John Johnston

John Johnston may refer to:

Entertainment

 * John Johnston (poet) (c. 1570–1611), Scottish poet and academic
 * John S. Johnston (c. 1839–1899), American maritime photographer
 * Johnnie Johnston (1915–1996), American actor and singer
 * John Dennis Johnston (born 1945), American actor

Politics

 * John W. Johnston (mayor) (1774–1854), St. Louis, Missouri, US
 * John Johnston (Indian agent) (1775–1861), US
 * John Johnston (Nova Scotia politician) (1790–1836)
 * John Johnston (New Zealand politician) (1809–1887)
 * John W. Johnston (1818–1889), senator from Virginia, US
 * John Johnston (Australian politician) (1823–1872)
 * John R. Johnston (died 1863), mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, US
 * John Kenneth Johnston (1865–1945), Canadian politician
 * John Frederick Johnston (1876–1948), Canadian politician
 * John B. Johnston (1882–1960), U.S. Representative
 * John Stewart Johnston (1905/6–?), Northern Irish politician
 * John Baines Johnston (1918–2005), British diplomat
 * John Johnston (courtier) (1922–2006), UK
 * J. Bennett Johnston (born 1932), U.S. Senator

Sports

 * John Johnston (footballer, born 1878) (1876–1955), Scottish footballer (Bury FC, Southampton FC)
 * John Johnston (football full-back), footballer for Sunderland
 * John Johnston (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1987), Scottish international footballer
 * John Johnston (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1989), Scottish footballer (Motherwell FC, Hamilton Academical)
 * Johnny Johnston (baseball) (1890–1940), American baseball player
 * Johnny Johnston (cricketer) (1953–2008), English cricketer
 * Johnny Johnston (footballer) (born 1947), Northern Irish footballer

Other

 * Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet (c. 1648–1690), Scottish soldier
 * John Johnston (chemist) (1881–1950), Scottish-born chemist
 * John Johnson (architect, born 1732) (1732–1814) English architect
 * John Johnston (fur trader) (1762–1828), British
 * John Johnston (merchant) (1781–1851), Scottish-American merchant
 * John Johnston (farmer) (1791–1880), Scotland
 * John Taylor Johnston (1820–1893), founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
 * John R. Johnston (1826–1895), landscape and panorama painter
 * John Lawson Johnston (1839–1900), Scottish businessman
 * John Johnston (priest) (1852–1923), Anglican clergyman
 * John Johnston (schoolmaster) (1871– 1938), a British educator
 * John McQueen Johnston (1901–1987), Scottish physician
 * John Johnston (econometrician) (1923–2003), British academic
 * John V. Johnston (died 1912), U.S. Navy officer
 * John Johnston (physiotherapist), Scottish-born Australian physiotherapist
 * John Johnston, 13-year-old boy murdered in 1923 by Susan Newell in Coatbridge, Scotland
 * Johnny Johnston of The Johnston Brothers