John Austin may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* John P. Austin (1906–1997), American set decorator * Johnny Austin (1910–1983), American musician * John Austin (author) (fl. 1940s), British novelist

Military

John Austin (soldier) John Austin (March 17, 1801 — August 11, 1833) was a Texian settler, one of Stephen Austin's Old Three Hundred, and the Texian commander at the Battle of Velasco during the Anahuac Disturbances before Texas Revolution. No relation (or a dist ...

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

Politics

John Gardiner Austin John Gardiner Austin, CMG ( zh, 柯士甸; 7 August 1812 – 25 July 1900) was a British colonial administrator. He was Lieutenant-Governor of British Honduras 1864–1867, and Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1868 to 1879, acting as ...

(1812–1900), British colonial secretary of Hong Kong * Sir John Austin, 1st Baronet (1824–1906), British politician, MP for Osgoldcross *

John Austin (politician) John Eric Austin (born 21 August 1944), formerly Austin-Walker, is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Woolwich from 1992 to 1997 and for Erith and Thamesmead from 1997 to 2010. Early life He att ...

(born 1944), British politician, MP

Religion

* John Austin (1613–1669), English Catholic theologian and writer * John Austin (Jesuit) (1717–1784), Irish Jesuit *

John Mather Austin John Mather Austin (26 September 1805 – 20 December 1880) was a Universalist clergyman in New York State, and editor of the Universalist weekly newspaper the ''Christian Ambassador''. He was a close associate of William H. Seward Willi ...

(1805–1880), American Universalist clergyman * John Austin (bishop) (1939–2007), British bishop of Aston

Sports

* John Austin (cricketer) (1871–1956), Barbadian cricketer * John Austin (basketball) (born 1944), American basketball player * John Austin (tennis) (born 1957), American tennis player * John Austin (American football) (fl. 1976–2003), American college football player and coach

Others

J. L. Austin John Langshaw Austin (26 March 1911 – 8 February 1960) was a British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, perhaps best known for developing the theory of speech acts. Austin pointed out that we u ...

(John Langshaw Austin, 1911–1960), British philosopher of language * J. Paul Austin. President and CEO of

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, 1962–1981 *

John Austin (highwayman) John Austin (died 7 November 1783) was an English footpad who became the last person to be hanged at the Tyburn gallows outside London. He was sentenced to death for the murder of a labourer called John Spicer from Kent. The Recorder of London, ...

(died 1783), English criminal, last person hanged on the gallows at Tyburn, London * John Austin (inventor) (1752–1830), Scottish inventor of musical equipment *

John Austin (legal philosopher) John Austin (3 March 1790 – 1 December 1859) was an English legal theorist, who posthumously influenced British and American law with an analytical approach to jurisprudence and a theory of legal positivism. Austin opposed traditional approach ...