Thomas Johnson, Tom Johnson or Tommy Johnson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Tom Johnson (composer) Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939) is an American minimalist composer. Early life and career Tom Johnson was born in Greeley, Colorado, where he received a religious education at a Methodist church, which has influenced his work. He received ...

(born 1939), American minimalist composer * Tommy Johnson (tubist) (1935–2006), American orchestral tuba player *

Tommy Johnson (musician) Tommy Johnson (January 1896November 1, 1956) was an American Delta blues musician who recorded in the late 1920s and was known for his eerie falsetto voice and intricate guitar playing. He was unrelated to the blues musician Robert Johnson. Ear ...

(1896–1956), American blues guitarist * Thomas Johnson (music producer) (born 1957), American audio engineer, producer, and musician *

Tom Johnson (sound engineer) Thomas Johnson is a British sound engineer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Sound and has been nominated for seven more in the same category. He has worked on more than 125 films since 1983. Selected filmography Johnson has won two Acad ...

(born 1958), American film sound mixer * Thomas Johnson (animator) (1907–1960), American film animator; most prominently worked for Fleischer Studios *Thomas Johnson, known as

Tommy the Clown Thomas Johnson, also known as Tommy the Clown, is an American dancer best known as the inventor of the "clowning" style of dance, which evolved into krumping. Johnson invented the style in 1992 to enhance birthday party clown acts, thereby creating ...

(active since 1992), American dancer * Tom Loftin Johnson (artist) (1900–1963), American painter and art teacher at West Point *

Tommy Johnson (actor) Tommy Clarence Fredrik Johnson (5 December 1931, in Stockholm – 17 July 2005, in Stockholm) was a Swedish actor. He worked at Uppsala City Theatre and Malmö City Theatre. In 1988 he received the Cornelis Vreeswijk Scholarship. Selected f ...

(1931–2005), Swedish actor

Business

*Thomas Johnson (born in 1810s), namesake of

John & Thomas Johnson John & Thomas Johnson was a soap and alkali manufacturing business in Runcorn, Cheshire, England during the 19th century. John and Thomas Johnson were brothers after whom the business was named. Their father, also named John Johnson, had establ ...

, a soap and alkali manufacturing business * Thomas Fielding Johnson (1828–1921), British businessman and philanthropist * Tom Johnson (journalist) (born 1941), American media executive; publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times'' and president of CNN * Thomas S. Johnson (21st century), American banker

Design

* Thomas Johnson (designer) (1714–1778), English furniture maker, woodcarver and author *

T.C. Johnson Thomas Crossley Johnson was an American firearms designer. The son of a President of the Yale Safe and Iron Company, Johnson was trained as an industrial engineer and worked for several companies prior to employment with the Winchester Repeating A ...

(Thomas Crosley Johnson, 1862–1934), American firearms designer

Politics

U.K.

* Thomas Johnson (died 1569), MP for St Albans and Bossiney * Thomas Johnson (Serjeant-at-Arms) (died 1592), MP for Leicester *

Thomas Johnson (died 1660) Thomas Johnson, Tom Johnson or Tommy Johnson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Tom Johnson (composer) (born 1939), American minimalist composer * Tommy Johnson (tubist) (1935–2006), American orchestral tuba player *Tommy Johnson (musician) ...

, MP for Great Yarmouth *

Thomas Johnson (Liverpool merchant) Sir Thomas Johnson (27 October 1664 – 28 December 1728) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1701 to 1723. Johnson was born in Liverpool in 1664. Left a considerable fortune by his ...

(1664–1728), English Member of Parliament *

Thomas Johnson (Irish politician) Thomas Ryder Johnson (17 May 1872 – 17 January 1963) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist who served as Leader of the Opposition from 1922 to 1927 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1917 to 1927. He served as a Teachta D ...

(1872–1963), Irish nationalist; leader of Irish Labour Party in Irish Parliament *

Tom Johnston (British politician) Thomas Johnston (2 November 1881 – 5 September 1965) was a prominent Scottish socialist journalist who became a politician of the early 20th century, a member of the Labour Party, a member of parliament (MP) and government minister – usu ...

(1881-1965), Secretary of State for Scotland, MP for West Stirlingshire and Dundee

U.S.

* Thomas Johnson (judge) (1732–1819), American jurist; one of the Founding Fathers; Governor of Maryland; Supreme Court justice *

Thomas Johnson (Kansas politician) Thomas Johnson (July 11, 1802 – January 2, 1865) was an American missionary in Kansas who founded the Shawnee Methodist Mission in 1830. It was intended to serve and convert the Shawnee, several hundred of whom had been relocated to Kansas In ...

(1802–1865), American Methodist missionary in Kansas territorial legislature; namesake of Johnson County * Thomas Johnson (Kentucky politician) (1812–1906), Confederate congressman during the early part of the American Civil War * Thomas Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1854–?), Wisconsin State Assemblyman * Tom L. Johnson (1854–1911), U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1891–1895; Mayor of Cleveland, 1901–1909 * Thomas Francis Johnson (1909–1988), U.S. Representative from Maryland * Thomas W. Johnson (active 1977–2006), American politician in Ohio * Tom Johnson (Illinois politician) (born 1945), Illinois State Senator

Other political figures

Thomas Johnson (Australian politician) Thomas Johnson (21 December 1819 – 3 November 1894) was a politician in the British colony of South Australia. Early life He was born in Thirsk, Yorkshire, and served an apprenticeship as a currier, then acted as a leather merchant in Bermo ...

(1819–1894), businessman and MHA in South Australia *

Thomas Alexander Johnson Thomas Alexander Johnson (19 June 1835 – 28 October 1914) was an Irish Australian businessman, Mayor of Warwick and member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Biography Johnson was born at Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1835, ...

(1835–1914), businessman and member of the Queensland Legislative Council *

Thomas Herman Johnson Thomas Herman Johnson (February 12, 1870 – May 20, 1927) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1922, and was a prominent cabinet minister in the government of Tobias Norris. J ...

(1870–1927), Canadian politician in Manitoba

Scholars and academics

* H. Thomas Johnson (born 1938), American accounting historian *

Thomas Johnson (botanist) Thomas Johnson (died 1644) was an English botanist, and a royalist colonel in the English Civil War. He has been called the "father of British field botany". Life Johnson was born at Selby in Yorkshire between 1595 and 1600. He seems to have re ...

(c. 1600–1644), English apothecary and botanist * Thomas Johnson (scholar) (died 1737), English cleric and academic * Thomas Johnson (botany teacher) (1863–1954), English authority on plants; professor of Botany at University College Dublin * Thomas Howard Johnson (21st century), director of the Naval Postgraduate School's Program for Culture & Conflict Studies

Sports

American football

* Thomas Johnson (American football coach) (1917–2007), Negro league baseball player and American football coach *

Thomas Johnson (defensive tackle) Thomas Johnson (born June 24, 1981) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons. He played college football at Middle Tennessee State University. Early ...

(born 1981), American defensive tackle *

Tom Johnson (tackle, born 1931) Thomas Johnson (born January 19, 1931) was an American football player. He played at the defensive and offensive tackle positions for the University of Michigan from 1948 to 1951. He was selected as the most valuable defensive tackle in the Bi ...

, American football offensive/defensive tackle for Michigan and the Green Bay Packers *

Tom Johnson (defensive tackle, born 1984) Tom Johnson (born August 30, 1984), nicknamed Sebastian Thunderbucket, is a former American football defensive tackle. He attended Moss Point High School, where he played as a defensive tackle for two seasons. He played college football at Sout ...

, American defensive tackle drafted by the Indianapolis Colts *

Pepper Johnson Thomas "Pepper" Johnson (born July 29, 1964) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach for the Tampa Bay Bandits of the United States Football League (USFL). He played in the Nat ...

(born 1964), American football linebacker and coach

Association football

Thomas Johnson (South African footballer) Thomas Johnson (1942 – 23 February 2011) was a South African soccer player and manager. He was one of the co-founders of Kaizer Chiefs, the club's first captain and the first head coach of the Kaizer Chiefs team. He also competed in the fir ...

(1942–2011), South African football player and manager *

Tom Johnson (footballer, born 1911) Tom Johnson (4 May 1911 – 19 August 1983) was an English footballer who played as a defender. He made over 250 appearances for Sheffield United, the club which his father and brother also played for. Career Despite his family connections, Jo ...

(1911–1983), English football defender for Sheffield United and Lincoln City * Tom Johnson (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1999), English footballer, Inside Forward for Gateshead and

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

* Tom Johnson (footballer, born 1926), English football left half or forward for Darlington and Bradford Park Avenue *

Tommy Johnson (footballer, born 1901) Thomas Clark Fisher Johnson (19 August 1901 – 28 January 1973) was an English footballer who played as either a centre forward or an inside forward. He started his professional career at Manchester City in 1919, and represented the club ...

(1901–1973), English football forward for Manchester City and Everton *

Tommy Johnson (footballer, born 1971) Thomas Johnson (born 15 January 1971) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a striker notably in the Premier League for Aston Villa and Everton and in the Scottish Premier League for Celtic and ...

, English football striker for Notts County, Derby County, Aston Villa and Celtic

Baseball

Thomas P. Johnson Thomas Phillips Johnson (June 8, 1914 – May 23, 2000) was an American Lawyer, attorney, businessman, philanthropist, Republican Party (United States), Republican Party activist, and sportsman. He was probably best known for being a minority ow ...

(1914–2000), American Major League Baseball team owner (Pittsburgh Pirates) * Tom Johnson (baseball, born 1951), American pitcher for the Minnesota Twins * Tom Johnson (baseball, born 1889) (1889–1926), American pitcher in the Negro leagues * Tommy Johnson (baseball), American pitcher in the Negro leagues

Boxing

Tom Johnson (bareknuckle boxer) Tom Johnson (born Thomas Jackling; c. 1750 – 21 January 1797) was a bare-knuckle fighter who was referred to as the Champion of England between 1784 and 1791. His involvement in pugilistic prizefighting is generally seen to have coin ...

(1750–1797), born Tom Jackling, English bare-knuckle boxer * Tom Johnson (American boxer) (born 1964), American featherweight boxer

Rugby

* Thomas Johnson (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s * Tom Johnson (rugby union, born 1893) (1893–1948), Wales international rugby union player * Tom Johnson (rugby union, born 1982), rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs

Other sports

* Thomas Johnson (cyclist) (Horace Thomas Johnson, 1886–1966), British cyclist in the 1908 Summer Olympics * Tom Johnson (golfer) (born 1981), American member of the PGA tour *

Tom Johnson (ice hockey) Thomas Christian "Tomcat" Johnson (February 18, 1928 – November 21, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and executive. As a player, he played for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. He later s ...

(1928–2007), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Tom Johnson (lacrosse) (born 1985), Canadian lacrosse player * Tom Johnson (runner), American runner third at the 1995

IAU 100 km World Championships The IAU 100 km World Championships have been held annually since 1987, at different locations, and is organized by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). Due to lack of sponsorship, the 2013 event, planned for Jeju Island, South ...

* Tom Johnson (swimming coach) (born 1963), American swim and diving coach

Others

Thomas Johnson (monk) Thomas Johnson, O.Cart., (died 20 September 1537) was a Carthusian hermit who was executed by starvation in Tudor England. He is venerated as a martyr and has been beatified by the Catholic Church. Biography Johnson and other members of the Lon ...

(died 1537), English Carthusian monk * * Thomas Johnson (architect) (c. 1762–1814), British architect *Thomas 15X Johnson (1935–2009), American convicted in the 1965 assassination of

Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of I ...

* Tom Johnson (astronomer) (1923–2012), American astronomer and electrical engineer, founder of Celestron * Tom Johnson (lawyer) (born 1971), American attorney based in Portland, Oregon * Thomas Johnson (murderer) (1898–1939), convicted of a double murder in Dunolly, Victoria * Thomas Hope Johnson (1899–1998), American physicist and cosmic ray researcher

Fictional characters

*Tommy Johnson, blues musician in the 2000 American criminal comedy film ''

O Brother, Where Art Thou? ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' is a 2000 comedy drama film written, produced, co-edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, with Chris Thomas King, John Goodman, Holly Hunter, and ...

'' *Tommy "Banana" Johnson - see List of ''Viz'' comic strips