John Walton may refer to:

People

In sport

* John Walton (darts player) (born 1961), former BDO World Darts Champion and BDO World Masters Champion * John Walton (Formula One), late Formula One team manager * John Walton (footballer) (1928–1979), former English footballer with several clubs *

John Walton (American football) John Booker Walton (born October 4, 1947) is a former American football player and coach. He played professionally as a quarterback in the Continental Football League (CFL), World Football League (WFL), National Football League (NFL), and Unit ...

(born 1947), American football player * John Walton (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s * John Walton (cricketer) (1888–1970), English cricketer *

John Walton (sports broadcaster) John Walton is a sportscaster who is the radio play-by-play voice of the Washington Capitals. He also did national play-by-play work for NBC Sports before the rights were changed, and calls Stanley Cup playoff games. Career Walton's first experi ...

, American radio sports announcer

In politics

John Walton (Continental Congress) John Walton (1738–1783), a Founding Father of the United States, was a Georgia delegate to the Continental Congress. Though born in Virginia, Walton later became a planter near Augusta, Georgia. He was elected as a delegate from St. Paul Pari ...

(1738–1783), Georgia Continental Congressman, signer of the Articles of Confederation *Sir

John Lawson Walton Sir John Lawson Walton KC (4 August 1852 – 19 January 1908) was a British barrister and Liberal politician. Family and education John Lawson Walton was the son of the Reverend John Walton MA, a Wesleyan missionary in Ceylon''Who was Who'', ...

(1852–1908), British MP and Attorney General of England and Wales *

Jack C. Walton John Calloway Walton (March 6, 1881 – November 25, 1949) was an American politician and the fifth governor of Oklahoma. He served the shortest term of any Governor of Oklahoma, being the first Governor in the state's history to be removed from ...

(John Calloway Walton, 1881–1949), former governor of Oklahoma *

John Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant John Nicholas Walton, Baron Walton of Detchant (16 September 1922 – 21 April 2016) was a British neuroscientist, academic, and life peer who sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. Life Lord Walton qualified from Durham University Colle ...

(1922–2016), British politician *

John Walton (Australian politician) John Malcolm Walton (24 June 1927 – 31 August 1994) was an Australian politician. He was born in Prahran to furniture retailer Charles Walton and Dorothy Beatrice Parker. During World War II he was a flight sergeant in the Air Training Cor ...

(1927–1994), Victorian state politician

Other

* John Walton (translator) (fl. 1410), English Augustinian canon and poet * John Walton (bishop) (d. 1490?), English Augustinian abbot and archbishop of Dublin * John Walton (botanist) (1895–1971), British botanist and paleobotanist *

John T. Walton John Thomas Walton (October 8, 1946 – June 27, 2005) was an American war veteran and a son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He was also the chairman of True North Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Walton cofounded the Children's Scholars ...

(1946–2005), son of Walmart founder Sam Walton * John Walton (actor) (1952–2014), Australian actor * John Ike Walton, founding member of 13th Floor Elevators, a 1960s Texas rock group *

John H. Walton John H. Walton (born 1952) is an Old Testament scholar and Professor at Wheaton College. He was a professor at Moody Bible Institute for 20 years. He specializes in the Ancient Near Eastern backgrounds of the Old Testament, especially Genesis ...

(born 1952), Old Testament Scholar, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College * John Isiah Walton (born 1985), American artist *

John K. Walton John Kimmons Walton is a professor at the University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain. Walton is an expert on the history of the development of tourism, and particularly the English seaside. Walton was previously Professor of Modern Social H ...

, professor specializing in the history of the development of tourism * John Walton (entomologist) (1784–1862), English entomologist * John Walton (priest), English Anglican priest

Fictional people

*John Walton, character in ''

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'' *"John-Boy" Walton and John Walton Sr., characters on the US television series '' The Waltons'' {{hndis, Walton, John