John Day, John Daye or Jon Day may refer to:

People

Politicians

John Day (Nova Scotia legislator) John Day (before 1755 – November 1775) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Newport Township from 1765 to 1769 and Halifax Township from 1774 to 1775 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was the son of D ...

(died 1775), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia * John Day Jr. (died 1792), soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia * John Day (Liberian judge) (1797–1859), Liberian politician and judge *

John Charles Day Sir John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day (20 June 1826 – 13 June 1908) was amongst the first Catholic judges in England to be appointed after the English Reformation, the first being William Shee. He was also known as a collector of paintings ...

(1826–1908), English judge * John Adam Day (1901–1966), politician in Devon, England * John Day (Indiana politician) (born 1937), Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives *

John Day (Australian politician) John Howard Dadley Day (born 24 December 1955) is a West Australian state politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2017. Persona ...

(born 1955), Western Australian politician * John Day,

Transport Workers Union of America Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. This article disc ...

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Sportspeople

* John Barham Day (1793–1860), English jockey and trainer * John Day (cricketer, born 1812), English cricketer * John Day (horseman) (1819–1883), English jockey and trainer * John B. Day (1847–1925), manager of the New York Giants in 1899 * John Day (jockey) (1856–1885) Australian champion pedestrian and 1870 Melbourne Cup winner * John Day (cricketer, born 1881) (1881–1949), English cricketer

Other people

* John Day (merchant) (fl. 1497–98), English merchant, author of a letter referring to existence of lost book ''

Inventio Fortunata ''Inventio Fortunata'' (also ''Inventio Fortunate'', ''Inventio Fortunat'' or ''Inventio Fortunatae''), "''Fortunate, or fortune-making, discovery''", is a lost book, probably dating from the 14th century, containing a description of the North Pole ...

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John Day (printer) John Day (or Daye) ( – 23 July 1584) was an English Protestant printer. He specialised in printing and distributing Protestant literature and pamphlets, and produced many small-format religious books, such as ABCs, sermons, and translations ...

(c. 1522–1584), English Protestant printer, also known as John Daye *

John Day (dramatist) John Day (1574–1638?) was an English dramatist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Life He was born at Cawston, Norfolk, and educated at Ely. He became a sizar of Caius College, Cambridge, in 1592, but was expelled in the next ye ...

(1574–c. 1638), English dramatist * John Day (carpenter) (c. 1740–1774), first recorded death in a submarine * John Day (trapper) (c. 1770–1820), American hunter and trapper * John Day (architect) (fl. 1798–1802), Irish architect from County Wexford * John Day (priest) (1802–1879), clergyman in the Church of Ireland * John Day (botanist) (1824–1888), English orchid collector and illustrator * John Medway Day (1838–1905), Australian journalist and activist * John Other Day (fl. 1862–1912), Native American who sought peace between Indian tribes and white settlers * John H. Day (1909–1989), South African marine biologist and invertebrate zoologist * John A. Day (1913–2008), American meteorologist, educator and sky-watching evangelist * John Day (historian) (1924–2003), American historian * John E. Day Jr. (1929–1959), American war criminal * John Day (computer scientist) (born 1947), ARPANET pioneer and early RFC contributor *

John Day (RAF officer) Air Chief Marshal Sir John Romney Day, (15 July 1947 – 9 February 2024) was a senior Royal Air Force commander and a military advisor to BAE Systems. Early life and education John Day was born in Gillingham, Kent, England in 1947, however d ...

(1947–2024), British air marshal * Johnny Daye (1948–2017), American soul music singer * John Day (biblical scholar) (born 1948), professor of Old Testament Studies * Jon Day (born 1954), British civil servant *Jon Day (born 1962), member of The Charlatans *

Jon Day (writer) Jon Day is a British writer, critic and academic. He teaches English at King's College London. His essays and reviews have appeared in the ''London Review of Books'', ''n+1'', the ''New York Review of Books,'' ''The Times Literary Supplement,'' an ...

(fl. 2010s), British writer, critic and academic

Places

John Day, Oregon John Day is a city located approximately north of Canyon City, Oregon, Canyon City in Grant County, Oregon, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Routes U.S. Route 26 in Oregon, 26 and U.S. Route 395 (Oregon), 395. The city was named for the ...

, a city *

John Day River The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the fourth longest ...

, a tributary of the Columbia River in northeastern Oregon *

John Day River (northwestern Oregon) The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. The river rises in the Northern Oregon Coast Range in Clatsop County, Oregon, Clatsop County at . Flowing generally north ...

, a different tributary of the Columbia River

Other uses

* ''John Day'' (film), a 2013 Indian film *

John Day Company The John Day Company was a New York City-based publishing firm that specialized in illustrated fiction and current affairs books and pamphlets from 1926 to 1968. It was founded by Richard J. Walsh (publisher), Richard J. Walsh in 1926 and named a ...