List of Famous people named John

John Wu or Wu Chih-yang is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 2009 to 2014.

Stephen John Brademas Jr. was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana. He served as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1981 at the conclusion of a twenty-year career as a member of the United States House of Representatives. In addition to his major legislative accomplishments, including much federal legislation pertaining to schools, arts, and the humanities, he served as the 13th president of New York University from 1981 to 1992, and was a member of and subsequently the chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In addition he was a board member of the New York Stock Exchange and the Rockefeller Foundation.

John D'Leo is an American actor. He is known for his role in the 2013 film The Family, as well as the films Unbroken (2014), Cop Out (2010), Brooklyn's Finest (2010), and Wanderlust (2012). He has also starred in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and How to Make It in America.

John Carney is an Irish film director, producer, screenwriter and lyricist who specialises in low-budget musical drama films. He is best known for his 2007 movie Once and the film Sing Street. He is also a co-creator of the Irish TV drama series Bachelors Walk.

John IV was a Count of Armagnac, Fézensac, and Rodez from 1418 to 1450. He was the son of Bernard VII of Armagnac, Count d' Armagnac, of Fézensac, Pardiac, and Rodez; and Bonne of Berry. John IV was involved in the intrigues related to the Hundred Years' War and in conflicts against the King of France.

John Carlin is a British journalist and author, who deals with both sports and politics. His book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation, about former South African president Nelson Mandela, is the basis for the 2009 film Invictus.

John Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. His life and career overlapped Shakespeare's.

John Adrian Shepherd-Barron, OBE was a British inventor, who led the team that installed the first cash machine, sometimes referred to as the automated teller machine or ATM.

John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg was a Count of Nassau in Siegen and Dillenburg, both now in Germany. He was a son of Count Otto II of Nassau and Adelheid or Aleyda, Countess of Vianden.

John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar