John Austin

John Austin may refer to:

Military

• John Austin (soldier) (1801–1833), active in early settlement of Mexican Texas
• John Arnold Austin (1905–1941), warrant officer in the United States Navy
• John Beech Austin (1917–2012), British aviator in World War II

Politicians

• John Gardiner Austin (active 1864–1901), colonial secretary of Hong Kong
• Sir John Austin, 1st Baronet (1824–1906), British politician, MP for Osgoldcross, 1886–1906
• John Austin (politician) (born 1944), British Labour Party politician, MP since 1992

Others

• John Austin (1613–1669), English Catholic writer
• John Austin (highwayman) (died 1783), noted for having been the last person hanged on the famous gallows at Tyburn, London
• John Austin (Jesuit) (1717–1784), Irish Jesuit
• John Austin (inventor) (1752–1830), Scottish inventor of musical equipment
• John Austin (legal philosopher) (1790–1859), British legal and political theorist
• Johnny Austin (1910–1983), U.S. musician
• J. L. Austin (John Langshaw Austin, 1911–1960), British philosopher of language
• John Austin (author), British author specializing in WWII propaganda
• John P. Austin, American set decorator
• John Austin (bishop) (1939–2007), British bishop of Aston
• John Austin (basketball) (born 1944), U.S. former professional basketball player
• John Austin (tennis) (born 1957), American former professional tennis player
• John Alexander Austin (1912–1984), Canadian aviator
• John C. Austin (1870–1963), British-born American architect

See also

• John Austen (disambiguation)
• Jack Austin (politician) (born 1932), Canadian politician
• Jack Austin (footballer) (1910–1983), Australian rules football player
• Jack Austin (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s