John Walker

John Walker may refer to:

American politicians

 * John Walker (Arkansas politician) (1937–2019), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
 * John Walker (Missouri politician) (1770–1838), State Treasurer of Missouri
 * John Walker (Virginia politician) (1744–1809), U.S. Senator, public official, and soldier
 * SS John Walker, a Liberty ship
 * John A. Walker (Iowa politician) (1912–2012), American politician
 * John M. Walker Jr. (born 1940), former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
 * John M. Walker (Pennsylvania politician) (1905–1976), Pennsylvania State Senator and lieutenant-gubernatorial nominee
 * John R. Walker (1874–1942), U.S. Representative from Georgia
 * John Williams Walker (1783–1823), U.S. Senator from Alabama

Other politicians

 * John Walker (Australian politician) (1799–1874), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
 * John Walker (Canadian politician) (1832–1889), industrialist & Canadian House of Commons member
 * John Archibald Walker (1890–1977), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada
 * John Smith Walker (1826–1893), Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Hawaii

Association football

 * John Walker (footballer, born 1873) (1873–1937), Scottish international footballer (Hearts, Liverpool, Rangers)
 * John Walker (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1900), Scottish footballer (Leith Athletic, Hearts, Lincoln City)
 * John Walker (footballer, born 1899) (1899–1971), English footballer (Walsall, Stoke)
 * John Walker (footballer, born 1902), Scottish footballer (Hibernian, Swindon Town)
 * John Walker (footballer, born 1866) (1866–1921), Scottish footballer (Burnley)
 * John Walker (Grimsby Town footballer), Scottish football centre-half (Grimsby Town)
 * Jock Walker (1882–1968), Scottish footballer (Raith Rovers, Beith, Rangers, Swindon Town, Middlesbrough, Reading, Scotland)

Cricket

 * John Walker (cricketer, born 1768) (1768–1835), cricketer (brother of Tom and Harry Walker)
 * John Walker (cricketer, born 1826) (1826–1885), cricketer and the eldest brother of the Walkers of Southgate
 * John Walker (cricketer, born 1854) (1854–?), English cricketer
 * John Walker (Scottish cricketer) (1879–1953), Scottish cricketer

Other sports

 * John Walker (American football) (born 1983), former defensive back for the USC football team
 * John Walker (archer) (born 1974), British archer
 * John Walker (Australian footballer) (born 1951), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood
 * John Walker (cyclist) (1888–1954), British Olympic cyclist
 * John Walker (gymnast) (1883-1966), British Olympic gymnast
 * John Walker (rowing) (1891–1952), British coxswain and Olympic medalist
 * John Walker or Mr. Wrestling II (1934–2020), masked professional wrestler
 * John Walker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
 * Sir John Walker (runner) (born 1952), New Zealand runner, Olympic Gold medalist in 1500 metres run in 1976
 * John R. Walker (horse trainer), Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame horse trainer
 * John Reid Walker (1855–1934), British polo player and racehorse breeder

Entertainers and artists

 * John Walker (animator), television animator and director
 * John Walker (Australian actor) (fl. 1990s), Australian comedic actor
 * John Walker (curator) (1906–1995), director of the National Gallery of Art
 * John Walker (film producer) (born 1956), animated film producer
 * John Walker (filmmaker) (born 1952), Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer
 * John Walker (musician) (1943–2011), born John Maus, member of the 1960s singing group The Walker Brothers
 * John Walker (organist) (born 1941), recording artist
 * John Walker (painter) (born 1939), nominee for the Turner Prize in 1985
 * John Augustus Walker (1901–1967), Alabama Gulf Coast artist
 * John Edward Walker, British-born, American painter and educator
 * John Henry Walker (1831–1899), Canadian engraver and illustrator

Military personnel and spies

 * John Walker (RAF officer) (born 1936), former Chief of Defence Intelligence
 * John Walker (Medal of Honor) (1845–?), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
 * John Walker (officer of arms) (1913–1984), English officer of arms
 * John Anthony Walker (1937–2014), American communications specialist convicted in 1985 of spying for the Soviet Union
 * John C. Walker, Indiana physician and officer during the American Civil War
 * John George Walker (1821–1893), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
 * John Grimes Walker (1835–1907), United States Navy admiral
 * John T. Walker (USMC) (1893–1955), United States Marine Corp general

Inventors and scientists

 * John Walker (inventor) (1781–1859), English chemist and inventor of the friction match in 1827
 * John Walker (natural historian) (1731–1803), Scottish naturalist
 * John Walker (programmer) (born c. 1950-2024), one of the designers of AutoCAD
 * John Charles Walker (1893–1994), American agricultural scientist
 * John E. Walker (born 1941), British chemist, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize
 * John Francis Walker (1839–1907), British geologist
 * John James Walker (1825–1900), British mathematician
 * John M. Walker (1907–1990), American physician and investment banker
 * John Walker (horticulturist) (1893–1991), Canadian plant breeder

Businessmen

 * John Walker (grocer) (1805–1857), Scottish founder of John Walker & Sons and namesake of the Johnnie Walker whisky brand
 * John Walker (Scottish cricketer) (1879–1953), Scottish businessman and director of John Walker & Sons
 * John Brisben Walker (1847–1931), American entrepreneur and magazine publisher
 * John Hardeman Walker (1794–1860), southeast Missouri landowner

Clergymen

 * John Walker (archdeacon of Essex) (died 1588), Anglican archdeacon
 * John Walker (archdeacon of Dorset) (1694–1780)
 * John Walker (biographer) (1674–1747), English clergyman and ecclesiastical historian
 * John Walker (scholar) (1692–1741), English classical scholar and Anglican archdeacon of Hereford
 * John Walker (1769–1833), Church of Ireland cleric and academic who seceded as founder of a sect
 * John M. Walker (bishop) (1888–1951), Episcopal bishop of Atlanta
 * John Russell Walker (1837–1887), Anglican priest
 * John T. Walker (bishop) (1925–1989), American Episcopal bishop of Washington
 * John Walker (abolitionist) (1786–1845), Presbyterian minister in Ohio and Pennsylvania

Others

 * John Walker (industrialist) (1884–1932), Pittsburgh industrialist
 * John Walker (journalist) (born 1977), British video game journalist
 * John Walker (lexicographer) (1732–1807), English lexicographer, actor and philologist
 * John Walker (philatelist) (1855–1927), British philatelist
 * John Walker (numismatist) (1900–1964), Scottish numismatist
 * John Walker (vaccinator) (1759–1830), English educational writer, physician, and advocate of vaccination
 * John Walker (antiquary) (1770–1831), English antiquary
 * John Brian Walker, British general practitioner
 * John Walker, one of the Birmingham Six accused of bombings in England in 1974
 * John A. Walker (art critic) (1938–2023), British art critic and historian
 * John Clay Walker (1948–1985), American journalist
 * John H. Walker (1872–1955), Scottish-born American labor unionist and politician
 * John Walker (Protector of Aborigines), South Australian Protector of Aborigines, 1861–1868
 * John Walker of Beanston (1670-1728), Scottish agricultural improver - introduced the fallow system to Scotland in 1690.

Fictional characters

 * John Walker, in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of novels
 * John Walker, alter ego of U.S. Agent, a comic book superhero