John Johnson

John Johnson may refer to:

Artists and entertainers

• John Johnson (composer) (c. 1545–1594), English lutenist and composer
• John Johnson (musician) (born 1964), trombonist and percussionist with Simply Red
• John Johnson (reporter) (born 1938), American television reporter and anchor
• J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954), composer and opera singer

Military figures

• 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
• Liver-Eating Johnson (1824–1900), American frontier figure
• John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1839) (born 1839), United States Navy sailor
• John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1842) (1842–1907), Medal of Honor recipient

Politicians

United States

• John Johnson (Ohio congressman) (1805–1867), American politician
• John Albert Johnson (1861–1909), 16th governor of Minnesota
• John Telemachus Johnson (1788–1856), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• John Johnson (Missouri) (1816–1903), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
• John Johnson (New Jersey), mayor of Paterson, New Jersey
• J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California politician
• John W. Johnson (1774–1854), mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
• John Johnson (Ohio state representative), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Other countries

• Johno Johnson (born 1930), Australian politician
• John Mercer Johnson (1818–1868), Canadian politician
• John Smoke Johnson (1792–1886), Mohawk chief
• John William Fordham Johnson (1866–1938), Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
• John Johnson (British politician) (1850–1910), British trade unionist and politician
• John George Johnson, British Member of Parliament for Exeter

Athletes

• John Johnson (footballer) (born 1988), English footballer
• John Johnson (basketball) (born 1947), U.S. basketball player
• John Henry Johnson (1929–2011), American football player
• John Henry Johnson (baseball) (born 1956), Major League pitcher
• John Johnson (baseball) (1869–1941), Major League pitcher
• John Johnson (trainer) (born 1917), American football athletic trainer for the New York Giants
• John Johnson (American football) (born 1941), American football player
• John S. Johnson (1873–1934), American cyclist and speed skater
• John Johnson (cricketer) (1871–1930), English cricketer
• John Michael Johnson (born 1968), American bantamweight boxer

Others

• John Johnson, alias of Guy Fawkes
• John Johnson, early Latter Day Saint and owner of the John Johnson Farm, a historical site in Mormonism
• John Johnson (architect) (1732–1814), English architect
• John Johnson (baptist) (1706–1791), English minister, founder of the Johnsonian Baptists
• John Johnson (explorer), Arctic explorer and World War II veteran
• John Johnson (martyr), one of the Colchester Martyrs
• John B. Johnson (1887–1970), scientist–engineer after whom Johnson noise is named
• John Calhoun Johnson (died 1876), practiced law and operated a ranch in California
• John de Monins Johnson (1882–1956), scholar and printer
• John G. Johnson (1841-1917), U.S. corporate lawyer and art collector
• John H. Johnson (1918–2005), founder of the Johnson Publishing Company that prints Ebony and Jet magazines
• John Wesley Johnson (1836–1898), first President of the University of Oregon
• Enmegahbowh (c. 1806–1902), also known as John Johnson, first Native American Episcopal priest
• John Alvin Johnson (1915–2005), U.S. lawyer and businessman
• John Johnson (theologian) (1662–1725), English clergyman and theologian
• John P. Johnson, fifth president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

See also

• Johnnie Johnson (disambiguation)
• Johnny Johnson (disambiguation)
• Jack Johnson (disambiguation)
• J. Erik Jonsson (1901–1995), businessman and mayor of Dallas
• John Johnston (disambiguation)
• Jon Jonsson (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Johnson (disambiguation)