John Fox or Foxe may refer to:

Athletes

John Fox (baseball) John Joseph Fox (February 7, 1859 in Roxbury, Massachusetts – April 16, 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1881 to 1886. He played for the Boston Red Caps, Baltimore ...

(1859–1893), American Major League Baseball pitcher * John Fox (American football) (born 1955), American football coach * Tiger Jack Fox (1907–1954), American light-heavyweight boxer * John Fox (cricketer, born 1851) (1851–1929), English cricketer * John Fox (cricketer, born 1904) (1904–1961), English cricketer * John Fox (cricketer, born 1929) (1929–2016), English cricketer * John Fox (South African cricketer) (1929-2017), South African cricketer *

John Fox (water polo) John Fox (born 16 February 1963) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de ...

(born 1963), Australian water polo player *

John Fox (hurler) John Fox (31 March 1892 – 22 July 1967) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Clare senior team. Fox was a regular member of the starting fifteen throughout the second decade of the twentieth century. He was particul ...

(born 1892), Irish hurler *

John Fox (footballer) John Fox (born 28 September 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one ...

(born 1940), Australian rules footballer * John Fox (rugby union) (1921–1999), Scottish rugby union player

Entertainers

* John Fox (comedian) (1953–2012), American comedian *

John Fox (composer, arranger, conductor) John Fox (30 April 1924 - 10 February 2015) was a British composer and conductor of light music. Fox was born in Sutton, Surrey and was educated at Sutton West School for Boys. He also took piano lessons and by his teens had formed his own grou ...

, music conductor and composer *

John James Fox John James Fox (born 1980 in Liverpool) is an English director of music videos. Career After studying film, at the University of Wolverhampton, Fox started out screenwriting for film production companies including the 30 minute Drama "Bright". ...

(born 1980), English director of music videos * Johnny Fox (performer) (1953–2017), professional sword swallower and sleight-of-hand expert

Politicians

* John Foxe (MP) (died 1586), Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh *

John Fox (Newfoundland politician) John Fox (1818 – March 17, 1871) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1855 to 1857. He was born in Harbour Grace. Fox operated a fisher ...

(1818–1871), merchant and politician in Newfoundland *

John Fox (congressman) John Fox (June 30, 1835January 17, 1914) was an American mechanic, merchant and politician from New York. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1867 to 1871. Life Born to Irish emigrants in Fredericton in the ...

(1835–1914), U.S. Representative from New York *

Marcus Fox Sir John Marcus Fox MBE (11 June 1927 – 16 March 2002) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1970 to 1997. He was chairman of the 1922 Committee between 1992 and 1997. Als ...

(1927–2002), British Conservative Party politician *John M. Fox, mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1856 *

Johnny Fox John Fox (5 April 1948 – 17 March 1995) was an Irish independent politician and Teachta Dála (TD) for Wicklow. He was a member of the Church of Ireland. A farmer before entering politics, he was elected a Fianna Fáil member for Greystone ...

(1948–1995), Irish politician

Soldiers

Tinker Fox Colonel John "Tinker" Fox (1610–1650), confused by some sources with the MP Thomas Fox, was a parliamentarian soldier during the English Civil War. Commanding a garrison at Edgbaston House in Warwickshire – a location that guarded the main r ...

(1610–1650), English Parliamentarian soldier *

John R. Fox John Robert Fox (May 18, 1915 – December 26, 1944) was a United States Army first lieutenant who was killed in action after calling in artillery fire on the enemy during World War II. In 1997, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the ...

(1915–1944), U.S. Army officer and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II

Writers

John Fox (biographer) John Fox (10 May 1693 – 25 October 1763) was an English biographer. Life Youth and education Fox was born at Plymouth. His father, a zealous presbyterian, 'devoted' him 'to the ministry, from an infant.' His mother was the daughter of a Plym ...

(1693–1763), English biographer *

John Fox (writer) John Fox (May 26, 1952 – August 14, 1990) was an American novelist and short-story writer. Fox was born in the Pelham Bay area of the Bronx and graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School and Lehman College. Fox's only novel became famous a ...

(c. 1952–1990), American novelist and short-story writer * John Fox, Jr. (1862–1919), American journalist and novelist

Others

John Foxe John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587), an English historian and martyrologist, was the author of '' Actes and Monuments'' (otherwise ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''), telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the su ...

(1516–1587), English clergyman *

John Fox (1611–1691) John Fox (1611–1691) was Clerk of the Acatry to King Charles II, which below stairs department was responsible for meat destined for the royal tables. In 1660 the department comprised a clerk and a sergeant, appointed by royal warrant, a yeoman ...

, Clerk of the Acatry to King Charles II * John A. Fox (1836–1920), American architect *

John Charles Fox Sir John Charles Fox (1855 – 1943),"Fox, Sir John Charles", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Oct 201accessed 11 Jan 2014/ref> eldest son of J ...

(1855–1943), English solicitor and Master of the Supreme Court, Chancery Division *

John Fox (railway engineer) John Fox, (1924 – 2001) was a Canadian civil engineer. He oversaw the Mount Macdonald Tunnel project at Rogers Pass in the Canadian Rockies, the crowning achievement of a 40-year career at Canadian Pacific Railway. The innovative 1.2 ...

(1924–2001), Canadian civil engineer *

John Fox (statistician) Anthony John Fox (born 25 April 1946) is a British statistician, who has worked in both the public service and academia. He was born on 25 April 1946, the son of Fred Frank Fox OBE. He was educated at Dauntsey's School, University College Lond ...

(born 1946), British statistician * John Foxe (neuroscientist) (born 1967), Irish neuroscientist *One of many DC Comics superheroes named the