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) Gun Buster was the pseudonymous author of a series of novels about the British exploits in World War II. His works have been attributed to John Charles Austin and his son, Captain Richard Campion Austin (25 May 1912 – 13 September 2001), who wa ...

(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 d ...

(1801–1833), active in early settlement of Mexican Texas *

John Arnold Austin USS ''Austin'' (DE-15), was an of the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named for Chief Carpenter John Arnold Austin (1905-1941) who was killed in action on board during the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 Dec ...

(1905–1941), United States Navy warrant officer *

John Beech Austin John Beech Austin (17 July 1917 – 12 January 2012) was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War. He was one of the RAF's longest-serving special duties pilots, dropping agents and supplies to Resistance movements in eig ...

(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) (born 1944), British politician, MP

Religion

John Austin (1613–1669) John Austin or Austen (born 1613 at Walpole, Suffolk, England; died London, 1669) was an English lawyer, controversial writer, and one of the founding Fellows of the Royal Society. Life He was a student of St. John's College, Cambridge, and of Lin ...

, English Catholic theologian and writer *

John Austin (Jesuit) John Austin, S.J. (12 April 1717, Dublin - 29 September 1784, Dublin), was an Irish Jesuit. Austin was a noted educator and preacher. Life John Austin was born in Dublin on 12 April 1717. As a young man, Austin left Ireland for France where, at t ...

(1717–1784), Irish Jesuit * John Mather Austin (1805–1880), American Universalist clergyman *

John Austin (bishop) John Michael Austin (14 March 193917 August 2007) was the Bishop of Aston from 1992 to 2005, filling a post which had been vacant since the previous incumbent Colin Buchanan resigned in 1989. After Austin the post again remained vacant for thr ...

(1939–2007), British bishop of Aston

Sports

John Austin (cricketer) John Austin (20 June 1871 – 2 November 1956) was a Barbadian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprisin ...

(1871–1956), Barbadian cricketer *

John Austin (basketball) John W. Austin (born August 31, 1944) is a retired American basketball player. Born in Washington, D.C., Austin played at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, then collegiately for Boston College, the first African American b ...

(born 1944), American basketball player *

John Austin (tennis) John Austin (born July 31, 1957) is an American former professional tennis player born in Long Beach, California. He won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship with his sister, Tracy Austin, in 1980, becoming the first brother and sister ...

(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 use l ...

(John Langshaw Austin, 1911–1960), British philosopher of language *

J. Paul Austin John Paul Austin (February 14, 1915 – December 26, 1985) was Chairman, President and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. From 1962 to 1981 Austin oversaw the growth of the company from $567 million in sales to a $5.9 billion global force. Early life ...

. 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, J ...

(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 approac ...

(1790–1859), British legal and political theorist *

John Alexander Austin John Alexander Austin (September 30, 1912 – December 1, 1984) was a pioneering Canadian aviator An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directi ...

(1912–1984), Canadian aviator *

John C. Austin John Corneby Wilson Austin (February 13, 1870 – September 3, 1963) was an architect and civic leader who participated in the design of several landmark buildings in Southern California, including the Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles City Hall, ...

(1870–1963), British-born American architect *

John Osborne Austin John Osborne Austin (December 28, 1849 – October 27, 1918) was a genealogist who wrote and published several books, primarily on the families of Rhode Island. The work for which he is best known is the ''Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island ...