John or Johnny King may refer to:

Academics

* John Edward King (1858–1939), author and headmaster * John E. King (1913–2008), American educator and academic administrator *

John Leslie King John Leslie King (born 22 August 1951) is a W.W. Bishop Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. His main works deal with computerization in the public sector and municipalities, as well as other organizations. He has also wor ...

(born 1951), professor at the University of Michigan School of Information *John Mark King, leader of

St. James-Bond Church St. James-Bond United Church, at 1066 Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario, was a United Church of Canada congregation from 1928 to 2005, when it merged with ''Fairlawn Heights United Church'' (now ''Fairlawn Avenue United Church'') in the Yonge Street ...

(1863–1883) and principal of Manitoba College in Winnipeg

Entertainment

* John Crookshanks King (1806–1882), Scottish sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts * John King (painter) (1929–2014), English painter *

John 'Dusty' King John 'Dusty' King (born Miller McLeod Everson, July 11, 1909 – November 11, 1987) was a singer and film actor renowned for his Westerns particularly the Range Busters series. Biography Everson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of ...

(1909–1987), American actor *

John Michael King John Michael King (May 13, 1926 – August 17, 2008) was an American actor most often associated with his roles in musical theatre. Biography The son of actor Dennis King, John Michael King was born in New York City. He made his Broadway ...

(1926–2008), American actor *

John Reed King John Reed King (October 25, 1914 – July 8, 1979) was an American radio and television game show host who hosted numerous game shows during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Career King was one of the announcers for ''The American School of the Air' ...

(1914–1979), American radio and TV game show host *

John King (ukulelist) John Robert King (John) (October 13, 1953 – April 3, 2009) was a ukulele player known for his interpretation of classical music. Early life and education The son of a United States Navy, navy pilot, King was born in San Diego, CA, San Diego ...

(1953–2009), American ukulele player *

John King (author) John King is an English writer best known for his novels which, for the most part, deal in the more rebellious elements driving the country's culture. His stories carry strong social and political undercurrents, and his work has been widely t ...

(born 1960), English author of novels such as ''The Football Factory'' *

John King (comics) John King is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history King first appeared in the MAX miniseries the Hood issue one in 2002, appearing in all six issues. After a five-year hiatus then ...

, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe *

John King (country singer) John King is an American country music singer and songwriter. King was born and raised in Demorest, Georgia. He worked construction jobs as a teenager and was heavily influenced by Country, Rock and Southern rock artists. King later graduated ...

(born 1988), country musician *

John King (record producer) John King, also known as "King Gizmo", is an American music producer and one-half of the Los Angeles-based duo the Dust Brothers. As the Dust Brothers, King and Michael "E.Z. Mike" Simpson were noted for their dense sample-based music, notably o ...

, American music producer, one of the Dust Brothers * John King, lead guitarist for American rock band

The Litter The Litter was an American psychedelic and garage rock band, formed in 1966 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. They are best remembered for their 1967 debut single, " Action Woman". The group recorded three albums in the late 1960s bef ...

Military

* John King, 1st Baron Kingston (died 1676), Anglo-Irish soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms *

John King (explorer) John King (15 December 1838 – 15 January 1872) was an Ireland, Irish born British soldier who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the sole survivor of the four men from the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition who reached the ...

(1838–1872), Irish soldier and member of the Burke and Wills expedition in Australia *

John King (Medal of Honor) John King (7 February 1865 – 20 May 1938) was an Irish sailor in the United States Navy and one of only 19 in history to receive the Medal of Honor twice. Biography Born in the village of Currabee, near Ballinrobe (then in County Galway, no ...

(1865–1938), U.S. Navy chief petty officer and twice recipient of the Medal of Honor *

John F. King John F. King is a retired American military officer and the state of Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. He was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp as commissioner on July 1, 2019, replacing Jim Beck. Beck was elected in 2018, but susp ...

, U.S. Army officer and Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner *

John H. King John Haskell King (February 19, 1820 – April 7, 1888) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican–American War and in the American Civil War. A regular soldier with a career span of 45 years; he distinguished himself in the civ ...

(1820–1888), U.S. Army officer and American Civil War general

Politics

U.S.

John King (New York congressman) John King (1775September 1, 1836) was an American politician who served one term as a United States representative from New York (state), New York from 1831 to 1833. Biography John King was born in Canaan, New York, Kings District (now k ...

(1775–1836), United States Representative from New York * John A. King (1788–1867), Governor of New York, 1857–1858 *

John Pendleton King John Pendleton King (April 3, 1799March 19, 1888) was an attorney, planter and politician, serving as United States Senator from Georgia. He resigned in 1837 before the end of his term to devote himself to his plantation and business, serving for ...

(1799–1888), United States Senator from Georgia * John A. King (1817–1900), New York politician *

J. Floyd King John Floyd King (April 20, 1842 – May 8, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Biography King was born on St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia on April 20, 1842, to Georgia Congressman Thomas Butler King. He was the nephew of ...

(1842–1915), U.S. Representative from Louisiana * John Rhodes King, member of the sixth (1855) and eleventh (1866) Texas Legislatures * John M. King, member of the 6th South Dakota State Senate in 1899 * Jack P. King (1909–1982), member of the Hawaii House of Representatives *

John W. King John William King (October 10, 1916 – August 9, 1996) was an American lawyer, jurist, and Democratic politician from Manchester, New Hampshire. He received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and his law degree from Columbia Law Sc ...

(1918–1996), Governor of New Hampshire, 1963–1969 *

John McCandish King John McCandish King (February 15, 1927 – January 13, 2016) was an American petroleum entrepreneur and Republican politician. He is notable for being one of the youngest members elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in its history and ...

(1927–2016), member of the Illinois House of Representatives * John G. King (politician) (born 1942), in Massachusetts * John King Jr. (born 1975), United States Secretary of Education, 2016–2017 *

John Richard C. King John Richard Christopher King (born June 25, 1976) is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 49th District, serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic party Democratic Party most ...

(born 1976), South Carolina state legislature *

John King (Los Angeles politician) John King was president of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council—the legislative arm of that city— effective June 1, 1868. He replaced Murray Morrison, who resigned. In 1865 he served a term on the county grand jury. His terms of se ...

, president of the Common Council *

John King (Michigan politician) John King was a Michigan politician. In 1839, King served as a justice of the peace in Northfield Township, Michigan alongside Rufus Matthews, Alvin Moe, and Nathan Sutton. In 1842, King served as treasurer of Northfield Township. On November 7, ...

, member of the Michigan House of Representatives *

John Edward King (Louisiana judge) John Edward King (1821 – December 6, 1881) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for one day, January 9, 1877. King was a member of Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1852, Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1852, ...

, Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for one day

U.K.

* John King, 2nd Baron King (1706–1740), English MP and peer *

John King (official) John King (1759–1830) was Under Secretary of State at the Home Office from 1791, who was briefly a Member of Parliament for in 1806. Life The fifth son of James King Dean of Raphoe and his wife Anne Walker, he was educated at Eton and matri ...

(1759–1830), of Aldenham House, Herts., English Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs and MP * John Gilbert King (1822–1901), Irish Conservative politician * John Francis King (1926–1998), mayor of Galway, 1978–1979 * John King (MP for Gloucester), English MP for Gloucester *

Sir John King, 2nd Baronet Sir John King, 2nd Baronet (born before 1681 – 19 March 1720) was an Anglo-Irish politician. King was the eldest son of Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet and Frances Gore. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Boyle ...

(died 1740), Anglo-Irish politician

Elsewhere

John Charles King John Charles King (10 July 1817 – 26 January 1870) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), commissioner Public Works October 1859 to November 1859. King was born in Dromara, County Down, Ireland, the son of Henry King (died 1840) ...

(1817–1870), member of Victorian Legislative Assembly for Evelyn *

John King (Australian politician) John King (9 January 1820 – 24 January 1895) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), representative for Gipps' Land in the Victorian Legislative Council and later, for Gippsland in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. ...

(1820–1895), Victorian Legislative Council and Gippsland *

John Warwick King John Warwick King (26 December 1856 – 14 January 1927) was a Progressive party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Smiths Falls, Canada West and became a farmer and teacher. King attended public school at Bluevale. ...

(1856–1927), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario

Religion

John King (bishop of London) John King (died 30 March 1621) was the Bishop of London in the Church of England from 1611 to 1621. Life King was born in Worminghall, Buckinghamshire, to Philip King and Elizabeth (née Conquest). After an early education at Westminster School, ...

(died 1621), Church of England bishop * John King (Covenanter) (died 1679), Church of Scotland minister, Scots Worthy, executed and mutilated in Edinburgh *

John King (Rector of Chelsea) John King (1 May 1652, St Columb Major, Cornwall – 30 May 1732, Chelsea, London) was an English churchman, patron of the Church of Pertenhall in Bedfordshire. The son of John King of Manaccan, Cornwall, he matriculated at Exeter College, Oxf ...

(1652–1732), English clergyman *

John King (Master of Charterhouse) John King (c. 1655 – 4 August 1737) was an important English clergyman, the son of Thomas King (died 1688), Thomas King. He was the younger brother of Thomas King (died 1725), Thomas King (died 1725), soldier and MP. He matriculated at Ch ...

(1655–1737), English clergyman and headmaster *

John Glen King John Glen King D.D. (1732–1787) was an English cleric and antiquarian, known as an author on the Russian Orthodox Church. Life Born in Stowmarket. Suffolk, he was the son of George King, rector of Southacre in Norfolk. He was educated at Swaf ...

(1732–1787), English cleric and antiquarian *

John King (bishop of Portsmouth) John Henry King (1880–1965) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Portsmouth from 1941 to 1965. Life John Henry King was born in Wardour on 16 September 1880. He was ordained at St H ...

(1880–1965), English Roman Catholic bishop *

John King (priest) John King DD (d. 2 January 1638) was a Canon of Windsor from 1625 to 1638''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and a Canon of Westminster from 1613 to 1638. Famil ...

(died 1638), Canon of Windsor, and of Westminster * John King (Archdeacon of Killala) (died 1818), Anglican priest in Ireland

Sports

Cricket

John King (Suffolk cricketer) John Philip King (1797 – 4 October 1842) was an English cricketer with Amateur status in first-class cricket#Distinction between amateurs and professionals, amateur status who was associated with Suffolk county cricket teams, Suffolk and made h ...

(1797–1842), English cricketer *

John King (cricketer, born 1871) John Herbert King (16 April 1871 – 18 November 1946) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire County Cricket Club between 1895 and 1925. He also played one Test match for the England cricket team, which was against A ...

(1871–1946), English cricketer * John William King (1908–1953), English cricketer and nephew of cricketer John King *

Bart King John Barton "Bart" King (October 19, 1873 – October 17, 1965) was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. King was part of the Philadelphia team that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak ...

(1873–1965), American cricketer, John Barton King

Football and rugby

Johnny King (footballer, born 1926) John King (5 November 1926 – 11 January 2010) was an English people, English association football, footballer who played as a wing half for Leicester City F.C., Leicester City in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Great Gidding and first play ...

(1926–2010), English footballer for Leicester in the 1949 FA Cup Final *

Johnny King (footballer, born 1932) John William King (born 9 August 1932) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Cardiff City, Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City. King began his career with his local side Crewe Alexandra in 1950. He formed a good pa ...

, English footballer for Stoke and Crewe in the 1950s and 1960s *

John King (footballer, born 1933) John King (29 November 1933 – 1982) was a Welsh association football, footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Career Born in Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Ferndale ...

(1933–1982), Welsh international footballer for Swansea *

John King (footballer, born 1938) John Allen King (15 April 1938 – 30 March 2016) was an English association football, football player and manager. He is widely regarded as being the most successful manager in the history of Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers, and had a ...

(1938–2016), English footballer for Tranmere and Port Vale * John King (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s *

John King (Scottish footballer) John King (25 November 1888 – 9 August 1984) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Scottish League and the Football League, most notably for Partick Thistle and Newcastle United respectively. Career An ...

, Scottish footballer * John Abbott King (1883–1916), English rugby player *

Johnny King Johnny Cecil King (born 2 July 1942) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He was a winger with the St. George Dragons for the last seven years of their eleven consecutive premiership-winning run from 1956 to 1966. He was ...

(born 1942), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s *John M. King, Mississippi College head football coach before

George Bohler George Mohn "Doc" Bohler (February 8, 1887 – December 10, 1968) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi College (1925–1927), Auburn University (1928–1929), and Louisiana ...

in 1925

Other sports

John King (baseball) John Edward King (born September 14, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career King attended William P. Clements High School in Sugar Land, Texas. He played college ...

(born 1994), American baseball player *

Johnny King (boxer) Johnny King (8 January 1912 – 6 March 1963) was an English professional boxer who competed from 1926 to 1947. Predominantly a bantamweight, he was a two-time British bantamweight champion and a one-time British Empire (Commonwealth) bantamw ...

(1912–1963), English boxer 1920s–1940s *

John King (long jumper) John Stewart King (born 13 February 1963 in Chatham, Kent) is a male retired English athlete. Athletics career King competed in the men's long jump event during his career. He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Sout ...

(born 1963), English long jumper *

John Paul King John Paul King (born 1982) is an Irish hurler who played for Cork Senior Championship club Newtownshandrum. He was a member of the Cork senior hurling team for one season, during which time he usually lined out as a left corner-forward. Playi ...

(born 1982), Irish hurler *

John King (racing driver) John King II (born April 1, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Early career Born in Fort Blackmore, Virginia, King grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee. King began his racing career in 2006, competing in local late model ser ...

(born 1988), American stock car racing driver

Other

* John King (murderer) (1974–2019), American white supremacist and one of the three perpetrators of the Murder of James Byrd Jr. *

John King (pirate) John King (c. 1706/09 – April 26, 1717) was an 18th-century pirate. He joined the crew of Samuel Bellamy, Samuel "Black Sam" Bellamy while still a juvenile, and may have been the youngest known pirate on record. On November 9, 1716, Bellamy a ...

(died 1717), juvenile pirate in the crew of "Black Sam" Bellamy *

John King (police officer) John King was a Police Constable at the Eureka Stockade rebellion, one of Australia's few armed uprisings and often characterised controversially as the "birth of democracy" in Australia. Born in the parish of Tumurah, County Down, Ireland, so ...

(1830–1881), police constable at the Eureka Stockade rebellion *

John G. King (physicist) John Gordon King (1925–2014) was an English-born American physicist who was the Francis Friedman Professor of Physics (emeritus) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the former director of MIT’s Molecular Beam Laboratory, and the for ...

(1925–2014), experimental physicist at MIT * John King (journalist) (born 1963), American journalist for CNN ** ''

John King, USA ''John King, USA'' is an hour-long television news show hosted by John King on CNN. The show debuted on March 22, 2010, airing at 6:00PM ET, originally at 7:00PM ET until ''Erin Burnett OutFront'' replaced the original time slot on October 3, 20 ...

'', American television show *

John King, Baron King of Wartnaby John Leonard King, Baron King of Wartnaby (29 August 1917 – 12 July 2005) was a British businessman, who was noted for leading British Airways from an inefficient, nationalised company to one of the most successful airlines of recent times. ...

(1917–2005), English businessman, chairman of British Airways *

John Herbert King John Herbert King, alias 'MAG', was a British Foreign Office cypher clerk who provided Foreign Office communications to the Soviet Union between 1935 and 1937. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison as a spy in October 1939. King was recruited b ...

, British clerk and spy for the Soviet Union * USS ''John King'' (DDG-3), U.S. Navy Destroyer named for the Medal of Honor recipient * John A. King House, historic house in Lake Butler, Florida