John or Johnny Cunningham may refer to:

Military

John Cunningham (officer) John Cunningham was an Anglo-Irish soldier known for his command of an aborted attempt to relieve the city of Derry during the 1689 Siege. His failure led to his dismissal and replacement by William Stewart. Some sources refer to him as Thomas ...

(fl. 1689), Anglo-Irish soldier at the Siege of Derry *

John Cunningham, 15th Earl of Glencairn John Cunningham, 15th Earl of Glencairn (1749 – 24 September 1796) was a Scottish nobleman, cavalry officer, and finally a priest. The younger son of William Cunningham, 13th Earl of Glencairn (d. 1775) he succeeded his elder brother James, on ...

(1749–1796), Scottish nobleman, cavalry officer, and priest *

John Cunningham (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham (13 April 1885 – 13 December 1962) was a Royal Navy officer. A qualified senior navigator, he became Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1930. He saw action as Commander-in-Chief of the ...

(1885–1962), RN, First Sea Lord *

John Cunningham (VC 1917) Corporal John Cunningham , (22 October 1890 – 16 April 1917) was a British soldier during the First World War, an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can ...

(1890–1917), Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment * John Cunningham (VC 1916) (1897–1941), East Yorkshire Regiment *

John Cunningham (RAF officer) John "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham (27 July 1917 – 21 July 2002) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) night fighter ace during the Second World War and a test pilot. During the war he was nicknamed "Cat's Eyes" by the British press to explain his successes ...

(1917–2002), RAF night fighter ace

Politics and law

Sir John Cunningham, 1st Baronet Sir John Cunningham, 1st Baronet, of Lambroughton (died November 1684), was a member of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland and of the Parliament of Scotland. Biography Cunningham was the son and heir of John Cunningham, of Brownhill in Tar ...

(died 1684), member of the Parliament of Scotland *

John Cunningham (Nova Scotia judge) John Cunningham (before 1761 – after 1785) was an Ireland, Irish-born office-holder and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Londonderry Township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1779 to 1785. He came to City of H ...

(fl. 1761–1785), Canadian judge and politician *

John Cunningham (Nova Scotia politician) John Cunningham (April 27, 1776 – October 17, 1847) was a farmer, official and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Sydney County in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1808 to 1811 and from 1814 to 1818. He was born in ...

(1776–1847), Canadian farmer, official and politician * John Cunninghame, Lord Cunninghame (1782–1854), Scottish judge *

John Cunningham (Australian politician) John Cunningham (28 December 1867 – 30 October 1949) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1914 to 1917, representing the seat of Greenough. Cunningham ...

(1867–1949), Australian politician in Western Australia * J. M. A. Cunningham (1912–1996), Australian politician in Western Australia * John E. Cunningham (born 1931), U.S. Representative from Washington * John F. Cunningham (died 1954), Irish surgeon and member of the 7th Seanad of Ireland * John M. Cunningham, American attorney and member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council

Religion

John William Cunningham John William Cunningham (1780–1861) was an evangelical clergyman of the Church of England. He was known also as a writer and an editor. Life Cunningham was born in London on 3 January 1780. He was educated at private schools, his last tutor bei ...

(1780–1861), evangelical clergyman of the Church of England *

John Cunningham (moderator) John Cunningham (1819–1893) was a Scottish minister who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1886. He was instrumental in broadening appointments within the Church of Scotland to other Presbyterian bodies ...

(1819–1893), General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1886 *

John Francis Cunningham (bishop) John Francis Cunningham (June 20, 1842 – June 23, 1919) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Concordia from 1898 until his death in 1919. Life John Cunningham was born in Irremore, County Kerry, a ...

(1842–1919), Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * John Cunningham (bishop) (1938–2021), Roman Catholic bishop of Galloway, Scotland

Science and medicine

* John Francis Cunningham (surgeon) (1875–1932), British ophthalmic surgeon * John R. Cunningham (1927–2020), Canadian medical physicist * John Cunningham (physician) (born 1949), physician to the Queen of the United Kingdom

Sports

* John Cunningham (cricketer) (1854–1932), New Zealand cricketer * John Cunningham (Scottish footballer) (1868–?), Scottish footballer * John Cunningham (baseball) (1892–?), Negro leagues shortstop *

John Crabbe Cunningham John Crabbe Cunningham (1927 – 31 January 1980) was a Scottish climber. Born in Glasgow, he climbed extensively in the Scottish mountains, where he pioneered new techniques of ice climbing. For several years, he worked for the British Ant ...

(1927–1980), Scottish mountaineer * John Cunningham (rugby league) (born 1952), English rugby league footballer of the 1970s, for England, and Barrow *

John Cunningham (Australian footballer) John Cunningham (born 19 February 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited from the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VF ...

(born 1974), Geelong, Norwood and Port Melbourne player *

John Cunningham (Gaelic footballer) John Cunningham is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for CLG Na Cealla Beaga, Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team. He won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal. He ret ...

(fl. 1980s–1990s), played for Donegal * John Cunningham (Northern Ireland footballer), football coach and former football player

Writers

John Cunningham (poet and dramatist) John Cunningham (1729–1773) was a Dublin born playwright, poet and actor, who spent much of his life in, and according to Allan, "whose name and fame will for ever be identified with Newcastle." Life John Cunningham was born in 1729 in Dublin, ...

(1729–1773), Irish pastoral poet and dramatist * John W. Cunningham (1915–2002), American author of Western novels and stories *

John T. Cunningham John T. Cunningham (June 26, 1915 – June 7, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and historian who published numerous works related to the history of his native state, New Jersey. Long known as "New Jersey’s popular historian", his '' ...

(1915–2012), American journalist, writer, and historian *

John Cunningham (journalist) John Cunningham (June 1945 – 8 February 2012) an Irish journalist from Salthill, Galway (originally from Tuam, County Galway). He was national journalist of the year in 1979. He was editor of the ''Waterford News & Star'' from 1982 to 1984 and e ...

(1945–2012), Irish newspaper editor

Others

* John Cunningham (sorcerer) (aka "Doctor Fian", died 1591), Scottish schoolmaster executed for sorcery in the North Berwick witch trials * John Cunningham (explorer) (c. 1575–1651), Scottish explorer for Denmark *

John Cunningham (architect) John Cunningham (1799 – 2 October 1873) was a Scottish architect. He designed Lime Street railway station and the original Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. Life Born in 1799 in the Scottish village of Leitholm, Berwickshire, he was the son ...

(1799–1873), Scottish architect *

John Rood Cunningham John Rood Cunningham (July 3, 1891 – June 15, 1980) was the 12th president of Davidson College. Born in Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight stat ...

(1891–1980), American academic, president of Davidson College *

Johnny Cunningham Johnny Cunningham (27 August 1957 – 15 December 2003) was a Scottish folk musician and composer, instrumental in spreading interest in traditional Celtic music. Johnny Cunningham was born on 27 August 1957 in Portobello, Edinburgh. He was ra ...

(1957–2003), Scottish folk musician *

John Cunningham (Irish criminal) John Cunningham is an Irish criminal with convictions for illicit drug smuggling and kidnapping. Early life He was born in Ballyfermot. Bank robberies He and his brother Michael were involved in a series of armed robberies in the 1970s and had s ...

, Irish kidnapper and illicit drug smuggler

Other uses

Human polyomavirus 2 ''Human polyomavirus 2'', commonly referred to as the JC virus or John Cunningham virus, is a type of human polyomavirus (formerly known as papovavirus). It was identified by electron microscopy in 1965 by ZuRhein and Chou, and by Silverman and ...

, referred as "John Cunningham virus"