John McGrath may refer to:

Politicians

John J. McGrath John Joseph McGrath (July 23, 1872 – August 25, 1951) was an Irish-American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from California for three terms from 1933 to 1939. Biography McGrath was born in Limerick, Ireland, while the countr ...

(1872–1951), U.S. representative from California * John McGrath (New South Wales politician) (1893–1971), Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *

John McGrath (Victorian politician) John Francis McGrath (7 September 1939 – 4 July 2021) was an Australian politician. He was born in Victoria at Port Fairy, only son to Jack and Mollie. He grew up, with sisters Mary and Cath, on a dairy farm in Killarney and attended St. Br ...

(1939–2021), National member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly *

John McGrath (Western Australian politician) John Edwin McGrath (born 17 June 1947 in Fremantle, Western Australia) is a Western Australian politician and was the Liberal member for the electorate of South Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2005 election. B ...

(born 1947), Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

Footballers

* John McGrath (footballer, born 1932) (born 1932), football inside forward (Notts County and Darlington 1955–59) *

John McGrath (footballer, born 1938) John Thomas McGrath (23 August 1938 – 25 December 1998) was an English footballer and manager in the Football League. He played as a defender, and started his career at Bury from 1955 to 1960. He then spent the next eight years with New ...

(1938–1998), English football centre half (Bury, Newcastle and Southampton 1955–73), later manager * John McGrath (Irish footballer) (born 1980), Irish footballer * Jay McGrath (John-Alan McGrath, born 2003), Irish footballer

Hurlers

* John McGrath (Tipperary hurler) (born 1994), Irish hurler *

John McGrath (Westmeath hurler) John "Jobber" McGrath (1928 – 14 April 1980) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Rickardstown and with the Westmeath senior inter-county team from 1950 until 1965. McGrath was later recognised as "one of the gre ...

(1928–1980), Irish hurler

Other sportsmen

* John McGrath (shot putter), winner of the 1966 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships *

Jack McGrath (racing driver) John James McGrath (October 8, 1919 – November 6, 1955) was an American racecar driver. McGrath died in an accident at Bobby Ball Memorial, he lost control of his car at Turn 3, crashed and flipped, dying instantly. Biography McGrath was born ...

(1919–1955), American racecar driver * John McGrath (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player and political advisor

Performing arts

John McGrath (artistic director) John Edward McGrath (born 5 September 1962) is the British artistic director and chief executive of Aviva Studios, home of Factory International. Manchester International Festival also operates out of this venue run by McGrath and his team bas ...

(born 1962), British artistic director and CEO of Manchester International Festival *

John McGrath (playwright) John Peter McGrath (1 June 1935 – 22 January 2002) was a British playwright and theatre theorist who took up the cause of Socialism in his plays. Early life and career From an Irish Catholic background, McGrath was born in Birkenhead, and edu ...

(1935–2002), Liverpudlian-Irish playwright

Others

* John McGrath (businessman), Australian businessperson * John W. McGrath (1842–1905), American jurist *

Denis McGrath (lawyer) ''For the Canadian–American screenwriter and producer, see Denis McGrath.'' John Denis McGrath (17 June 1910 – 14 June 1986) was a New Zealand local politician and lawyer. He was a Wellington city councillor, serving as deputy mayor betw ...

(John Denis McGrath, 1910–1986), New Zealand lawyer and politician * Sir

John McGrath (judge) Sir John Joseph McGrath (10 March 1945 – 19 October 2018) was a judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, serving in that role from 2005 until 2015.