List of Famous people named John

Name John is among the most common names in USA, England, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Johann, Johannes. Similar names: Johann, Johannes, Jon, Johnny, Jonny, Jonah, Johnnie, Joni, Jona, Johny, Jhon, Jone, Jonna, Jonnie, Joon, Jono, Jonni, Jhoon, Jonne, Johnne. Here are some famous Johns:

John Sealy Townsend

First Name John
Last Name Townsend
Born on June 7, 1868
Died on February 16, 1957 (aged 88)

Sir John Sealy Edward Townsend, FRS was an Irish mathematical physicist who conducted various studies concerning the electrical conduction of gases and directly measured the electrical charge. He was a Wykeham Professor of physics at Oxford University.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John Belli

First Name John
Last Name Belli
Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John Booth

First Name John
Last Name Booth
Born on November 30, 1580
Died on January 1, 1641 (aged 60)
Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John Evans

First Name John
Last Name Evans
Born on September 26, 1785
Died on March 27, 1825 (aged 39)
Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox

First Name John
Last Name Lennox
Born on January 1, 1490
Died on September 4, 1526 (aged 36)

John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox was a prominent Scottish magnate. He was the son of Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox and Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton and Mary Stewart, Princess of Scotland, daughter of King James II of Scotland.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John Monypenny

First Name John
Last Name Monypenny
Died on August 1, 1617
Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John Coolidge Adams

First Name John
Last Name Adams
Born on February 15, 1947 (age 79)

John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor of classical music and opera, with strong roots in minimalism.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John C. Baez

First Name John
Last Name Baez
Born on June 12, 1961 (age 65)

John Carlos Baez is an American mathematical physicist and a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in Riverside, California. He has worked on spin foams in loop quantum gravity, applications of higher categories to physics, and applied category theory.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John Garland Cregoe

First Name John
Last Name Cregoe
Born on April 11, 1810
Died on January 1, 1854 (aged 43)
Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

John Hay Wodehouse

First Name John
Last Name Wodehouse
Born on January 1, 1917
Died on January 1, 1993 (aged 76)
Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.079077005386353s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.069163799285889s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.06912899017334s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.034643888473511s
t_/blocks/person-card: 10x 0.025687456130981s
headline: 20x 0.020639181137085s
people-list-rectangle: 18x 0.019865036010742s
router_page: 1x 0.0091478824615479s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0085351467132568s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0074598789215088s
qids: 11.5x 0.0042459964752197s
related: 1x 0.00040793418884277s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00029206275939941s
t_/blocks/people-list-rectangle: 18x 0.00027751922607422s
head-facts: 1x 0.00026988983154297s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00025486946105957s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.7881393432617E-5s
using-file-qids-cache: 18x 1.1920928955078E-5s
using-qids-cache: 1x 1.9073486328125E-6s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-06-25 10:46:06)  -----