Johnston (family name)
Johnston is an original location-based English surname of Scottish origin, derived from the name of a Scottish town to mean " Johns Town" (Engl .: John's town ).
Name bearer
A.
- Abby Johnston (* 1989), American water diver
- Adrian Johnston (* 1961), English film composer
- Alan Johnston (born 1962), British journalist
- Albert S. Johnston (1803–1862), American general in the Confederate Army
- Alexander von Johnston (1791–1866), Prussian major general
- Alexander Keith Johnston (cartographer, 1804) (1804–1871), Scottish cartographer and explorer
- Alexander Keith Johnston (cartographer, 1844) (1844–1879), Scottish cartographer and explorer
- Andrew Johnston (born 1994), British singer
- Araba Evelyn Johnston-Arthur , Austrian human rights activist, sociologist, curator and film actress
- Arthur Johnston (1898–1954), American film music composer
- Arthur Lawson-Johnston, 3rd Baron Luke (1933-2015), British peer
- Atina Johnston (* 1971), Canadian curler
- Audrey Lawson-Johnston (1915–2011), American survivor of the Lusitania sinking
- Augie Johnston (* 1986), American basketball player
B.
- Basil Johnston (1929–2015), Canadian ethnologist and author, member of the Ojibwa tribe
- Becky Johnston (* 1956), American screenwriter
- Ben Johnston ( Benjamin Burwell Johnston , 1926–2019), American composer
- Bennett Johnston (born 1932), American politician
- Berry Johnston (born 1935), American poker player
- Bill Johnston ( William Johnston , 1894–1946), American tennis player
- Bill Johnston (cricket) (1922–2007), Australian cricketer
- Billy Johnston (1901–1964), Scottish football player
- Bob Johnston (1932–2015), American rock music producer
- Bruce Johnston (* 1942), American pop musician and composer
C.
- Charles Johnston (politician) (1793–1845), American lawyer and politician
- Charles Johnston (Theosophist) (1867–1931), Northern Irish journalist, author and theosophist
- Charles Johnston, Baron Johnston of Rockport (1915–2002), British politician
- Charles Clement Johnston (1795–1832), American politician
- Charles Edward Johnston (1899–1971), Canadian politician
- Charles Hepburn Johnston (1912–1986), British diplomat and writer
- Charles John Johnston (1845–1918), New Zealand politician
- Claire Johnston (1940–1987), American film theorist
- Clint Johnston (1915–1975), American screenwriter
- Craig Johnston (born 1960), Australian soccer player
D.
- Daniel Johnston (1961–2019), American songwriter and artist
- Darren Johnston , Canadian jazz musician
- Daryl Johnston (born 1966), American football player
- David Johnston (born 1941), Canadian legal scholar and Governor General
- David Johnston (composer) (* 1931), American-Austrian composer
- David Johnston (athlete) (born 1961), Australian sprinter
- David A. Johnston (1949–1980), American volcanologist
- David Albert Lloyd Johnston (* 1956), Australian politician
- David Cay Johnston (born 1948), American journalist
- David Emmons Johnston (1845–1917), American politician
- David Russell Johnston (1932-2008), Scottish politician
- Denis Johnston (1901–1984), Irish writer
- Donald Johnston (rower) (1899-1984), American rower
- Donald Johnston (politician) (* 1936), Canadian lawyer, author and politician
- Donald Johnston (musician) (born 1929), American musician
- Douglas Johnston, Lord Johnston (1907–1985) Scottish politician and judge
- Douglas H. Johnston (1856–1939), Governor of the Chickasaw Nation
E.
- Eddie Johnston (* 1935), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper, coach and official
- Edgar Charles Johnston (1896–1988), Australian fighter pilot
- Edward Johnston (1872–1944), British calligrapher
- Eric Johnston (1895–1963), American businessman, president of the Chamber of Commerce and the Motion Picture Association of America
- Eva Johnston (1865–1941), American classical philologist
F.
- Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864–1952), American photographer and photojournalist
- Fred Johnston (born 1951), Northern Irish author
G
- Gabriel Johnston (1698–1752), British politician; Governor of the Province of North Carolina
- George Johnston (Lieutenant Governor) (1764–1823), British naval officer, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales
- George Johnston (naturalist) (1797–1855), Scottish naturalist
- George Johnston (Tlingit) (1884–1972), American trapper and photographer of Indian origin, namesake of the George Johnston Museum
- George Henry Johnston (1912-1970), Australian writer
- Greg Johnston (rower) (born 1959), New Zealand rower
- Greg Johnston (ice hockey player) (born 1965), Canadian ice hockey player
- Gustav von Johnston (1869–1933), German manor owner and court official
H
- Harold S. Johnston (1920–2012), American chemist
- Harold Whetstone Johnston (1859–1912), American classical philologist
- Harry Johnston (1858–1927), English explorer of Africa, see Henry Hamilton Johnston
- Harry Johnston (soccer player, 1871) (1871-1936), Scottish soccer player
- Harry Johnston (football player, Northern Ireland) (fl. 1927–1934), Northern Irish football player
- Harry Johnston (soccer player, 1919) (1919–1973), English soccer player and coach
- Harry A. Johnston (born 1931), American politician
- Henry Hamilton Johnston (1858–1927), English explorer of Africa
- Henry S. Johnston (1867–1965), American politician
- Herbert Johnston (1902–1967), British long-distance runner
I.
- Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960), American botanist
J
- James Johnston (Telemarker) , American Telemarker
- James Johnston (rower) (born 1994), British rower
- James Howard-Johnston (born 1942), British historian
- James Finlay Weir Johnston (1796–1855), British chemist
- James T. Johnston (1839–1904), American politician
- James Vann Johnston (born 1959), American clergyman, Bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph
- Jan Johnston (* 1968), British singer
- Jennifer Johnston (born 1930), Irish writer
- Jill Johnston (1929–2010), American author and journalist
- Joanna Johnston , British costume designer
- Joe Johnston (born 1950), American designer and director
- Joey Johnston (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
- John Johnston (1603–1675), European polymath
- John B. Johnston (1882–1960), American politician
- John W. Johnston (1818-1889), American politician
- Joseph Johnston , known as Joe Johnston (born 1950), American designer and director
- Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), American general
- Joseph F. Johnston (1843–1913), American politician
- Josiah S. Johnston (1784–1833), American politician
- Julanne Johnston (1900–1988), American actress
- Julie Johnston (writer) (born 1941), Canadian writer
- Julie Johnston , maiden name of Julie Ertz (* 1992), American soccer player
K
- Kristen Johnston (born 1967), American actress
- Kristy Johnston (* 1965), American marathon runner
L.
- Larry Johnston (born 1943), Canadian ice hockey player
- Lawrence Johnston (1871–1958), British landscaper
- Lawrence Harding Johnston (1918–2011), American physicist and collaborator on the Manhattan Project
- Lee Johnston (bobsleigh driver) (born 1972), British bobsleigh driver and coach
- Lee Johnston (racing driver) (born 1989), British motorcycle racer
- Lee Johnston (soccer player) (born 1992), American soccer goalkeeper
- Lyndon Johnston (born 1961), Canadian figure skater
- Lynn Johnston (born 1947), Canadian cartoonist
M.
- Mark Johnston-Allen (* 1968), English snooker player
- Marshall Johnston (* 1941), Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
- Michael Johnston (born 1999), Welsh football player
- Mike Johnston (born 1957), Canadian ice hockey coach
- Mo Johnston (born 1963), Scottish football player and coach
N
- Neil Johnston (1929–1978), American basketball player
- Nick Johnston , Scottish politician
O
- Olin D. Johnston (1896–1965), American politician
- Oliver Johnston (1888–1966), British theater and film actor
- Ollie Johnston (1912–2008), American animator
P
- Phil Johnston (* 1971), American screenwriter, film director and film producer
- Phillip Johnston (* 1955), American jazz saxophonist, composer and band leader
R.
- Randy Johnston (* 1956), American jazz guitarist
- Rebecca Johnston (* 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
- Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874–1938), Scottish academic, diplomat, and author
- Richard Fourness Johnston (1925-2014), American ornithologist
- Rienzi Melville Johnston (1849–1926), American journalist and politician
- Rita Johnston (* 1935), Canadian politician
- Robert Johnston (1818–1885), American politician
- Robin Knox-Johnston (* 1939), British single-handed sailor
- Ron Johnston (1941-2020), British geographer
- Ross Johnston (* 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
- Rowland Louis Johnston (1872–1939), American politician
S.
- Sam Johnston (football player, 1866) ( Samuel James Johnston ; 1866-1910), Irish football player
- Sam Johnston (football player, 1869) ( Samuel Johnston ; 1869– ??) Irish football player
- Samuel Johnston (1733-1816), American politician
- Sandra Johnston (* 1968), Irish performance artist
- Shaun Johnston (born 1958), Canadian actor
- Sherwood Johnston (1927-2000), American racing driver
- Stevie Johnston (born 1972), American boxer
- Sue Johnston (born 1943), British actress
T
- Thomas Johnston (1881–1965), British Labor Party politician and member of the House of Commons
- Thomas D. Johnston (1840–1902), American politician
- Tim Johnston (born 1941), British long-distance runner
- Tom Johnston (born 1948), American rock singer and guitarist
V
- Verna Johnston (1930–2010), Australian sprinter and long jumper
W.
- Walter E. Johnston (1936–2018), American politician
- Wayne Johnston (born 1958), Canadian writer
- William Johnston (politician) (1819–1866), American politician (Ohio)
- William Johnston (Gold Coast) , British Governor of Ghana
- William Johnston (1894-1946), American tennis player, see Bill Johnston
- William Drumm Johnston (1899–1972), American geologist
- William Freame Johnston (1808–1872), American politician
- William M. Johnston (* 1936), American historian
- Willie Johnston (born 1946), Scottish football player
Z
- Zoë Johnston ( "Zed J" , * 1974/1975?), British singer-songwriter
Others
- von Johnston is the name of a German aristocratic family originally from Scotland, who were particularly wealthy in Silesia.