This is a list of people and fictional characters with given name John.

Real persons

Acting

John Aasen (1890–1938), American actor John Abraham (born 1972), Indian actor John G. Adolfi (1888–1933), American actor John Agar (1921–2002), American film and television actor John Alderton (born 1940), English retired actor John Ales (born 1969), American actor John Alvin (actor) (1917–2009), American actor John Patrick Amedori (born 19??), American actor and musician John Amos (1939–2024), American actor John Amplas (born 1949), American actor John Anderson (actor), (1922–1992), American actor John Anderson (director) (born 1954), American documentary film director, producer, editor and writer John Anderson (sportscaster) (born 1965), American ESPN television sports journalist and co-host of Wipeout John Anderson (TV personality) (born 1931), Scottish television personality, referee on the series Gladiators John H. Anderson (set decorator), American set decorator John Murray Anderson (1886–1954), Newfoundland-American theater director John Aniston (1933–2022), Greek-born American actor father of actress Jennifer Aniston John W. Anson (1817–1881), British actor John Aprea (born 1941), American actor and comedian John Arcilla (born 1966), Filipino actor John Arledge (1906–1947), American actor John Asher (born 1971), American actor John Ashley (actor) (1934–1997), American actor John Astin (born 1930), American actor John Aylward (1946–2022), American actor John Baer (actor) (1923–2006), American actor John Bailey (American actor) (1947–1994), American actor John Barbour (actor) (1933–2026), Canadian actor, comedian and television host John Barrowman (born 1967), British-American actor John Barrymore (1882–1942), American actor John Blyth Barrymore (born 1954), American actor son of John Drew Barrymore John Drew Barrymore (1932–2004), American actor son of John Barrymore John Beasley (actor) (1943–2023), American actor John Belushi (1949–1982), American actor and comedian John Boncore (1952–2013), American actor John Bowers (actor) (1885–1936), American actor John Boyega (born 1992), English actor John Brandon (actor) (1929–2014), American film and television actor John Byner (born 1938), American actor, comedian and impressionist John Candy (1950–1994), Canadian actor John Carlisle (actor) (1935–2011), British actor John Carradine (1906–1988), American actor John David Carson (1952–2009), American actor John Cena (born 1977), American actor and professional wrestler John Challis (1942–2021), English actor John Davis Chandler (1935–2010), American actor John Cho (born 1972), American actor John Cliff (actor) (1918–2001), American film and television actor John Cornell (1941–2021), Australian actor John Fred Cruz (born 1957), American technologist and actor John J. Campbell (born 1960), American actor and model John Lloyd Cruz (born 1983), Filipino actor John Cusack (born 1966), American actor, producer, and screenwriter John Dearth (1920–1984), British actor John DeSantis, Canadian actor John Deverell (1880–1965), British actor John Diehl (born 1950), American actor John DiMaggio (born 1968), American actor John Ducey (born 1969), American actor John Duda (born 1977), American actor John Dullaghan (1930–2009), American film, stage and television actor John Erwin (born 1936), American voice actor John Estrada (born 1973), Filipino actor John Forsythe (1918–2010), American actor John Franklin (actor) (born 1959), American actor John Garfield (1913–1952), American actor John Gielgud (1904–2000), English actor John Goodman (born 1952), American actor John Gordon Sinclair (born 1962), British voice actor John Bregar (born 1985), Canadian actor John Hannah (actor) (born 1962), Scottish actor John Hasler (born 1974), English actor and voice actor John Heard (actor) (1946–2017), American actor John Heffernan (American actor) (1934–2018), American film, stage and television actor John Henry (actor) (1738–1794), Irish and early American actor John Hensley (born 1977), American actor John Hill (actor) (born 1977), American actor John Stephen Hill (born 1953), Canadian actor John Hill (actor) (born 1978), American actor John Hillerman (1932–2017), American actor John Robert Hoffman, American actor, screenwriter, director and producer John Hora (1940–2021), American actor John Hostetter (1946–2016), American actor and visual artist John Houseman (1902–1988), Romanian-born British-American actor John Hoyt (1905–1991), American actor John Hurt (1940–2017), English actor John Ioannou, Canadian actor John Ireland (actor) (1914–1992), Canadian actor John M. Jackson (born 1950), American actor John Kapelos (born 1956), Canadian actor John Kassir (born 1957), American actor and stand-up comedian John Krasinski (born 1979), American actor, director and producer John Lapus (born 1973), Filipino actor, comedian and director John Lasell (born 1928), American film and television actor John Lawlor (actor), (born 1941), American actor and assistant director John Lebar, British actor John Lone (born 1952), Hong Kong-born American actor John Lithgow (born 1945), American actor, author, musician, poet and singer John Carroll Lynch (born 1963), American actor John MacAndrews, British actor John Magaro (born 1983), American actor John Mahon (actor) (1938–2020), American film, stage and television actor John Malkovich (born 1953), American actor, voice actor, producer, director and fashion designer John Manalo (born 1995), Filipino actor John Martin (actor) (born 1951), American film and television actor John C. McGinley (born 1959), American actor John Cameron Mitchell (born 1963), two-time Tony Award winning American actor John Miljan (1892–1960), American actor John Moore (stage manager) (1814–1893), British actor John Mulaney (born 1982), American actor and stand-up comedian John Neville (actor) (1925–2011), English theatre and film actor John Ford Noonan (1941–2018), American actor, playwright, and screenwriter John O'Hurley (born 1954), American actor, comedian, author, game show host and television personality John Pankow (born 1954), American actor John Paragon (1954–2021), American actor, writer, and director John Paul (actor) (1921–1995), British actor John Pinette (1964–2014), American stand-up comedian, actor, and Broadway performer John Pleshette (born 1942), American actor and screenwriter John Prats (born 1984), Filipino actor and comedian John Robert Powers (1892–1977), American actor John Ratzenberger (born 1947), American actor, voice actor, director and entrepreneur John C. Reilly (born 1965), American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and musician John Reynolds (actor) (born 1991), American actor John Ritter (1948–2003), American actor John Richardson (actor) (1934–2021), English actor John Franklyn-Robbins, British actor John Robbins (illustrator) (died 2016), host of the public television program Cover to Cover John Russell (actor) (1921–1991), American film and television actor John Paul Ruttan (born 2001), Canadian actor John P. Ryan (1936–2007), American actor John Sayles (born 1950), American actor John Saxon (1936–2020), American actor John Schlesinger (1926–2003), English film and stage director, and actor John Schwab (born 1972), American actor, voice actor, musician and producer John Wesley Shipp (born 1955), American actor John Slattery (born 1962), American actor John Snee (born 1974), American former film and television actor John Stahl (1953–2022), Scottish actor John Stamos (born 1963), American actor and musician John Stephenson (actor) (1923/1924–2015), American actor John Stocker (voice actor) (born 1947), Canadian voice actor John Todd (actor) (1876–1957), American actor John Travolta (born 1954), American actor and singer John Vernon (1932–2005), Canadian actor John Viener (born 1972), American actor, comedian, writer, and producer John Vivyan (1915–1983), American stage and television actor John Wayne (1907–1979), American actor and filmmaker John Wesley (actor) (1947–2019), American actor John Westley (actor) (1878–1948), American stage actor John J. York (born 1958), American actor John Zacherle (1918–2016), American actor John Zenda (1944–1994), American film and television actor

Business

John G. Agar (lawyer) (1856–1935), American lawyer John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland John Aspinall (zoo owner) (1926–2000), British casino and zoo owner John F. Bergstrom, American entrepreneur John Wilford Blackstone Sr. (1796–1868), American lawyer John Vernou Bouvier Jr. (1866–1948), American Wall Street lawyer and stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III (1891–1957) American Wall Street stockbroker and socialite John W. Brady (1869 or 1870–1943), American lawyer John Cameron, Lord Abernethy (born 1938), Scottish lawyer John Cameron, Lord Cameron (1900–1996), Scottish judge John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield (1934–2016), Scottish judge John Coolidge (1906–2000), American executive, businessman, and entrepreneur John Davis (British businessman) (1906–1993), English managing director of the Rank Organization, later Chairman John A. Eastman (1821–1895), American lawyer John Eastman, American lawyer John F. Grundhofer (1939–2021), American businessman John M. Harrell (1828–1907), American lawyer John W. Henry (born 1949), American businessman and owner of sports teams John Henry Hill (1791–1882), American businessman, educator and missionary John Hill (planter) (1824–1910), Scottish-born American industrialist and planter John Hill (businessman) (1847–1926), Australian coach-horse operator John J. Hill (1853–1952), English-born American stonemason and builder John A. Hill (1858–1916), American editor and publisher, co-founder of McGraw-Hill John Sprunt Hill (1869–1961), American lawyer, banker and philanthropist John W. Hill (1890–1977), American public relations executive John Hindley, 1st Viscount Hyndley (1883–1963), British businessman John E. Irving (1932–2010), Canadian businessman John Jay (lawyer) (1817–1894), American diplomat and lawyer, grandson of John Jay, the American Founding Father and statesman John Wayles Jefferson (1835–1892), American businessman John Sackville Labatt (1880–1952), Canadian businessman John McAfee, (1945–2021), British-American computer programmer, businessman and prisoner John A. McCone (1902–1991), American businessman and CIA director John F. McGee (1861–1925), United States district judge John C. Major (born 1931), former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada John Marshall (Kansas judge) (1858–1931), American justice of the Kansas Supreme Court John Menard Jr., (born 1940), American billionaire businessman John Preston, Lord Fentonbarns (died 1616), Scottish lawyer and judge John Paul (judge) (1839–1901), American politician and judge John J. Raskob (1879–1950), American businessman and Empire State Building developer Jack W. Robbins (1919–2005), American prosecutor at Nuremberg trials John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), American business tycoon John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874–1960), American financier, philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978), American philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916–1981), American businessman, sixth and youngest son of Franklin D. Roosevelt John Ellis Roosevelt, Roosevelt family member John T. Scopes (1900–1970), central figure in the Scopes Trial regarding the teaching of evolution John Ternus (born 1975 or 1976), American engineer and business executive, upcoming CEO of Apple Inc. John de Verdion (d. 1802), London-based bookseller John Wayles (1715–1773), American colonial planter and slave trader John Alexander Weir (1894–1942), Canadian lawyer and professor

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