John Young

John Young may refer to:

People

Sports

• John Young (baseball) (born 1949), 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 (footballer), soccer player
• John Young (Scottish footballer) (born 1951), soccer player
• John Young (soccer player) (born 1957), retired Scottish football (soccer) midfielder

Politics

• John Young (16th century MP) for Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)
• J. Smith Young (1834–1916), American politician
• 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), Canadian colonial administrator
• John Young (Canadian politician) (1811–1878),
• John Young (governor) (1802–1852), Governor of New York
• John Young (Hawaii) (c. 1742–1835), British-born government advisor of Kamehameha I
• John Young (jurist) (1919–2008), Australian jurist
• John Young (Scottish politician) (1930–2011), Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament
• John Young (seigneur) (c. 1759–1819), Scottish-born Canadian land entrepreneur, jurist, and politician
• John Darling Young (1910–1988), Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, 1969–1984

Business

• John A. Young (born 1932), American business manager
• John Hardin Young, American attorney (aka Jack Young)
• John Young (businessman), Australian entrepreneur
• John Young (merchant) (1773–1837), Scottish merchant in Nova Scotia
• John Young (building contractor) (1827–1907) Australian building contractor

Arts

• John Chin Young (1909–1997), American painter
• John Paul Young (born 1950), Australian singer
• John Russell Young (1840–1899), American writer, diplomat & Librarian of Congress
• John Young (actor) (1916–1996), Scottish actor
• John Young (cinematographer) (born c. 1960s), Australian
• John Young (composer) (born 1962), New Zealand-born composer
• John Young (musician) (born 1956), British keyboardist
• John G. Young, American director, producer and writer
• John Lloyd Young (born 1975), American actor and singer
• John Sacret Young, author, producer, director, and screenwriter
• John Zerunge Young (born 1956) Hong Kong-born Australian artist

Science

• John Wesley Young (1879–1932), American mathematician
• John Young (astronaut) (born 1930), American
• John Zachary Young (1907–1997), English zoologist

Other

• John Francis Young (1893–1929), Canadian soldier
• John F. Young (1820–1885), American Episcopal bishop of Florida, translator of the hymn Silent Night
• John Willard Young (1844–1924), American religious leader
• John Young (bishop) (c. 1532–1605), English academic and Anglican bishop of Rochester
• John Young (Cryptome) ( fl. 2000s), American activist and architect
• John Young (naval officer) (c. 1740–1781), American sailor
• John Young (pioneer) (1763–1825), American surveyor
• John Young (Regius Professor) (1514–1580), English Catholic clergyman and academic
• John J. Young, Jr., U.S. Defense Department official
• John Kenneth Young (born 1914), Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, 1948–1957
• John Dragon Young (1949–1996), scholar of Chinese history
• John Orr Young (1886–1976), American advertiser

Other meanings

• John Young Parkway, in Florida, named for the American astronaut
• USS John Young (DD-973), American warship, named for the American naval officer

See also

• Jack Young (disambiguation)
• Johnny Young (disambiguation)
• John Young Brown (disambiguation)
• John Yonge (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Young (disambiguation)