List of people with surname Johnson
Appearance
Johnson is one of the most widely distributed surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Johnson:
Common combinations of given name and surname "Johnson"
Notable individuals with surname Johnson
Arts, music, and letters
- Alice E. Johnson (1862-1936), American architect
- Alphonso Johnson (born 1951), American jazz bassist
- Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970), American actor, singer, and songwriter
- Andre Johnson, known as Jah Mason (born 1970), Jamaican reggae artist
- Arte Johnson (born 1929), American comic actor
- B. S. Johnson (1933-1973), English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, television producer, and filmmaker
- Brian Johnson (born 1947), British-born lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC
- The Brothers Johnson, musicians George and Louis
- Bunk Johnson (1879-1949), American jazz musician
- C. David Johnson (born 1955), Canadian actor
- Caryn Johnson, real name of Whoopi Goldberg (born 1955), American comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, activist, author, and talk show host
- Chalmers Johnson (1931-2010), American author
- Chubby Johnson (1903-1974), American actor
- Clare Johnson (writer), American writer and artist
- Clark Johnson (born 1954), American actor and director
- Claude Joseph Johnson (Dr C. J. Johnson, born 1913), American gospel singer
- Crockett Johnson (1906–1975), cartoonist and children's book illustrator
- D. E. Johnson (aka Dan E. Johnson), American author
- Dink Johnson (1892-1954), American jazz musician
- Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock) (born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler
- Eliana Johnson (born 1984), American magazine editor
- Erica Johnson, Canadian broadcaster and journalist
- Erika Johnson, American actor
- Gertrude Johnson (1894-1973), Australian soprano
- Holly Johnson (born 1960), English artist, musician and writer
- Irving Johnson (1905-1991), author and adventurer
- Johnson (composer) (1953-2011), Indian film score composer and director
- Johnson (rapper) (born 1979), Danish rapper Marc Johnson
- Jake Johnson (born 1978), American actor
- Jill Johnson (born 1973), Swedish country singer
- Joanna Johnson (born 1961), American actor
- Kerry G. Johnson (born 1966), African-American cartoonist, graphic designer, and children's book illustrator
- Kim Johnson, American vocalist
- Laura Johnson (born 1957), American actor
- Linton Kwesi Johnson, (born 1952), Jamaican United Kingdom-based dub poet
- Molly Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actor
- Philip Johnson (1906-2005), American architect
- Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British editor and journalist
- Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect
- Robb Johnson (born 1955), British musician and songwriter
- Russell Johnson (1924-2014), American TV and film actor
- Taborah Johnson (born 1953), actor and jazz singer
- Theresa Johnson (born 1966), American writer
- Van Johnson (1916-2008), American actor
- Wilko Johnson (born 1947), English singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor
Politics, law, and government
- Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875, 17th President of the United States of America
- A.R. Johnson (Louisiana politician) (1856-1933)
- Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943), American jurist
- Bob Johnson (Arkansas state representative), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Boris Johnson (born 1964), British journalist and politician
- Clark Johnson (politician) (born 1952), American politician (Minnesota)
- Dean Johnson (born 1947), American politician
- Ebenezer Johnson (1786-1849), first mayor of Buffalo, New York
- Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American political activist
- Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810-1876), wife of U.S. President Andrew Johnson
- Frank Minis Johnson (1918-1999), American jurist
- Gerald W. Johnson (1919-2002), American military general
- Greta Johnson, politician
- Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844-1917), American writer, poet, and activist
- J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California governor
- Jay W. Johnson (1943–2009), American politician
- Kristina M. Johnson, American businesswoman, academic, engineer, and government official
- Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and businesswoman
- Lanny Johnson (Louisiana politician) (born 1940)
- Lee A. Johnson (born 1947), American lawyer
- Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born 1944), eldest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson
- Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th President of the United States of America
- Oakley C. Johnson (1890-c. 1976), American communist political activist and historian
- Oswald H. Johnson, American politician
- Phillip E. Johnson (born 1940), American law professor and a founder of the Intelligent Design movement
- Pierre-Marc Johnson (born 1946), 24th Premier of Quebec
- Willard Johnson (1820–1900), New York politician
Sciences and medicine
- Hosmer Allen Johnson (1822-1891), American physician
- Marcia K. Johnson, American psychologist
- Reynold B. Johnson (1906-98), American inventor and computer pioneer
- Virginia E. Johnson (1925-2013), American sexologist
Sports
- Alec Johnson (born 1944), English cricketer
- Andre Johnson (born 1981), American football player
- Benny Johnson (1948-1988), American football player
- Berry Johnson (1906-1985), New Zealand rower
- Bobby Johnson (born 1951), American football coach
- Brandon Johnson (born 1983), American football player
- Brandon Johnson (athlete) (born 1985), American middle-distance runner
- Calvin Johnson (born 1985), American football player
- Carlton Johnson (born 1969), American football player
- Christian Johnson (born 1986), American football player
- Curley "Boo" Johnson (born 1965), American basketball player
- Dallas Johnson (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
- Darcy Johnson (born 1983), American football player
- Davey Johnson (born 1943), American baseball player and manager
- Delano Johnson (born 1988), American football player
- Dustin Johnson (born 1984), American golfer
- Hammond Johnson (1883-1919), American college football and baseball coach
- Isaiah Johnson (born 1992), American football player
- Ivan Johnson (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball player
- Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American NASCAR driver
- Jing Johnson (1894-1950), American baseball player
- Junior Johnson (born 1931), American NASCAR driver and team owner
- Kermit Johnson (born 1952), American football player
- Keyshawn Johnson (born 1972), American football player and ESPN broadcaster
- Lance Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
- Leavander Johnson (1969–2005), American boxer
- Len Johnson (boxer) (1902-1969), English boxer
- Magic Johnson (born 1959), American basketball player and businessman
- Marques Johnson (born 1956), American basketball player and basketball analyst
- Michael Johnson (born 1967), American Athlete and Gold Medal Olympian
- Mickey Johnson (born 1952), American basketball player
- Oli Johnson (born 1987), English footballer
- Rafer Johnson (born 1935), American decathlete and actor
- Rocky Johnson (born 1944; birth name Wayde Bowles), Canadian professional wrestler and father of Dwayne Johnson
- Rudi Johnson (born 1979), American football player
- Shaun Johnson (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league international
- Shawn Johnson (born 1992), American gymnast
- Spider Johnson (1907–1966), American football player
- T. J. Johnson (American football) (born 1990), American football player
- Travis Johnson (born 1982), American football player
- Tyren Johnson (born 1988), American basketball player
- Van Johnson (racing driver) (1927–1959), American racing driver
Other
- Amy Johnson (1903-1941), pioneering English aviator
- Benton Johnson (born 1928), American sociologist
- Bessilyn Johnson (1871-1943), wife of Albert Mussey Johnson
- Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829-1903), American Civil War general
- Bushrod Johnson (1817-1880), U.S. Confederate Army general
- Eben Samuel Johnson (1886-1939), English-American Methodist bishop
- F. Ross Johnson (born 1931), former CEO of RJR Nabisco
- Guion Griffis Johnson (1900-1989), American historian
- Guy Benton Johnson (1901-1991), American social anthropologist
- Jotham Johnson (1905-1967), American archaeologist
- Lacey Robert Johnson (1854-1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
- Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864−1956), American educator
- Liver-Eating Johnson (c. 1824–1900), mountain man of the American Old West
- Lycurgus Johnson (1818-1876), American cotton planter and politician.
- Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821-1863), American plantation owner in the Antebellum South
- Marilyn Johnson, American bridge player
- R. Milton Johnson, American chief executive
- Sarah Marie Johnson, American murderer
- Victor S. Johnson, Jr. (1916-2008), American businessman
- Victor S. Johnson, Sr. (1882-1943), American businessman
- Wallace E. Johnson (1901-1988), co-founder of Holiday Inn
Fictional people
- Adrian Johnson (Oz), an African American correctional officer in the HBO drama Oz
- Avery Johnson from the video game series Halo.
- Bergholt Stuttley Johnson (known as Bloody Stupid Johnson), from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
- Carl "CJ" Johnson, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Christopher Johnson, a character from the 2009 science fiction film District 9
- E. Normus Johnson, a character used to advertise Big Johnson T-shirts
- Johnson Johnson, the hero of a series of mystery novels written by Dorothy Dunnett
- Mr. Johnson (Sesame Street), a Fat Blue character on Sesame Street
- Marcus Johnson, the alias of a Marvel Comics character and son of Nick Fury.