John
John is a first name and family name .
Origin and meaning
John is the North German (pronounced [ joːn ]) or English (pronounced [ dʒɒn ]) version of the first name Johannes and the family name derived from it.
German family name
John (pronounced [ joːn ]) is a family name that resulted from the contraction of the name Johannes. However, it also happens that it is given as a first name in this version.
Name bearer
stage name
- Elton John (born 1947), British singer and composer
- Sailer John , pseudonym of the writer Raymundus Joannes de Kremer
- Scatman John (1942-1999), American scat singer
family name
A.
- Achim John (* 1961), German professional boxer
- Alex John (* 1964), German-British artist
- Alexander John (* 1986), German athlete
- Allen John (* 1987), German professional golfer
- Alois John (1860–1935), archivist, folklorist and local writer from the Egerland
- Amandus John (also: Amand; 1867–1942), Austrian Benedictine
- Annette John (* 1951), German writer
- Antonius John (1922–2016), German business journalist and professor of political science
- Assan John (* 1978), Gambian athlete
- August John (1602 – after 1678), German painter and engraver
- Augustus John (1878–1961) British painter
- Avery John (* 1975), soccer player from Trinidad & Tobago
B.
- Barbara John (* 1938), German politician (CDU)
- Barry John (born 1945), former Welsh rugby union player
- Bible John , Scottish serial killer
- Bob John (1899–1982), Welsh football player and coach
- Bobby John (1905–1966), Austrian cabaret artist, actor and entertainer
C.
- Caroline John (1940–2012), British actress
- Chris John (boxer) (* 1979), Indonesian boxer
- Chris John (politician) (* 1960), American politician
- Christian John (* 1993), German wrestler
- Christoph John (soccer coach) (* 1958), German soccer coach
- Christoph Samuel John (1747–1813), German missionary in the service of the Danish-Halle Mission
- Christoph St. John (1966–2019), American actor
- Clive John (~ 1945–2011), Welsh rock musician
- Collins John (* 1985), Dutch football player
- Constance Cummings-John (1918–2000), Sierra Leonean suffragette, politician and teacher
- Constanze John (* 1959), German author
D.
- Dan John (* 1998), German volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Danny John-Jules (born 1960), British actor
- David John (* 1984), Welsh snooker player
- Declan John (born 1995), Welsh football player
- Delta John, pseudonym of John Lee Hooker
- Don John (* 1981), Danish street artist
E.
- E. Roy John (Erwin Roy John; 1924-2009), American neuroscientist
- Edgar John (1913–1996), German artist and war correspondent
- Emerson Newton-John (* 1974), American racing driver
- Erich John (* 1932), German designer
- Erika John (1943–2007), German painter, graphic artist and sculptor
- Ernst John (painter) (1793–1873), German merchant and portrait painter
- Ernst John (ethnographer) (1867–1937), German teacher and ethnographer
- Ernst Carl Christian John (1788–1856), Prussian editor, councilor and senior censor
- Errol John (1924–1988), British actor, playwright
- Esther John (1929-1960), Anglican saint, Pakistani nurse
- Eugen John (1863–1931), German painter and draftsman
- Eugenie John (1825–1887), real name of the German writer E. Marlitt
- Eva John (* 1967), German local politician, Mayor of Starnberg
F.
- Francine John-Calame (* 1954), Swiss politician
- Franz von John (1815–1876), Austrian general and minister of war
- Franz John (soccer player) (1872–1952), German soccer official and photographer
- Franz John (artist) (* 1960), German artist
- Franziska John (* 1989), German canoeist
- Friedrich John (copperplate engraver) (1769–1843), German copperplate engraver
- Friedrich John (musician) (1835–1899), German teacher and musician
- Friedrich von John (1854–1917), Austrian admiral
- Friedrich Wilhelm Andreas John (1835–1912), Prussian lawyer and politician
- Fritz John (1910–1994), German mathematician
G
- Georg John (1879–1941), German actor
- Gerhard John (politician) (1908–1963), German politician (CDU), member of the Berlin House of Representatives
- Gerhard John (soccer player) (* 1927), German soccer player
- Gerte John (* 1972), German rower
- Gottfried John (1942–2014), German actor
- Gustav Albert John (1808–1873), German Protestant theologian
- Gwen John (1876–1939), Welsh painter
H
- Hannah John-Kamen (* 1989), British actress
- Hanns John , stage name of Johannes Jacobsohn (1890–1942), German cantor, murdered in Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- Hanns John (chemist) (1891–1942), Bohemian-Austrian chemist, pharmacist and university professor; Discoverer of urea-formaldehyde plastic
- Hans John (painter) (1888–1973), German painter
- Hans John (resistance fighter) (1911–1945), German lawyer and resistance fighter
- Hans John (musicologist) (* 1936), German musicologist and university professor
- Harry John (1928–1977), German educator and politician (FDP)
- Heinrich John (1841–1899), German educator and school principal
- Heinz John (table tennis player) (* 1935), German table tennis player
- Heinz-Hugo John (1904–1944), German politician (NSDAP)
- Helmut John (lawyer) (1906– ??), German lawyer and judge
- Helmut John (literary scholar) (1935–2005), German specialist in German
- Helmut John (marksman) (1931–2012), German marksman and sports official
- Helmut John (chess player) , German correspondence chess player
- Hermann John (actor) (1875-1910), German actor
- Hermann John (soccer player) (* 1943), German soccer player
- Hermann Müller-John (1894–1945), German music director of the Leibstandarte SS “Adolf Hitler” music corps and Leibstandarten Obermusikmeister
- Hinrich John (* 1936), German athlete
- Holger John (* 1960), German artist
- Hugo John (1858–1911), German businessman, entrepreneur and manufacturer
J
- Jacob John (1674–1727), German lawyer and politician
- Jana Rückert-John (* 1969), German ecotrophologist, social scientist and university professor
- Jaromír John (1882–1952), Czech writer and journalist
- Jason John (born 1971), British athlete
- Jeffrey John (* 1953), Anglican clergyman and deacon
- Joachim John (1933–2018), German painter, graphic artist and author
- Johann John (theologian) (1796 / 1797–1865), German theologian and clergyman
- Johann August Friedrich John (1794–1832), German servant of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, see Goethe's servant
- Johann Friedrich John (1782–1847), German chemist and pharmacologist
- Johann Jacob John (1665–1707), German organ builder
- John St. John (1833–1916), American politician
- Josef John (art collector) (* 1937), Swiss art dealer, collector and founder of the foundation
- Joshua John (* 1988), Dutch football player
- Jürgen John (* 1942), German historian
K
- Karl John (General) (1854–1936), Austrian Major General
- Karl John (1905–1977), German stage and film actor
- Karl John (orienteer) (* before 1968), Swiss orienteer
- Katharina John (* 1970), German dramaturge
- Kirsten John (* 1966), German writer
- Kirsten John-Stucke (* 1966), German historian, non-fiction author and museum director
- Klaus John (politician) (1940-2003), German politician (PDS)
- Klaus Dieter John (1952–2014), German economist
- Knut John (* 1962), German politician (SPD)
- Kurt John (1923–1988), German politician
L.
- Little Willie John (1937–1968), American R&B singer
- Louisa John-Krol , Australian musician
- Luca John , fashion icon
M.
- Mable John (born 1930), American R&B singer
- Margaret John (1926–2011), British-Welsh actress
- Markus John (* 1962), German actor
- Matthias John (* 1978), German track and road cyclist
- Michael John († 2013), Indian bishop
- Monika John (* 1935), German actress
N
- Natalie John (* 1976), German boxer and kickboxer
O
- Ola John (* 1992), Dutch football player
- Olivia Newton-John (* 1948), Australian-American singer, actress and songwriter
- Otto John (1909–1997), German lawyer and President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
P
- Paddy John (* 1990), Liberian soccer player
- Patrick John (* 1938), Dominican politician
- Paul W. John (1887–1966), German photographer and landscape photographer
- Peter John (* 1960), British political scientist and university professor
- Pigeon John , American hip hop rapper
- Prakash John (* 1947), Indian-Canadian musician
R.
- Radek John (* 1954), Czech publicist
- Richard John (actor) (1845–1928), German actor
- Richard John (Lieutenant General) (1896–1965), German general
- Richard Eduard John (1827–1889), German criminalist and lawyer
- Richard R. John (* 1959), American historian
- Robert John (born 1946), American singer and songwriter
- Robin John (* 1991), German handball player
- Rona Newton-John (1943-2013), Australian actress
- Rosamund John (1913–1998), British actress
- Rudolf John (* 1944), Austrian film critic
- Rüdiger John (diplomat) , German diplomat
- Ruediger John (artist) (* 1971), Austrian artist
S.
- Sabine John (* 1957), German athlete
- Sajeev John , Canadian physicist
- Sebastian John (* 1996), Danish football player
- Stefan Rose-John (* 1954), German biochemist and university professor
- Steffen John (tennis player) (* 20th century), German tennis player
- Steffen John (politician) (* 1964), German politician (AfD)
- Steffen John (entrepreneur) (* 1972), German entrepreneur (Little John Bikes)
- Star John (* 1976), soccer player from Trinidad & Tobago
T
- Teran John (* 1990), Lucian soccer player
- Theodor John (? –1894), Estonian photographer
- Theodore St. John (1906–1956), American screenwriter
U
- Uwe John (lawyer) (1942–1985), German legal scholar, university professor and writer
- Uwe John (politician) (1950–2008), German politician (SPD), MdL Schleswig-Holstein
W.
- Walter John (chess player) (1879-1940), German chess player
- Walter John (entrepreneur) (1933–2011), German entrepreneur
- Walther John (also Walter John ; 1893–1971), German teacher and classical philologist
- Wesley John (* before 1975), Filipino-American actor
- Wilhelm John (architect) (1782–1840), German architect
- Wilhelm John (painter) (1813–1881), German painter
- Wilhelm John (historian) (1877–1934), Austrian historian and museum director
- Wilhelm John (politician) (1916–1973), German politician (CDU), MdA Berlin
- Wolfgang John (* 1945), German soccer player
- Wolfgang John (Go player) , German Go player
See also
- John Beach , Beach on Livingston Island in the Archipelago of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- John-Nunatak , Nunatak in Ellsworthland, Antarctica
- John Peaks , mountain range on Powell Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica
- Honest John
- John the Ripper
- Saint John
- St. John
- Johne
- Johner
- John of Freyend
- River John , river in Nova Scotia (Canada)
- John River , River in Alaska (USA)
- JON
- Yon (disambiguation)
- Hyon
- Yohn
Web links
Wiktionary: John - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
