List of Famous people named John

John Beecroft was an explorer, governor of Fernando Po and British Consul of the Bight of Benin and Biafra.

John Leighton Stuart was a missionary educator, the first President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China. He was a towering figure in U.S.-Chinese relations in the first half of the 20th century, a man TIME magazine called "perhaps the most respected American in China." According to one Chinese historian, "there was no other American of his ilk in the 20th century, one who was as deeply involved in Chinese politics, culture, and education and had such an incredible influence in China."

John Bishop Putnam was treasurer and a director of the book publishing firm founded by his father, G.P. Putnam & Sons. He was the father-in-law of Amelia Earhart, being the father of her husband, George P. Putnam.

John Blyth Barrymore III is an American film and television actor.

John Campbell Boot, 2nd Baron Trent, KBE, was the son of the Sir Jesse Boot who turned the Boots Company, founded by his father John Boot, into a major national company. He was educated at The Leys School and Jesus College, Cambridge, and served in the First World War. In 1914 he married Margaret Pyman and had four daughters.

John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis, styled Viscount Clive between 1988 and 1993, is a British peer. He sat in the House of Lords between 1993 and 1999.