John or Jon Holmes may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

John Holmes (actor) John Curtis Holmes ( Estes; August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988), better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character he portrayed in a series of related films), was an American pornographic film actor. He ranks among the mo ...

(1944–1988), American pornographic film star and suspect in the Wonderland Murders case *

John Holmes (composer) John Holmes (died 1629) was an English cathedral musician and Renaissance composer. His madrigal ''Thus Bonny-boots The Birthday Celebrated'' was included in The Triumphs of Oriana, a collection of vocal compositions published in 1601. Over his ...

(died 1629), English cathedral musician and Renaissance composer *

John Holmes (poet) John Holmes (January 6, 1904 – June 22, 1962), born John Albert Holmes Jr., was a poet and critic.John Clellon Holmes John Clellon Holmes (March 12, 1926, Holyoke, Massachusetts – March 30, 1988, Middletown, Connecticut) was an American author, poet and professor, best known for his 1952 novel '' Go''. Considered the first "Beat" novel, ''Go'' depicted eve ...

(1926–1988), American Beat poet, novelist and essayist *

John Eric Holmes John Eric Holmes (February 16, 1930 – March 20, 2010) was an American professor of neurology and writer of non-fiction, fantasy and science fiction. His writings appeared under his full name and under variants such as Eric Holmes and J. Eric ...

(1930–2010), American author and promoter of fantasy role-playing games *

John W. Holmes (film editor) John W. Holmes (12 April 1917 – 25 May 2001) was a film editor. He was one of the editors on '' Diamonds Are Forever'' and '' The Andromeda Strain''. He was nominated along with Stuart Gilmore at the 44th Academy Awards in the category of Bes ...

(1917–2001), American film editor, nominated at the 44th Academy Awards *

Jon Holmes Jon Holmes (born 24 April 1973) is a British comedian, writer, presenter and broadcaster known for his work on such programmes as ''The Now Show'', '' Listen Against'' (for BBC Radio 4), along with both music and spoken word radio. He has ap ...

(born 1969), British comedy writer and broadcaster

Diplomacy

John Holmes (British diplomat) Sir John Eaton Holmes (born 29 April 1951) is a British former diplomat who is the current Chairman of the Electoral Commission (United Kingdom), Electoral Commission. Early life Holmes was born on 29 April 1951 in Preston, Lancashire, Pres ...

(born 1951), British diplomat * John T. Holmes, Canadian ambassador to Indonesia and East Timor *

John Wendell Holmes John Wendell Holmes (18 June 1910 – 13 August 1988) was a Canadian diplomat and academic. Born in London, Ontario, Holmes attended the University of Western Ontario and received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. Fro ...

(1910–1988), Canadian diplomat and academic

Education

* John Holmes (geographer), Australian professor of geography in University of Queensland *

John Holmes (schoolmaster) John Holmes (1703 – 22 December 1760 in Holt, Norfolk) was an 18th-century schoolmaster and writer on education, Master of Gresham's School in Norfolk. Life Holmes is described in a broadsheet of his Latin verses dating from 1729 as ''ex sc ...

(1703–1760), English schoolmaster *

John Clough Holmes John Clough Holmes (September 25, 1809 – December 16, 1887) was an American agriculturalist, educator, and co-founder of the Michigan State Agricultural Society. Holmes is also known as the founder of Michigan State University, established in ...

(1809–1887), American merchant and progenitor of the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan

Military or mercenary service

John Holmes (British Army officer) Major-general (United Kingdom), Major General John Taylor Holmes (born 22 July 1949) is a former British Army officer who served as Director Special Forces from 1999 to 2001, which included command of Operation Barras in September 2000. Militar ...

(born 1949), British general * John Holmes (mercenary), 19th century Anglo-Indian mercenary *

John Holmes (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir John Holmes (1640? – 28 May 1683) was an English naval leader who rose to be Commander-in-Chief of the fleet in the English Channel (1677–79) and was the younger brother of the more famous Admiral Sir Robert Holmes. ...

(1640?–1683), English naval officer

Politics

John Holmes (by 1529 – 1583) John Holmes (by 1529 – 4 June 1583), of London, North Mimms, Hertfordshire and Owston and Hampole, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Boroughbridge in November 1554 and for Ripon R ...

, MP for Ripon and Boroughbridge * John Holmes (died 1556 or later), MP for

Rye Rye (''Secale cereale'') is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to both wheat (''Triticum'') and barley (genus ''Hordeum''). Rye grain is u ...

John Holmes (Maine politician) John Holmes (March 14, 1773 – July 7, 1843) was an Politics of the United States, American politician. He served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and was one of the first two United States Se ...

(1773–1843), member of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives from Maine *

John Holmes (New Zealand politician) John Holmes (1838 – 3 July 1907) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Holmes was born in Ireland in 1838, and emigrated first to Victoria and then to New Zealand. He represente ...

(1831–1910), New Zealand Member of Parliament *

John Holmes (Nova Scotia politician) John Holmes (1 March 1789 – 3 June 1876) was a Canadian politician. He was born in Ross-shire, Scotland in 1789 and came to Pictou County, Nova Scotia with his family in 1803. Prior to Canadian Confederation in 1867, he represented Picto ...

(1789–1876), Canadian Senator *

John Holmes (Ontario politician) John Holmes (1828 – 22 September 1879)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208686938/john-holmes was a Canadian politician and surveyor. He was born in Newtownforbes, County Longford, Ireland in 1828, the son of Alexander Holmes, and was ...

(1828–1879), Canadian MP *

John Bee Holmes John Bee Holmes was the seventh intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving one term between 1794 and 1795. Holmes born in 1760 to Isaac Holmes and Rebecca Bee. During the Revolutionary War, he was the aide-de-camp to General John ...

(1760–1827), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina *

John Edwin Holmes John Edwin Holmes (December 28, 1809May 8, 1863) was an American lawyer, minister, and politician. He was the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He was captured by Confederate forces during ...

(1809–1863), first Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin *

John Robert Holmes John Robert Holmes (3 September 1927 – 29 December 2011) was a Canadians, Canadian politician. First elected in the 1972 Canadian federal election, 1972 federal election, he served as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressiv ...

(1927–2011), Canadian MP *

John Holmes (Jamaican politician) John Holmes (1763-1836) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica The House of Assembly was the legislature of the British colony of Jamaica. It held its first meeting on 20 January 1664 at ...

, planter, slave-owner and member of the House of Assembly of Jamaica

Religion

John Holmes (bishop) John Garraway Holmes (died September 1904 in Worthing, West Sussex) was an Anglican bishop. He was buried at Broadwater Cemetery in Worthing. Education He graduated from University College, Oxford in 1862 and was ordained priest in 1864 by th ...

(died 1904), Anglican colonial bishop *

John Haynes Holmes John Haynes Holmes (November 29, 1879 – April 3, 1964) was an American Unitarian minister, pacifist, and co-founder of the NAACP and the ACLU. He is noted for his anti-war activism. Early life Holmes was born in Philadelphia on November 2 ...

(1879–1964), American churchman and pacifist *

John McClellan Holmes John Mcclellan Holmes (January 22, 1834 - June 21, 1911) was a Christian minister and author. Career Born in Livingston, New York, Holmes was the son of Edwin Holmes, an eminent minister of the Reformed church,James Grant Wilson, John Fiske, eds., ...

(1834–1911), Christian minister and author

Sports

* John Holmes (footballer) (1869–?), English footballer * Jackie Holmes (John Holmes, 1920–1995), American race car driver *

Rodney Holmes John Rodney Reay Holmes (24 April 1924 – 3 February 1980) was an English cricketer. Holmes was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Hollington, Sussex, and educated at Repton School. After leaving Repton Sc ...

(John Rodney Reay Holmes, 1924–1980), English cricketer * Johnny Holmes, American baseball player of the 1940s *

John Holmes (rugby league) John or Jon Holmes may refer to: People Arts and entertainment *John Holmes (actor) (1944–1988), American pornographic film star and suspect in the Wonderland Murders case *John Holmes (composer) (died 1629), English cathedral musician and R ...

(1952–2009), English former rugby league footballer *

J. B. Holmes John Bradley "J.B." Holmes (born April 26, 1982) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. Early life Holmes, born in Campbellsville, Kentucky, began to play on the varsity golf team at Taylor County High School in Campbel ...

(John Bradley Holmes, born 1982), American golfer

Other fields

John Holmes (essayist) John Holmes (1815–1894) was a radical campaigner in the city of Leeds in the mid 19th Century. A prosperous draper by profession, he was nevertheless very active in campaigning for workers' rights and was instrumental in founding the Leeds Co-o ...

(1815–1894), radical campaigner in Leeds * John Holmes (Messenger of the Plymouth Court) (1603–?), Plymouth Colony settler and official * John Henry Holmes (1857–1935), English electrical engineer, inventor and Quaker *

John Dalrymple Edgar Holmes Lt. Col. John Dalrymple Edgar Holmes (1867 - 2 March 1915) was a British veterinary scientist and bacteriologist who worked in India as Imperial Bacteriologist. He worked on the production of veterinary vaccines especially for rinderpest. Holmes ...

, British veterinary scientist and bacteriologist

Fictional characters

Auguste Lupa Auguste Lupa is a fictional character in two pastiche novels by author John Lescroart. The novels are ''Son of Holmes'' (1986) and ''Rasputin's Revenge'' (1987). Lupa, a secret agent during the First World War, is the son of Sherlock Holmes and Iren ...

, also known as John Hamish Adler Holmes, a fictional character in two pastiche novels by author John Lescroart