John Johnson may refer to:

Academia

* John de Monins Johnson (1882–1956), scholar and printer *

John Wesley Johnson John Wesley Johnson (born 22 March 1836-September 14, 1898) was a famous figure in the early development of Oregon's higher education. He is probably best known today as the first President of the University of Oregon, serving from 1876 to 1893. __ ...

(1836–1898), first president of the University of Oregon * John P. Johnson (academic administrator), fifth president of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University * John R. Johnson (1900–1983), American chemist *

John Bertrand Johnson John Bertrand Johnson (October 2, 1887 – November 27, 1970) (''né'' Johan Erik Bertrand) was a Swedish-born American electrical engineer and physicist. He first explained in detail a fundamental source of random interference with informat ...

(1887–1970), scientist–engineer after whom Johnson noise is named * John Johnson (astronomer), (born 1977), current Harvard professor

Artists and entertainers

* John Johnson (composer) (c. 1545–1594), English lutenist and composer * John Johnson (musician) (born 1964), trombonist and percussionist with Simply Red * John Johnson (reporter) (born 1938), American television reporter and anchor *

J. Rosamond Johnson John Rosamond Johnson (August 11, 1873 – November 11, 1954; usually referred to as J. Rosamond Johnson) was an American composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, he had much of his career in New York C ...

(1873–1954), composer and opera singer *

John Seward Johnson II John Seward Johnson II (April 16, 1930 – March 10, 2020), also known as J. Seward Johnson Jr. and Seward Johnson, was an American artist known for ''trompe-l'œil'' painted bronze statues. He was a grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, the co-fou ...

(1930-2020), American artist *John Lee Johnson (born 1944), American drummer, better known by his stage names Jai Johanny Johanson and Jaimoe *

John Seward Johnson III John Seward Johnson III (born September 2, 1966) is an American filmmaker, philanthropist and entrepreneur. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson) and the son of artist John Seward Johnson II. He is t ...

(born 1966), American filmmaker, philanthropist, and entrepreneur *

John Lester Johnson John Lester Johnson (born John Leslie Johnson; August 13, 1893 – March 27, 1968) was an American professional boxer and actor. He is perhaps best known for his 1916 boxing match against Jack Dempsey, and his 1933 performance as Bumbo, the titul ...

(1893-1968), American boxer and actor

Architects

John Johnson (architect, born 1732) John Johnson (22 April 1732 – 17 August 1814) was an English architect and surveyor to the county of Essex. He is best known for designing the Shire Hall, Chelmsford. Life Johnson was born in Leicester. He moved to London before his th ...

(1732–1814), English architect and surveyor *

John Johnson (architect, born 1807) John Johnson (1807 – 28 December 1878) was an English architect who specialised in religious buildings and churches in the Gothic style. He was regularly employed by the civil engineer Sir John Kelk to design the homes and public buildings he ...

(1807–1878), English architect * John Johnson (architect, born 1843) (1843–1919), English architect

Sportspeople

American football

* John Johnson (trainer) (1917–2016), American football athletic trainer for the New York Giants *

John Henry Johnson John Henry Johnson (November 24, 1929 – June 3, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a running back. He was known for his excellence at the fullback position as both a runner and a blocker. His first professional stint ...

(1929–2011), American football player * John Johnson (defensive tackle) (born 1941), American football player * John Johnson (linebacker) (born 1968), American football player * John Johnson (safety) (born 1995), American football player

Baseball

* Lou Johnson (pitcher) (John Louis Johnson, 1869–1941), Major League pitcher *

John Wesley Johnson (baseball) John Wesley Johnson, nicknamed "Smoky", was a Negro league pitcher in the 1920s and 1930s. Johnson attended Jarvis Christian College, and made his Negro leagues debut in 1922 with the Cleveland Tate Stars. He played for several teams, includi ...

, American baseball player of the 1920s and 1930s * John Wesley Johnson Jr. (1916–1944), American baseball player * John Henry Johnson (baseball) (born 1956), Major League pitcher *

Jack Johnson (second baseman) John Thomas "Topeka Jack" Johnson (April 25, 1883 – January 29, 1940) was a Negro leagues second baseman and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. He was also a professional boxer and trainer, and hi ...

(John Thomas Johnson, 1883–1940), American baseball player

Other sports

* Jack Johnson (boxer) (John Arthur Johnson, 1878-1946), American boxer and first black heavyweight champion *

John Johnson (cricketer, born 1809) John Johnson (1809 – 5 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer. Johnson was born in Nottingham in 1809 and was by profession a solicitor. His interest in cricket began when he played as a schoolboy, and he later made two appearances ...

(1809–1877)), English cricketer *

John Johnson (cricketer, born 1871) John Inchbald Johnson (10 July 1871 – 20 October 1930) was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire. He was born in Aldwark Bridge and died in Culworth, Northamptonshire. The 1911 census records that, outside cricket, he was a ...

(1871–1930), English cricketer * John S. Johnson (sportsman) (1873–1934), American cyclist and speed skater *

John Johnson (rugby league) John Johnson was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played at club level for Castleford ( Heritage No. 120).David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). "Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Centur ...

, rugby league footballer of the 1930s *

John Johnson (basketball, born 1947) John Howard Getty "J. J." Johnson (October 18, 1947 – January 7, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. High school and college career Johnson played high school basketball at Messmer High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As ...

(1947–2016), American basketball player *

John Johnson (basketball, born 1956) Jonathan M. Johnson (born 12 July 1955) is an American former basketball player and coach. He was part of the first influx of foreign basketball players in Iceland in the late 1970s. In 1979, he set the single game scoring record in the Icelandi ...

, American basketball player * John Michael Johnson (born 1968), American bantamweight boxer * John Johnson (footballer) (born 1988), English footballer *

, American boxer and actor

Lawyers

* John Alvin Johnson (1915–2005), U.S. lawyer and businessman * John Calhoun Johnson (died 1876), practiced law and operated a ranch in California *

John G. Johnson John Graver Johnson (1841, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – April 13, 1917, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American corporate lawyer and art collector. The Philadelphia law firm that he founded in 1863 continues under the name Saul Ewing. H ...

(1841–1917), U.S. corporate lawyer and art collector * John Henry Johnson (patent attorney) (1828–1900)

Military figures

John Johnson, 8th Seigneur of Sark John Johnson, 8th Seigneur of Sark (died 1723) was Seigneur of Sark from 1720 to 1723. The colonel and former commander of the garrison in Guernsey bought the fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts bas ...

(died 1723), Seigneur of Sark, 1720–1723 *

Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet Brigadier General Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet (5 November 1741 – 4 January 1830) was an American-born military officer, magistrate, landowner and colonial official in the British Indian Department who fought as a Loyalist during the American ...

(1741–1830), loyalist leader during the American Revolution * Liver-Eating Johnson (1824–1900), American frontier figure * John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1839) (1839–?), United States Navy sailor *

John Johnson (Medal of Honor, 1842) John Johnson (March 25, 1842 – April 3, 1907) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Antietam and the Battle of Fredericksburg. Johnson was born on March 25, ...

(1842–1907), Norwegian-American Medal of Honor recipient * John D. Johnson (general) (born 1952–), U.S. Army general * John P. Johnson (general) (born 1963), U.S. Army general

Politicians and public servants

United States

* John Johnson (Ohio congressman) (1805–1867), politician *

John A. Johnson (Minnesota politician) John A. Johnson (July 9, 1883 in Litchfield, Minnesota – February 3, 1962) was a Minnesota politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He served three decades in the Minnesota legislature, 20 of those years in the M ...

(1883–1962), Minnesota politician *

John Albert Johnson John Albert Johnson (July 28, 1861September 21, 1909) was an American politician. He served in the Minnesota State Senate from January 1897 to January 1901. He was the 16th governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1905, until his death on Septemb ...

(1861–1909), 16th governor of Minnesota * John Anders Johnson (1832–1901), Wisconsin state senator and assemblyman from Madison * John E. Johnson (Brandon) (1873–1951), Wisconsin state assemblyman from Brandon, Wisconsin * John E. Johnson (Utica) (''fl. circa'' 1868), Wisconsin state assemblyman from Utica, Wisconsin *

John Johnson (Mississippi politician) John E. Johnson (August 24, 1920 – February 19, 2002) was an American lawyer who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi State Senate The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature, the ...

(1920–2002), Mississippi state representative and senator * John J. Johnson (1926–2016), Missouri state senator *

John Kelly Johnson John Kelly Johnson (22 August 1841 – 12 November 1894) was an American politician. John Kelly Johnson was born on 22 August 1841 to Abijah Johnson and Elizabeth Bailey. When Johnson was thirteen, he and his family moved from Greene County, Ohio, ...

(1841–1894), Iowa state court judge and legislator *

John Warren Johnson John Warren Johnson (January 29, 1929 – January 6, 2023) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Johnson went to Southwest High School in Minneapolis. He then received his bachelor's degree in economics and ...

(born 1929), Minnesota state legislator *

John Telemachus Johnson John Telemachus Johnson (October 5, 1788 – December 17, 1856) was a minister in the Christian Church, an attorney, and a politician, elected as U.S. Representative from Kentucky. His older brothers, also politicians, included James Johnson and ...

(1788–1856), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * John Johnson (Kansas City mayor) (1816–1903), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri *

J. Neely Johnson John Neely Johnson (August 2, 1825 – August 31, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician. He was elected as the fourth governor of California from 1856 to 1858, and later appointed justice to the Nevada Supreme Court from 1867 to 1871. As a ...

(1825–1872), California politician and politician * John Johnson (b. 1833) (1833–1892), Wisconsin State Assemblyman from York, Dane County, Wisconsin * John Johnson (Ohio state representative) (born 1937), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives *

John Johnson (New Jersey) John Johnson may refer to: Academia * John de Monins Johnson (1882–1956), scholar and printer *John Wesley Johnson (1836–1898), first president of the University of Oregon * John P. Johnson (academic administrator), fifth president of Embry-Ri ...

, mayor of Paterson, New Jersey *

John Johnson Sr. John Johnson Sr. (September 12, 1770 – July 30, 1824) was a Maryland attorney and judge, and the fourth Chancellor of Maryland, from 1821 to 1824.William J. Marbury,The High Court of Chancery and the Chancellors of Maryland, Report of the Tenth ...

(1770–1824), Chancellor of Maryland * John Johnson Jr. (1798–1856), Chancellor of Maryland * John Johnson (Indiana judge) (1776–1817), associate justice of the Indiana Supreme Court * John T. Johnson (Oklahoma judge) (1856–1935), associate justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court * John B. Johnson (politician) (1885–1985), American politician in the South Dakota State Senate * John Ramsey Johnson (born 1945), associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia *

J. B. Johnson (Florida politician) John B. Johnson (October 15, 1868 – June 26, 1940), more commonly referred to as J. B. Johnson, was an American attorney and politician who served as the 22nd Florida Attorney General. Early life and military service Johnson was born in Live ...

(1868–1940), 23rd Florida Attorney General *

John S. Johnson (politician) John S. Johnson (June 6, 1854 – June 23, 1941) was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1897 to 1900. He served as chairman of that chamber's Ways and Means Committee. He resided in Christine, North Dakota. He died during 1 ...

(1854–1941), member of the North Dakota House of Representatives *

John D. Johnson (politician) John D. Johnson is an American academic and politician who is a member of the Utah State Senate from the 3rd district. Elected in November 2020, he assumed office on January 1, 2021. He represented the 19th district between 2021 and 2023 prior t ...

, member of the Utah State Senate

Other countries

*John Johnson, alias of John Cornelius (MP) (died 1567), English politician * Johno Johnson (1930–2017), Australian politician *

John Mercer Johnson John Mercer Johnson (October 1818 – November 8, 1868) was a Canadian lawyer and politician from the Province of New Brunswick, and a Father of Confederation. He represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from ...

(1818–1868), Canadian politician *

John Johnson (diplomat) Sir John Rodney Johnson, KCMG, FRGS (6 September 1930 – 15 October 2018) was a British colonial administrator, diplomat, and academic administrator. After serving in the Colonial Service in Kenya, Johnson joined the Foreign Service, becoming Bri ...

(1930–2018), British colonial administrator and diplomat *

John Smoke Johnson John Smoke Johnson (December 2 or 14, 1792 – August 26, 1886) or Sakayengwaraton (also known as Smoke Johnson), was a Mohawk leader in Canada. After Johnson fought for the British Crown in the War of 1812, he was honoured by his tribal ...

(1792–1886), Mohawk chief * John William Fordham Johnson (1866–1938), lieutenant governor of British Columbia * John Johnson (British politician) (1850–1910), British trade unionist and politician * John Mordaunt Johnson (c. 1776–1815), British diplomat around the time of the Napoleonic Wars * John George Johnson (1829–1896), British Member of Parliament for Exeter

Religious figures

* John Johnson (theologian) (1662–1725), English clergyman and theologian * John Johnson (baptist) (1706–1791), English minister, founder of the Johnsonian Baptists * John Johnson (clergyman) (1769–1833), Church of England clergyman, poet, and editor *

John Johnson (Latter Day Saints) John Johnson Sr. (April 11, 1778 – July 30, 1843) was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement in Ohio. Early life and family Johnson was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. He became a farmer and farmed near Pomfret, Vermont. In 1818, ...

(1778–1843), early Latter Day Saint and owner of the John Johnson Farm, a historical site in Mormonism * Enmegahbowh (c. 1820–1902), also known as John Johnson, first Native American Episcopal priest

Others

* John Johnson (explorer), Arctic explorer and World War II veteran *

John Johnson (inventor) John Johnson (May 28, 1813 – May 3, 1871) was a watchmaker mechanic technician, manufacturer of dental instruments, experimental photographer and inventor. With a business partner, Alexander S. Wolcott, he made the first patented camera th ...

(1813–1871), American pioneer photographer and inventor *

John O. Johnson John O. Johnson (January 10, 1875 - February 1963) was a Norwegian-born, American boat builder, early aviator, and inventor in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Early life and boat building Johnson was born in Oslo, Norway. His mother died when he ...

(1875–1963), American boat builder, aviator and inventor * John H. Johnson (1918–2005), founder of the Johnson Publishing Company (''Ebony'' and ''Jet'' magazines) * John H. Johnson (baseball) (1921–1988), minor league baseball executive * John Seward Johnson I (1895-1983), founded the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution *

Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes (; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated ...

(1570–1606) or John Johnson *John Johnson, one of the

Colchester Martyrs The Colchester Martyrs were 16th-century English Protestant martyrs. They were executed for heresy in Colchester, Essex, during the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary I. Their story is recorded in ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''. 1545 or 1546 " e Henry" a ...

* John & Thomas Johnson, a soap and alkali manufacturing business in Runcorn, Cheshire, England