John Hunter may refer to:

Politics

John Hunter (British politician) John Hunter (1724 – 16 December 1802) was a British 'nabob' who became wealthy as a result of trading with India, and subsequently went into politics as deputy chairman of the East India Company and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Leominster ...

(1724–1802), British Member of Parliament for Leominster *

John Hunter (Canadian politician) John William Gordon Hunter (28 January 1909 – 15 April 1993) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Hunter studied at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School to become a barrister and lawyer. He was a c ...

(1909–1993), Canadian Liberal MP for Parkdale, 1949–1957 *Sir John Hunter (consul-general) (died 1816), British consul-general in Spain *

John Hunter (Northern Ireland politician) John Hunter is a former Ulster unionist politician. An active member of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), Hunter wrote ''A Brief History of the Ulster Unionist Council'' in 1993. Hunter was close to David Trimble and, unenthusiastic about Jim Mol ...

, Ulster unionist member of the Northern Ireland Forum *

John Hunter (Royal Navy officer) Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800.J. J. Auchmuty,Hunter, John (1737–1821), ''Austral ...

(1737–1821), Governor of New South Wales * John Hunter (South Carolina politician) (c. 1750–1802), American politician *

John Hunter (Westchester County, New York) John Hunter (August 4, 1778 – September 12, 1852) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life He was born on August 4, 1778, the son of auctioneer Robert Hunter (–1800) and Ruth ( Breck) Hunter (–1840). He had two sisters ...

(1778–1852), New York politician * John F. Hunter (1896–1957), U.S. Representative from Ohio * John W. Hunter (1807–1900), US Congressman from New York *

Jon Blair Hunter Jon Blair Hunter was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic West Virginia Senate, West Virginia state senator from the West Virginia's 14th Senate district, 14th district, which represents Barbour County, West Virginia, Barbour County, ...

(fl. 1990s–2000s), West Virginia politician *

John Dunn Hunter John Dunn Hunter (ca. 1796–1827) was a leader of the Fredonian Rebellion. Dunn Hunter claimed to be ignorant of his birthplace and that he was taken prisoner with two other white children by Native Americans who either belonged to or were assoc ...

(1796–1827), leader of the Fredonian Rebellion *

John McEwan Hunter John McEwan Hunter (1863 – 18 April 1940) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Hunter was born in 1863 in Moreton Bay, off the coast of Queensland as his family was migrating from Scotland to Australia. He was the ...

(1863–1940), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Sports

Soccer

John Hunter (Third Lanark footballer) John Hunter (1854 – 2 November 1881) was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark, Glasgow Eastern and Scotland (four caps). He played on the losing side in the Scottish Cup finals of 1876 and 1878, and made several representative a ...

(died 1891), Scottish football player * John Hunter (Australian footballer), Scottish-born Australian former footballer and coach *

Ian Hunter (Scottish footballer) John "Ian" Hunter is a Scottish former footballer who played mainly as a left back, primarily for Falkirk where he played for a decade, with his colleague at right-back typically being John Lambie. There was another Ian Hunter who also play ...

(born John Hunter, fl. 1960s), Scottish footballer (Falkirk) * John Hunter (Falkirk footballer) (fl. 1920s), Scottish footballer (Falkirk, Reading, Guildford) * John Hunter (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1966), known as 'Sailor', Scottish football player and manager (Motherwell) *

Jock Hunter John Hunter (1875 – 1950) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lanc ...

(1875–1950), Scottish footballer

Others

John Hunter (American football) John Rosel Hunter (born August 16, 1965) is a former American football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League for four seasons. He played college football at BYU and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round of ...

, American football player * John Hunter (golfer) (1871–1946), Scottish professional golfer *

John Hunter (rower) John Andrew Hunter (born 8 November 1943) is a former New Zealand rower who won a gold Olympic medal in his career. Hunter was born in 1943 in Christchurch, New Zealand. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo V ...

(born 1943), New Zealand rower * Johnny Hunter (1925–1980), Australian rugby league footballer

Authors and academics

* J. A. Hunter (John Alexander Hunter, 1887–1963), white hunter in Africa, later a writer *

John Hunter (scientist) John Hunter (born November 14, 1955) is an American projectile researcher, who developed the 1994 "supergun" Super High Altitude Research Project (SHARP) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The ultimate aim of his research is to shoot p ...

(born 1955), projectile researcher *

John Hunter (screenwriter) John Evans Hunter (23 August 1911 – 8 September 1984) was an American-born, BAFTA-nominated screenwriter in the British film industry. The son of actress Millicent Evans (1888 - 1952) and producer/director Ernest J. Carpenter (1869 - 1964), Hun ...

(born 1911), American award-winning screenwriter *

John E. Hunter John E. "Jack" Hunter (29 March 1939 – June 26, 2002) was an American psychology professor known for his work in methodology. His best-known work is ''Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings.'' The International ...

(1939–2002), American psychologist and statistician * John Hunter (classicist) (1746–1837), joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Physicians

* John Hunter (surgeon) (1728–1793), surgeon and anatomist * John Hunter (physician) (1754–1809), physician *

John Irvine Hunter John Irvine Hunter (24 January 1898 – 10 December 1924)Michael J. Blunt,, '' Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 9, MUP, 1983, pp 408–9. Retrieved 13 August 2009 was an Australian professor of anatomy. Early life and education Hu ...

(1898–1924), Australian anatomist *

John D. Hunter John D. Hunter (August 1, 1968 – August 28, 2012) was an American neurobiologist and the original author of Matplotlib.Hunter, John D. "Matplotlib: A 2D graphics environment." Computing in science and engineering 9.3 (2007): 90-95. Biography He ...

(1968–2012), American neurobiologist and creator of matplotlib

Others

* John A. Hunter (judge) (1833–1887), chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory *

John Kelso Hunter John Kelso Hunter (15 December 1802 – 3 February 1873) was a Scottish portrait artist, 'Boot and Shoemaker' and author of two books; ''Retrospect of an Artist's Life: Memorials of West Country Men and Manners of the Past Half Century''; ''Life ...

(1802–1873), Scottish portrait painter * John Hart Hunter (1807–1872), college fraternity founder *

John Hunter (bishop) John Hunter (1897–1965) was the third bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman from 1943 until 1951. He was educated at Keble College, Oxford, and ordained in 1922. His first post was as a curate in Harrow but his next post was in South Africa (where ...

(1897–1965), former bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman * John E. L. Hunter (1897–1971), World War I fighter ace * Jackie Hunter (entertainer) (John Hunter, 1903–1951), Canadian entertainer * John Hunter (performer), New Zealand female impersonator * John Hunter (singer), American singer and musician *Sir

John Adams Hunter Sir John Adams Hunter, KCMG (30 Oct. 1890 – 17 November 1962) was a British colonial administrator. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Malta from 1938 to 1940 and Governor of British Honduras from 1940 to 1947. See also * List of colonial gover ...

, British colonial administrator *

John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter John Oswald Mair Hunter, Lord Hunter VRD (1913–2006) was a 20th-century Scottish advocate who served as a Senator of the College of Justice. He was known to friends as Jack Hunter. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 21 February 1913 the son o ...

, Scottish judge