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Public officials


American

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John O'Brien (Ohio politician) John O'Brien (1932 - 1985) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. A Republican, Mr. O'Brien was elected to the Ohio House in November 1980 and took office Jan. 3, 1981. He died in office March 30, 1985, and was succeeded by his widow ...
(1932–1985), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives * John D. O'Brien, state senator in the 1997–1998 Massachusetts legislature * John F. O'Brien (secretary of state) (c. 1850–1927), Secretary of State of New York, 1903–1906 * John F. O'Brien (judge) (1874–1939), New York Court of Appeals judge * John H. O'Brien, 4th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York * John J. O'Brien (civil servant) (1919–2001), investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy * John J. O'Brien (commissioner), former commissioner of the Massachusetts Probation Service * John P. O'Brien (1873–1951), 98th mayor of New York City * John L. O'Brien (1911–2007), American politician in the Washington House of Representatives


Irish

* John O'Brien (bishop) (died 1767), Irish Bishop of Cork and Cloyne *
John O'Brien (Irish politician) John O'Brien (6 December 1794 – 6 February 1855) was an Irish MP who represented Limerick City in the UK Parliament 1841–1852. O'Brien was the eldest son of James O'Brien of Limerick and Margaret Long, daughter of Peter Long of Waterford. J ...
(1794–1855), MP for Limerick City in the UK Parliament 1841–1852 * John O'Brien (priest) (1931–2008), Irish Roman Catholic priest and musician * John Thomond O'Brien (1786–1861), Irish soldier in the Argentine War of Independence *
Joseph O'Sullivan Joseph O'Sullivan (25 January 1897 – 10 August 1922), along with fellow Irish Republican Army (IRA) (London Battalion) volunteer Reginald Dunne, shot dead Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson outside Wilson's home at 36 Eaton Place, Belgravia, Lo ...
, who assumed the name "John O'Brien" while under arrest for the 1922 assassination of
Sir Henry Wilson Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the First World War and was briefly an Unionism in Ireland, Irish unio ...


British

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John O'Brien (British politician) John O'Brien (20 January 1922 – 21 September 1982) was a British far right politician, known for being a leading figure on the far-right during the early 1970s. Background John O'Brien was born in Shropshire in 1922. He was educated at St Pete ...
(died 1982), far right figure, onetime leader of the British National Front *Sir
Terence O'Brien (colonial administrator) Major General Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien (23 April 1830 – 25 February 1903) was a surveyor, engineer and colonial governor. Born in Manchester, England, O'Brien studied at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and then attended the Royal Mil ...
(John Terence Nicholls O'Brien, 1830–1904), British surveyor, engineer and colonial governor


Canadian

* John O'Brien (admiral) (1918–1996), commander of the Royal Canadian Navy * John O'Brien (Canadian politician) (1847–1917), merchant and member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick


New Zealand

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John O'Brien (New Zealand politician) John Bernard O'Brien (31 July 1925 – 12 October 1990) was a political candidate and party leader of Social Credit in New Zealand. Biography O'Brien was the Social Credit Party candidate for the Manawatu electorate in the 1957 and 1960 gene ...
(1925–1990), New Zealand political candidate and party leader


Australian

* John O'Brien (Australian politician) (1866–1932), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * John O'Brien (Australian Army officer) (1908–1980), Australian major general and Mayor of Woollahra


Sportspeople


Baseball

* John O'Brien (outfielder) (1851–1914), baseball outfielder * John O'Brien (second baseman) (1866–1913), baseball infielder *
Johnny O'Brien John Thomas O'Brien (December 11, 1930 – June 13, 2025) was an American second baseman and pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1953, 1955–58), St. Louis Cardinals (1958) and Milwaukee Braves (1959). O'Bri ...
(1930–2025), 1950s baseball second baseman *
Cinders O'Brien John F. "Cinders" O'Brien ''AKA: Darby O'Brien'' (April 15, 1867 – March 11, 1892) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from to . He played with the Cleveland Infants, Cleveland Spiders, and Boston Reds. He had a 3.68 ERA at the end ...
(John F. O'Brien, 1867–1892), baseball pitcher


Footballers

* John O'Brien (Dublin footballer), senior inter-county Gaelic footballer for Dublin and Round Towers, Clondalkin * John O'Brien (Louth footballer) (born 1985), Gaelic footballer for Louth *
John O'Brien (soccer) Jonathan Patrick O'Brien (born August 29, 1977) is an American former soccer player. After retiring, he pursued a career in psychology. O'Brien was one of the first Americans to earn a starting spot with a major European team, with Ajax Amster ...
(born 1977), American soccer player * Jon O'Brien (born 1961), English footballer


Other sports

* John O'Brien (basketball, born 1888) (1888–1967), American basketball referee and executive * John O'Brien (basketball, born 1916) (1916–1994), American professional basketball player in the 1940s * John O'Brien (boxer) (1937–1979), Scottish boxer of the 1960s and '70s * John O'Brien (cricketer, born 1961), English cricketer * John O'Brien (Irish cricketer) (1866–1920), Irish cricketer * John O'Brien (hurler) (born 1982), Irish hurler * John O'Brien (rower) (1927–1995), New Zealand representative rower * John O'Brien (tennis) (born 1932), Australian tennis player and hostage in the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis *
John O'Brien (water polo) John O'Brien (8 October 1931 – 13 May 2020) was an Australian water polo player. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. In 2010, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame The Water Polo Austr ...
(1931–2020), Australian Olympic water polo player *John
Ambrose O'Brien John Ambrose O'Brien (May 27, 1885 – April 24, 1968) was a Canadian industrialist and sports team owner. He was a founder of the National Hockey Association (NHA), owner of the Renfrew Millionaires and the founding owner of the Montreal Canad ...
(1885–1968), founding owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team * John O'Brien (businessman), British businessman


Other people

* John O'Brien (marine artist) (1831–1891), Canadian marine artist * John O'Brien, the original name of stage actor John T. Raymond (1836–1887) *
John O'Brien (poet) Monsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan (13 October 1878 – 27 December 1952) was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poet, writing under the name John O'Brien. Life Born at Yass, New South Wales Patrick Joseph Hartigan studie ...
(1878–1952), Australian priest, poet and author *
John B. O'Brien John B. "Jack" O'Brien (December 13, 1884 – August 15, 1936) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1909 and 1936. He also directed 53 films between 1914 and 1926. Biography O' ...
(1884–1936), American actor and director *
John O'Brien (publisher) John O'Brien (November 10, 1945 – November 21, 2020) was an Irish American publisher, editor, author, and academic. He founded the journal '' Review of Contemporary Fiction'' in 1980, and the independent press Dalkey Archive Press in 1984. In th ...
, Irish American publisher and academic * John O'Brien (novelist) (1960–1994), American author * John O'Brien (filmmaker) (born 1962), Vermont film director * John O'Brien (advocate), disability inclusion advocate and writer * John O'Brien (screenwriter), screenwriter of ''
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'' and ''K-9'' * John Roger O'Brien (1903–1982), birth name of
Jack O'Brien (jazz pianist) Jack "Bones" O'Brien ''(né'' John Roger O'Brien; 16 October 1903 – 12 October 1982) was an American jazz pianist and songwriter from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Notably, O'Brien was pianist, composer, and arranger with the Ted Weems orchestra f ...
* Johnny B. O'Brien, one of The 2 Johnnies, Ireland


See also

* Jack O'Brien (disambiguation) * Sean O'Brien (disambiguation) {{hndis, Obrien, John