John Stewart may refer to:

Business

John Aikman Stewart John Aikman Stewart (August 26, 1822 – December 18, 1926) was a New York City banker who during the administration of Grover Cleveland replenished the nation's gold supply by issuing new bonds. He was also the third person in its history to ser ...

(1822–1926), American banker * John Killough Stewart (1867–1938), businessman and philanthropist in Queensland, Australia * John K. Stewart (1870–1916), American entrepreneur and inventor * John Leighton Stewart (1876–1940), American newspaper publisher * Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Fingask (1877–1924), Scottish whisky distiller * John Stewart (businessman) (born 1949), British businessman

Entertainment

Johnnie Stewart Lorn Alastair "Johnnie" Stewart (7 November 1917 – 29 April 2005) was a British television producer who worked for the BBC. In 1964, he co-created and co-produced the long-running music programme ''Top of the Pops'' with Stanley Dorfman and ...

(1917–2005), British radio and TV producer, creator of ''Top of the Pops'' *

John Stewart (musician) John Coburn Stewart (September 5, 1939 – January 19, 2008) was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with the Kingston Trio (1961–1967) and as a popular mu ...

(1939–2008), American singer-songwriter, member of The Kingston Trio *

John Stewart (tenor) John Harger Stewart (born March 31, 1940) is an American tenor, conductor, and voice teacher who had an active international singing career in concerts and operas from 1964 to 1990. He began his career singing regularly with the Santa Fe Opera fr ...

(born 1940), American opera singer *

Jon Stewart Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host. The long-running host of ''The Daily Show'' on Comedy Central from 1999 to 20 ...

(born 1962), American comedian, author, television host * John Clarence Stewart (born 1988), American actor and singer

Military

* John Stewart (constable of Stirling Castle) (fl. 1576–1581), Scottish soldier * Lord John Stewart (1621–1644), Scottish aristocrat who served as a Royalist commander in the English Civil War *

John Stewart (of Livingstone) Colonel John Stewart (died 1726) was a Scottish professional soldier, first in the Scottish Army and then (after the Acts of Union 1707, Union with England) in the British Army. He served with the army in Scotland, France and Flanders, and held ...

(died 1726), Scottish army officer and MP for Kirkcudbright Stewartry, 1708–15 * John Roy Stewart (1700–1752), officer in the Jacobite army of 1745 and poet *

John Stewart (British Army officer, died 1796) John Stewart (c. 1709 – 1796), of Pittendriech, Edinburgh, was a Scottish mercenary soldier and politician. He was the son of Francis Stuart, 7th Earl of Moray and his second wife Jean, the daughter of John Elphinstone, 4th Lord Balmerino. H ...

(1709–1796), Scottish officer in the Dutch Army and MP for Anstruther Burghs * J. D. H. Stewart (John Donald Hamill Stewart, 1845–1884), British Army officer, aide to General Gordon at Khartoum * John Stewart of Ardvorlich (1904–1985), British Army officer and historian

Politics and government

Australia

John Stewart (New South Wales colonial politician) John Stewart (1 October 1810 – 30 July 1896) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Northumberland to estate agent Malcolm Stewart and Elizabeth Scott. He graduated from the Royal Veterinary College at Edinburgh in 1 ...

(1810–1896), New South Wales colonial MLA * John Stewart (Western Australian politician) (1868–1927), MLA in Western Australia * John Stewart (New South Wales Labor politician) (1876–1957), New South Wales state MLC

Canada

* John Stewart (Prince Edward Island politician) (–1834), Scottish-born army officer and politician *

John Duncan Stewart John Duncan Stewart (October 16, 1859 – 1921) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Cannington in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1921 as a Liberal. He was born in Perth County, Canada W ...

(1839–1921), farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan * John Alexander Stewart (politician) (1867–1922), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario * John Smith Stewart (1878–1970), Canadian Member of Parliament from Alberta * John Benjamin Stewart (1924–2015), Canadian Member of Parliament from Nova Scotia *

John Stewart (Toronto politician) The Reform Party of Canada fielded several candidates in the 1997 federal election, and won 60 seats out of 301 to form the Official Opposition. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found ...

, Reform Party of Canada candidate in the 1997 Canadian federal election

New Zealand

John Stewart (New Zealand politician) John "Jock" Skinner Stewart (23 April 1902 – 5 February 1973) was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party. Biography Early life and career Stewart was born in Greenock, Scotland and served in the British Army d ...

(1902–1973), New Zealand politician

United Kingdom

John Stewart (Wigtownshire MP, died 1748) John Stewart (after 1670 – 22 April 1748) of Sorbie, Wigtown was a Scottish soldier and politician who sat in the Scottish Parliament from 1702 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1707 and 1727. Stewart was born after 1670, the ...

, MP for Scotland in the first Parliament of Great Britain and later for Wigtownshire *

John Stewart (Wigtownshire MP, died 1769) John Stewart (died 1769), of Castle Stewart, Wigtownshire, was a Scottish politician. He was a Member (MP) for Wigtownshire Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown (, ) is one of the Counties of Scotland, historic counties of Scotland, coverin ...

, of Castle Stewart, Scottish Member of Parliament for Wigtownshire *

John Stewart (Arundel MP) John Stewart (c.1723–81), of York Buildings, Buckingham Street, London and Mitcham, Surrey, was an English politician. The son of Archibald Stewart and his wife Grizel Gordon, John Stewart was a wine merchant and M.P. of the Parliament of ...

(1720s–1781), British Member of Parliament for Arundel *

John Stewart (Camelford MP) John Stewart (c. 1755 – 1826), of 3D, The Albany, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Camelford from 17 April 1819 to 16 June 1819 but was unseat ...

(1755–1826), West India planter and MP for Camelford *

Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet, of Athenree Sir John Stewart, 1st Baronet (''c.''1758 – 22 June 1825) was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was a son of Church of Ireland clergyman, the Reverend Hugh Stewart, Rector of Termonmaguirk, County Tyrone and Sarah Hamilton, daughter of the V ...

(1758–1825), MP for Tyrone 1802–1806 and 1812–1825 * John Stewart (Beverley MP) (1784–1873), British Member of Parliament for Beverley * John Stewart (Lymington MP) (1789–1860), British Member of Parliament for Lymington * John Stewart (Glasgow politician) (1867–1947), Lord Provost of Glasgow * John D. Stewart (writer) (1917–1988), Northern Irish author, activist, and playwright * John Stewart (diplomat) (1927–1995), British geologist, colonial administrator, first British ambassador to unified Vietnam *

Allan Stewart (politician) John Allan Stewart (1 June 1942 – 7 December 2016) was a Scottish Conservative politician and Scottish Office minister. Early life Stewart was born on 1 June 1942 in North Fife. He attended Bell Baxter High School in Cupar. He then studied at ...

(John Allan Stewart, 1942–2016), Scottish Member of Parliament *

John Stewart (Northern Ireland politician) John Stewart (born 9 April 1983) is an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) politician and businessman who has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for East Antrim since 2017. Stewart is Deputy Chairperson of the Assembly's Infrastruct ...

(born 1983), unionist politician

United States

* John Stewart (Pennsylvania politician) (died 1820), United States Representative from Pennsylvania * John Stewart (Connecticut politician) (1795–1860), United States Representative from Connecticut * John Stewart (Illinois politician) (1825–1915), member of the Illinois House of Representatives * John Wesley Stewart (1822–1899), American politician in Wisconsin and Illinois * John Wolcott Stewart (1825–1915), United States Senator from Vermont * John D. Stewart (politician) (1833–1894), United States Representative from Georgia * John Knox Stewart (1853–1919), United States Representative from New York * J. George Stewart (1890–1970), United States Representative from Delaware and Architect of the Capitol * John C. Stewart (born 1949), member of the Michigan House of Representatives

Royalty and aristocracy

* Sir John Stewart (knight, died 1298), son of Alexander, 4th High Steward of Scotland *

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Angus John Stewart, 1st Earl of Angus, Lord of Bonkyl, ''jure uxoris'' Lord of Abernethy (died 9 December 1331) was a medieval Scottish nobleman. Stewart was the son of Sir Alexander Stewart of Bonkyll, great-grandson of Alexander Stewart, 4th Hig ...

(died 1331), Scottish nobleman *

Robert III of Scotland Robert III ( – 4 April 1406), born John Stewart, was King of Scots from 1390 to his death in 1406. He was also High Steward of Scotland from 1371 to 1390 and held the titles of Earl of Atholl (1367–1390) and Earl of Carrick (1368–1390 ...

(c. 1337–1406), who before he became king was known as John Stewart, Earl of Carrick * Sir

John Stewart of Darnley Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Comte d'Évreux, 1st Seigneur de Concressault, 1st Seigneur d'Aubigny (1429) was a Scottish nobleman and famous military commander who served as Constable of the Scottish Army in France, supporting the French ag ...

(c. 1380–1429), Scottish nobleman, Lord of Concressault, Aubigny, Count of Évreux * John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (1381–1424), Constable of France * John Stewart of Ralston (fl. 1436), Scottish nobleman, half-brother of King Robert II * John Stewart, 3rd Lord of Aubigny (died 1482), Scottish and French nobleman, son of Sir John Stewart of Darnley *

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox (before 14308 July/11 September 1495) was a Scottish earl. He was known as Lord Darnley and later as the Earl of Lennox. Family Stewart was the son of Catherine Seton and Alan Stewart of Darnley, a direct des ...

, (c. 1430–1495), Scottish nobleman *

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (15 September 1512), also known as Sir John Stewart of Balveny, was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman and ambassador. Life He was the eldest child of Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland, Joan Beaufort, widow of James I ...

(c. 1440–1512), Scottish nobleman and ambassador to England, 1484 * John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1479) (c. 1456–c. 1479), youngest son of King James II of Scotland *

John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl ( – ) was the second Earl of Atholl. He fought in the Battle of Flodden on 9 September 1513. Biography He was born after 1475 to John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Eleanor Sinclair. He married Lady Janet Ca ...

(c. 1475–c.1522), Scottish nobleman, son of the 1st Earl of Atholl * John Stewart, Earl of Mar (died 1503) (c. 1479–1503), youngest son of King James III of Scotland, nephew of the Earl of Mar (died 1479) *

John Stewart, Duke of Albany John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (8 July 1482 – 2 June 1536) was the regent of the Kingdom of Scotland and the count of Auvergne and Lauraguais in France. Early life John was a son of Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany, son of King James I ...

(1481/1484–1536), regent of the Kingdom of Scotland, nephew of the Earl of Mar (died 1479) * John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox (c. 1490–1526), Scottish magnate, grandson of the 1st Earl of Lennox * John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Buchan (c. 1498–c. 1551), Scottish nobleman * John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl (1507–1542), Scottish nobleman, son of the 2nd Earl of Atholl * Sir

John Stewart of Minto Sir John Stewart of Minto (1525–1583) was a Provost of Glasgow. He was the son of Robert Stewart of Minto, also a Provost of Glasgow, and Janet Murray. Their ancestral lands were at Minto in the Scottish borders. His uncle John Stewart was Lor ...

(1525–1583), provost of Glasgow *

John Stewart, Commendator of Coldingham John Stewart, Commendator of Coldingham (1531–1563) was a Scottish landowner. He was a son of Elizabeth Carmichael (1514–1550) and James V of Scotland. His mother later married John Somerville of Cambusnethan. Career As a child, John Stewa ...

(1531–1563), illegitimate son of King James V of Scotland *

John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl (died 25 April 1579), called the Fair, was a Scottish nobleman and courtier. He was favoured by Mary, Queen of Scots, but later turned against her. Biography Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Ath ...

(died 1579), Scottish nobleman, son of the 3rd Earl of Atholl *

John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl John Stewart, 5th Earl of Atholl, (1563–1595) was a Scottish landowner. John Stewart was the son of John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl and Margaret Fleming, daughter of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming and Janet Stewart. In 1578 he married ...

(1563–1595), Scottish nobleman, son of the 4th Earl of Atholl * John Stewart of Traquair (died 1591), Scottish landowner *

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1566–1603) John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1566-1603) was a Scottish landowner. John Stewart was sixth Lord Innermeath and made Earl of Atholl in 1596. His parents were James Stewart, 5th Lord Innermeath and Helen Ogilvy, a daughter of James Ogilvy, Lo ...

, Scottish landowner * Sir John Stewart of Methven (died 1628), governor of Dumbarton Castle and admiral of the Western Seas *

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair (died 27 March 1659) was a Scottish statesman who was created Baron Stewart of Traquair in 1628 and Earl of Traquair in 1633. Life He was the son of John Stewart, the Younger, of Traquair in Peeblesshire, ...

(died 1659), Scottish statesman * John Stewart, Earl of Carrick (died c. 1645), Scottish nobleman, third son of Robert, Earl of Orkney * John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (1736–1806), Scottish peer *

John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl, KT (6 August 1840 – 20 January 1917), styled Marquess of Tullibardine between 1846 and 1864, was a Scottish peer. Background and education Atholl was the only child of George Mu ...

(1840–1917), Scottish peer *

John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl, (15 December 1871 – 16 March 1942), styled Marquess of Tullibardine until 1917, was a British soldier and Unionist politician. Early life Styled Marquess of Tullibardine from birth, he was bor ...

(1871–1942), Scottish soldier and Conservative politician

Science

* John Vandeleur Stewart (1804–1872), Irish naturalist, ornithologist * John Stewart of Nateby Hall (1813–1867), Scottish naturalist *

John Tiffin Stewart John Tiffin Stewart (18 November 1827 – 19 April 1913) was a notable New Zealand civil engineer and surveyor and mapper. He was born in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland, in 1827 and was married to the social activist Frances Stewart. He is the fa ...

(1827–1913), New Zealand civil engineer and surveyor *

John Lindsay Stewart John Lindsay Stewart (13 December 1831 – 7 July 1873) was a 19th-century Scottish botanist remembered for his conservation of Indian forests. Life Stewart was born in Fettercairn, Dalladies, where his father was a farmer. He studied Medi ...

(1831–1873), Scottish botanist *

John Quincy Stewart John Quincy Stewart (September 10, 1894 – March 19, 1972) was an American astrophysicist. He obtained his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1919. He taught astrophysics at Princeton from 1921 until he retired in 1963. Stewart ...

(1894–1972), American astrophysicist

Sports

Football and rugby

John P. Stewart John Pogue Stewart (June 1, 1876 – January 27, 1922) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the fifth head football coach at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois, serving for four seasons, from 1903 to 1906, compiling a ...

(fl. 1903–1906), American football coach * Johnny Stewart (footballer, born 1872), English footballer * John W. Stewart (American football) (1889–1943), American football, basketball, and track coach, college athletics administrator * John Stewart (footballer, born 1914) (1914–?), Scottish footballer * Jackie Stewart (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1990), Scottish footballer *

JJ Stewart John Joseph Stewart (18 July 1923 – 15 November 2002), generally known as JJ Stewart, was a New Zealand rugby union coach and administrator, and secondary school teacher. His obituary said that in 1973 when he took over as All Blacks coach, he ...

(1923–2002), New Zealand rugby union coach * Jackie Stewart (footballer, born 1929) (1929–2004), Scottish footballer *

John Stewart (footballer, born 1937) John Barry Stewart (born 28 March 1937) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for York City, in non-League football for Whitby Town, and was on the books of Darlington Darlington is a ...

, English footballer * John Stewart (footballer, born 1948), English footballer who played for

Dallas Tornado The Dallas Tornado was a soccer team based in Dallas, Texas that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1967 to 1981. Of the twelve teams that comprised the U.S. in 1967, the Tornado franchise played the longest–15 seasons. T ...

1967–69 * John Stewart (footballer, born 1985), Scottish footballer *

Jonathan Stewart Jonathan Creon Stewart (born March 21, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oregon Ducks, earning All-American honors. Stewar ...

(born 1987), American football player * John Stewart (rugby union) (born 1988), Fijian rugby union player * Jonny Stewart (born 1990), Scottish footballer

Other sports

* John Stewart (cricketer) (fl. 1792–1797), English cricketer * Stuffy Stewart (1894–1980), American baseball player * Jack Stewart (ice hockey) (1917–1983), Canadian ice hockey player * Sir

Jackie Stewart Sir John Young "Jackie" Stewart (born 11 June 1939) is a British former racing driver, sports broadcasting, broadcaster and motorsport executive from Scotland, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "the Flying Scottish people, Scot" ...

(born 1939), Scottish racing driver * John Stewart (ice hockey, born 1950), Canadian ice hockey player *

John Stewart (ice hockey, born 1954) :''See also John Stewart (ice hockey, born 1950)'' John Christopher Stewart (born January 2, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He played 271 games in the World Hockey Association and 2 games in the National Hockey League ...

, Canadian ice hockey player

Other people

John Stewart of Baldynneis John Stewart of Baldynneis (c. 1545–c. 1605) was a writer and courtier at the Scottish Court. He was one of the Castalian Band grouped around James VI. He was the son of Elizabeth Beaton, a former mistress of James V, and John Stewart, 4th Lo ...

(c. 1545–c. 1605), Scottish courtier and writer *

John Stewart (minister) John Stewart was a 17th-century Scottish minister. Early life He graduated from The University and King's College, Aberdeen, King's College of Aberdeen, Scotland in 1649. He was licensed as a minister on 5 April 1654 in the Presbytery of Old ...

(1743–1821), Scottish minister and Gaelic scholar * Walking Stewart (John Stewart, 1747–1822), English traveller and philosopher * John Stewart (missionary) (1786–1823), American Methodist missionary to the Wyandot Indians * John Shaw Stewart (1793–1840), Scottish advocate and essayist *

John Alexander Stewart (philosopher) John Alexander Stewart (19 October 1846 – 27 December 1933) was a Scottish writer, educator and philosopher. He was a university professor and classical lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford from 1875 to 1883, White's Professor of Moral Philosoph ...

(1846–1933), Scottish writer, educator and philosopher * John McKellar Stewart (1878–1953), professor of philosophy at the University of Adelaide * John Alexander Stewart (scholar) (1882–1948), Scottish scholar of Burmese *

J. I. M. Stewart John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (30 September 1906 – 12 November 1994) was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name and for the crim ...

(1906–1994), Scottish novelist and critic * John Stewart (bishop) (born 1940), Australian Anglican bishop * John Stewart (campaigner) (born 1950), British environmental campaigner * John Durie Stewart, assistant international commissioner of the Scout Association *

John Stewart (character) John Stewart is one of the principal fictional superheroes known as Green Lantern appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, and first appeared in ''Green Lantern'' (Volum ...

, member of the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Universe