1852–1921), Hawaiian rancher, sheriff and governor
John Baker (Labour politician) (1867–1939), British Labour MP for Bilston
John Baker (Wisconsin politician) (1869–1???), American politician from Wisconsin
John Baker (defensive lineman, born 1935) (1935–2007), American football player and then sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina
John Baker (Indiana politician) (1832–1915), United States congressman from Indiana
John S. Baker (1861–1955), American politician from Washington
Sir John Baker, 2nd Baronet (1608–1653), English politician
John A. Baker Jr. (1927–1994), U.S. diplomat
John Arnold Baker (1925–2016), British judge and politician
John Baker II (1780–1843), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1834–1843
John All Barham (1843–1926), American politician
John Bear (politician), American politician and businessman
John Black (Wisconsin politician) (1830–1899), French American immigrant and Democratic politician
John Bidwell (1819–1900), Californian politician
John M. Bolton (1901–1936), American businessman and politician
John Boscawen (born c.1957), New Zealand politician
John Boozman (born 1950), American politician
John C. Breckinridge (1821–1875), American vice president
John Y. Brown Sr. (1900–1985), American attorney and politician
John H. Bryden (born 1943), Canadian politician
Jeb Bush (John Ellis Bush, born 1953), American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007
John V. Byrne (born 1928), American Republican
John Moors Cabot (1901–1981), American diplomat and U.S. Ambassador
John Calvin Coolidge Sr. (1845–1926), American politician and businessman from Vermont, father of Calvin Coolidge
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), American vice president
John Coleman Calhoun (1871–1950), Canadian politician in Alberta
John F. Carew (1873–1951), U.S. Representative from New York
John M. Carroll (politician) (1823–1901), U.S. Representative from New York
John Lee Carroll (1830–1911), American politician in Maryland
John Carroll (mayor) (1836–1903), mayor of Dunedin
John E. Carroll (1877–1955), Mayor of Seattle
John A. Carroll (1901–1983), American jurist and politician in Colorado
John Carroll (Ohio politician) (died 1985), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
John Carroll (Manitoba politician) (1921–1986), Canadian politician in Manitoba
John Carroll (Hawaii politician) (1929–2021), member of the Hawaii Senate and House of Representatives
John Carroll (trade unionist) (active 1969–1990), Irish trade unionist and senator
John Chafee (1922–1999), American politician
John Chong (beekeeper), Singaporean beekeeper
Calvin Coolidge (John Calvin Coolidge Jr., 1872–1933), American politician and lawyer, 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929
John Tyler Cooper (1844–1912), American politician
John R. Culbreath (1926–2013), American politician
John F. Cusack (1937–2014), American politician from Massachusetts
John Cusack (Australian politician) (1868–1956), Australian politician
John Davies (British businessman) (1916–1979), British businessman, director-general of the CBI, and Conservative MP and cabinet minister
John Bennett Dawson (1798–1845), American politician
John Diehl (politician) (born 1965), American politician
John Dodd (1717–1782), English politician
John Driscoll (Montana politician) (born 1946), American writer and politician
John Porter East (1931–1986), American Republican U.S. senator
John Edgar (politician) (1750–1832), Irish-American pioneer and politician
John Edwards
Johan Elferink (born 1965), Australian politician
John Patton Erwin (1795–1857), American Whig politician
John De Saram (born 1929), Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations from 1998 to 2002
John Fetterman (born 1969), American politician, U.S. Senator Elect from Pennsylvania
John F. Fitzgerald (1863–1950), American politician
John Garang (1945–2005), Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader
John P. Garfield (born 1949), American former member of the Michigan House of Representatives
John Nance Garner (1868–1967), American vice president
John Glen (mayor) (1809–1895), mayor of Atlanta in 1855
John Glenn (Alberta) (1833–1886), early Alberta settler
John Thomas Glenn (1845–1899), mayor of Atlanta from 1889 to 1891
John Glen (politician) (born 1974), British politician
John Gomomo (1945–2008), South African Unionist and activist.
John H. Hager (1936–2020), American politician
John Henry Hager (Iowa politician) (1871–1952), American politician
John Church Hamilton (1792–1882), American historian, biographer, and lawyer
John P. Harllee (1942–2017), American politician
John Willie Kofi Harlley (1919–1980s), Ghanaian senior police officer and politician
John Joseph Harper (1951–1988), Canadian aboriginal leader
John Harrison (diplomat), 17th-century English diplomat
John Harrison (died 1669) (1590–1669), English politician who sat in the House of Commons as MP for Lancaster variously between 1640 and 1669
John Harrison (Canadian politician) (1908–1964), member of Parliament for Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
John Harrison (mayor), mayor of North Tyneside, England
John Scott Harrison (1804–1878), American Congressman for Ohio, 1853–1857; son of President William Henry Harrison and the father of President Benjamin Harrison
John Hart (1879–1957), 23rd premier of British Columbia
John Isaac Heard (1787–1862), Irish Member of the UK Parliament for Kinsale
John T. Heard (1840–1927), American politician
John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322–1375), Royal family member of the Holy Roman Empire
John Henry (Maryland politician) (1750–1798), U.S. senator from and governor of Maryland
John Vernon Henry (1767–1829), American politician, New York State comptroller
John Flournoy Henry (1793–1873), U.S. representative from Kentucky
John Henry (representative) (1800–1882), U.S. representative from Illinois
John Snowdon Henry (1824–1896), British politician from South-East Lancashire
J. L. Henry (John Lane Henry, 1831–1907), Supreme Court of Texas judge
John Henry (Australian politician) (1834–1912), Tasmanian House of Assembly member and treasurer of Tasmania
Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1931–2010), Hungarian prince
John Henry (Ontario politician) (born 1960), Canadian politician, mayor of Oshawa, Ontario
John Henry (Cook Islands politician), Cook Islander politician
John Hicks (politician) (1715–1790), land agent and politician in Nova Scotia
John Hill (North Carolina politician) (1797–1861), United States Representative from North Carolina
John Y. Hill (1799–1859), American builder and Kentucky state legislator
John Hill (Australian politician) (born 1949), member of the South Australian House of Assembly
John Hill (Florida politician) (born 1931), American politician
John Hill (New Jersey politician) (1821–1884), United States Representative from New Jersey
John Hill (Texas politician) (1923–2007), American lawyer and politician
John Hill (Virginia politician) (1800–1880), United States Representative from Virginia
John Fremont Hill (1855–1912), governor of Maine
John Jerome Hill (1918–1986), American politician
John Philip Hill (1879–1941), United States Representative from Maryland
John H. Holdridge (1924–2001), U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and Indonesia
John T. Hoffman (1828–1888), Governor of New York from 1869 to 1872
John Hoffman (Minnesota politician) (born 1965), Minnesota state senator
John Hopkins (Bristol MP), member of the English House of Commons in 1601
John Hopkins (died 1732), English merchant, Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives 1710–15 and Ilchester 1715–22
John Hopkins (lieutenant governor), lieutenant governor of South Carolina, 1806-1808
John Patrick Hopkins (1858–1918), mayor of Chicago 1893–1895
John Rout Hopkins (1829–1897), politician of Victoria, Australia
Sir John Hopkins, 1st Baronet (1863–1946), English Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for St Pancras South East 1918–23 and 1924–29
John Marquis Hopkins (1870–1912), Australian politician
John Horgan (born 1959), Canadian politician and the current Premier of British Columbia
John Horgan (Australian politician) (1834–1907), Australian politician, Western Australia MLC
John Horgan (Irish politician) (1876–1955), Irish politician
John Horgan (Irish nationalist) (1881–1967), Irish Cork-born nationalist politician, solicitor and author
John Herbert Ilangatileke, Sri Lankan Sinhala member of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon for Puttalam
John Ince (activist) (born 1952), Canadian activist, politician, author, and lawyer
John Jansen (politician) (born 1947), Canadian former politician
John Jay, American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, and the first Chief Justice of the United States
John Johnson (Ohio congressman) (1805–1867), politician
John A. Johnson (Minnesota politician) (1883–1962), Minnesota politician
John A. Johnson (Wisconsin), Wisconsin state assemblyman from Madison
John Albert Johnson (1861–1909), 16th governor of Minnesota
John Anders Johnson (1832–1901), Wisconsin state senator
John E. Johnson (Brandon) (1873–1951), Wisconsin state assemblyman from Brandon, Wisconsin
John E. Johnson (Utica) (fl. circa 1868), Wisconsin state assemblyman from Utica, Wisconsin
John J. Johnson (1926–2016), Missouri state senator
John Warren Johnson (1929–2023), Minnesota state legislator
John Telemachus Johnson (1788–1856), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
John Johnson (Kansas City mayor) (1816–1903), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California politician and politician
John Johnson (b. 1833) (1833–1892), Wisconsin State Assemblyman
John Johnson (Ohio state representative) (born 1937), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
John Johnson Sr. (1770–1824), Chancellor of Maryland
John Johnson Jr. (1798–1856), Chancellor of Maryland
John Johnson (Indiana judge) (1776–1817), associate justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
John T. Johnson (Oklahoma judge) (1856–1???), associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
John B. Johnson (politician) (1885–1985), American politician in the South Dakota State Senate
John Ramsey Johnson, associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
J. B. Johnson (Florida politician) (1868–1940), 23rd Florida Attorney General
John S. Johnson (North Dakota politician) (1854–1941), member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), American politician, served as the 35th President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
John Kerry (born 1943), American politician and diplomat who served as the 68th United States Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017
John Lionel Kotelawala (1895–1980), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1953 to 1956
John Lansing Jr. (1754–1829?), American politician who disappeared
John Lee (government official) (born 1957), Hong Kong politician
John Limbert (born 1943), American diplomat
John H. Long, Canadian political figure
John B. Macy (1799–1856), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
John Macy (1917–1986), United States Government administrator and civil servant
John Mahama (born 1958), Ghanaian politician and former president of Ghana
John Major (born 1943), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997
John Major (17th-century English MP), English politician and Member of Parliament
Sir John Major, 1st Baronet (1698–1781), English merchant and Member of Parliament
John Cyril Malloy (1930–2014), American politician
John Manley (born 1950), Canadian politician who served as the eighth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2002 to 2003
John S. Marmaduke (1833–1887), American politician
John McCain (1936–2018), American statesman and US Navy officer, United States Senator for Arizona from 1987 to 2018
John McConnel (1806–1899), Australian politician
John Foster McCreight (1827–1913), first premier of British Columbia
John Duncan McRae, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 1949–1952
John J. McRae, American politician in Mississippi
John McRae (British Columbia politician), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 1920–1924
John Moore (Louisiana politician) (1788–1867), American statesman
John Marks Moore (1853–1901) Secretary of State of Texas, 1887–1891
John Matthew Moore (1862–1940) U.S. congressman
John Fru Ndi (born 1941), Cameroonian politician
John Verdun Newton (1916–1944), Australian politician
John Nilson, Canadian politician
John Nkadimeng (1927–2020), South African politician and anti-apartheid activist
John Paul (judge) (1839–1901), US politician and judge
John Paul Jr. (judge) (1883–1964), US politician and judge
John Paul (minister) (1795–1873), Scottish minister
John Paul (pioneer) (1758–1830), US politician and city founder
John Prescott (Indiana politician), American politician
John Gladstone Rajakulendran (1907–1950), Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
John Reagan (New Hampshire politician) (born 1946), New Hampshire politician
John Henninger Reagan (1818–1905), American politician
John Roberts (born 1955), American lawyer and jurist who serves as Chief Justice of the United States
John Robbins (congressman) (1808–1880), American congressman from Pennsylvania
John Robson (1824–1892), Canadian politician, who served as the ninth premier of British Columbia
John Senhouse Goldie-Taubman (1838–1898), Manx politician
John Sidoti, Australian independent politician
John Streltzer (1901–1985), Colorado legislator
John H. Tolan (1877–1947), American politician and lawyer
John H. Trumbull (1873–1961), American politician who served as the 70th Governor of Connecticut from 1925 to 1931
John V. Tunney (1934–2018), American politician
John Herbert Turner (1834–1923), 11th premier of British Columbia
John Tyler (1790–1862), tenth president of the United States
John Tyler Sr., 15th governor of Virginia, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia, father of John Tyler
John Van Buren, United States lawyer, official, politician, son of Martin Van Buren
John Walker (Arkansas politician) (1937–2019), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
John Walker (Missouri politician) (1770–1838), State Treasurer of Missouri
John Walker (Virginia politician) (1744–1809), U.S. Senator, public official, and soldier
John A. Walker (Iowa politician) (1912–2012), American politician
John M. Walker Jr. (born 1940), chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
John M. Walker (Pennsylvania politician) (1905–1976), Pennsylvania State Senator and lieutenant-gubernatorial nominee
John Randall Walker (1874–1942), U.S. Representative from Georgia
John Smith Walker (1826–1893), Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Hawaii
John Williams Walker (1783–1823), U.S. Senator from Alabama
John Crompton Weems (1777–1862), American politician
John Weir (politician) (1904–1995), Australian politician
John Wemyss, 1st Earl of Wemyss (1586–1649), Scottish politician
John Yakabuski (born 1957), Canadian politician
John Geesnell Yap (born 1977), Filipino politician
John Yap (born 1959), Canadian politician
John Young (died 1589) (by 1519–1589), of Bristol, MP for Devizes, West Looe, etc.
John Young (MP for Marlborough), in 1559, MP for Marlborough
John Young (MP for New Shoreham) (fl. 1586–1597), MP for New Shoreham, Sussex
John Allan Young (1895–1961), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
John Andrew Young (1916–2002), American politician from Texas
John Duncan Young (1823–1910), US congressman from Kentucky
John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1807–1876), UK MP, NSW Governor, Canadian Governor General
John Young (Canadian politician) (1811–1878), member of the Canadian House of Commons
John Young (governor) (1802–1852), Governor of New York
John Young (advisor) (–1835), British-born government advisor of Kamehameha I
John Young (Australian politician) (1842–1893), New South Wales politician
John Young (judge), Federal Court of Australia judge
John Young (jurist) (1919–2008), Australian jurist
John Young (Scottish politician) (1930–2011), Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament
John Young (seigneur) (–1819), Scottish-born Canadian land entrepreneur, jurist, and politician
John Darling Young (1910–1988), Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, 1969–1984
John M. Young (1926–2010), American politician from Wisconsin
John Young (Indiana politician), American politician
John Young (New Brunswick politician, born 1841) (1841–1907), Canadian politician
John Young (New Brunswick politician, born 1854) (1854–1934), Canadian politician
Businessmen
John G. Agar (lawyer) (1856–1935), American lawyer
John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland
John Aspinall (zoo owner) (1926–2000), British casino and zoo owner
John Wilford Blackstone Sr. (1796–1868), American lawyer
John Vernou Bouvier Jr.
John Vernou Bouvier III
John W. Brady (1869 or 1870–1943), American lawyer
John Cameron, Lord Abernethy (born 1938), Scottish lawyer
John Cameron, Lord Cameron (1900–1996), Scottish judge
John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield (1934–2016), Scottish judge
John Coolidge
John Davis (British businessman) (1906–1993), English managing director of the Rank Organization, later Chairman
John A. Eastman (1821–1895), American lawyer
John Eastman, American lawyer
John F. Grundhofer (1939–2021), American businessman
John M. Harrell (1828–1907), American lawyer
John W. Henry (born 1949), American businessman and owner of sports teams
John Henry Hill (1791–1882), American businessman, educator and missionary
John Hill (planter) (1824–1910), Scottish-born American industrialist and planter
John Hill (businessman) (1847–1926), Australian coach-horse operator
John J. Hill (1853–1952), English-born American stonemason and builder
John A. Hill (1858–1916), American editor and publisher, co-founder of McGraw-Hill
John Sprunt Hill (1869–1961), American lawyer, banker and philanthropist
John W. Hill (1890–1977), American public relations executive
John Hindley, 1st Viscount Hyndley (1883–1963), British businessman
John E. Irving (1932–2010), Canadian businessman
John Jay (lawyer) (1817–1894), American diplomat and lawyer, grandson of John Jay, the American Founding Father and statesman
John Wayles Jefferson (1835–1892), American businessman
John Sackville Labatt (1880–1952), Canadian businessman
John F. McGee (1861–1925), United States district judge
John C. Major (born 1931), former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
John Marshall (Kansas judge) (1858–1931), American justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
John McAfee, (1945–2021), British-American computer programmer, businessman and prisoner
John Preston, Lord Fentonbarns (died 1616), Scottish lawyer and judge
John Paul (judge) (1839–1901), US politician and judge
Jack W. Robbins (1919–2005), American prosecutor at Nuremberg trials
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), American business tycoon
John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874–1960), American financier, philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978), American philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916–1981), American businessman, sixth and youngest son of Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Ellis Roosevelt, Roosevelt family member
John de Verdion (d. 1802), London-based bookseller
John Alexander Weir (1894–1942), Canadian lawyer and professor
Military
John Joseph Abercrombie (1798–1877), American brigadier general
John Worthington Adams (1764–1837), British general in India
John Giles Adams (1792–1832), U.S. commander at the Battle of Stillman's Run during the 1832 Black Hawk War
John Adams (Confederate Army officer) (1825–1864), US Army officer
John G. B. Adams (1841–1900), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
John Mapes Adams (1871–1921), Boxer Rebellion Medal of Honor recipient
John Adams (Royal Navy officer) (1918–2008), British rear admiral
John G. Adams (1932–2003), Army counsel in the Army-McCarthy hearings
John Adams (Canadian general) (born 1942), Canadian military leader
John F. Aiso (1909–1987), American nisei military leader
John Aiken (RAF officer) (1921–2005), Royal Air Force officer
John Alcock (RAF officer) (1892–1919), Royal Air Force officer
John Andrews (Medal of Honor) (1821–1???), United States Navy Ordinary Seaman
John Taylor Arms (1887–1953), United States Navy officer and etcher
John H. Aulick (1787–1791–1873), United States Navy officer
John Cushing Aylwin (1780–1813), Officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812
John Babcock (1900–2010), last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War
John M. Bacon (1844–1913), American general
John Bacon (loyalist) (died 1783), Loyalist guerilla fighter during the American Revolutionary War
John Baker (American Revolutionary War) (1731–1787), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named
John Baker (RAF officer) (1897–1978), British air marshal
John Drayton Baker (1915–1942), United States Navy officer
John Baker (general) (1936–2007), Australian Chief of the Defence Force
John F. Baker Jr. (1945–2012), American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
John Baker (Royal Navy officer) (1660–1716), English naval officer, MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis
John Baker (Medal of Honor, 1876) (1853–1???), American soldier
John Henry Balch (1896–1980), United States Naval Reserve officer
John Balmer (1910–1944), senior officer and bomber pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force
John Sanford Barnes (1836–1911), United States Navy officer
John Barrington (British Army officer) (c. 1722–1764), British Army officer
John D. Barry (1839–1867), officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
John R. Baylor (1822–1894), Senior officer of the Confederate States Army
John Bello (born 1946), United States Navy officer
John Bell Blish (1860–1921), United States Navy officer
John Bigelow Jr. (1854–1936), United States Army lieutenant colonel
John L. Borling (born 1940), retired major general of the United States Air Force
John Buford (1826–1863), United States Army cavalry officer
John Bush (Royal Navy officer) (1914–2013), British Royal Navy officer
John Cameron (British Army officer), British military officer and commander during the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars
John Cameron (Royal Navy officer) (1874–1939)
John Du Cameron (died 1753), Scottish sergeant in the French army
John Cameron of Fassiefern, Scottish military commander
John Cooke (Royal Navy officer) (1762–1805), English Royal Navy officer
John G. Cowell (1785–1814), officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812
John Cubbon (1911–1997), British Army officer and entrepreneur
John Owen Donaldson (1897–1930), American World War I flying ace
John A. Dramesi (1933–2017), United States Air Force Colonel
John Dundas (RAF officer) (1915–1940), Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War
John Eglit (1874–1914), United States Navy seaman serving in the
John Eisenhower, United States Army officer, diplomat, and military historian, second and youngest son of Dwight D. Eisenhower
John C. England (1920–1941), United States Navy officer
John Heaphy Fellowes (1932–2010), United States Navy captain and pilot
John P. Flynn (1922–1997), United States Air Force officer
John D. Foley (1918–1999), United States Army Air Forces gunner
John Franklin (1786–1847), British Royal Navy officer
John M. Franklin (1896–1975), American general
John Frost (British Army officer) (1912–1993), airborne officer of the British Army
John Gingell (1925–2009), senior Royal Air Force commander
John Harllee (admiral) (1914–2005), American admiral
John Harrison (VC 1857) (1832–1865), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
John B. Henry Jr., United States Air Force general
John Joseph Henry (1758–1811), American Revolutionary War soldier
John Hamar Hill or Johnnie Hill (1912–1998), British Royal Air Force officer
John Hill (courtier) (before 1690–1735), British general and courtier, brother of Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham
John Hill (British Army officer) (fl. 1777–1783), British Army officer during the American War of Independence
John Hill (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1774–1855)
John Hill (Indian Army officer) (1866–1935), British general
John Thomas Hill (1811–1902), British Army officer
John Hotaling (1824–1886), American soldier
John Martin Howard (1917–1942), United States Navy officer
John Illingworth (1903–1980), English naval engineer in the Royal Navy
John Irving (Royal Navy officer) (1815–c. 1848), British officer in the Royal Navy
John Johnson, 8th Seigneur of Sark (died 1723), Seigneur of Sark, 1720–1723
Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet (1741–1830), loyalist leader during the American Revolution
John "Liver-Eating" Johnson (1824–1900), American frontier figure
John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1839) (1839–1???), United States Navy sailor
John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1842) (1842–1907), Norwegian-American Medal of Honor recipient
John D. Johnson (general), U.S. Army general
John Paul Jones (1747–1792), Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War
John Kennedy (Medal of Honor) (1834–1910), American soldier
John Doby Kennedy (1840–1896), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
John J. Kennedy (Republic of Texas politician) (1814–1880), soldier, lawyer and sheriff
Sir John Kennedy (British Army officer, born 1878) (1878–1948), British general
Sir John Kennedy (British Army officer, born 1893) (1893–1970), British general
John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879), British military engineer
John Thomas Kennedy (1885–1969), American soldier
John Kirby (admiral) (born 1963), United States retired Navy admiral
John A. Kjellstrom (1923–2015), American lieutenant general
John Kelvin Koelsch (1923–1951), United States Navy officer
John Lerew (1912–1996), Royal Australian Air Force officer
John B. Magruder (1807–1871), American and Confederate military officer
John Minor Maury (1795–1824), Lieutenant in the United States Navy
John S. McCain Jr. (1911–1981), United States Navy admiral who served in conflicts from the 1940s through the 1970s, including as the Commander, United States Pacific Command, father of John McCain
John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945), U.S. Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family, grandfather of John McCain
John Neville (general) (1731–1803), American Revolutionary War officer later prominent in the Whiskey Rebellion
John T. Newton (1793–1857), United States Navy officer
John Verdun Newton (1916–1944), Australian Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) officer
John Pitcairn (1722–1775), Marine Service officer
John R. Redman (1898–1970), United States Navy admiral
John Hamilton Roberts (1881–1962), Canadian Army two-star general
John Q. Roberts (1914–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
John W. Roberts (1921–1999), United States Air Force four-star general
John Roberts (Royal Navy officer) (born 1924), British admiral
John Schneidler (1868–1958), Swedish Navy vice admiral
John K. Singlaub (1921–2022), United States Army general
John Alexander Tyler, Son of John Tyler
John P. Van Leer (1825–1862), Union Army officer
John Walker (RAF officer) (born 1936), Chief of Defence Intelligence
John Walker (Medal of Honor) (1845–1???), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
John Walker (officer of arms) (1913–1984), English officer of arms
John Anthony Walker (1937–2014), American communications specialist convicted in 1985 of spying for the Soviet Union
John C. Walker, Indiana physician and officer during the American Civil War
John George Walker (1821–1893), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
John Grimes Walker (1835–1907), United States Navy admiral
John T. Walker (USMC) (1893–1955), United States Marine Corp general
John Young (naval officer) (1740–1781), United States captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War
Musicians
John Abercrombie (guitarist) (1944–2017), American jazz guitarist
John Adams (born 1947), American composer
John Luther Adams (born 1953), American composer
John Addison (1920–1998), English composer
John Anderson (jazz trumpeter) (1921–1974), American jazz musician
John Anderson (producer) (born 1948), Northern Irish composer and producer
John Anderson (musician) (born 1954), American country musician
John Anderson, vocalist for the British rock band Charlie (founded 1971)
John Bailey (luthier) (1931–2011), maker of fine guitars in England
John Bailey (producer), Canadian recording engineer, producer
John Barry (1933–2011), English film composer
John Beal (composer), American film composer
John Berry (Beastie Boys), American hardcore punk musician
John Blow (1649–1708), English composer
John Bonham (1948–1980), drummer/percussionist for Led Zeppelin
John Bull (1562–1628), English composer
John Bush (musician) (born 1963), American metal vocalist for Armored Saint and Anthrax
John Cage (1912–1992), American composer
John Allan Cameron (1938–2006), Canadian folk singer
John Casken (born 1949), English composer
John Colianni (born 1966), American jazz pianist
John Coltrane (1926–1967), American jazz saxophonist and composer
John Cooper (musician) (born 1975), American bassist and vocalist for Skillet
John Corabi (born 1959), American hard rock singer and guitarist
John Corigliano (born 1938), American composer
John Dankworth (1927–2010), English jazz musician
John Darnielle (born 1967), American singer-guitarist, founder of The Mountain Goats and half of The Extra Lens
John David Davis (1867–1942), English composer
John D'earth (born 1950), American post-bop/hard bop jazz trumpeter
John Debney (born 1956), American composer and conductor of film, television, and video game scores
John Denver (1943–1997), American folk and country singer
John Deacon (born 1951), British bass player for Queen
John Doe (musician) (born 1953), American singer, songwriter, actor, and poet
John Dowland (1563–1626), English composer
John W. Duarte (1919–2004), English composer and guitarist
John Dunstaple (1390–1453), English composer
John Entwistle (1944–2002), English bassist for The Who
John Fahey (1939–2001), American fingerstyle guitarist and composer
John Farmer (c.1570–c.1601), English madrigal composer
John Field (1782–1837), Irish composer
John L. Finley (1935–2006), American astronaut
John Finley (musician) (born 1945), Canadian musician
John Conant Flansburgh (born 1960), American singer-guitarist, founder of Mono Puff, and one half of They Might Be Giants
John Frusciante (born 1970), guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers
John Fogerty (born 1945), lead singer and guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
John Foreman (musician) (born 1972), Australian musician
John Foulds (1880–1939), English composer
John Gardner (1917–2011), English composer
John Maxwell Geddes (1941–2017), Scottish composer and academic
John D. H. Greenwood (1889–1975), English composer
John Harbison (born 1938), American composer
John Heard (musician) (1938–2021), jazz bassist
John Hicks (pianist) (1941–2006), American jazz pianist and composer
John Hill (conductor) (born 1843), Australian church organist and choirmaster
John Hill (musician) (active from 1993), American guitarist with the Apples in Stereo and Dressy Bessy
John Hill (record producer) (active 2008 and after), American record producer, songwriter, and musician
John Idan, American guitarist
John Ireland (1879–1962), English composer
John Jarrard (1953–2001), American country music songwriter
John Jenkins (1592–1678), English composer
John Joubert (1927–2019), English composer
John Kander (born 1927), American musical theatre composer
John Kinsella (1932–2021), Irish composer
John Lanchbery (1923–2003), English-Australian composer
John Legend (born 1978), American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer
John Lennon (1940–1980), English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Beatles
John Charles Julian Lennon (born 1963), English singer, son of John Lennon
John Sidney Linnell (born 1959), American singer-songwriter and one half of They Might Be Giants
John Lowe (musician) (born 1942), English pianist
John Henry Maunder (1858–1920), English composer and organist
John McCabe (1939–2015), British composer and classical pianist
John McCarthy (born 1961), Canadian composer for film and television
John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948), Scottish composer
John Newman (singer) (born 1990), English singer, musician, songwriter and record producer
John Oates (born 1948), American musician, half of Hall & Oates
John O'Neill (guitarist) (born 1957), Irish rhythm guitarist
John Knowles Paine (1839–1906), American composer
John Pickard (born 1963), British composer
John Prine (1946–2020), American singer-songwriter
John Rutter (born 1945), English composer, conductor and choral arranger
John Scofield (born 1951), American guitarist and composer
John Sebastian (born 1944), American singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonicist
John Sebastian (classical harmonica player) (1914–1980), American musician and composer
John Philip Shenale, Canadian composer, arranger, musician and producer
John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), American composer
John Stainer (1840–1901), British composer
John Stanley (1712–1786), English composer
John Sykes (1909–1962), English composer
John Sykes (born 1959), guitarist for Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake
John Tavener (1944–2013), 20th century English composer
John Taverner (1490–1545), 16th century English composer
John Veale (1922–2006), English composer
John Wesley (guitarist) (born 1962), American rock singer and guitarist
John White (born 1936), English experimental composer
John Whitehead (singer) (1948–2004), American singer and songwriter
John Wilbye (1574–1638), English composer
John Williams (born 1932), American composer, conductor, and pianist
John Woolrich (born 1954), English composer
John York (musician) (born 1946), American bassist and guitarist
John Zorn (born 1953), American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
Scientists
John Abercrombie (physician) (1780–1844), Scottish physician and philosopher
John Adams (physicist) (1920–1984), British accelerator physicist
John Couch Adams (1819–1892), British mathematician and astronomer
John Franklin Adams (1843–1912), British amateur astronomer and author of stellar maps
John Stacey Adams, behavioral psychologist known for equity theory
John Till Adams (1748–1786), English Quaker physician
John Alderson (physician) (1758–1829), English physician
John Lawrence Angel (1915–1986), British-American biological anthropologist
John Baker (biologist) (1900–1984), British biologist and anthropologist
John Baker, Baron Baker (1901–1985), British engineer
John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920), British botanist
John Norman Leonard Baker (1893–1971), British geographer
John Holland Baker (1841–1930), New Zealand surveyor and public servant
John Berkenhout (1726–1791), English physician
John Roosevelt Boettiger, grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sir John Carroll (astronomer) (1899–1974), British astronomer
John Alexander Carroll (died 2000), American history professor
John Bissell Carroll (1916–2003), American cognitive scientist
John L. Carroll, American legal academic
John M. Carroll (information scientist) (active since born 1950), American information scientist
John Clauser (born 1942), American theoretical and experimental physicist
John Clements Davis (born 1938), American geologist
John Dee (1527– 1608 or 1609), English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, occultist, and alchemist
John Fothergill (physician) (1712–1780), English physician
John Goodsir (1814–1867), Scottish anatomist and a pioneer in the formulation of cell theory
John Henry (toxicologist) (1939–2007), English toxicologist
John Hill (botanist) (1716–1775), English botanist, editor, journalist, and novelist
John Christopher Columbus Hill (1828–1904), American engineer
John Edwards Hill (1928–1997), British mammalogist
Sir John McGregor Hill (1921–2008), British nuclear physicist and administrator
John Hill (physician) (1931–1972), American plastic surgeon
John R. Lukacs (born 1947), American anthropologist
John McKean (1941–1996), Australian ornithologist
John Mearsheimer (born 1947), American political scientist
John von Neumann (1903–1957), Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath
John Robbins (congressman) (1808–1880), American congressman from Pennsylvania
John G. Trump, uncle of Donald Trump
John Truss (born 1947), British mathematician
John Van Denburgh (1872–1924), American herpetologist
John Weir (geologist) (1896–1978), Scottish geologist and palaeontologist
John Wood (surgeon) (1825–1891), British surgeon at King's College Hospital
John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist
John L. Wood (born 1964), American chemist
John Ligertwood Paterson (1820–1882), Scottish medical doctor known for working in Bahia, Brazil
John S. Fossey, British chemist and professor at the University of Birmingham
John Medley Wood (1827–1915), South African botanist
John Nicholas Wood, British neurobiologist
John Turtle Wood (1821–1890), British architect, engineer, and archaeologist
Writers
John Richard Alden (1908–1991), American author
John David Anderson (born 1975), American writer
John J. Anderson (1956–1989), writer and editor covering computers and technology
J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964), English poet
John Baker (author) (born 1942), British novelist
John Baker (legal historian) (born 1944), English legal historian and academic
John Roman Baker (born 1944), British playwright and activist
John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922), American author
John Banville (born 1945), Irish writer
John Barth (born 1930), American writer
John Batki (born 1942), American short story writer, poet, and translator
John Tucker Battle (1902–1962), American screenwriter
John Betjeman (1906–1984), English poet, writer and broadcaster
John Braine (1922–1986), English writer
John Bunyan (1628–1688), English writer and preacher
John Bryant (journalist) (1944–2020), British journalist
John Buchan (1875–1940), British author and politician
John Carroll (author) (born 1944), Australian conservative writer
John Carroll (journalist) (1942–2015), American journalist and editor
John Cochran (born 1987), American television writer, and former reality television personality
John Francis Carroll (1858–1917), newspaper publisher and editor
John Cheever (1912–1982), American novelist and short story writer
John Clare (1793–1964), English poet
John Maxwell Coetzee (born 1940), South African-Australian novelist and essayist
John Cunliffe (author), English children's book author
John Donne (1572–1631), English poet and cleric
John Dryden (1631–1700), English poet and playwright
John T. Dugan (1920–1994), American screenwriter
John Dunkel (1915–2001), American screenwriter
John Englehardt (born 1987), American fiction writer and educator
John Fetterman (1920–1975), American journalist
John Fowles (1926–2005), English novelist
John Galsworthy (1867–1933), English novelist and playwright
John Gardner (1933–1982), American novelist and educator
John Gardner (1926–2007), English spy and thriller novelist
John Gray (1866–1934), English poet
John Grant (author) (1949–2020), pseudonym used by science fiction writer Paul Le Page Barnett
John Grant (1930–2014), Scottish author and illustrator
John L. Greene (1912–1995), American screenwriter
John Grisham (born 1955), American writer
John Gunther (1901–1970), American journalist and author
M. John Harrison (born 1945), author
John Hersey (1914–1993), American journalist and novelist
John Hill (screenwriter) (1947–2017), American screenwriter
John Hockenberry (born 1956), American journalist and author
John Irving (born 1942), American novelist and screenwriter
John Major Jenkins (born 1964), American author and populariser of the Maya calendar
John Keats (1795–1821), English romantic poet
John le Carré (1931–2020), British-Irish author
John Masefield (1878–1967), English poet and writer
John McClain, American sportswriter
John McPhee (born 1931), American writer
John Milton (1608–1674), English poet and intellectual
John Muir (1838–1914), Scottish-born American naturalist and author
John Mulaney (born 1982), American comedian known for his work on Saturday Night Live
John Munonye (1929–1999), Igbo writer
John Dos Passos (1896–1970), American novelist
John Pearson (author) (1930–2021), English novelist
John Preston (English author) (born 1953), English journalist and novelist
John Pudney (1909–1977), British poet, journalist and author
John Rappaport (screenwriter), American screenwriter
John Rechy (born 1931), Mexican-American novelist and essayist
John Romita Sr., father of John Romita Jr.
John Romita Jr., son of John Romita Sr.
John Robbins (author) (born 1947), American author, known for his books on food and health
John Scalzi (born 1969), American science fiction author
John Steinbeck (1902–1968), American writer
John Suchet (born 1944), English author
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973), English writer and philologist
John Updike (1932–2009), American novelist
John Verney (author) (1913–1993), English author and illustrator
John Weir (writer) (born 1959), American writer
John Whittington, American screenwriter
John Wyndham (1903–1969), English writer
John Younger (writer) (1785–1860), writer, shoemaker, and poet
Actors
John Aasen (1890–1938), American actor
John G. Adolfi (1888–1933), American actor
John Agar (1921–2002), American film and television actor
John Alderton (born 1940), English retired actor
John Ales (born 1969), American actor
John Alvin (actor) (1917–2009), American actor
John Patrick Amedori (born 19??), American actor and musician
John Amos (born 1939), American actor
John Amplas (born 1949), American actor
John Anderson (actor), (1922–1992), American actor
John Anderson (director) (born 1954), American documentary film director, producer, editor and writer
John Anderson (sportscaster) (born 1965), American ESPN television sports journalist and co-host of Wipeout
John Anderson (TV personality) (born 1931), Scottish television personality, referee on the series Gladiators
John H. Anderson, American set decorator
John Murray Anderson (1886–1954), Newfoundland-American theater director
John Aniston (1933–2022), Greek-born American actor father of actress Jennifer Aniston
John W. Anson (1817–1881), British actor
John Aprea (born 1941), American actor and comedian
John Arledge (1906–1947), American actor
John Asher (born 1971), American actor
John Ashley (actor) (1934–1997), American actor
John Astin (born 1930), American actor
John Aylward (1946–2022), American actor
John Baer (actor) (1923–2006), American actor
John Bailey (1947–1994), American actor
John Barrowman (born 1967), British-American actor
John Barrymore (1882–1942), American actor
John Blyth Barrymore (born 1954), American actor son of John Drew Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore (1932–2004), American actor son of John Barrymore
John Beasley (actor) (1943–2023), American actor
John Belushi (1949–1982), American actor and comedian
John Boncore (1952–2013), American actor
John Bowers (actor) (1885–1936), American actor
John Boyega (born 1992), English actor
John Brandon (actor) (1929–2014), American film and television actor
John Byner (born 1938), American actor, comedian and impressionist
John Candy (1950–1994), Canadian actor
John Carlisle (actor) (1935–2011), British actor
John Carradine (1906–1988), American actor
John David Carson (1952–2009), American actor
John Challis (1942–2021), English actor
John Davis Chandler (1935–2010), American actor
John Cho (born 1972), American actor
John Cliff (actor) (1918–2001), American film and television actor
John Cornell (1941–2021), Australian actor
John Cusack (born 1966), American actor, producer, and screenwriter
John Dearth (1920–1984), British actor
John DeSantis, Canadian actor
John Deverell (1880–1965), British actor
John Diehl (born 1950), American actor
John DiMaggio (born 1968), American actor and voice actor
John Ducey (born 1969), American actor
John Duda (born 1977), American actor
John Dullaghan (1930–2009), American film, stage and television actor
John Erwin (born 1936), American voice actor
John Estrada (born 1973), Filipino actor
John Forsythe (1918–2010), American actor
John Franklin (actor) (born 1959), American actor
John Garfield (1913–1952), American actor
John Gielgud (1904–2000), English actor
John Goodman (born 1952), American actor
John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962), British voice actor
John Bregar (born 1985), Canadian actor
John Hannah (born 1962), Scottish actor
John Hasler (born 1974), English actor and voice actor
John Heard (actor) (1946–2017), American actor
John Heffernan (American actor) (1934–2018), American film, stage and television actor
John Henry (actor) (1738–1794), Irish and early American actor
John Hensley (born 1977), American actor
John Hill (actor) (born 1977), American actor
John Stephen Hill (born 1953), Canadian actor
John Hill (actor) (born 1978), American actor
John Hillerman (1932–2017), American actor
John Robert Hoffman, American actor, screenwriter, director and producer
John Hora (1940–2021), American actor
John Hostetter (1946–2016), American actor and visual artist
John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor
John Hoyt (1905–1991), American actor
John Hurt (1940–2017), English actor
John Ireland (1914–1992), Canadian actor
John M. Jackson (born 1950), American actor
John Kapelos (born 1956), Canadian actor
John Kassir (born 1957), American actor, voice actor and stand-up comedian
John Krasinski (born 1979), American actor, director and producer
John Lasell (born 1928), American film and television actor
John Lawlor (actor), (born 1941), American actor and assistant director
John Lebar, British actor
John Lone (born 1952), Hong Kong-born American actor
John Lithgow (born 1945), American actor, author, musician, poet and singer
John Carroll Lynch (born 1963), American actor
John MacAndrews, British actor
John Magaro (born 1983), American actor
John Mahon (actor) (1938–2020), American film, stage and television actor
John Malkovich (born 1953), American actor, voice actor, producer, director and fashion designer
John Martin (actor) (born 1951), American film and television actor
John C. McGinley (born 1959), American actor
John Cameron Mitchell (born A1963), two-time Tony Award winning American actor
John Miljan (1892–1960), American actor
John Alexander Luft "Xander" Mobus, American voice actor
John Moore (stage manager) (1814–1893), British actor
John Mulaney (born 1982), American actor and stand-up comedian
John Neville (actor) (1925–2011), English theatre and film actor
John Ford Noonan (1941–2018), American actor, playwright, and screenwriter
John O'Hurley (born 1954), American actor, comedian, author, game show host and television personality
John Pankow (born 1954), American actor
John Paragon (1954–2021), American actor, writer, and director
John Paul (actor) (1921–1995), British actor
John Pinette (1964–2014), American stand-up comedian, actor, and Broadway performer
John Pleshette (born 1942), American actor and screenwriter
John Robert Powers (1892–1977), American actor
John Ratzenberger (born 1947), American actor, voice actor, director and entrepreneur
John C. Reilly (born 1965), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and musician
John Reynolds (born 1991), American actor
John Ritter (1948–2003), American actor
John Richardson (actor) (1934–2021), English actor
John Franklyn-Robbins, British actor
John Robbins (illustrator) (died 2016), host of the public television program Cover to Cover
John Russell (actor) (1921–1991), American film and television actor
John Paul Ruttan (born 2001), Canadian actor
John P. Ryan (1936–2007), American actor
John Sayles (born 1950), American actor
John Saxon (1936–2020), American actor
John Schlesinger (1926–2003), English film and stage director, and actor
John Schwab (born 1972), American actor, voice actor, musician and producer
John Wesley Shipp (born 1955), American actor
John Slattery (born 1962), American actor
John Snee (born 1974), American former film and television actor
John Stahl (1953–2022), Scottish actor
John Stamos (born 1963), American actor and musician
John Stephenson (1923/1924–2015), American actor
John Stocker (voice actor) (born 1947), Canadian voice actor
John Todd (1876–1957), American actor
John Travolta (born 1954), American actor and singer
John Vernon (1932–2005), Canadian actor
John Viener (born 1972), American actor, comedian, writer, and producer
John Vivyan (1915–1983), American stage and television actor
John Wayne (1907–1979), American actor and filmmaker
John Wesley (actor) (1947–2019), American actor
John Westley (actor) (1878–1948), American stage actor
John J. York (born 1958), American actor
John Zacherle (1918–2016), American actor
John Zenda (1944–1994), American film and television actor
Sportsmen
John (footballer) (John Victor Maciel Furtado, born 1996), Brazilian footballer
John Abercrombie (cricketer) (1817–1892), English cricketer
John H. Adams (jockey) (1914–1995), American Hall of Fame jockey
John Adams (basketball) (1917–1979), All-American basketball player from Arkansas
John Adams (drummer) (1951–2023), perennial attendee of Cleveland Indians baseball home games
John Adams (golfer) (born 1954), American professional golfer
John Adams (judoka) (born 1960), Dominican Republic judoka
John Adams (ice hockey, born 1920) (1920–1996), Canadian ice hockey winger in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens
John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
John Aeta (born 2000), Solomon Islands footballer
John Albert (canoeist) (born 1949), British slalom canoer
John Albert (fighter) (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
John Albert (ice hockey) (born 1989), American ice hockey player
John Alderton (American football) (1931–2013), American professional football defensive lineman
John Andrews (American football) (born 1948), American football player
John Anson (born 1949), Canadian retired professional wrestler
John Askey (born 1964), English professional football manager and former player
John Babcock (wrestler) (fl. 1904), American Olympic wrestler
John Bacon (footballer) (born 1973), Irish footballer
John Bacon (cricketer) (1871–1942), English cricketer
John Badham (sportscaster) (1937–2016), Canadian sportscaster and radio announcer
John Bailey (footballer, born 1950), English footballer and chairman
John Bailey (footballer, born 1957), English footballer
John Bailey (footballer, born 1969), English footballer
John Bailey (rugby league) (born 1954), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
John Bailey (English cricketer) (born 1940), English cricketer
John Bailey (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1941), New Zealand cricketer
John Bates (American football) (born 1997), American football player
John Beale (footballer) (1930–1995), English footballer
John Beedell (1933–2014), New Zealand-born, Canadian sprint canoer
John Biolo (1916–2003), American football player
John Bonica (1917–1994), Italian professional wrestler
John Brannon (American football) (born 1998), American football player
John Brown (wide receiver) (born 1990), American football wide receiver
John Bruhin (1964–2022), American football guard
John Cameron (athlete) (1881–1953), Canadian athlete
John Cameron (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1???), Scottish footballer
John Cameron (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1935), Scottish footballer, played for Queen's Park, Everton & Scotland; player-manager for Tottenham Hotspur
John Cameron (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1944), Scottish footballer
Jock Cameron (footballer) (1881–1???), played for St. Mirren, Blackburn Rovers and Scotland
John Cameron (footballer, born 1929), English footballer for Motherwell and Bradford Park Avenue
John Cameron (New Zealand cricketer) (1898–1988), New Zealand cricketer
John Cameron (Rangers footballer), played for Rangers and made one appearance for Scotland in 1886
John Cameron (West Indian cricketer) (1914–2000), West Indian cricketer
John Joseph Cameron (1882–1954), West Indian cricketer
John Cena (born 1977), American professional wrestler, actor, television presenter and rapper
John Childs (cricketer) (born 1951), English cricketer
John Condrone (1960–2020), American professional wrestler
John Cone (born 1974), American professional wrestling referee
John Cuffe (1880–1931), Australian-born English first-class cricketer
John Cusack (hurler) (1925–2002), Irish hurler, active in the 1940s and 1950s
John Diehl (American football) (1936–2012), American football player
Johnny Dodd (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1950s for New Zealand, and Wellington
John-John Dohmen (born 1988), Belgian field hockey player
John Duffy (soccer), U.S. soccer player at 1928 Summer Olympics
John Edgar (English footballer) (1930–2006), English footballer
John Edgar (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer
John John Florence (born 1992), American surfer
John Hawley Edwards (1850–1893), footballer; a founder of Welsh Football Association
John Dunlop Edwards (1860–1911), Jack Edwards, Australian cricketer
John Edwards (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1???), English footballer
John Edwards (Canadian football) (1912–2005), Canadian football player
John Edwards (cricketer, born 1928) (1928–2002), Australian cricketer
John Edwards (Barbadian cricketer) (1909–1976), Barbadian cricketer
John Edwards (Australian footballer) (born 1942), Australian rules footballer
John Edwards (canoeist) (born 1954), Canadian sprint canoer
John Edwards (basketball) (born 1981), American basketball player
John Edwards (racing driver) (born 1991), American racing driver
John Eustace (born 1979), English professional football manager and former player
John Farragher (born 1957), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
John Ferguson Sr. (1938–2007) American professional ice hockey player and executive
John Fitzpatrick (athlete) (1907–1989), Canadian athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
John Franklin (cyclist), British cyclist
John Franklin (footballer) (1924–2005), English football forward
John "Johnny" Gargano (born 1987), American professional wrestler
John Garlington (1946–2000), American football linebacker
John Goodner (1944–2005), American football coach
John Gunter (football manager), American football manager
John Heard (basketball) (born 1939), Australian Olympic basketball player
John Henderson (darts player) (born 1973), Scottish darts player
John Henry (catcher) (1889–1941), American baseball catcher
John Henry (footballer) (born 1971), Scottish footballer
John Henry (outfielder/pitcher) (1863–1939), American baseball outfielder/pitcher
John Hicks (American football) (1951–2016), lineman
John Hicks (baseball) (born 1989), American professional baseball catcher and first baseman
John Hicks (cricketer) (1850–1912), English first-class cricketer
John Hicks (field hockey) (born 1938), New Zealand field hockey player
John Ethan Hill (1865–1941), American mathematician and college football coach
John Hill (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1891–1892), Scottish footballer
Johnny Hill (footballer) (1884–1???), Scottish footballer
Jack Hill (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1972), English football player and manager
John Hill (rugby union) (fl. 1925), Australian rugby union player
John Hill (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s
John Hill (American football) (1950–2018), American football player
John Hill (New Zealand footballer) (born 1950), Irish-born New Zealand footballer
John Mac Hill (1925–1995), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood
John Tye Hill (born 1982), American football player
John Hill (boat racer) (1933–1993), British powerboat racer
John Hill (ice hockey) (born 1960), American ice hockey coach
John Hill (wrestler) (1941–2010), Canadian professional wrestler
John Hindley (born 1965), real name of retired British professional wrestler Johnny Smith
John Hoffman (defensive end) (born 1943), American football defensive end
John Hoffman (running back) (1925–1987), American football running back
John Hoffman (baseball) (1943–2001), Major League Baseball catcher
John Hopkins (cricketer) (born 1953), former Welsh cricketer
John Hopkins (American football) (born c. 1969), American football placekicker
John Hopkins (motorcyclist) (born 1983), American motorcycle racer
John Horgan (hurler) (1950–2016), Irish sportsperson
John G. Horgan (1866–1921), pocket billiards (pool) player
John Houseman (baseball) (1870–1922), European Major League Baseball player
John Hurd (1914–2001), American fencer
John Isner (born 1985), American professional tennis player
John Kiley (1912–1993), organist at Fenway Park from 1953 to 1989 and at the Boston Garden from 1941 to 1984
John Kiley (baseball) (1859–1940), Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher
John Klug (born 1965), Australian rules former professional footballer
John Kronus (1969–2007), American professional wrestler
John Lindsay (Paralympian) (born 1970), Australian Paralympic athlete
John Laurinaitis (born 1962), American retired professional wrestler
John Layfield (born 1966), American retired professional wrestler
John Madden (1936–2021), American football coach and television announcer
John Madden (hurler) (born 1968), Irish hurling selector and player
John Madden (ice hockey) (born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player
John Major (cricketer) (1861–1930), English cricketer
John Major (rugby union) (born 1940), New Zealand rugby union player
John Matuszak (1950–1989), American football defensive end
John McFall (athlete) (born 1981), British Paralympic sprinter
John McMullin (baseball) (1849–1881), American baseball player
John McMullin (golfer), American golfer
John McSeveney (1931–2020), Scottish footballer and manager
John Major (cricketer) (1861–1930), English cricketer
John Minton (1948–1995), real name of American professional wrestler Big John Studd
John Moeti (1967–2023), South African professional footballer
John John Molina (born 1965), Puerto Rican boxer
John Morrison (born 1979), American professional wrestler
John Moll (1913–1942), English rugby union player
John Morkel (1928–2010), South African born Rhodesian international rugby union player
John Wayne Murdoch (born 1988), American professional wrestler
John Moshoeu (1965–2015), South African professional footballer
John Naber (born 1956), American former competitive swimmer
John Hunter Nemechek (born 1997), American racing driver
John Nogowski (born 1993), American baseball player
John Nord (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler
John Paul (footballer), 19th century British footballer
John Paul Sr. (racing driver) (1939–????), American automobile racing driver
John Paul Jr. (racing driver) (1960–2020), American automobile racing driver
John Pearson (cricketer) (1915–2007), English cricketer
John Pearson (curler) (active 1959), Scottish curler
John Pearson (footballer, born 1868) (1868–1931), English football player and referee
John Pearson (footballer, born 1892) (1892–1937), Scottish football player
John Pearson (footballer, born 1896) (1896–1979), English football player
John Pearson (footballer, born 1935), English football player
John Pearson (footballer, born 1946), English football player
John Pearson (footballer, born 1963), English football player
John Pearson (gymnast) (1902–1984), American gymnast
John Pearson (sport shooter) (1926–1994), British Olympic shooter
John Pesek (1894–1978), American professional wrestler
John Maunsell Richardson (1846–1912), English cricketer, Member of Parliament and twice winner of the English Grand National
John Richardson (Derbyshire cricketer) (1856–1940), English cricketer for Derbyshire County Cricket Club
John Richardson (tennis) (1873–1???), South African Olympic tennis player
Mick Richardson (John Mettham Richardson, 1874–1920), English footballer active in the 1890s
John Richardson (Yorkshire cricketer) (1908–1985), English cricketer for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
John Richardson (South African cricketer) (born 1935), South African cricketer for North Eastern Transvaal
Jock Richardson (1906–1986), Scottish footballer
John Richardson (American football) (born 1945), American football player for the Miami Dolphins
John Richardson (baseball), American baseball player
John Richardson (footballer, born 1949) (1949–1984), English football player for Brentford, Fulham and Aldershot
John Richardson (footballer, born 1966), English football player for Colchester
John Richardson (rower) (born 1944), Canadian rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
John Roberts (footballer, born 1956), Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne/Sydney Swans and in South Australia
John Roberts (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1956), Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne
John Roberts Jr. (billiards player) (1847–1919), player of English billiards
John Roberts (Shropshire cricketer) (born 1948), Shropshire cricketer
John Roberts (Lancashire cricketer) (1933–2019), English cricketer
John Roberts (Somerset cricketer) (born 1949), Somerset cricketer
John Roberts (footballer, born 1857) (1857–1???), Welsh (from Llangollen) international footballer
John Roberts (footballer, born 1858) (1858–1???), Welsh international footballer
John Roberts (footballer, born 1885) (1885–19??), English footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bristol Rovers
John Roberts (footballer, born 1887) (1887–19??), English-born footballer active in Italy for Milan and Modena
John Roberts (footballer, born 1891) (1891–19??), Scottish footballer
John Roberts (footballer, born 1944), Australian soccer player
John Roberts (footballer, born 1946) (1946–2016), Welsh international footballer who played for Wrexham and Arsenal
John Roberts (hurler) (1895–1987), Irish hurler
John Roberts (rower) (born 1953), British Olympic rower
John Roberts (rugby player) (1906–1965), Welsh rugby player
John Roberts (American football) (1920–2012), American football, wrestling and track coach
Jack Robson (football manager) (1860–1922), English full-time secretary manager of football clubs, including Middlesbrough and Manchester United
Jack Robson (footballer), English footballer
John Robson (Australian footballer) (1933–2011), played with Richmond and St Kilda in the VFL
John Robson (footballer, born 1950) (1950–2004), English football full-back for Derby County and Aston Villa
John Robson (athlete) (born 1957), British middle-distance runner
John Robson (canoeist), British canoe sailor
Doug Robson (1942–2020), born John Douglas Robson and listed as John Robson in some databases, English football centre half for Darlington
John de Saulles (1878–1917), American football player and coach
John Silver (wrestler), American professional wrestler
John Stones (born 1994), English footballer
John Tatum (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler
John Tavares (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
John Tenta (1963–2006), Canadian professional wrestler and sumo wrestler
John Terry (born 1980), English professional football coach and former player
John Terry (baseball) (1877–1958), Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers
John Terry (gridiron football) (born 1968), American football player
John Terry (weightlifter) (1908–1970), American Olympic weightlifter
John Thompson (basketball) (1941–2020), American college basketball coach
John Thompson III (born 1966), American men's national basketball team
John Kennedy Tod (1852–1925), Scottish rugby union player
John Todd (footballer) (born 1938), Australian rules football player and coach
John Todd (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s
John Tolos (1930–2009), Canadian professional wrestler
John Tortorella (born 1958), American professional ice hockey coach and former player
John Voight (athlete) (1926–1993), American sprinter
John Weir (footballer), Scottish footballer
John Williams (mixed martial artist) (1940–2015), Canadian retired mixed martial artist
John Wood (baseball) (1872–1929), baseball player
John Wood (canoeist) (1950–2013), Canadian Olympic flatwater canoer
John Wood (racing driver) (born 1952), CART driver
John Wood (rugby league) (born 1956), English rugby league footballer who played for Great Britain
John Young (first baseman) (1949–2016), American baseball first baseman
John Young (cricketer, born 1863) (1863–1933), English cricketer
John Young (cricketer, born 1876) (1876–1913), English cricketer
John Young (cricketer, born 1884) (1884–1960), English cricketer
John Young (cyclist) (1936–2013), Australian cyclist
John Young (field hockey) (born 1934), Canadian Olympic hockey player
John Young (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1915), Scottish footballer
John Young (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1???), Scottish footballer
John Young (footballer, born 1891) (1891–1947), Scottish footballer
John Young (footballer, born 1951), Scottish footballer and manager
John Young (footballer, born 1957), Scottish footballer (Denver Avalanche)
John Young (ice hockey), American ice hockey and roller hockey player
John Young (rugby union) (1937–2020), English rugby union player
John Young (swimmer) (1917–2006), Bermudian swimmer
John Zimmerman (figure skater) (born 1973), American professional pair skater and coach
Criminals
John Arthur Ackroyd (died 2016), American murderer
John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983), British criminal
John Patrick Addis (1950–2006), American parental child kidnapper
John Agrue (1947–2009), American serial killer
John Alite (born 1962), Albanian American former Gambino crime family associate
John Allen (1934–2015), British criminal
John Eric Armstrong (born 1973), American serial killer
John Ashley (1888 or 1895–1924), American outlaw
John Balaban (serial killer) (1924–1953), Romanian-born serial killer
John Battaglia (1955–2018), American murderer
John Baughman (1941–2000), American murderer
John Baxter (explorer) (1799–1841), Irish convict
John C. Beale (born 1948), former senior policy advisor convicted of fraud and theft
John William Bean (1824–1882), British criminal who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria
John Billee (1873–1890), American outlaw and Creek Indian
John Bittrolff (born 1966), American murderer
John Bodkin (c. 1720 – 1742), Irish murder
John Charles Bolsinger (1957–1988), American serial killer
John T. Bone (1947–2019), British pornographic film director who became a drug dealer
John Wilkes Booth (1838–1865), American who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
John Ronald Brown (1922– 2010), American murderer
John Bull (gunman) (1836–1929), English gunman
John Dwight Canaday (1945–2012), American serial killer
John Cannan (born 1954), British murderer, serial rapist, and serial abductor
John Paul Chase (1901–1973), American robber
John Childs, British hit man and serial killer
John William Clouser (born 1932), American robber
John Cooper (born 1944), Welsh serial killer
John Coxon, pirate and fugitive
John Martin Crawford (1962–2020), Canadian serial killer
John Christie (1899–1953), English serial killer
John Crenshaw (1797–1871), American kidnapper
John Brennan Crutchley (1946–2002), American convicted kidnapper, rapist, and suspected serial killer
John Cunningham, Irish drug smuggler and kidnapper
John D'Amato (died 1992), American murder mobster
John Darwin (born 1950), British criminal
John Dickman (1864–1910), English murderer
John DiFronzo (1928–2018), American mobster and the reputed former boss of the Chicago Outfit
John Dillinger (1903–1934), American gangster of the Great Depression
John Duffy (born 1958), British serial rapist
John David Duty (1952–2010), American murderer
John Eichinger (born 1972), American murderer
John Ewell (born 1957), American serial killer
John Factor (1892–1984), American prohibition-era gangster and con artist
John Fautenberry (1963–2009), American serial killer
John Linley Frazier (1946–2009), American mass murderer
John Wayne Gacy (1942–1994), American serial killer and sex offender
John Albert Gardner (born 1979), American convicted double murderer, rapist, and child molester
John Geoghan (1935–2003), American serial child rapist
John Getreu (1944–2023), American serial killer
John Charles Gilkey (born 1968), American prolific serial thief
John K. Giles (1895–1979), American inmate at Alcatraz prison
John Gotti (1940–2002), American gangster
John Haigh (1909–1949), English serial killer
John Hamilton (gangster) (1899–1934), Canadian fugitive
John Patrick Hannan (born 1933), Irish prison fugitive who holds the record for the longest escape from custody
John Wesley Hardin (1853–1895), American Old West outlaw
John Ruthell Henry (1951–2014), American serial killer
John R. Hicks (1956–2005), American murderer
John Hinckley Jr. (born 1955), American criminal
John Hirst (born 1950), British convicted murderer
John Michael Hooker (1953–2003), American serial killer
John W. Hopkins (1953–2000), American serial killer and kidnapper
John Jamelske (born 1935), American serial rapist-kidnapper
John Joubert (1963–1996), American serial killer
John Allen Kendrick (1901–1960), American criminal, escape artist, and bank robber
John Kinney (outlaw) (1847–1919), American outlaw of the Old West, who formed the John Kinney Gang
John Kiriamiti (born 1950), Kenyan former bank robber
John M. Larn (1849–1878), American lawman and later outlaw
John Walker Lindh (born 1981), American who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001
John List (1925–2008), American mass murderer and fugitive
John Ingvar Lövgren (1930–2002), Swedish serial killer
John Makin (1845–1893), Australian murderer
John Peter Malveaux (born 1964), American serial killer
John Marek (murderer) (1961–2009), American murderer
John Mason (outlaw) (18??–April 1866), American fugitive and one of the leaders of the Mason Henry Gang
John McAfee (1945–2021), British-American computer programmer and businessman who committed suicide in prison
John McCaffary (1820–1851), Irish-American murderer
John Rodney McRae, American murderer and suspected serial killer
John Middleton (1854–1885), American outlaw and friend of Billy the Kid
John Murrell (bandit) (1806–1844), American outlaw
John Palmer (criminal) (1950–2015), English gangster
John Felton Parish (1933–1982), American mass murderer
John Paul Sr. (racing driver) (born 1939), American racing driver, convicted felon and fugitive whose whereabouts are unknown
John Parsons (born 1971), American fugitive
John du Pont (1938–2010), American convicted murderer
John M. Pyle (born 1956), American fugitive
John Richardson (convict) (1797–1882), Australian convict who accompanied several exploring expeditions as a botanical collector
John Edward Robinson (born 1943), American serial killer, con man, embezzler, kidnapper, and forger
John Wesley Robinson (1867–1915), American serial killer
John Roselli (1905–1976), American influential mobster for the Chicago Outfit
John Ruffo (born 1954), American fugitive whose whereabouts are unknown
John Salvi (1972–1996), American anti-abortion extremist and murderer
John Selman (1839–1896), American fugitive
John Paul Scott (1927–1987), American criminal
John Sontag (1861–1893), American outlaw
John Svahlstedt (born 1947), Swedish serial rapist
John Edward Swindler (1944–1990), American murderer
John Thanos (1949–1994), American spree killer
John Tillmann (1961–2018), Canadian art thief
John Jairo Moreno Torres (1979–1998), Colombian serial killer
John Wojtowicz (1945–2006), American bank robber
John Younger (1851–1874), American outlaw
Colonial people
John Custis (1678–1749), North American Colonial British politician
John Parke Custis (1754–1781), son of Martha Washington
John Weddell (1583–1642), English sea captain of the East India Company
John Wayles (1715–1773), American colonial planter and slave trader
Others
John O. Aalberg (1897–1984), Hollywood sound technician
John Abercromby (monk) (fl. 1561), 16th-century Roman Catholic martyr, maybe fictitious
John Samuel Agar (1773–1858), English portrait painter and engraver
John Judson Ames (1821–1861), California Pioneer
John Anderson (classical scholar) (1870–1952), Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford
John Anderson (escaped slave), American slave who escaped to Canada in the 1860s, leading to a famous extradition case
John S. Apperson (1878–1963), General Electric engineer
John Asman, American sound engineer
John N. Berry (1933–2020), American librarian
John Billings (1918–2007), Australian physician
John Shaw Billings (1838–1913, American librarian, building designer, and surgeon
John Shaw Billings (editor) (1891–1975), first editor of Life magazine and first managing editor of Time-Life
John de Borman (born 1954), French born British cinematographer
John Bowen (pirate) (16??–1704), pirate of Créole origin active during the Golden Age of Piracy
John Bozeman (1835–1867), American pioneer and frontiersman
John J. Brooks, American lawman
John Bush (set decorator), British set decorator
John Buxton (ornithologist) (1912–1989), British scholar, university teacher, poet and an ornithologist
John Cabot (145–c. 1500), Italian navigator and explorer
John Cameron (farmer), Scottish farmer involved with ScotRail
John E. Cameron (died 1852), American pioneer and politician
John Cameron (1817–1878), executive officer and director-general of the Ordnance Survey
John William Cameron (1841–1896), English brewer
John Brewer Cameron, geodetic surveyor in Australia
John Cameron (chief), Mississauga Ojibwa chief
John Cantlie (born 1970), British war photographer and correspondent
John F. Carroll (1932–1969), one of 23 known people in medical history to have reached a height of 8 feet
John Casali, American sound engineer
John Cashman (journalist) (died 1945), American war correspondent for the International News Service
John Cavanagh (designer) (1914–2003), Irish couturier
John Filby Childs (1783–1853), English printer and political radical
John Childs (historian) (born 1949), professor of military history
John L. Childs (1899–1985), American educator and author
John Chong (beekeeper), Singaporean beekeeper
John Clavie (died 1607), Scottish apothecary
John Climacus (579–649), Christian monk
John Chaffee, American gold miner
John W. Chaffee (born 1948), American historian
John Chambers (make-up artist) (1922–2001), American make-up artist
John Cotton Dana (1856–1929), American library and museum director
John Charles Darke (1806–1844), English surveyor and explorer
John Davidson (traveller) (1797–1836), English traveller in Africa
John Davis (sculptor) (1936–1999), Australian sculptor
John F. Davis (artist) (born 1958), Australian artist, painter and video editor
John Philip Davis (1784–1862), British portrait and subject painter
John Scarlett Davis (1804–1845), English painter
John Dawson Dewhirst (1952–1978), British teacher
John E. Douglas (born 1944/1945), American retired special agent
John Price Durbin (1800–1876), Chaplain of the Sentae, president of Dickinson College
John R. Ellis, American visual effects artist
John M. Falcone (1967–2011), American police officer
John Favara (1929–1983), American person missing since 1980
John Gallagher (cartoonist) (1926–2005), American cartoonist and illustrator
John Paul Getty Jr. (1932–2003), American philanthropist and book collector
John Paul Getty III (1956–2011), American grandson of American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty
John L. Gihon (1839–1878), Philadelphia photographer
John Goosey (died 2009), American murder victim
John Graham (Canadian activist), Canadian former Native American activist
John Gray (died 1858), owner of Greyfriars Bobby
John Gregory (engineer) (1806–c.1848), English railway and naval engineer
John F. Grundhofer (1939–2021), director of Donaldson Company
John Gunther (public servant) (1910–1984), Australian public servant
John Hancock (1737–1793), American Founding Father remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence
John Gordon Harris (1947–2019), Canadian policeman
John Hartwell Harrison, M.D. (1909–1984), urologic surgeon
John Harrison (director) (born 1948), writer, director, producer, and music composer
John Harrison (Leeds) (1579–1656), benefactor of the Yorkshire town
John C. Harrison, American law professor
John Kent Harrison, television producer, director and writer
John Leonard Harrison (1917–1972), British zoologist
John Harrison (historian) (1847–1922), Scottish merchant, master tailor and historical author
John Harrison (engraver) (1872–1954), British stamp engraver
John Harrison (ice cream taster) (born 1942), American ice cream taster
John B. Harrison (1861–1947), justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
John Vernon Harrison (1892–1972), British structural geologist, explorer and cartographer
John Henry, American folk hero whose existence is disputed
John Henry (spy) (c. 1776–1853), British spy
John Raymond Henry (1943–2022), American sculptor
John Hejduk (1929–2000), American architect, artist, and educator
John Hill (cartoonist) (1889–1974), New Zealand cartoonist
John William Hill (1812–1879), British-born American artist
John Hill (game designer) (1945–2015), American designer of Squad Leader and other wargames
John Horgan (academic) (born 1940), Irish press ombudsman, former journalist, politician and professor
John Horgan (journalist) (born 1953), American science journalist
John Horgan (psychologist) (born 1974), Irish political psychologist, terrorism researcher, and professor
John Horgan, chairman of the Western Australian Development Corporation
John Hubley (1914–1977), American animation director, art director, producer and writer
John Hurt (chaplain) (1752–1824), American Episcopal minister
John Ibrahim, (born 1970), Kings Cross former nightclub owner in Australia
John Inglis (shipbuilder) (1842–1919), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder
John Jay (builder) (1805–1888), British stonemason and builder in the nineteenth century
John Clarkson Jay (1808–1891), physician and grandson of John Jay, the American Founding Father and statesman
John Jay (filmmaker) (1915–2000), American ski filmmaker
John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999), American political-family member and journalist, son of John F. Kennedy
John Knight (seafarer) (died 1606), British explorer
John Kostuck (1892–1960), American salesman, piano tuner, and legislator
John Lake (journalist) (born 1930), American sports journalist and editor who disappeared in 1967
John Layfield (theologian) (died 1617), English scholar and Bible translator
John Lounsbery (1911–1976), American animator and director
John A. List (born 1968), American economist at the University of Chicago
John M. Lloyd (1835–1892), American police officer, tavern owner, and bricklayer, known for testifying in the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspiracy trials
John Majhor (1953–2007), Canadian radio and television host
John William Mackail (1859–1945), Scottish academic
John Masius (born 1950), American screenwriter
John Means (comedian), American stand-up comedian
John McMullin (silversmith) (1765–1843), American silversmith
John McSweeney Jr. (1915–1999), American film editor
John Middleton (giant) (1578–1623), English giant
John Mosman (apothecary), apothecary at the Scottish court
John Mosman (goldsmith), Scottish goldsmith based in Edinburgh
John Mulaney (born 1982), American stand-up comedian
John Dodo Nangkiriny (c. 1910-2003), Indigenous Australian cultural leader and artist
John Elliott Neville, prisoner who died in 2019 after being restrained at the Forsyth County, North Carolina jail
John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny (1789–1845), English peer
John Nevill, 5th Marquess of Abergavenny (1914–2000), British peer
John Nevill, 10th Baron Bergavenny (c. 1614–1662), English peer
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890), Irish poet, journalist, author and activist
John G. Palfrey (1796–1881), American clergyman and historian
John Palfrey (born 1972), American educator, scholar, and law professor
John Pasquin (born 1944), American director of film, television and theatre
John Otunba Payne (1839–1906), Nigerian sheriff
John Pitcairn Jr. (1841–1916), Scottish-born American industrialist
John Gordon Purvis (born 1942), American man who spent nine years in prison for a murder he did not commit
John Rando, American stage director
John Neil Reagan (1908–1996), American radio station manager, elder brother of Ronald Reagan
John Rich (director) (1925–2012), American film and television director
John Ridge (c. 1802–1839), member of the Cherokee Nation
John Robins (comedian) (born 1982), British comedian
John Rogan (c. 1867–1905), American who was the second-tallest person ever
John Rosengrant, American make-up and special effects artist
John Schubeck (1936–1997), American television reporter and anchor
John Smith (1825–1910), Scottish dentist
John Snorri Sigurjónsson (1973–2021), Icelandic high-altitude mountaineer
John Solecki, American head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
John Sturges (1910–1992), American film director
John Payne Todd (1792–1852), first son of Dolley Madison, adopted son of James Madison
John V. Tolan (born 1959), American historian
John Traill (1835–1897), Scottish coffee house owner
John Anderson Truman (1851–1914), father of Harry S. Truman
John Varvatos (born 1954), American menswear designer
John M. Wallace (1815–1880), granduncle of Bess Truman
John Warhurst (sound editor), American sound editor
John F. Warren (1909–2000), American cinematographer
John Weldon (animator) (born 1945), Canadian actor, composer, animator and movie director
John Wesley (artist) (1928–2022), American modern painter
John B. Wood (1827–1884), American journalist
John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge
John Wood (millowner) (1758–1???), created the Howard Town Mills complex in Glossop, England
John Wood (Bradford manufacturer) (1793–1871), English industrialist and factory reformer
John Wood (explorer) (1812–1871), Scottish explorer of central Asia
John Wood (photographer), Civil War photographer for Union Army
John C. Young (pastor) (1803–1857), Centre College president
Pseudonyms
Bible John, unidentified serial killer
Chicken John (born 1967 or 1968), musician, showman, activist, and author
Jihadi John (1988–2015), nickname for Kuwaiti–born British militant Mohammed Emwazi
John 5 (guitarist), American guitarist
John Doe, placeholder name for an anonymous person
John Zegrus, unidentified criminal
Fictional characters
John-117, also known as Master Chief, the protagonist of the Halo franchise
John, a character in the Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
John, a character in the Doctor Who comic strip
John, a character in the children's science-fiction series The Tomorrow People
John-Boy, eldest son in The Waltons
John, in the 1994 American black-comedy film The Ref
John, in the American miniseries V
John "Jack" Arnold, a character in the American coming-of-age, comedy-drama television series The Wonder Years
John Barton, a character in the British soap opera Emmerdale
John Bates, a character from Downton Abbey, married to Anna
John Bender, a character from the film The Breakfast Club
John Boscombe, a character in the 1934 film The Man Who Changed His Name
John Carik, also known as Bible John, a character from Marvel Comics
John Clark, a character in Tom Clancy's Ryanverse
John Connor, a character in the Terminator franchise
John Constantine, a fictional character appearing in DC Comics franchise, including Hellblazer
John Darling, one of the Darling children and the main character in the 1953 Walt Disney's animated film Peter Pan
John Davis, a character on British soap opera, EastEnders
John Davis, character in After Many Years
Sergeant John Davis, a playable character in Call of Duty 2
John Diggle (Arrowverse), from the Arrowerse franchise
John Dillermand, the titular protagonist of John Dillermand
John Doe, a character in the video game Batman: The Enemy Within
John (Thunderbolt) Doherty, fictional character in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
John Dough, a gingerbread man brought to life in the Frank Baum book John Dough and the Cherub
John Michael Dorian (J.D.), the main character and protagonist of the comedy-drama Scrubs
John Drake (Danger Man), in the TV series Danger Man
John Ellis, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
John Egbert, a character in the webcomic Homestuck
John Worthington Foulfellow, also known as Honest John, a main character in the 1940 Walt Disney's animated film Pinocchio
John Ross Ewing III, character from the American prime time soap opera Dallas and its 2012 continuation series
President John Harker, a character in the 1981 American science fiction action movie Escape from New York
John Herbert, a character in the animated television series Family Guy
John Henry, a character/stage name of the comedian Norman Clapham, popular in BBC radio in the 1920s
John Henry, a character in the 2006 comic series The Transformers: Evolutions
John Henry, a character in the Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles science-fiction series
John Henry, alter ego of John Wilson, character in DC Comics
John Henry Irons, also known as Steel, a character from DC Comics
John Jonah Jameson, a newspaper publisher in Marvel Comics
John Kramer, also known as Jigsaw, a character in the Saw franchise
John Kimble, the protagonist in the 1990 American action comedy film Kindergarten Cop
John Locke, one of the central characters in the American television series Lost
John Marston, a central character in the Red Dead franchise
John "Soap" MacTavish, a character in the Call of Duty franchise
John McBain, a character in the American daytime dramas One Life to Live and General Hospital
John McClane, the main protagonist of the Die Hard franchise
John Paul McQueen, a character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
John "Ace" Merrill, a character in the 1986 American coming-of-age film Stand by Me
John Milner, a character in the 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film American Graffiti
John Milton, a character from the 2000 American horror film Scream 3
Father John Patrick Francis Mulcahy and Trapper John McIntyre, characters in the American war comedy-drama television series M*A*S*H
John Murphy, in the TV series The 100
JohnNana, the main character in the 1988 American science-fiction action thriller film They Live
John Perry, a character in the 1925 American silent comedy Introduce Me
John Pierce, a character in the 1988 American comedy-drama movie Beaches
John Rainbird, in the 1984 American science fiction horror film Firestarter
John Rambo, the titular protagonist in the Rambo franchise
John Redcorn, a character in the Fox animated series King of the Hill
John Philip Reid III, a character in the Canadian drama television series Neon Rider
John Ridd, main character of the 1869 historical novel by R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
John Riggs, a character in the 1989 American-Canadian fantasy drama film Prancer
John Riley, a character in the 1996 American legal crime drama movie Sleepers
Jack Robbins, a character in the British soap opera EastEnders
Major John Russell, a character in the 1997 American science fiction drama film Contact
John Shaunessy, a character in the 1979 American drama film Kramer vs. Kramer
Long John Silver, antagonist of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island
Sergeant John Spartan, a character in the 1993 American science fiction action film Demolition Man
John "Hannibal" Smith, a character in the 1980s action-adventure television series The A-Team
John Smith, a character in Mr. & Mrs. Smith
John Stewart, a character in DC Comics, one of several characters known as Green Lantern
John L. Sullivan, protagonist in the film Sullivan's Travels
John 'Sully' Sullivan, from the television series Third Watch
John Beresford Tipton, the title benefactor of The Millionaire (TV series), a 1955–1960 American television series
John Walker, also known as U.S. Agent, a superhero in Marvel Comics
John "John-Boy" Walton Jr and John Walton Sr., characters in the American historical drama television series The Waltons
John Warner and "Little John" Warner, characters in the American sitcom Jesse
John H. Watson, associate of Sherlock Holmes
John Wick, the titular protagonist of the John Wick franchise
John Witter, a character from Dawson's Creek: Pacey's father
See also
Hanan (given name)
Jonathan (name)
Johnathan, a given name
Johnson (surname)
References
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