John Stephenson may refer to:

Politicians

John Stephenson (MP) John Stephenson (c. 1709 – 17 April 1794) was a British Member of Parliament. He was the son and heir of Thomas Stephenson of Bails and Crosslands, Alston, Cumbria and a Member of Parliament for various boroughs in the south-west from 1754 ...

(c. 1709–1794), British merchant and politician *

John Gould Stephenson John Gould Stephenson (March 1, 1828 – November 11, 1883) was an American physician and soldier. He was the fifth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1861 to 1864. He was referred to as the "librarian of the Civil War era" because Ste ...

(1828–1883), American politician and Librarian of Congress * John Bernard Stephenson (1938–1982), Jamaican lawyer and member of parliament *

John Stephenson (fl.1571) John Stephenson, Stephens or Stevens ( fl. 1571), was an English Member of Parliament (MP). He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Hythe Hythe, from Anglo-Saxon ''hȳð'', may refer to a landing-place, port or haven, either as an eleme ...

, MP for

Hythe Hythe, from Anglo-Saxon ''hȳð'', may refer to a landing-place, port or haven, either as an element in a toponym, such as Rotherhithe in London, or to: Places Australia * Hythe, Tasmania Canada *Hythe, Alberta, a village in Canada England * T ...

Sports

John Stephenson (baseball) John Herman Stephenson (born April 13, 1941) is a retired American professional baseball player who was a catcher in the Major Leagues from 1964 to 1973. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, and California Angels. ...

(born 1941), American baseball catcher *

John Stephenson (cricketer, born 1903) John Stewart Stephenson (10 November 1903 – 7 October 1975) was an English first-class cricketer, who played nineteen matches for Oxford University, and sixteen for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1923 and 1926. Born in Elloughton-c ...

(1903–1975), English cricketer *

John Stephenson (cricketer, born 1907) Lieutenant Colonel John William Arthur Stephenson DSO (1 August 1907 – 20 May 1982) was a Hong-Kong-born English first-class cricketer who played in India and England from the late 1920s until shortly after the Second World War. His ''Wisden' ...

(1907–1982), English cricketer *

John Stephenson (cricketer, born 1965) John Patrick Stephenson (born 14 March 1965) is an English former first-class cricketer, who is currently CEO at Essex County Cricket Club. The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, commented on Stephenson's Test match appearance, "by the time John ...

, English Test cricketer *

John Stephenson (South African cricketer) John Stephenson (born 26 March 1955) is a South African former cricketer. He played in 31 first-class and 10 List A matches between 1974/75 and 1984/84. See also * List of Eastern Province representative cricketers This is a list of all crick ...

(born 1955), South African cricketer *

John Stephenson (footballer, born 1881) John Stephenson (29 December 1881 – 22 September 1940) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in ...

(1881–1940), Australian rules footballer for Carlton *

John Stephenson (footballer, born 1883) John William Stephenson (9 January 1883 – 3 April 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Aust ...

(1883–1963), Australian rules footballer for Essendon *

John Stephenson (footballer, born 1896) John Stephenson (31 January 1896 – 1976) was an English footballer who played as a full back for Luton Town, Durham City, Rochdale, and Ashington Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,86 ...

(1896–1976), English footballer *

Jack Stephenson John Samuel Stephenson (29 July 1900 – 21 December 1981) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1920 to 1922. His son John John is a common English name and surname: * Jo ...

(John Samuel Stephenson, 1900–1981), Australian rules footballer for Carlton * Jackie Stephenson (footballer) (1899–1969), English footballer *

John Stephenson (footballer, born 1937) John Stephenson (14 May 1937 – 14 October 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The son of Jack Stephenson, who also played for Carlton, he was recruited from Benalla, but ...

(1937–2014), Australian rules footballer for Carlton *

John A. Stephenson John A Stephenson is a male former rower who competed for England. Rowing career He represented England and won a bronze medal in the eights at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the ca ...

, English rower

Others

John Stephenson (director) John Stephenson, (born 28 May 1952) is a British director and a former vice-president and creative supervisor for Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He was nominated for a BAFTA film award in 1985 for ''Dreamchild'' and in 1991, he won an Academy Awar ...

(born 1952), British film director *

John Stephenson (actor) John Winfield Stephenson (August 9, 1923 – May 15, 2015) was an American actor, most active in voice-over roles. He has also been credited as John Stevenson. Stephenson never gave any interviews and was rarely seen in public, although he did ...

(1923–2015), American voice actor *

John Stephenson (coachbuilder) John G. Stephenson (1809 in County Armagh, Ireland - 1893 in New Rochelle, N.Y.), an American coachbuilder, invented and patented the first streetcar A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travel ...

(1809–1893), Irish-American coachbuilder who created the street railway *

Chiripula Stephenson John Edward "Chiripula" Stephenson (born 1873 or 1876) was a figure in the expansion of British colonial control in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia and surrounding areas during the early part of the 20th century. Stephenson was born in northern Engla ...

(John Edward Stephenson, 1874-?), founder of Ndola *

John Stephenson (judge) Sir John Frederick Eustace Stephenson (28 March 1910 – 1 November 1998) was an English barrister and judge, a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1971 until his retirement in 1985 and a member of the Privy Council. As a Judge of the Court of Appeal he ...

(1910–1998), English barrister and judge, Lord Justice of Appeal *

John Stephenson (physician) John Stephenson (December 12, 1796 – February 2, 1842) was a Canadian physician and educator, and one of the founders of the Montreal Medical Institution, the first medical school in Canada. He is regarded as one of the founders of McGill Universi ...

(1796–1842), Canadian physician and a co-founder of McGill University Faculty of Medicine *

John Stephenson (zoologist) John Stephenson CIE FRS FRSE FRCS (6 February 1871, in Padiham, Lancashire – 2 February 1933, in London) was a surgeon and zoologist. He was a leading expert on the earthworms of the Indian subcontinent and served as editor of the ''Fauna of ...

(1871–1933), British surgeon and zoologist *

John Atlantic Stephenson John Atlantic Stephenson (born 18 June 1829) was a Tyneside businessman and poet and amateur artist in the latter half of the 19th century. He was best known for his recitations. Early life Stephenson was born on Waterloo Day, 18 June 1829 in m ...

(1829–?), Tyneside businessman and poet *

John B. Stephenson John B. Stephenson (September 26, 1937 – December 6, 1994) was a sociologist and scholar of Appalachia, a founder of the Appalachian Studies Conference, and president of Berea College from 1984 to 1994. Early life and education John B. Ste ...

(1937–1994), Appalachian scholar and president of Berea College *

John Robin Stephenson Lieutenant Colonel John Robin Stephenson (25 February 1931 – ) was a British Army officer and cricket administrator. John Stephenson was born in Sussex and educated at Christ's Hospital. He played in the School Cricket XI alongside J. ...

(1931–2003), Lieutenant Colonel of the British Army and Secretary of the Marylebone Cricket Club *

John W. Stephenson Sir John Walker Stephenson (1888 – 15 May 1960) was a British trade unionist. Born in Northumberland, Stephenson completed an apprenticeship as a plumber and joined the United Operative Plumbers and Domestic Engineers Association of Great ...

(1888–1960), English trade union leader *

Seán Mac Stíofáin Seán Mac Stíofáin (born John Edward Drayton Stephenson; 17 February 1928 – 18 May 2001) was an English-born chief of staff of the Provisional IRA, a position he held between 1969 and 1972. Childhood Although he used the Gaelicised ver ...

(1928–2001), Irish republican (born John Edward Drayton Stephenson)