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John Harris may refer to:
[edit] Politics and government
- John Harris (MP for Grampound), English MP for Grampound in 1555
- John Harris (Bere Alston MP) (c. 1586–1657), English MP for Bere Alston in 1640
- John Harris (Royalist) (1596–1649), English MP for Liskeard
- John Harris (died 1677) (1631–1677), English MP for Liskeard, son of above
- John Harris (New York) (1760–1824), United States Congressman from New York
- John S. Harris (1825–1906), United States Senator from Louisiana
- John T. Harris (1823–1899), United States Representative and lawyer from Virginia
- John Harris (Alaska politician) (born 1957), member of the Alaska House of Representatives
- John Harris (USMC) (1793–1864), 6th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
- John F. Harris (Illinois) (born 1962), Former chief of staff to Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich
- John Harris (Medal of Honor) (born 1839), Union Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient
- John Harris (Australian politician) (1890–1974), Senator
- John Frederick Harris (1937–1965), South African executed for anti-apartheid bombing
- John Harris (merchant), British Member of Parliament for Exeter in 1708
- John Harris (1703–1768), British Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
- John Harris (courtier) (died 1767), British Member of Parliament for Ashburton
- John Harris (surveyor) (died 1772), farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia
- John Hyde Harris (1826–1886), New Zealand politician
- John Hobbis Harris (1874–1940), English missionary, campaigner against slavery and Liberal Party politician
- John Dove Harris (1809–1878), English Liberal politician
[edit] Academics, arts and literature
- John Harris (artist) (born 1948), artist and illustrator
- John Harris (author) (born 1949), author of Numerican Nation: A Self Portrait
- John Harris (college head) (1802–1856), Congregational minister and college head
- John Harris (critic) (born 1969), music and politics journalist
- John Harris (curator) (born 1931), English author, architectural historian
- John Harris (physicist) (born 1950), physics professor at Yale University
- John Harris (poet) (1820–1884), Cornish poet
- John Harris (spinet maker) (died 1772), Boston maker of spinets and harpsichords
- John Harris (writer) (c. 1666–1719), writer, lexicograph
- John Harris (novelist) (1916–1991), British author
- John F. Harris, author and writer for Politico.com
- John Harris (bioethicist) (born 1945), professor of bioethics and Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation
- John Wyndham (John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, 1903–1969), English science fiction author who used several pen names derived from his full name
[edit] Business and industry
- John Harris, Jr. (1716–1791), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania businessman, supporter of George Washington's army during the American Revolutionary War
- John Harris, Sr. (1673–1748), trader who settled and established Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the US
- John Harris (software developer), computer programmer, hacker, and author of Atari computer games
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