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.[1][2]
Etymology
- 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]
List of persons with the surname
17th century
- William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale (1600s-1721), Scottish nobleman
18th century
- Charles Johnstone (1719?-1800), novelist
- Chevalier de Johnstone (1719 – c. 1800), army officer
- Edward Johnstone (British Army officer) (1791-1850), British army officer
- George Johnstone (1730–1787), British naval officer and Member of Parliament
- John Johnstone (1700s), American mayor of New York City 1714-1719
- Thomas Johnstone (1772–1839), sailor, smuggler and saboteur
19th century
- Sir Alan Johnstone (1858–1932), British diplomat
- Banner Johnstone (1882-1964), British rower
- Harcourt Johnstone (1895–1945), British Liberal Party politician
- John Johnstone (1869-1953), Scottish footballer
- Joseph Johnstone (1860-1931), Scottish Liberal politician
- Justine Johnstone (1895–1982), American actress and pathologist
- Lamar Johnstone (1885–1919), American actor and director
- Ralph Johnstone (1886–1910), American aviator who died in an aircrash
- William Johnstone (VC) (1823–1857), British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross
20th century
- Alex Johnstone (born 1961), politician
- Alison Johnstone (1965-), Scottish politician
- Anne Johnston (disambiguation)
- Anthony "Tony" Johnstone (1956-), Zimbabwean professional golfer
- Archibald Johnstone (born 1924), Canadian businessman and retired Senator
- Billy Johnstone, Australian rugby player
- Bobby Johnstone (1929–2001), Scottish football player
- Brad Johnstone (1950-), New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach
- Bruce Johnstone (racing driver) (born 1937), South African Formula One race car driver
- Campbell Johnstone (born 1980), All Black, New Zealand Rugby Player
- Chris Johnstone (1960-)
- Colin Johnstone, (1921-1991) New Zealander rower
- Davey Johnstone (born 1951), rock guitarist and vocalist
- Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish former professional footballer
- Diana Johnstone (1934-), American political writer
- Dougie Johnstone (1969-), Scottish footballer
- Ed Johnstone (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
- Edward Huggins Johnstone (born 1922), American federal judge
- Eve Johnstone, (born 1944) Scottish Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh
- Frederick Johnston (disambiguation)
- Gavin Wildridge Johnstone (1941–1987), Australian ornithologist
- Graeme Johnstone, Australian state coroner for Victoria
- Harry Johnstone, English footballer
- James Johnstone (disambiguation)
- Jay Johnstone (born 1946), former Major League Baseball player
- John Johnstone (baseball) (born 1968), former Major League Baseball player
- Jude Johnstone, American singer-songwriter
- Keith Johnstone (born 1933), American drama instructor
- Lance Johnstone (born 1973), American football player
- Lew Johnstone (1916–1983), Australian politician
- Mandy Johnstone (1972-), Australian politician
- Marty Johnstone (1951-1979)
- Nathan Johnstone (1990-), Australian snowboarder
- Parker Johnstone (born 1961), American race car driver
- Paul Neil Milne Johnstone (1952-2004), British poet
- Peter Johnston (disambiguation)
- Peter Tennant Johnstone (1948-), British mathematician
- Phil Johnstone, songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist and record producer
- Samuel Luke "Sam" Johnstone (born 1993), English goalkeeper for Manchester United
- Sandy Johnstone (1916–2000), British Air Marshal
- Travis Johnstone (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
- William W. Johnstone (1938–2004), American author of novels about the Old West
Scottish clan
- Clan Johnstone, a Scottish clan, whose chief has the noble title Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
People with a variant form of the surname
- William Johnstone Milne (1892–1917), Canadian World War I soldier
- William Johnstone Ritchie (1813 – 92), Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court
- George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911), Irish physicist; introduced the term "electron"
- Richard Johnstone-Scott, illustrator and author
Fictional people with the surname
- Paul Johstone, alter-ego of the anti-hero Shadowhawk
See also
References
- ^ "Johnstone Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Johnston Name Meaning and History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
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