John Lane may refer to:

American politicians

John W. Lane John William Lane (February 22, 1835 – September 16, 1888) was a printer, state legislator, state senator, and mayor of Dallas, Texas. Biography John W.Lane was born in Kentucky to Thomas H. and Elizabeth B. (Edwards) Lane. The fami ...

(1835–1888), Texas politician *

John C. Lane John Awena-ika-lani-keahi-o-ka-lua-o-Pele Carey Lane, (July 22, 1872 – February 8, 1958) was Mayor of Honolulu from 1915 to 1917. Early years Born at Makao, Oʻahu, Lane was educated at Hauula School and St. Louis College. He held various ...

(1872–1958), Mayor of Honolulu

Canadian politicians

* John Gary Lane (born 1942), judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada *

John Gordon Lane John Gordon Lane (August 5, 1916 – August 9, 2001) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative. Background Lane was born on Barrie Island, Ontario, the ...

(1916–2001), former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament *

John Lane (Ontario politician) John Lane (November 28, 1818 – April 2, 1890) was an Irish-born political figure. He represented York East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1875 to 1879. He was born in Tipperary, Ireland in 1818 but grew up ...

(1818–1890), Irish-born Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament

English politicians

John Lane of Bentley Colonel John Lane of Bentley (1609 – 31 August 1667) was the Member of Parliament for Lichfield, Staffordshire from 1661 to 1667. A Royalist colonel, he had given refuge to King Charles II at his Bentley estate following the Royalist defeat in ...

(1609–1667), officer in the Royalist army and a member of Parliament for Lichfield, 1661–1667

Others

John Lane (clothier) John Lane (died 1528) was a wealthy cloth merchant, clothier from Cullompton in Devon, remembered today for having built the magnificent ''Lane Chapel'' (or ''Lane Aisle'') on the south side of St Andrew's Church, Cullompton. Due to a misreadi ...

(died 1529), of Cullompton, Devon *

John Lane (metallurgist) John Lane (c. October 1678 – 1741) was an 18th-century doctor and metallurgist, who is said to have experimented with making metallic zinc, probably without result. He studied at the Exeter College, Oxford, and medicine at Leiden in 1702. He ma ...

(1678–1741), English metallurgist *

John Lane (poet) John Lane ( fl. 1620) was an English poet. A good friend of John Milton the elder, he lacked university education. He published two poems, ''Tom Tel-troths Message and his Pens Complaint'' (1600), which was satirical, and ''An Elegie vpon the Dea ...

, English poet fl. 1600–1630 *

John Bryant Lane John Bryant Lane (1788–1868) was a Cornish painter. Biography Lane was born at Helston in Cornwall in 1788, the son of Samuel Lane, chemist and excise-man, and Margaret Baldwin his wife. He was educated at Truro until he was fourteen when his t ...

(1788–1868), English painter *

John Quincy Lane John Quincy Lane (February 19, 1831 – July 13, 1903) was an American Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War. He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general dated to March 13, 1865. Born in Zanesv ...

(1831–1903), American army officer and general after the American Civil War *

John Lane (publisher) John Lane (14 March 1854 – 2 February 1925) was a British publisher who co-founded The Bodley Head with Charles Elkin Mathews. Career Originally from Devon, where he was born into a farming family, Lane moved to London in his teens. While wor ...

(1854–1925), British publisher *

Paddy Lane (cricketer) Paddy Lane (7 January 1886 – 30 August 1937) was an Australian cricketer. He played three first-class matches for New South Wales between 1907/08 and 1912/13. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers This is a lis ...

(1886–1937), Australian cricketer, born John Lane *

John Lane (writer and artist) John Lane may refer to: American politicians *John W. Lane (1835–1888), Texas politician *John C. Lane (1872–1958), Mayor of Honolulu Canadian politicians *John Gary Lane (born 1942), judge and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada *John Gordon ...

(1930–2012), Beaford, Devon *

Jackie Lane (footballer) John George Lane (10 November 1931 – 22 March 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He made 103 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City and Notts County. Lane also played in the Southern League ...

(1931–2023), English footballer *

J. Michael Lane John Michael Lane (February 14, 1936October 21, 2020) was an American epidemiologist who was a director of the Epidemic Intelligence Service's Global Smallpox Eradication program from 1973 to 1981, and who played a leading role in the eradicatio ...

(1936–2020), American epidemiologist *

John A. Lane John A. Lane (b. 1955) is an American writer and historian of printing living in the Netherlands. Lane received the 2003 Fellowship of the American Printing History Association and is particularly known for his writing on Dutch printing history an ...

(born 1955), writer and historian of printing