St John (name)

St John or St. John is a given name and surname. It can be pronounced or sometimes in some places, particularly if it is the first part of a hyphenated family name or a given name. Use of the full stop separator (period) is uncommon in some countries, especially those that use Commonwealth English.

People with the given name

*St John Ellis (1964–2005), British Rugby League player
*St John Ervine, Irish writer
*Oliver St. John Gogarty, Irish doctor, poet, author, and politician
* St John Groser, Anglican priest and Christian socialist
*St John Hornby (1867–1946), British businessman
*St John Horsfall, British motor racing driver
*St John O'Neill (1741–1790), Irish MP for Randalstown
*Saint-John Perse, pseudonym of Alexis Leger (1887–1975), French poet and diplomat
*St John Philby (1885–1960), British civil servant and explorer in Arabia

Fictional characters with the given name

*St. John Allerdyce, real name of Pyro, fictional supervillain
*St John Colchester, in the ''Torchwood'' audio drama series
*St. John Hawke, in the American TV series ''Airwolf''
*St. John Quartermaine, in Quartermaine's Terms, the play by Simon Gray
*St. John Rivers, clergyman in Charlotte Brontë's ''Jane Eyre''
*St. John Talbot, in the film '' Star Trek V: The Final Frontier''
*St. John Powell, partner of fictional advertising firm Putnam, Powell and Lowe in American TV series ''Mad Men''
*James St. John Smythe, alias used by fictional spy James Bond whilst posing as a horse buyer in ''A View to a Kill''
*St. John Gurney-Clifford, in British TV series ''Grantchester''

People with the surname

*Alex St. John, American programmer
*Al St. John, American comic actor
*Ambrose St. John (1815–1875), English priest and convert to Catholicism
* Andrew St. John, American actor
*Annie St John, British television presenter
* Archer St. John (1904–1955), American comic book publisher
*Austin St. John, American actor
* Bayle St. John, British writer
* Bert St. John, Australian tennis player
* Betta St. John, American actress
* Beverly St. John, American church elder
*Bridget St John, British singer
*Caroline St John-Brooks, English journalist
* Charles St. John, 19th-century U.S. Representative from New York
* Charles Edward St. John (1857–1935), American astronomer
*Cheryl St. John, American author
*Cornelia Laws St. John (died 1902), American poet
*Cynthia Morgan St. John (1852–1919), American Wordsworthian, book collector, and author
*Daniel B. St. John, 19th-century U.S. Representative from New York
*Dai St. John, Welsh heavyweight boxer
*David St. John, American poet
* Del St. John, Canadian hockey player
*Douglas St. John, New Zealand cricketer
*Earl St. John, American-born producer
*Edward St John (1916–1994), Australian politician
*Florence St. John, English actress and singer
*Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke
*George St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke
*Gina St. John, American actress
*Harold St. John, American botanist
*Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian politician
*Helen St. John, American musician
*Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751), English statesman and philosopher
* Henry St. John (congressman), 19th-century U.S. Representative from Ohio
* Henry Beauchamp St John, British Army officer
*Howard St. John, American actor
*Ian St John (1938–2021), Scottish footballer, manager and pundit
* Isaac M. St. John (1827–1880), Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War
*J. Allen St. John, American author, artist and illustrator
* James Augustus St. John (1795–1875), British author and traveller
*Jane Martha St. John (1801–1882), British amateur photographer
*Jill St. John, American film and television actress
* John St. John (disambiguation), several people
*Jon St. John, American voice actor and singer
* Joseph St. John, Canadian politician
*Jude St. John, Canadian football league player
*Julia St. John, English actress
*Kate St John, British musician and composer
*Kristoff St. John, American actor
*Lara St. John, Canadian violinist
*Locke St. John, American baseball player
*Lynn St. John, American sports coach
*Madeleine St John, Australian author
*Marco St. John, American actor
*Mark St. John, American guitarist
* Mary Louise St. John, American nun
*Mia St. John, American boxer
*Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, British politician
*Oliver St John (ca. 1598–1673), English statesman and judge
*Oliver St John (civil servant), British administrator of India
*Pat St. John, American DJ
* Patricia St. John, British writer
*Pete St. John, Irish singer
*Powell St. John, American singer and songwriter
*Ray St. John, British musician
*Richard Fleming St Andrew St John (1839–1919), English orientalist
* Robert St. John (1902–2003), American author, broadcaster, and journalist
*Scott St. John, Canadian musician
* Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Native American poet
*Spenser St. John, British Consul in Brunei (19th century)
*Trevor St. John, American actor
*Warren St. John, American author

Baronets of Lydiard Tregoze (1611)
*Sir John St John, 1st Baronet (1585–1648), Member of Parliament and prominent Royalist

Barons St John of Bletso (1559)

*John St John, 2nd Baron St John of Bletso (died 1596)
*Oliver St John, 5th Baron St John of Bletso
**Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke (1580?–1646), known from 1618 until 1624 as 4th Baron St John of Bletso, English nobleman and politician
* Paulet St Andrew St John, 8th Baron St John of Bletso
*John St John, 11th Baron St John of Bletso (died 1757)
*John St John, 12th Baron St John of Bletso (died 1767)
*St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso
*St Andrew St John, 15th Baron St John of Bletso
*Beauchamp St John, 17th Baron St John of Bletso
*Mowbray St John, 19th Baron St John of Bletso
*John St John, 20th Baron St John of Bletso (1917–1976)
*Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso

Fictional characters with the surname

* Alexandria St. John, in the American TV series ''The Vampire Diaries''
*Dalton St. John, in the American TV series ''The Vampire Diaries''
*Deacon St. John, protagonist in the video game ''Days Gone''
*Mick St. John, one of the main characters in the American TV series ''Moonlight''
*Peter St. John (Mandala), in the British comic book series ''Zenith''
* Lorenzo St. John, a vampire in the American TV series ''The Vampire Diaries''
*Virginia St. John, in the American TV series ''The Vampire Diaries''

See also

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*Matthias Sention, Sr. (1603–1669), founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut and ancestor of many people with the surname St. John in America
*St John-Mildmay Baronets
* St John Baronets, of Northwood (1660)
*Viscount Bolingbroke
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