List of people with surname Johnson

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"

Aaron Johnson Abby Johnson Adam Johnson Alan Johnson Albert Johnson Alexander or Alex Johnson Alice Johnson Andrew or Andy Johnson Anna Johnson Anne or Ann Johnson Anthony Johnson Austin Johnson Ben or Benjamin Johnson Bill Johnson Billy Johnson Bob Johnson Brad or Bradley Johnson Brent Johnson Brett Johnson Brian Johnson Chad Johnson Clare Johnson Colin Johnson Curt or Curtis Johnson Dan Johnson Daniel Johnson David or Dave Johnson Denis Johnson Dennis Johnson Don or Donald Johnson Edward or Eddie Johnson Elliott Johnson Emma Johnson Eric Johnson Erik Johnson Ernest Johnson Ernie Johnson

Frank Johnson Gary Johnson Gene Johnson George Johnson Glen or Glenroy Johnson Gordon or Gordie Johnson Graham Johnson Gregory or Greg Johnson Gus Johnson Guy Johnson Harold Johnson Herbert or Herb Johnson Howard or Howie Johnson Hugh Johnson J. J. Johnson Jack Johnson James Johnson Jay Johnson Jennifer or Jen Johnson Jenny Johnson Jimmy, Jim, or Jimmie Johnson Joan Johnson Joe Johnson John Johnson Joseph Johnson Josephine Johnson Joshua or Josh Johnson Kelly Johnson Kevin Johnson Kris Johnson Larry Johnson Linda Johnson Louis or Lou Johnson Luke Johnson

Luther Johnson Marc Johnson Mark Johnson Martin Johnson Matthew or Matt Johnson Micah Johnson Michael or Mike Johnson Michelle Johnson Mitchell or Mitch Johnson Norman or Norm Johnson Paul Johnson Peter Johnson Randy Johnson Ray or Raymond Johnson Rebecca Johnson Richard or Dick Johnson Rob Johnson Robert Johnson Roger Johnson Russell Johnson Ryan Johnson Sarah Johnson Samuel or Sam Johnson Scott Johnson Stephanie Johnson Stephen Johnson Steve Johnson Steven Johnson Susan Johnson Ted or Teddy Johnson Timothy or Tim Johnson Terry Johnson Walter or Wally Johnson Will Johnson William Johnson Willie Johnson Zach 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.

See also

• Johnson (surname)
• Johnston (surname)
• Johnstone (surname)