John King

John (or Johnny) King may refer to:

Politics

• John King (MP for Gloucester), English, see Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)
• Major John King (1760-1830), English Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs from 1794-1801
• John King, 2nd Baron King (1706–1740), English MP and peer
• John King (New York congressman) (1775–1836), United States Representative from New York
• John Charles King (1817–1870), member of Victorian Legislative Assembly for Evelyn
• John King (Australian politician) (1820–1895), member for Gipps' Land in the Victorian Legislative Council and Gippsland (VLA)
• John King, Jr. (born 1975), acting United States Secretary of Education (2016-)
• John A. King (1788–1867), Governor of New York, 1857–1858
• John A. King (1817–1900), New York politician
• J. Floyd King (John Floyd King; 1842–1915), U.S. Representative from Louisiana
• John Francis King (1926–1998), mayor of Galway, 1978–1979
• John M. King, member of the 6th South Dakota State Senate in 1899
• John Pendleton King (1799–1888), United States Senator from Georgia
• John Rhodes King, member of the sixth (1855) and eleventh (1866) Texas Legislatures
• John W. King (1918–1996), Governor of New Hampshire, 1963–1969
• John Warwick King (1856–1927), Canadian Member of Parliament from Ontario

Entertainment

• John 'Dusty' King (1909–1987), American actor
• John Reed King (1914–1979), American radio and TV gameshow host
• John Michael King (1926–2008), American actor
• John King, lead guitarist for American rock band The Litter
• John King (producer), American music producer, also known as King Gizmo; one of the Dust Brothers
• John King (ukulelist) (1953–2009), American ukulele player
• John King (country singer), country musician

Sports

• John M. King, Mississippi College head football coach prior to George Bohler in 1925
• Johnny King (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2010), English-born footballer who played for Leicester in the 1949 FA Cup Final
• Johnny King (footballer, born 1932), English-born footballer who played for Stoke and Crewe in the 1950s and 60s
• John King (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1982), Welsh international football goalkeeper who played for Swansea
• John King (footballer, born 1938), English-born football wing half with Tranmere and Port Vale, who later managed Tranmere
• John King (athlete) (born 1963), English long jumper
• John King (cricketer) (1871–1946), English cricketer
• Bart King (1873–1965), American cricketer, real name John Barton King
• John William King (1908–1953), English cricketer and nephew of John King, the English cricketer
• John Paul King (born 1982), Irish hurler
• Johnny King (born 1943), Australian rugby league footballer
• John King (racing driver) (born 1988), American stock car racing driver
• Johnny King (boxer) (1912-1963), an English boxer of the 1920s, '30s and '40s

Religion

• John King (Bishop of London) (died 1621), Church of England bishop
• John King (Rector of Chelsea) (1652–1732), English clergyman
• John King (Master of Charterhouse) (c. 1655–1737), English clergyman and headmaster
• John Glen King (1732–1787), English cleric and antiquarian
• John King (Bishop of Portsmouth) (1880–1965), English Roman Catholic bishop

Other people

• John King (journalist) (born 1963), American journalist for CNN
• John King (pirate) (died 1717), juvenile pirate in the crew of "Black Sam" Bellamy, the youngest pirate on record
• John King (explorer) (1838–1872), Irish soldier and member of the Burke and Wills expedition in Australia
• John King (Medal of Honor) (1865–1938), Irish-born United States Navy chief petty officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor twice
• John King, Baron King of Wartnaby (1917–2005), English businessman, chairman of British Airways, 1981–1993, who led it through privatisation
• John King (author) (born 1960), English author of novels such as The Football Factory
• John King (Eureka) (1830–1881), police constable at the Eureka Stockade rebellion
• John Crookshanks King (1806–1882), Scotland-born sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts
• John Herbert King, British Foreign Office cypher clerk and spy
• John King, American murderer of James Byrd, Jr. in 1998
• John R. King, from List of authors of new Sherlock Holmes stories
• John R. King, author of the Gaslamp fantasy "The Shadow of Reichenbah Falls"
• John Michael King (1926–2008), US actor
• John Mark King, leader of St. James-Bond Church (1863–1883), latterly the Principal of Manitoba College in Winnipeg
• John Musgrave King, who had his M.B.E revoked in 1952
• John G. King (1925–2014), experimental physicist at MIT

Other things

• USS John King (DDG-3), United States Navy Guided Missile Destroyer, named for the Medal of Honor recipient
• John A. King House, historic house in Lake Butler, Florida
• John King (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe

See also

• Jack King (disambiguation)
• Jon King (born 1954), musician
• Jonathan King (disambiguation)
• John Dashwood-King (disambiguation)