John Gray may refer to:

Politics and government

* John Gray (North Carolina politician), American politician, member of the

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John C. Gray John Cowper Gray (1783 – May 18, 1823) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Born in Southampton County, Virginia, Gray pursued an academic course. He served as member of the State house of delegates 1804–1806 and 1821–1823. Gray was ...

(1783–1823), United States representative from Virginia *

John Gray (socialist) John Gray (1799 – 26 April 1883) was a British newspaper proprietor and economist. His first published work, ''A Lecture on Human Happiness'', was broadly supportive of the ideas of Robert Owen, although he would later criticise Owen's comm ...

(1799–1883), English economic pamphleteer, utopian socialist, and exponent of Ricardian economics * John Gray (New Zealand politician) (1801–1859), member of the New Zealand Parliament * John Hamilton Gray (Prince Edward Island politician) (1811–1887), Canadian politician, Premier of Prince Edward Island *

John Hamilton Gray (New Brunswick politician) John Hamilton Gray, (1814 – June 5, 1889) was a politician in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada, a jurist, and one of the Fathers of Confederation. He should not be confused with John Hamilton Gray, a Prince Edward Island politicia ...

(1814–1889), Canadian politician, Premier of New Brunswick *Sir

John Gray (Irish politician) Sir John Gray JP (13 July 1815 – 9 April 1875), sometimes spelt John Grey, was an Irish physician, surgeon, newspaper proprietor, journalist and politician. Gray was active both in municipal and national government for much of his life, and h ...

(1815–1875), Irish Member of Parliament for Kilkenny, 1865–1875 * John Gray (Wisconsin politician, born 1817) (1817–?), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *

John Gray (Ontario politician) John Gray (January 5, 1837 – February 14, 1917) was an Ontario horticulturalist and political figure. He represented York West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législat ...

(1837–1917), Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario *

John Gray (New South Wales politician) John Proctor Gray (1 December 1840 – 20 April 1914) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in York, he was educated in England and became a business manager. In 1889 he migrated to Australia, becoming a businessman in Sydney. He u ...

(1841–1914), Australian senator *

John S. Gray (Idaho politician) John S. Gray (1851 – March 11, 1902) was a Republican politician from Idaho. He served as the second lieutenant governor of Idaho. As President Pro-Tempore, Gray filled in as lieutenant governor upon N. B. Willey Norman Bushnell Willey ( ...

(1851–1902), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho * John Gray (Victorian politician, died 1925) (c. 1853–1925), Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly *

John Gray (North Dakota politician) John A. Gray (August 5, 1877 – July 17, 1952) was a North Dakota public servant and politician .He served in two of the state's constitutional offices as the North Dakota State Treasurer from 1935 to 1938, and as the North Dakota Tax Commissione ...

(1877–1952), American politician, North Dakota State Treasurer *

John Austin Gray John Austin Gray MC (16 April 1892 – 6 May 1939) was an Australian politician. He was born in Warracknabeal to storekeeper Archibald Gray and Hannah Isabella Hutchinson. He attended state schools before working for the State Savings Bank of ...

(1892–1939), Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly * John R. Gray (politician) (1925−1996), American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *Sir John Gray (diplomat) (1936–2003), British diplomat *

John Gray (Oshawa politician) John Gray (born March 20, 1959) is a politician in Ontario, Canada, who is currently the Councillor for Ward 5 in the City of Oshawa. He was formerly a councillor for the city of Oshawa and the Regional Municipality of Durham from 1994 to 2003. G ...

(born 1959), former mayor of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Law and crime

John Gray (barrister) John Gray, QC (1807 – 22 January 1875) was a British lawyer and legal writer. The younger son of George Gray, he was born in Aberdeen where he was educated at Gordon's Hospital, before joining a firm of solicitors, Messrs White and Whitmore. He ...

(1807–1875), British barrister and legal writer *

John Chipman Gray John Chipman Gray (July 14, 1839February 25, 1915) was an American scholar of property law and professor at Harvard Law School. He also founded the law firm Ropes & Gray, with law partner John Codman Ropes. He was half-brother to U.S. Supreme Cou ...

(1839–1915), American law professor and legal scholar *

John Clinton Gray John Clinton Gray (December 4, 1843 – June 28, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Early life Gray was born on December 4, 1843 in New York City. He was the son of wholesale dry goods dealer John Alexander Clinton G ...

(1843–1915), American judge in New York * John Joe Gray (born 1950), fugitive from the law in Trinidad, Texas, United States

Military

John Gray (American Revolutionary War soldier) John Gray (January 6, 1764 – March 29, 1868) was the last verified veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He was confirmed a veteran of the war and awarded a pension of $500 semi-annually by House Bill 1044 (passed by Congress February 22, ...

(1764–1868), U.S. soldier, said to be the longest surviving veteran of the war * John Gray (Medal of Honor) (1836–1887), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War *Sir John Gray (Royal Navy officer) (1913–1998), British admiral * John P. Gray (naval officer) (1914–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient

Arts

*John Gray (1811–1891), Scottish engineer and philanthropist for whom the Gray's School of Art is named *

John Miller Gray John Miller Gray (1850-1894) was a Scottish art critic and the first curator of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. He was born on 19 July 1850 in Edinburgh, his father a shawl manufacturer who was bankrupted in 1857, his mother dying at his ...

(1850–1894), Scottish art critic and curator *

John Gray (poet) Reverend Canon John Gray (2 March 1866 – 14 June 1934) was an English poet and Catholic priest whose works include ''Silverpoints'', ''The Long Road'' and ''Park: A Fantastic Story''. It has often been suggested that he was the inspiration ...

(1866–1934), English poet and Catholic priest * John Gray (mythologist) (1913–2000), Scottish author of books on history and mythology *

John Gray (philosopher) John Nicholas Gray (born 17 April 1948) is an English political philosopher and author with interests in analytic philosophy, the history of ideas, and philosophical pessimism. He retired in 2008 as School Professor of European Thought at the ...

(born 1948), British philosopher * John Gray (American author) (born 1951), American author best known for his book ''Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus'' * John Gray (Canadian author), Canadian journalist and biographer *

John Gray (museum administrator) John Gray is an American businessman and museum administrator. He was the director of the National Museum of American History until 2018 and a former president and CEO of the Autry National Center. Career Gray worked in commercial banking for 2 ...

, American museum director

Religion

* John Gray (Episcopalian minister) (1646–1717), minister of the Episcopal Church of Scotland *

John Gray (Scottish bishop) John Gray (1817–1872) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic of the Western District of Scotland. Born in Buckie, Moray on 16 June 1817, he was the son of William Gray and Joanna Gray (née Scott). He entered the Scot ...

(1817–1872), Roman Catholic vicar apostolic for Western Scotland * John Gray (archdeacon of Hong Kong) (1823–1890), Archdeacon of Hong Kong *

John R. Gray (minister) John Rodger Gray, (9 January 1913 – 9 August 1984) was a Scottish minister serving in Dunblane Cathedral who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1977. Life He was born on 9 January 1913 in Coatbridge, Lanarkshir ...

(1913–1984), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1977 *

John Gray (New Zealand bishop) John Robert Kuru Gray (1947 – 13 November 2015) was a New Zealand Anglican bishop. Born in 1947 of Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu descent, Gray was raised at Tokomaru Bay. After studying nursing in Invercargill, he moved to Christchurch ...

(1947–2015), New Zealand Anglican bishop

Science, medicine and technology

* John Gray (mathematician) (died 1769), Scottish mathematician, author and Rector of Aberdeen University *

John Edward Gray John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The same is used for ...

(1800–1875), British zoologist *

John Franklin Gray John Franklin Gray (September 23, 1804 – June 9, 1882) was an American educator and physician, a pioneer in the field of homoeopathy and one of its first practitioners in the United States. He is also recognized as an important medical reforme ...

(1804–1881), American educator and physician, first practitioner of homeopathy in the United States *

John Gray (locomotive engineer) John Gray was an early English steam locomotive engineer who introduced several innovations in locomotive design during the 1830s and 1840s. John Gray's origins were thought to be unknown but he appears to have originated from Newcastle. John Gra ...

, locomotive superintendent of the London Brighton and South Coast Railway, 1845–1847 * John P. Gray (psychiatrist) (1825–1886), American psychiatrist *

John McFarlane Gray John McFarlane Gray (7 April 1831 – 14 January 1908), also known as J. Macfarlane Gray, was a Scottish engineer who invented a portable steam riveting machine and a steam steering mechanism for Isambard Kingdom Brunel's famous ''SS Great Easte ...

(1831–1908), Scottish engineer *

John H. Gray (economist) John Henry Gray (March 11, 1859 – April 4, 1946) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at Northwestern University, Carleton College, and the University of Minnesota. In 1914, he served as president of the American Economic ...

(1859–1946), American economist *Sir

John Gray (physiologist) Sir John Archibald Browne Gray, (13 March 1918 – 4 January 2011) was a British physiologist who served as secretary of the Medical Research Council (MRC) from 1968 to 1977. Career The son of eminent dermatologist Sir Archibald Gray KCVO, ...

(1918–2011), British physiologist *

John Stuart Gray John Stuart Gray (21 August 1941 – 21 October 2007) was a British-Norwegian marine biologist. He was born in Bolsover, but migrated to Norway. After his PHD degree in 1965, he took the dr.scient. degree in 1976 and became a professor at the U ...

(1941–2007), British-Norwegian marine biologist

Business

John Gray (Canadian banker) John Gray ( – September 13, 1829), a Canadian banker, JP and militia officer, was the founder and first president of the Bank of Montreal. Born in England around 1755, Gray arrived in Canada around 1781 as a fur trader. Gray later became an att ...

(c. 1755–1829), president of the Bank of Montreal *John Gray, British founder of

Gray and Davison Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...

pipe organ builders in 1841 *

John S. Gray (businessman) John Simpson Gray (October 5, 1841 – July 6, 1906) was a candymaker, business man, and banker from Detroit. He was also an original investor in (and the first president of) the Ford Motor Company. Early life John S. Gray was born in Edinbu ...

(1841–1906), Scottish-born American candymaker, businessman, and first president of Ford Motor Company *

John Gray (British banker) John Malcolm Gray, CBE (28 July 1934 - 19 November 2009) was a Scottish businessman and the former chairman and chief executive of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hong Kong from 1993 until his retirement in 1996. He was the third g ...

(1934–2009), British banker

Sport

* John Gray (Australian footballer) (1888–1947), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne University FC and medical doctor *

John Gray (runner, born 1894) John Joseph Gray (December 24, 1894 – June 12, 1942) was an American long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officiall ...

(1894–1942), American Olympic runner * John Gray (boxer) (1906–1964), Filipino Olympic boxer *

Johnny Gray (baseball) John Leonard Gray (December 11, 1926 – May 21, 2014) was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics / Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, and Philadelphia Phillies ...

(1926–2014), American baseball pitcher *

John Gray (English sportsman) John Denis Gray (born 9 October 1953) is an English cricketer, rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire and Marylebone Cricket ...

(born 1948), English cricketer, and rugby union and rugby league footballer * John Gray (ice hockey) (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player *

Johnny Gray John Lee Gray Jr. (born June 19, 1960) is a retired American world class 800 meter runner from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s and the holder of the 600m world best. A four-time-Olympian (1984-1996) in 1985 he set the US record of 1:42.60 at a ...

(born 1960), American runner

Broadcasting and entertainment

John MacLachlan Gray John MacLachlan Gray, OC (born John Howard Gray; 26 September 1946) is a Canadian writer-composer-performer for stage, TV, film, radio and print. He is best known for his stage musicals and for his two seasons as a satirist on CBC TV's '' The J ...

(born 1946), Canadian playwright, composer, and performer * John Gray (director), American writer and director * John J. Gray, American television writer and producer *John Gray, television news anchor on WXXA-TV in Albany, New York

Ships

* MV ''John Hamilton Gray'', Canadian icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferry * USS ''John P. Gray'' (APD-74), United States Navy high-speed transport

Other

John Gray (master mariner) John Gray (8 December 1819 – 25 November 1872) was a Scottish merchant seaman and master mariner who served as Captain of the SS ''Great Britain'' for eighteen years. He died in mysterious circumstances, after apparently jumping or falling ov ...

(1819–1872), British captain of the SS ''Great Britain'' *

John Gray (nightwatchman) Greyfriars Bobby (4 May 1855 – 14 January 1872) was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died on 14 January 1872. The story continu ...

(died 1858), owner of Greyfriars Bobby *

John E. Gray John Ellis Gray (March 3, 1907 – March 20, 2002) was an educational administrator, businessman and university president at Lamar University. In 1972, Gray, along with Otho Plummer, H. C. Galloway, and Dr. Charles P. Turco founded the Lamar U ...

(1907–2002), American educational administrator and businessman, president of Lamar University *

John Hunter Gray John Hunter Gray (born John Salter Jr., February 14, 1934 – January 7, 2019) was a sociologist, professor and an American activist and community organizer in the civil rights movement. He was best known for his participation in the 1963 Jackson, ...

(1934–2019), American sociologist and civil rights activist