John Johnston may refer to:

Entertainment

* John Johnston (poet) (c. 1570–1611), Scottish poet and academic *

John S. Johnston John S. Johnston (c.1839 – December 17, 1899) was a late 19th-century maritime and landscape photographer. He is known for his photographs of racing yachts and New York City landmarks and cityscapes. Very little is known about his life. He ...

(c. 1839–1899), American maritime photographer *

Johnnie Johnston Johnny Johnston (December 1, 1915 – January 6, 1996) was an American actor and singer who was popular in the 1940s. Early years He was born John Clifford Johnston in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Radio In the late 1930s, Johnston had hi ...

(1915–1996), American actor and singer * John Dennis Johnston (born 1945), American actor

Politics

* John W. Johnston (mayor) (1774–1854), St. Louis, Missouri, US * John Johnston (Indian agent) (1775–1861), US * John Johnston (Nova Scotia politician) (1790–1836) * John Johnston (New Zealand politician) (1809–1887) *

John W. Johnston John Warfield Johnston (September 9, 1818February 27, 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from Abingdon, Virginia. He served in the Virginia State Senate, and represented Virginia in the United States Senate when the state was readmitted ...

(1818–1889), senator from Virginia, US *

John Johnston (Australian politician) John Johnston was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Electorate John Johnston represented the electoral district of Ipswich from 12 August 1870 to 9 October 1872. Early life He w ...

(1823–1872) * John R. Johnston (died 1863), mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, US *

John Kenneth Johnston John Kenneth Johnston (June 28, 1865 – May 1945) was a lawyer, farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Pelly in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1908 to 1917 as a Liberal. He was born in Crinan, Aldbo ...

(1865–1945), Canadian politician *

John Frederick Johnston John Frederick "Fred" Johnston (July 16, 1876 – May 9, 1948) was a Saskatchewan politician. Johnston was born to a wealthy family in Bogarttown, Ontario that owned lumber and flour mills in Simcoe County.John B. Johnston John Brown Johnston (July 10, 1882 – January 11, 1960) was a Scottish American lawyer and Democratic politician who served one term as a United States Representative from New York from 1919 to 1921. Biography Born in Glasgow, Scotland, on Ju ...

(1882–1960), U.S. Representative *

John Stewart Johnston John Stewart Johnston (7 May 1906 – ) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Johnston was born in Lurgan, the second son of Sir John Johnston MP. He studied at Bootham School in Yorkshire and in Montreux. He returned to Northern ...

(1905/6–?), Northern Irish politician * John Baines Johnston (1918–2005), British diplomat *

John Johnston (courtier) Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Frederick Dame Johnston, (24 August 1922 – 10 September 2006) was a British Army officer and courtier. He joined the Royal Household in 1964, serving as Assistant Comptroller and ...

(1922–2006), UK *

J. Bennett Johnston John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born June 10, 1932) is a retired American attorney, politician, and later lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Johnston represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate from 1972 to 1997. Beginning his political caree ...

(born 1932), U.S. Senator

Sports

* John Johnston (footballer, born 1878) (1876–1955), Scottish footballer (Bury FC, Southampton FC) * John Johnston (football full-back), footballer for Sunderland *

John Johnston (footballer, born 1902) John Ainslie Johnston (17 November 1902 – 12 October 1987) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre-half for Heart of Midlothian, where he spent 14 years (as well as half-season loans at Stevenston United and Cowdenbeath and a shor ...

(1902–1987), Scottish international footballer *

John Johnston (footballer, born 1921) John Wardlaw Johnston (10 September 1921 – 21 January 1989) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, ...

(1921–1989), Scottish footballer (Motherwell FC, Hamilton Academical) *

Johnny Johnston (baseball) John Thomas Johnston (March 28, 1890 – March 7, 1940) was a Major League Baseball left fielder who played with the St. Louis Browns The St. Louis Browns were a Major League Baseball team that originated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Milwau ...

(1890–1940), American baseball player *

Johnny Johnston (cricketer) John Johnston (15 February 1953 – 2 June 2008) was an English cricketer. Johnston was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Career Johnston made his debut for Durham against ...

(1953–2008), English cricketer * Johnny Johnston (footballer) (born 1947), Northern Irish footballer

Other

* Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet (c. 1648–1690), Scottish soldier * John Johnston (chemist) (1881–1950), Scottish-born chemist * John Johnson (architect, born 1732) (1732–1814) English architect * John Johnston (fur trader) (1762–1828), British * John Johnston (merchant) (1781–1851), Scottish-American merchant * John Johnston (farmer) (1791–1880), Scotland * John Taylor Johnston (1820–1893), founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art * John R. Johnston (1826–1895), landscape and panorama painter * John Lawson Johnston (1839–1900), Scottish businessman * John Johnston (priest) (1852–1923), Anglican clergyman *

John Johnston (schoolmaster) John Alexander Hope Johnston (10 July 1871 – 5 June 1938) was a British educator. He taught at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Tonbridge School, and Highgate School, where he was headmaster for 28 years and was an early promoter of ...

(1871– 1938), a British educator * John McQueen Johnston (1901–1987), Scottish physician *

John Johnston (econometrician) John "Jack" Johnston (13 March 1923 – 14 October 2003) was a British econometrician. He spent most of his career at the University of Manchester, and later University of California, Irvine. Johnston is particularly known for authoring ''Econom ...

(1923–2003), British academic *

John V. Johnston John Vincent Johnston of Cincinnati, Ohio, entered the United States Navy, during the American Civil War, in September 1861. He served as First Master on the gunboat ''St. Louis''. He assisted in the Union gunboat attacks that captured strategi ...

(died 1912), U.S. Navy officer * John Johnston (physiotherapist), Scottish-born Australian physiotherapist * John Johnston, 13-year-old boy murdered in 1923 by

Susan Newell Susan Newell (1893 – 10 October 1923) was the last woman to be hanged as capital punishment in Scotland. She was arrested after acting suspiciously and the discovery of the body of a 13-year-old newspaper boy, John Johnston. Although there were ...

in Coatbridge, Scotland * Johnny Johnston of

The Johnston Brothers The Johnston Brothers were a vocal group who had a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1955 with their cover version of "Hernando's Hideaway". The group was formed by Johnny Johnston (born John Harold Johnston, 10 July 1919 – 10 June 1998, Lon ...

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