John Holmes

John or Jon Holmes may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * John Holmes (actor) (1944–1988), American pornographic actor and murder suspect
 * John Holmes (composer) (died 1629), English musician and composer
 * John Holmes (poet) (1904–1962), American poet
 * John Clellon Holmes (1926–1988), American Beat poet, novelist and essayist
 * John Eric Holmes (1930–2010), American author and promoter of fantasy role-playing games
 * John W. Holmes (film editor) (1917–2001), American film editor
 * Jon Holmes (born 1969), British comedy writer and broadcaster

Diplomacy

 * John Holmes (British diplomat) (born 1951), British diplomat
 * John T. Holmes, Canadian ambassador to Indonesia and East Timor
 * John Wendell Holmes (1910–1988), Canadian diplomat and academic

Education

 * John Holmes (geographer), Australian professor of geography
 * John Holmes (schoolmaster) (1703–1760), English schoolmaster
 * John Clough Holmes (1809–1887), American merchant; Agricultural College of the State of Michigan progenitor

Military or mercenary service

 * John Holmes (British Army officer) (born 1949), British general
 * John Holmes (mercenary), 19th century Anglo-Indian mercenary
 * John Holmes (Royal Navy officer) (1640?–1683), English naval officer

Politics

 * John Holmes (by 1529 – 1583), MP for Ripon and Boroughbridge
 * John Holmes (died 1556 or later), MP for Rye
 * John Holmes (Maine politician) (1773–1843), member of U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
 * John Holmes (New Zealand politician) (1831–1910), New Zealand Member of Parliament
 * John Holmes (Nova Scotia politician) (1789–1876), Canadian Senator
 * John Holmes (Ontario politician) (1828–1879), Canadian MP
 * John Bee Holmes (1760–1827), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina
 * John Edwin Holmes (1809–1863), first Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
 * John Robert Holmes (1927–2011), Canadian MP
 * John Holmes (Jamaican politician), planter, slave-owner and member of the House of Assembly of Jamaica

Religion

 * John Holmes (bishop) (died 1904), Anglican colonial bishop
 * John Haynes Holmes (1879–1964), American churchman and pacifist
 * John McClellan Holmes (1834–1911), Christian minister and author

Sports

 * John Holmes (footballer) (1869–?), English footballer
 * John Holmes (cricketer) (Rodney Holmes, 1924–1980), English cricketer
 * Johnny Holmes, American baseball player of the 1940s
 * John Holmes (rugby league) (1952–2009), English former rugby league footballer
 * John Holmes (rugby league, born 1904)
 * John Holmes (golfer) (JB Holmes, born 1982), American golfer
 * John Holmes (American football)

Other fields

 * John Holmes (essayist) (1815–1894), radical campaigner
 * John Holmes (Messenger of the Plymouth Court) (1603–?), Plymouth Colony settler and official
 * John Henry Holmes (1857–1935), English electrical engineer, inventor and Quaker
 * John Dalrymple Edgar Holmes, British veterinary scientist and bacteriologist

Fictional characters

 * John Hamish Adler Holme or Auguste Lupa, a fictional character in novels by John Lescroart