List of Famous people named John

John Arnold (1889–1964) was an American cinematographer. He began his career in 1914, and in the next 15 years, he shot 86 films. He also worked in film administration, directing the cinematography department at MGM, and was president of the American Society of Cinematographers from 1931 through 1937, and again from 1939 to 1941. By 1938, he was regarded as one of the most authoritative experts on cinematography. He invented several pieces of camera equipment and was awarded two Oscars, both Technical Achievement Awards. The first was in 1938 for improvements on the semi-automatic follow focus device used on motion picture cameras, while the second was in 1940 for the development of the MGM mobile camera crane.

John Franklin Fort was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 33rd Governor of New Jersey, from 1908 to 1911. His uncle, George Franklin Fort, was a Democratic Governor of New Jersey from 1851 to 1854.

John Major was an English cricketer active from 1888 to 1889 who played for Sussex. He was born in Seaford and died in Wakefield. He appeared in twelve first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. He scored 363 runs with a highest score of 106 and took three wickets with a best performance of two for 10.