John Baker or Jon Baker may refer to:

Military figures

John Baker (American Revolutionary War) John Baker (1722–1792) was a militia leader during the American Revolutionary War. Most notably he led the American militia in the Battle of Thomas Creek on May 17, 1777 against the British army of 250. Baker County, Georgia was named after him. ...

(1731–1787), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named *

John Baker (general) General John Stuart Baker (24 February 1936 – 9 July 2007) was a senior Australian Army officer. Entering the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1954, his career culminated with his appointment as Chief of the Defence Force from 1995 t ...

(1936–2007), Australian Chief of the Defence Force * John Baker (Medal of Honor, 1876) (c. 1855–?), American soldier *

John Baker (RAF officer) Air Chief Marshal Sir John Wakeling Baker, (23 October 1897 – 10 March 1978) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the mid-20th century. Flying career Baker was commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery in February 1916.

(1897–1978), British air marshal *

John Baker (Royal Navy officer) Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy), Vice-Admiral John Baker (1660 – 10 November 1716) was an officer of the Royal Navy and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1713 and 1716. He rose to the rank of Vice admiral ...

(1660–1716), English naval officer, MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis * John C. Baker (1919–1996), US Army major general * John Drayton Baker (1915–1942), United States Navy officer * John F. Baker Jr. (1945–2012), American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient

Political figures

* John Baker (fl. 1388), English Member of Parliament (MP) for

Horsham Horsham () is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

, 1388 * John Baker (died 1406), English MP for

Southwark Southwark ( ) is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark. The district, which is the oldest part of South London, developed ...

, 1406 * John Baker (fl. 1407), English MP for Lyme Regis, 1407 * John Baker (MP for Lewes), see

Lewes Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. The town is the administrative centre of the wider Lewes (district), district of the same name. It lies on the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse at the point where the river cuts through the Sou ...

* John Baker (died c.1421), English MP for

Helston Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the The Lizard, Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: ...

, 1414 * John Baker (fl. 1421), English MP for Devizes, 1421 *

John Baker (died 1544) John Baker (by 1503 – 21 January 1544), of Presteigne, Radnorshire was a Welsh politician. He was the son of John Baker of Presteigne. He was appointed High Sheriff of Radnorshire for 1540–1541 and elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament ...

(by 1503–44), English MP for Radnorshire *Sir

John Baker (died 1558) Sir John Baker (1488 – 23 December 1558) was an English politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1545 to his death, having previously been Speaker of the House of Commons of England. Early life Baker was the grandson of Tho ...

(1488–1558), English speaker of the House of Commons * John Baker (MP for Bedford) (by 1501–1538 or later), English mayor and MP of Bedford * John Baker (by 1531–1604/6), English MP for Horsham and Bramber * John Baker (MP for East Grinstead), English MP for

East Grinstead East Grinstead () is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the northeast corner of the county, bord ...

in 1648 *

John Baker (MP for Canterbury) John Baker (c. 1754 - 20 January 1831) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom in 1796 and 1797 and from 1802 to 1818. Baker was the son of George Baker, a surgeon and medical pra ...

(c. 1754–1831), British MP for Canterbury *

John Baker (representative) John Baker (1769 – August 18, 1823) was an American politician and lawyer who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1811 to 1813. Early life John Baker was born in 1769 in Frederick County in the Province of ...

(1769–1823), United States congressman from Virginia *

John Baker (Australian politician) John Baker (28 December 1813 – 19 May 1872) was an early South Australian pastoralist and politician. He was the second Premier of the colony of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Travers Finniss; however, he only held office for 12 days from ...

(1813–1872), briefly the Premier of South Australia *

John Baker John Baker or Jon Baker may refer to: Military figures *John Baker (American Revolutionary War) (1731–1787), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named *John Baker (general) (1936–2007), Australian Chief of the ...

(1812–1897), American politician from Beverly, Massachusetts *Sir

John Baker (Portsmouth MP) Sir John Baker (1828 – 9 November 1909) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected at the 1892 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Portsmouth, and held the seat until his defeat at ...

(1828–1909), British MP for Portsmouth *

John Tamatoa Baker John Tamatoa Baker, also given as John Timoteo Baker, (1852 – September 7, 1921) was a Hawaiian politician, businessman, and rancher who served many political posts in the Kingdom of Hawaii, including Governors of Hawaii (island), Governor of t ...

(1852–1921), Hawaiian rancher, sheriff and governor *

John Baker (Labour politician) John Baker (8 April 1867 – 3 May 1939) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire, he was the son of a bricklayer, also named John Baker. He held various jobs in iron foundries, steelworks, b ...

(1867–1939), British Labour MP for Bilston *

John Baker (Wisconsin politician) John S. Baker was an American politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the leg ...

(1869–?), American politician from Wisconsin *

John Baker (defensive lineman, born 1935) John Haywood Baker Jr. (June 10, 1935 – October 31, 2007), nicknamed "Big John", was an American athlete and law enforcement officer. He played as defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) and was a member of four teams from 1958 ...

(1935–2007), American professional football player and then sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina * John Baker (Indiana politician) (1832–1915), United States congressman from Indiana * John Aaron Baker (1839–1919), American politician in Wisconsin * John S. Baker (1861–1955), American politician from Washington * Sir John Baker, 2nd Baronet (1608–1653), English politician * John A. Baker Jr. (1927–1994), U.S. diplomat *

John Arnold Baker His Honour John Arnold Baker DL (5 November 1925 – 13 June 2016) was a British judge and a Liberal Party politician. Background Baker was born in Calcutta the son of William Sydney Baker, MC and Hilda Dora Swiss. He was educated at Plymouth C ...

(1925–2016), British judge and politician * John Baker II (1780–1843), sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1834–1843 * J. Edwin Baker (1899–1963), American politician, a member of the Florida Senate

Sports figures

Baseball

John Baker (baseball) John David Baker (born January 20, 1981) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played for the Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). In December 2015, Baker was hired as a Baseball O ...

(born 1981), American baseball player * John Franklin Baker or Home Run Baker (1886–1963), American professional baseball player * Johnnie "Dusty" Baker (born 1949), American baseball manager and former player

Gridiron football

(1935–2007), professional football player, sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina * John Baker (defensive lineman, born 1942), American and Canadian football defensive end * John Baker (punter) (born 1977), American football punter * Johnny Baker (guard) (1907–1979), American football player and coach * Johnny Baker (linebacker) (born 1941), American football linebacker and tight end * Jon Baker (linebacker) (1923–1992), American football linebacker * Jon Baker (placekicker) (born 1972), American football placekicker

Other sports

* John Baker (Australian footballer) (1918–1988), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne * John Baker (cricketer) (born 1933), former English cricketer * John Baker (Ghanaian footballer), Ghanaian international footballer in squad that won 1982 African Cup for the fourth time *

John Baker (musher) John Quniaq Baker (born 1962 or 1963 in Kotzebue, Alaska) is a self-employed American dog musher, pilot and motivational speaker of Inupiaq descent who once consistently placed in the top 10 during the long distance Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Ra ...

(born 1962/3), American dogsled racer * John Baker (runner) (1944–1970), American cross-country runner *

John Baker (runner, born 1949) John Baker or Jon Baker may refer to: Military figures *John Baker (American Revolutionary War) (1731–1787), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named *John Baker (general) (1936–2007), Australian Chief of the ...

, American middle-distance runner, 1969 All-American for the

Maryland Terrapins track and field The Maryland Terrapins track and field team is the track and field program that represents University of Maryland, College Park. The Terrapins compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team is based in College Park, ...

team * John Baker (rugby league) (born 1946), Australian rugby league footballer * John Baker (diver) (born 1951), British diver

Music

John Baker (Radiophonic musician) John William Baker (12 October 1937 in Leigh-on-Sea – 7 February 1997 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight) was a British musician and composer who worked in jazz and electronic music. Baker was educated at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied ...

(1937–1997), British composer and musician *John Baker, British musician and member of

The Korgis The Korgis are an English pop band known mainly for their hit single " Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" in 1980. The band was originally composed of singer/guitarist/keyboardist Andy Davis (born Andrew Cresswell-Davis 10 August 1949) and sin ...

(active since 1978) * John Bevan Baker (1926–1994), British composer *John Baker, composer for

ToeJam & Earl ''ToeJam & Earl'' is a 1991 action video game developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions and published by Sega for the Genesis console. It centers on ToeJam and Earl— alien rappers who have crash-landed on Earth—as they attempt to escape th ...

(1991–1994) * Jon Baker (producer) (born 1960), British-Jamaican music industry executive *Jon Baker, musician (active 1989–1991), member of English indie rock band The Charlatans

Science

John Baker (biologist) John Randal Baker FRS (23 October 1900 – 8 June 1984) was an English biologist, zoologist, and microscopist, and a professor at the University of Oxford, where he was Emeritus Reader in Cytology. He received his D.Phil. at the University of ...

(1900–1984), British biologist and anthropologist * John Baker, Baron Baker (1901–1985), British engineer *

John Gilbert Baker John Gilbert Baker (13 January 1834 – 16 August 1920) was an England, English botanist. His son was the botanist Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949). Biography Baker was born in Guisborough in North Yorkshire, the son of John and Mary (née ...

(1834–1920), British botanist * J. N. L. Baker (John Norman Leonard Baker, 1893–1971), British geographer * John Holland Baker (1841–1930), New Zealand surveyor and public servant

Writers

John Baker (legal historian) Sir John Hamilton Baker (born 10 April 1944) is an English legal historian. He was Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge from 1998 to 2011. Biography Baker was born in Sheffield, the son of Kenneth Lee Vincent ...

(born 1944), English legal historian, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge * John Roman Baker (born 1944), British playwright and activist

Religious figures

* John Baker (bishop) (1928–2014), Bishop of Salisbury *John

Gilbert Baker (bishop) John Gilbert Hindley Baker (; 10 October 191029 April 1986) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Hong Kong and Macao (diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong and Macau) from 1966 to 1980. Early life Baker was born in 1910 as ...

(1910–1986), bishop of Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macau *

John Baker (priest) John Baker, D.D. (died 1745), was an English academic, vice-master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Baker was admitted to Westminster School, on the foundation, in 1691, and thence elected to Trinity College in 1695 (B.A. 1698, M.A. 1702, B.D. 1709, ...

(died 1745), English Anglican vice-master of Trinity College, Cambridge

Others

John Baker (barrister) John Baker (1712–1779) was an English barrister, known also as a diarist. He was Attorney General of the Leeward Islands in the 1750s, and a plantation owner on St Kitts. Life He was the second son of Thomas Baker of Chichester (1682–1748), a ...

(1711–1779), English barrister, Solicitor-General of the Leeward Islands (1750–1753) and diarist * John Baker (artist) (1726–1771), English flower painter * John Baker (stained glass artist) (1916–2007), British artist, teacher, conservator and author * John Wynn Baker (died 1775), Irish agricultural economist * John William Baker (c. 1775–1860), plantation owner in Cuba * John Baker (entrepreneur) (born 1976), Canadian businessman, founder and president of D2L *Jon Baker, fictional character in the American TV show ''

CHiPs ''CHiPs'' is an American crime drama television series created by Rick Rosner and originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to May 1, 1983. After the final first-run telecast on NBC in May 1983, the series went into reruns on Sundays fr ...

Given name

* John Baker White (clerk of court) (1794–1862), American military officer, lawyer, court clerk, and civil servant * John Baker White (West Virginia politician) (1868–1944), American military officer, lawyer, and politician in West Virginia * John Baker White (British politician) (1902–1988), British politician