John Robinson may refer to:

Academics

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Thomas Romney Robinson John Thomas Romney Robinson FRS FRSE (23 April 1792 – 28 February 1882), usually referred to as Thomas Romney Robinson, was a 19th-century Irish astronomer and physicist. He was the longtime director of the Armagh Astronomical Observatory, ...

(1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *

John Talbot Robinson John Talbot Robinson FRSSAf (10 January 1923 – 12 October 2001) was a distinguished South African hominin paleontologist. His most famous discovery (with Robert Broom) was the nearly complete fossil skull of the hominin species '' Australop ...

(1923–2001), paleontologist *

John Alan Robinson John Alan Robinson (9 March 1930 – 5 August 2016) was a philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist. He was a professor emeritus at Syracuse University. Alan Robinson's major contribution is to the foundations of automated theorem pr ...

(1930–2016), British and American philosopher, mathematician, and early computer scientist * John D. Robinson (psychologist) (1946–2021), psychologist and professor of psychiatry and surgery at Howard University *

John Martin Robinson John Martin Robinson FSA (born 1948) is a British architectural historian and officer of arms. He was born in Preston, Lancashire, and educated at Fort Augustus Abbey, a Benedictine school in Scotland, the University of St Andrews (graduating ...

(born 1948), English Officer of Arms and historian * John C. Robinson (biologist) (born 1959), American ornithologist and environmental activist * John R. Robinson, American accountant, professor at the University of Texas at Austin *

John Robinson (Australian statistician) John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist *John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

, professor at Sydney University and 2008 recipient of the Statistical Society of Australia Pitman Medal

Arts and entertainment

Music

* John Robinson (organist) (1682–1762), English organist *

John Robinson (drummer) John Frederick Robinson (born December 29, 1954), known professionally as JR, is an American drummer and session musician who has been called "one of the most recorded drummers in history". He is known for his work with producer Quincy Jones, i ...

(born 1954), American drummer and session musician * Jon-John Robinson (born 1970), American record producer and songwriter *

John Robinson (church musician) John Robinson (born 1983) is an English organist and choral conductor. Currently, he is the Director of Music at Blackburn Cathedral. Robinson is active as an Organ Recitalist, having performed in venues across the US and Europe, and recorded for ...

(born 1983), English organist and choir director

Theatre

John Robinson (English actor) John Robinson (11 November 1908 – 6 March 1979) was an English actor, who was particularly active in the theatre.Pixley, p. 18. Mostly cast in minor and supporting roles in film and television, he is best remembered for being the second acto ...

(1908–1979), British actor, known for ''Quatermass II'' *

John Mark Robinson John Mark Robinson (born 19 July 1948) is an entrepreneur, director, and actor. Films he directed have included ''Roadhouse 66'', ''Kid'', and ''All Tied Up''. He also directed the music videos for various musical artists including Bob Dylan, Tina ...

(born 1948), Canadian-born American designer, director, and actor *

John Robinson (American actor) John Robinson (born October 25, 1985) is an American actor. He portrayed John McFarland in Gus Van Sant's ''Elephant'' and Stacy Peralta in the skateboarding film ''Lords of Dogtown''. Robinson enjoys snowboarding and played lacrosse in high ...

(born 1985), American actor

Visual arts

John Robinson (painter) John Robinson (1715–1745) was an English portrait-painter and draughtsman. Life John Robinson was born at Bath in 1715. He studied under John Vanderbank, and attained some success as a portrait-painter. Having married a wife with a fortune, ...

(1715–1745), English painter * John Henry Robinson (1796–1871), English line engraver *

John Charles Robinson Sir John Charles Robinson (16 December 1824, Nottingham – 10 April 1913, Swanage) was an English painter and etcher, although he is now better remembered as an art collector and curator. Biography He was raised by his grandfather, who was a bo ...

(1824–1913), English painter, art collector, and curator * John N. Robinson (1921–1994), African-American artist *

John Robinson (sculptor) John Robinson (4 May 1935 – 6 April 2007) was a British sculptor and co-founder of the Bradshaw Foundation. Accounts of his work may be seen at the Robinson estate website, the website of the Centre for the Popularisation of Mathematics and t ...

(1935–2007), British sculptor *

John Z. Robinson John Z. Robinson (born 25 May 1953 in Foxton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand painter, printmaker, and jeweller. He has lived in Dunedin, New Zealand since 1978. Education Robinson completed a four-and-a-half-year manufacturing jewellery appren ...

(born 1953), New Zealand artist * John V. Robinson (born 1960), American photographer, writer, and folklorist

Others artists

John Robinson (circus owner) John Franklin Robinson II (4 November 1843 Linden, Alabama – 30 April 1921 Miami, Florida) was a second generation owner and operator of the John Robinson Circus, based in Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the ...

(1843–1921), American owner of the John Robinson Circus

Military

John Robinson (militiaman) John Robinson (July 24, 1735 – June 13, 1805) was a Massachusetts militia and Continental Army officer from Westford, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, during the Battle of Concord, Robinson was the s ...

(1735–1805), American Revolutionary War militia officer * John C. Robinson (1817–1897), Union general in the American Civil War *

John Robinson (Medal of Honor) John Robinson (born 1840, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. A native of Cuba, Robinson joined the Navy from the U.S. state of Maine. By J ...

(1840–?), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * John H. Robinson (Medal of Honor) (1846–1883), Irish Civil War soldier, and Medal of Honor recipient *

John Robinson (aviator) John Charles Robinson (November 26, 1903 – March 27, 1954) was an American aviator and activist who was hailed as the "Brown Condor" for his service in the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force against Fascist Italy. Robinson pushed for equal opportu ...

(1905–1954), American aviator and activist

Politics and law

Canada

John Robinson (businessman) John Robinson (1762 – October 8, 1828) was a merchant and political figure in the pre-Confederation Province of New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the City of Saint John in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1802 to 1809 an ...

(1782–1828), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick *

Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto Sir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet, (26 July 1791 – 31 January 1863) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was considered the leader of the Family Compact, a group of families which effectively controlled the ea ...

(1791–1863), lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada, kinsman of John Robinson (1650–1723) **his son

John Beverley Robinson John Beverley Robinson (February 21, 1821 – June 19, 1896) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman. He was mayor of Toronto and a provincial and federal member of parliament. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario between ...

(1821–1896), Canadian, mayor of Toronto 1856 and Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1880–1887 *

John James Robinson John James Robinson-Owen (January 1811 – 1874) was a naval officer and political figure in England and New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1850 to 1854. He was born in West Ha ...

(1811–1874), naval officer and political figure in England and New Brunswick * John A. Robinson (1867–1929), Scottish-born educator, journalist and political figure in Newfoundland *

John Lyle Robinson John Lyle Robinson (August 28, 1890 – October 29, 1953) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1935 until his death in 1953 sitting with the Social Credit caucus. He served in the governmen ...

(1890–1953), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta

United Kingdom

Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of London Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of London (10 January 1615 – February 1680) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1667. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1662. Family Robinson was the son of Arch ...

(1615–1680), Lord Mayor of London, MP for the City of London, Middlesex and Rye * John Robinson (Liskeard MP) (1620–?), English politician in House of Commons in 1660 *

John Robinson (Harwich MP) John Robinson (1727–1802) was an English lawyer, politician and government official. He was a treasury secretary of obscure origin, characterized by extraordinary diligence, efficiency, persistence, and deep conservatism. Life Born on 15 Jul ...

(1727–1802), British Member of Parliament for Harwich, 1774–1803 *John

Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere John Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere, (22 February 1907 – 3 May 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician who later served as Governor of Bermuda from 1964 to 1972. Early life Robinson was born on 22 February 1907. He was the s ...

(1907–1989), British Conservative politician, Governor of Bermuda, 1964–1972

United States

John Robinson (New York politician) John Robinson (1654-1734) was born in Huntington, New York. He served as a representative of Queens County in the 1691 New York Colonial Assembly to replace John Tredwell after he was arrested on a "scandalous" charge. He is the father of Capta ...

(1654–1734), Member of the New York General Assembly of 1691 *

John Robinson (burgess) John Robinson (1683 - August 24, 1749) was an American planter and politician in the colony of Virginia. Robinson acquired significant landholdings (farmed using enslaved and indentured labor) and held several public offices in Colonial Virginia ...

(died 1749), Virginia planter and politician, father of Speaker John Robinson *

John Robinson (Virginia politician, born 1705) John Robinson, Jr. (February 3, 1705 – May 11, 1766) was an American politician and landowner in the colony of Virginia. Robinson served as Speaker of the House of Burgesses from 1738 until his death, the longest tenure in the history of that o ...

(1705–1766), Speaker of the House of Burgesses in Virginia *

John McCracken Robinson John McCracken Robinson (April 10, 1794April 25, 1843) was a United States senator from Illinois. Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, he attended the common schools and graduated from Transylvania University at Lexington. He studied law, and was adm ...

(1794–1843), U.S. Senator from Illinois *

John S. Robinson (governor) John Staniford Robinson (November 10, 1804 – April 25, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician. He is most notable for his service as the 22nd governor of Vermont, from 1853 to 1854. Biography Robinson was born in Bennington, Vermont, t ...

(1804–1860), 22nd Governor of Vermont * John L. Robinson (1813–1860), U.S. Representative from Indiana *

John Robinson (Virginia politician, born 1822) John Robinson (1822, or October 28, 1825, or 1826 – January 1908) an innkeeper and politician who represented Cumberland County, Virginia in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868 and later served in the Virginia Senate representin ...

(1822–1900), African American state senator in Virginia *

John Mitchell Robinson John Mitchell Robinson (December 6, 1827 – January 14, 1896) was an American jurist who served as chief judge of the supreme court of the U.S. state of Maryland, the Court of Appeals. Early life John Mitchell Robinson was born on December 6, 18 ...

(1827–1896), chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals * John Buchanan Robinson (1846–1933), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania * John Seaton Robinson (1856–1903), Nebraska representative * John Robinson (judge) (1880–1951), Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court * John H. Robinson (diplomat), U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Mexico, 1812–1814 * John H. Robinson (politician) (born 1955), Wisconsin representative *

John Robinson (Maine politician) John C. Robinson (born October 17, 1972) is an American politician and businessperson from Maine. A Republican from Raymond, Maine, Robinson served in the Maine House of Representatives The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of ...

(born 1972), served in the Maine House of Representatives *

John Robinson (agriculture commissioner) John Robinson (March 20, 1831 – March 29, 1899) was a North Carolina politician who served as the third North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture. John Robinson was born on March 20, 1831, in Marlboro County, South Carolina. Shortly after hi ...

, North Carolina politician * John Robinson (US Marshal) (1838–1917), sheriff of Bennington County, Vermont and US Marshal for the District of Vermont * John Trumbull Robinson, American attorney

Religion

John Robinson (pastor) John Robinson (1576–1625) was the pastor of the "Pilgrim Fathers" before they left on the ''Mayflower''. He became one of the early leaders of the English Separatists called Brownists, and is regarded (along with Robert Browne and Henry Barro ...

(1576–1625), English pastor who organized the ''Mayflower'' voyage *

John Robinson (bishop of London) John Robinson (7 November 1650 – 11 April 1723) was an English diplomat and prelate. Early life Robinson was born at Cleasby, North Yorkshire, near Darlington, a son of John Robinson (died 1651) a cooper by trade and Elizabeth Potter. Educate ...

(1650–1723), English diplomat, Bishop of Bristol, Lord Privy Seal etc. * John Robinson (historian) (1774–1840), English cleric * John Edward Robinson (bishop) (1849–1922), Methodist Episcopal missionary bishop who served in India and Burma *

John Robinson (priest) John Joseph Robinson was Dean of Belfast in the first decades of the 20th century. He was born in Dublin in 1852, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1875. His first post was in Stepney, London but he returned to Ireland in 1879 ...

(1852–1916), Dean of Belfast *

John Robinson (bishop of Woolwich) John Arthur Thomas Robinson (16 May 1919 – 5 December 1983) was an English New Testament scholar, author and the Anglican Bishop of Woolwich. He was a lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge, and later Dean of Trinity College until his death in ...

(John Arthur Thomas Robinson, 1919–1983), British Bishop of Woolwich *

John Robinson (Archdeacon of Bedford) John Robinson, D.D. (died 1598) was an English priest and academic in the second half of the 16th century. Robinson was born in Richmondshire and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1564 ...

(died 1598), English priest and academic *

Ken Robinson (priest) John Kenneth Robinson (17 December 1936 – 5 August 2020) was an Anglican priest. Robinson was educated at Balshaw's CE High School, Balshaw's Grammar School, Leyland and trained for the priesthood at King's College London. He was ordained in ...

(John Kenneth Robinson, 1936–2020), Anglican priest and Dean of Gibraltar *

Sir John Freind Robinson, 1st Baronet John Freind Robinson, 1st Baronet (born Freind; 15 February 1754 – 16 April 1832) was Archdeacon of Armagh from 1786 until his resignation in 1797. Life Robinson was the son of Dean William Freind; Henry John Todd, ''Some Account of the D ...

, Archdeacon of Armagh

Sports

* John Robinson (cricketer, born 1868) (1868–1898), English cricketer * John Robinson (sportsman) (1872–1959), English cricketer and rugby union footballer * John Yate Robinson (1885–1916), British field hockey player *

John Robinson (Australian rules footballer) John Ware Robinson (28 December 1891 – 25 February 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He served in the First AIF, and was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1917. ...

(1891–1966), Australian rules footballer * John Robinson (cricketer, born 1909) (1909–1988), English cricketer *

John Robinson (American football coach) John Alexander Robinson (born July 25, 1935) is a former American football player and coach best known for his two stints as head coach of the University of Southern California (USC) football team (1976–1982, 1993–1997) and for his tenure as ...

(born 1935), American football coach *

John Robinson (footballer, born 1971) John Robert Campbell Robinson (born 29 August 1971) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made over 400 appearances during his professional career with Brighton & Hove Albion, Charlton Athletic, Cardiff City ...

(born 1971), Welsh footballer

Others

* John Robinson (17th century), associate of William Shakespeare * John Robinson (merchant), British merchant in the 19th century; see Juan Manuel Canaveris *

John Perry Robinson John Perry Robinson (1810/1811? – 28 January 1865) was the second Superintendent of the Nelson Province in New Zealand. His election came as a surprise, but he proved so popular that he won two subsequent elections with comfortable majorities ...

(1810/11–1865), Superintendent of Nelson Province *

John Robinson (engineer) John Robinson (27 March 1823, Skipton – 9 July 1902, Westwood Hall, Leek, Staffordshire)"John Robinson"< ...

(1823–1902), British locomotive engineer * John Richard Robinson (1828–1903), English journalist *

John Robinson (Natal politician) Sir John Robinson (17 March 1839 – 5 November 1903), born in England, was a journalist and politician. He was the first prime minister of Natal (now part of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa). Early life and career Robinson was born i ...

(1839–1903), prime minister of Colony of Natal *

John Beverley Robinson (anarchist) Egoist anarchism or anarcho-egoism, often shortened as simply egoism, is a school of anarchist thought that originated in the philosophy of Max Stirner, a 19th-century philosopher whose "name appears with familiar regularity in historically or ...

(1853–1923), American anarchist author *

John Moore Robinson John Moore Robinson, (born in Hustonville, Wellington County, Canada West in December 1855 – died February 23, 1934) was a pioneer, rancher, prospector, politician and orchardist who helped shape British Columbia's Okanagan Valley regi ...

(1855–1934), Canadian explorer * John G. Robinson (1856–1943), railway engineer * John Robinson (brewer) (1895–1978), British brewing executive and local politician *

John Edward Robinson John Edward Robinson (born December 27, 1943), also known as the Slavemaster, is an American serial killer, Confidence trick, con man, embezzlement, embezzler, kidnapping, kidnapper, and forger who was found guilty in 2003 for three murders comm ...

(born 1943), American serial killer *

John D. Robinson (disability advocate) John D. Robinson is a congenital quadruple amputee, author, entrepreneur and disability advocate from New York. He is the subject of a public television documentary, "Get Off Your Knees: The John Robinson Story", along with a companion autobiogra ...

(born 1968), American author, entrepreneur, and activist * John Robinson (architect), architect of the Isle of Man who designed two Registered Buildings *

John Robinson (architect, born 1829) John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' * John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *Joh ...

, designer of

St Lawrence and Mary Magdalene Drinking Fountain The St Lawrence and Mary Magdalene Drinking Fountain is a drinking fountain on the eastern side of Carter Lane Gardens near St Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom. Design The fountain was designed by architect John Robinson. It features b ...

, London * John Robinson (estate agent) (died 1927), perpetrator of the Charing Cross Trunk Murder