Johnstone (surname)

Johnstone is a surname. It is a variant of the similar surname Johnston which in most cases is a habitational surname derived from several places in Scotland. However, it can also be a variant of the surname Johnson.

Etymology

1. The habitational surname Johnstone / Johnston is in most cases derived from the name of Johnstone located in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name John and tone or toun ("settlement" in Middle English; tun in Old English), literally meaning "John's town". There are several similar place names in Scotland, including the city of Perth, which was once known as St. John's Toun. This and other similarly named locations may also be sources for the habitational surnames Johnstone / Johnston.
2. Johnstone / Johnston in other cases is a variant of the surname Johnson.

List of persons with the surname

• Johnstone, Alex (1961 - ), a politician
• Johnstone, Archibald (1924 - ), Canadian businessman and retired Senator
• Johnstone, Bobby (1929–2001), Scottish football player
• Johnstone, Charles (1719? - 1800), novelist
• Johnstone, Colin, New Zealander rower
• Johnstone, Davey (1951 - ), rock guitarist and vocalist
• Johnstone, Derek (1953 - ), Scottish former professional footballer
• Johnstone, Professor Eve C., The Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh
• Johnstone, Gavin Wildridge (1941–87), Australian ornithologist
• Johnstone, George (1730–87), British naval officer and member of Parliament
• Johnstone, Graeme, state coroner of Victoria, Australia
• Johnstone, Jay (1945 - ), former Major League Baseball player
• Johnstone, James (disambiguation)
• Johnstone, John (1700s), a Mayor of New York City (1714–19)
• Johnstone, John (1968 - ), former Major League Baseball player
• Johnstone, Keith (1933 - ), a drama instructor
• Johnstone, Lance (1973 - ), American football player
• Johnstone, Parker (1961 - ), American race car driver
• Johnstone, Paul Neil Milne (circa 1952 - 2004), British poet
• Johnstone, Peter (1944 - ), governor of Anguilla (2000–04)
• Johnstone, Peter T., mathematician
• Johnstone, Sandy (1916–2000), British Air Marshal
• Johnstone, Travis (1980 - ), Australian rules footballer
• Johnstone, William (1600s - 1721), Scottish nobleman
• Johnstone, William (1823–57), a British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Johnstone, William Bruce Gordon (1937 - ), former Formula One race car driver from South Africa
• Johnstone, William W. (1938–2004), American author of novels about the Old West
• Johnstone, Michael Cheyney. (1984 – ), Videographer, Photographer & Video Editor website'

People with a variant form of the surname

• Johnstone Milne, William (1892–1917), Canadian soldier in World War I
• Johnstone Ritchie, William (1813 – 92), Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court
• Johnstone Stoney, George (1826–1911), the Irish physicist who introduced the term "electron"
• Johnstone-Scott, Richard, an illustrator and author

Fictional people with the surname

• Johnstone, Paul, alter-ego of the anti-hero Shadowhawk

See also

• Clan Johnstone, a Scottish clan
• Johnston (surname)