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 Egerton, Viscount Alford

First Name John
Last Name Alford
Born on October 15, 1812
Died on January 3, 1851 (aged 38)

John Hume Egerton, Viscount Alford was a British Tory Member of Parliament from the Egerton family.

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John FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall

First Name John
Last Name Kirkwall
Born on October 9, 1778
Died on November 23, 1820 (aged 42)

John Hamilton FitzMaurice, Viscount Kirkwall, known as John FitzMaurice until 1791, was a British politician.

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John Macdonald, 3rd of Laig

First Name John
Last Name Laig
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John Alexander Tyler

First Name John
Last Name Tyler
Born on April 7, 1848
Died on September 1, 1883 (aged 35)

John Alexander "Alex" Tyler was the second son of President John Tyler and his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler. He was born at the Tyler estate, Sherwood Forest Plantation, near Charles City, Virginia.

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John Eyre

First Name John
Last Name Eyre
Born on February 22, 1623
Died on January 1, 1685 (aged 61)

John Eyre was an English Cromwellian settler in Ireland who became Mayor of Galway.

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John Macdonald, 2nd of Geridhoil

First Name John
Last Name Geridhoil
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John Edward Deane Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine

John Edward Deane Browne
First Name John
Last Name Kilmaine
Born on March 18, 1878
Died on August 27, 1946 (aged 68)

John Edward Deane Browne, 5th Baron Kilmaine was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner. He sat in the House of Lords, within the Imperial British Parliament, as an Irish representative peer (1911–1946).

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John Methuen

First Name John
Last Name Methuen
Born on January 1, 1650
Died on January 1, 1706 (aged 56)

John Methuen (1650–1706) was an English diplomat and judge. He held office simultaneously as Lord Chancellor of Ireland and English ambassador to Portugal. In the latter role he and his son Paul negotiated the Methuen Treaty, the achievement for which John is chiefly remembered.

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John Howe

First Name John
Last Name Howe
Born on August 21, 1957 (age 68)

John Howe is a Canadian book illustrator, living in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. One year after graduating from high school, he studied in a college in Strasbourg, France, then at the École des arts décoratifs in the same town.

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John Hargreaves

First Name John
Last Name Hargreaves
Born on March 1, 1864
Died on April 21, 1926 (aged 62)
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