John Chapman may refer to:

Politicians

United Kingdom

John Chapman (Leicester MP) John Chapman may refer to: Politicians United Kingdom *John Chapman (Leicester MP) represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) *Sir John Chapman, 2nd Baronet (c. 1710–1781), British Member of Parliament for Taunton, 1741–1747 *John Ch ...

represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) * Sir John Chapman, 2nd Baronet (c. 1710–1781), British Member of Parliament for Taunton, 1741–1747 * John Chapman (Grimsby MP) (1810–1877), British Member of Parliament for Grimsby, 1862–1865 and 1874–1877

United States

John Chapman (Pennsylvania politician) John Chapman (October 18, 1740January 27, 1800) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Chapman was born in Wrightstown Township in the Province of Pennsylvania. He was commissioned justice of the peace F ...

(1740–1800), United States Representative from Pennsylvania *

John Grant Chapman John Grant Chapman (July 5, 1798 – December 10, 1856) was an American politician. Chapman was born in La Plata, Maryland, and was tutored at home. He attended a college in Pennsylvania in 1812 and 1813, and graduated from Yale College in 1 ...

(1798–1856), Maryland politician * John Lee Chapman (1811–1880), American politician *

John William Chapman John William Chapman (September 8, 1894 August 17, 1978) was the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Chapman was born in Crete, Nebraska September 8, 1894. Chapman attended Public school in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago ...

(1894–1978), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Other countries

John Otho Chapman John Otho "Jack" Chapman (August 19, 1931 – March 6, 2011) was a power plant supervisor and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Estevan from 1980 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (N ...

(1931–2011), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada *

John Chapman (Australian politician) John Hedley Chapman (16 December 1879 – 14 March 1931) was an Australian politician. Born in Jamestown, South Australia, Jamestown, South Australia, he was educated at Prince Alfred College in Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide before bec ...

(1879–1931), Australian senator

Writers

John Chapman (theologian) John Chapman (1704–1784) was an English cleric and scholar, archdeacon of Sudbury from 1741. Life The son of the Rev. Walter Chapman, curate of Wareham, Dorset, then rector of Strathfieldsay, Hampshire, he was probably born in 1704, probably ...

(1704–1784), English cleric and scholar * John Chapman (engineer) (1801–1854), English political and economic writer * John Jay Chapman (1862–1933), American essayist and dramatist * John Chapman (screenwriter) (1927–2001), English playwright and screenwriter

Sportspeople

* Jack Chapman (1843–1916), baseball player and manager * Jack Chapman (footballer) (1895–?), English footballer *

John Chapman (baseball) John Joseph Chapman (October 15, 1899 – November 3, 1953) was a professional baseball player. He was a shortstop for one season (1924) with the Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled a .282 batting average in 71 at-bats, with ...

(1899–1953), former shortstop * John Chapman (cricketer, born 1877) (1877–1956), English cricketer * John Chapman (cricketer, born 1814) (1814–1896), English cricketer * John Chapman (New Zealand cricketer) (1865–1949), New Zealand cricketer * John Chapman (football manager) (1882–1948), footballer and manager * Johnny Chapman (born 1967), NASCAR driver *

John Chapman (rugby league) John Chapman is an Australian former rugby League footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He was a premiership winner in Sydney's 1977 NSWRFL season. Career Originally from Blayney, New South Wales, Chapman represented N.S.W. Country as ...

, Australian rugby league player *

John Chapman (harness racing) John Chapman (November 25, 1928 - May 2, 1980) was one of the most successful trainers and drivers in the sport of harness racing. He died unexpectedly at age 51 shortly after his ongoing career had been recognized with induction into his sport' ...

(1928–1980), Canadian driver

Religion

John Wilbur Chapman John Wilbur Chapman (June 17, 1859, Richmond, Indiana – December 25, 1918, New York, New York) was a Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th century, generally traveling with gospel singer Charles Alexander. His parents were Alexander H. ...

(1859–1918), American Presbyterian evangelist *

John Chapman (priest) John Chapman (25 April 1865 – 7 November 1933) was an English Roman Catholic priest, the 4th Abbot of Downside Abbey of the English Benedictine Congregation from 1929 until his death, and a New Testament and patristics scholar. He is best ...

(1865–1933), British priest, abbot, and religious scholar * John Chapman (evangelist) (1930–2012), Australian evangelist *

John Chapman (bishop) John Holland Chapman was the ninth Canadian Anglican Bishop of Ottawa. A native of Ottawa, Chapman was educated at Carleton University, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of the South and ordained Deacon and Priest in 1978. ...

, Anglican bishop in Canada

Other people

* Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman, 1774–1845), pioneer nurseryman and missionary *

John Gadsby Chapman John Gadsby Chapman (December 3, 1808 – November 28, 1889) was an American artist famous for ''Baptism of Pocahontas'', which was commissioned by the United States Congress and hangs in the United States Capitol rotunda. Life and career Jo ...

(1808–1889), American artist *

John Chapman (publisher) John Chapman (16 June 1821 – 25 November 1894) was an English publisher who acquired the influential radical journal, the ''Westminster Review''. His assistant editor and lodger Mary Ann Evans later wrote classic novels under the name George El ...

(1821–1894), publisher of the ''Westminster Review'' *

John Ratcliffe Chapman John Ratcliffe Chapman (1815 – February 4, 1899) was an eminent British engineer and the son of another eminent British engineer, William Chapman, inventor of the Steam Elephant. John Ratcliffe Chapman brought his wife, Mary Pollitt Chapman to A ...

(1815–1899), British-American rifle scope designer * John Chapman (Medal of Honor) (1844–1905), French soldier who fought in the American Civil War * John Henry Chapman (1860–1942), British businessman and philatelist *

John Chapman (Australian Army officer) Major General John Austin Chapman, (15 December 1896 – 19 April 1963) was a professional soldier in the Australian Army. Joining the army in 1913, he served as a junior officer during the First World War and saw action on the Western Front ...

(1896–1963), Australian Army general of WWII *

John Herbert Chapman John Herbert Chapman (August 28, 1921 – September 28, 1979) was a Canadian space researcher. He started his career with his work on radio propagation and the ionosphere. Chapman grew up in London, Ontario, the son of Lt. Col. Lloyd Chapman and ...

(1921–1979), Canadian space researcher *

John Chapman (artist) John L. Chapman (born 1946 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England) is a painter of urban landscapes, townscapes, transport, rural and maritime scenes amongst other subjects. He has painted mainly in acrylics, but he is equally proficient with oils ...

(born 1946), British artist *

John Norman Chapman The Michigan Murders was a series of highly publicized killings of young women committed between 1967 and 1969 in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area of Southeastern Michigan by an individual known as the Ypsilanti Ripper, the Michigan Murderer, and the ...

(born 1947), American murderer *

John A. Chapman John Allan Chapman (July 14, 1965 – March 4, 2002) was a combat controller in the United States Air Force who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on August 22, 2018, for his actions in the Battle of Takur Ghar during the War in Afghani ...

(1965–2002), USAF Combat Controller, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor *

John Chapman (producer) John Chapman is a British television producer. He won British Academy Television Awards for Best Single Drama for '' Screen Two: Skallagrigg'' in 1995, Best Drama Series for ''The Street'' in 2008, and Best Mini Series for ''National Treasure ...

, British television producer