List of people with surname Johnson

Johnson is one of the most widely distributed surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Johnson:

Common combinations with the surname "Johnson"
• Aaron Johnson

• Abby Johnson

• Adam Johnson

• Al Johnson

• Alan Johnson

• Albert Johnson

• Alexander or Alex Johnson

• Alice Johnson

• Andrew or Andy Johnson

• Anna Johnson

• Anne or Ann Johnson

• Anthony Johnson

• Austin Johnson

• Ben or Benjamin Johnson

• Bill Johnson

• Billy Johnson

• Bob Johnson

• Brad or Bradley Johnson

• Brandon Johnson

• Brent Johnson

• Brett Johnson

• Brian Johnson

• Caleb Johnson

• Calvin Johnson

• Chad Johnson

• Chris or Christopher Johnson

• Colin Johnson

• Curt or Curtis Johnson

• Dan Johnson

• Daniel Johnson

• Darryl Johnson

• David or Dave Johnson

• Denis Johnson

• Dennis Johnson

• D. J. Johnson

• Derek Johnson

• Don or Donald Johnson

• Earl Johnson

• Edward or Eddie Johnson

• Emma Johnson

• Eric Johnson

• Erik Johnson

• Ernest Johnson

• Ernie Johnson

• Florence Johnson

• Frank Johnson

• Fred Johnson

• Gary Johnson

• Gene Johnson

• George Johnson

• Glen or Glenroy Johnson

• Gordon or Gordie Johnson

• Graham Johnson

• Gregory or Greg Johnson

• Gus Johnson

• Guy Johnson

• Harold Johnson

• Herbert or Herb Johnson

• Howard or Howie Johnson

• Hugh Johnson

• Hunter Johnson

• J. J. Johnson

• Jack Johnson

• James Johnson

• Janet Johnson

• Jay Johnson

• Jennifer or Jen Johnson

• Jenny Johnson

• Jimmy, Jim, or Jimmie Johnson

• Joan Johnson

• Joe Johnson

• John Johnson

• Joseph Johnson

• Josephine Johnson

• Joshua or Josh Johnson

• Katherine, Katharine or Kate Johnson

• Keith Johnson

• Kelly Johnson

• Kent Johnson

• Kevin Johnson

• Kim Johnson

• Kris Johnson

• Lamont Johnson

• Larry Johnson

• Leo Johnson

• Linda Johnson

• Louis or Lou Johnson

• Luke Johnson

• Luther Johnson

• Marc Johnson

• Marcus Johnson

• Mark Johnson

• Martin Johnson

• Matthew or Matt Johnson

• Micah Johnson

• Michael or Mike Johnson

• Michelle Johnson

• Mitchell or Mitch Johnson

• Nathan Johnson

• Norman or Norm Johnson

• Patrick Johnson

• Paul Johnson

• Peter Johnson

• Randy Johnson

• Ray or Raymond Johnson

• Rebecca Johnson

• Richard or Dick Johnson

• Rob Johnson

• Robert Johnson

• Roger Johnson

• Russell Johnson

• Ryan Johnson

• Samuel or Sam Johnson

• Sarah Johnson

• Scott Johnson

• Shannon Johnson

• Simon Johnson

• Stephanie Johnson

• Stephen Johnson

• Steve Johnson

• Steven Johnson

• Susan Johnson

• Ted or Teddy Johnson

• Terry Johnson

• Theo or Theodore

• Thomas, Tom or Tommy Johnson

• Timothy or Tim Johnson

• Tyler Johnson

• Walter or Wally Johnson

• Will Johnson

• William Johnson

• Willie Johnson

• Zach Johnson

Arts, music, and letters

 * Al Johnson (musician) (1948–2013), American singer, arranger, producer
 * Alice E. Johnson (1862–1936), American architect
 * Alphonso Johnson (born 1951), American jazz bassist
 * Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970), American actor, singer, and songwriter
 * Andre Johnson (born 1970), known as Jah Mason, Jamaican reggae artist
 * Andreas Johnson (born 1970), Swedish singer
 * Arte Johnson (1929–2019), American comic actor
 * Ashley Johnson (born 1983), American actor, voice actor, and internet personality
 * B. S. Johnson (1933–1973), English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, television producer, and filmmaker
 * Brian Johnson (born 1947), British-born lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC
 * Bunk Johnson (1879–1949), American jazz musician
 * Buzz Johnson (1951–2014), Tobago-born publisher and activist
 * C. David Johnson (born 1955), Canadian actor
 * Carmencita Johnson (1923–2000), American actor
 * Carrie Johnson (journalist), justice correspondent
 * Carrie Ashton Johnson (1863–1949), American editor and author
 * Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Johnson in 1955), American actress, comedian, author, and television personality
 * Chalmers Johnson (1931–2010), American author
 * Chubby Johnson (1903–1974), American actor
 * Clare Johnson, American writer and artist
 * Clark Johnson (born 1954), American actor and director
 * Claude Joseph Johnson (1913–1990), American gospel singer
 * Claudette Johnson (born 1959), British visual artist
 * Crockett Johnson (1906–1975), cartoonist and children's book illustrator
 * D. E. Johnson (aka Dan E. Johnson), American author
 * Dakota Johnson (born 1989), American actor
 * Dink Johnson (1892–1954), American jazz musician
 * Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock, born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler
 * Edith North Johnson (1903–1988), American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter
 * Eliana Johnson (born 1984), American magazine editor
 * Elliott Johnson (born 1975), American artist and designer
 * Erica Johnson, Canadian broadcaster and journalist
 * Erika Johnson (born 1982), American actor
 * Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865), American priest and religious writer
 * Geir Johnson (1953–2021), Norwegian composer, writer and initiator of culture projects
 * Georgann Johnson (1926–2018), American stage, film, and television actress
 * George Johnson, American guitarist and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson
 * George Matthew Johnson, American author and activist
 * Gertrude Johnson (1894–1973), Australian soprano
 * Henry "Rufe" Johnson (1908–1974), American Piedmont blues musician
 * Holly Johnson (born 1960), English artist, musician and writer
 * Irving Johnson (1905–1991), author and adventurer
 * Jake Johnson (born 1978), American actor
 * Janelle Johnson (1923–1995), American film actress
 * Jef Johnson, American clown
 * Jenn Johnson, American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor
 * Jeremiah Johnson (blues musician) (born 1972), an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
 * Johnson (composer) (1953–2011), Indian film score composer and director
 * Johnson (rapper) (born 1979), Danish rapper Marc Johnson
 * Jill Johnson (born 1973), Swedish country singer
 * Joanna Johnson (born 1961), American actor
 * KC Johnson (born 1967), Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, known for his work exposing the facts about the Duke lacrosse case
 * Kerry G. Johnson (born 1966), African-American cartoonist, graphic designer, and children's book illustrator
 * Kim Johnson (musician), American vocalist
 * Kim Johnson (politician), British Labour Party MP for Liverpool Riverside since 2019
 * Laura Johnson (born 1957), American actor
 * Linton Kwesi Johnson, (born 1952), Jamaican United Kingdom-based dub poet
 * Liza Johnson (born 1970), American film director, producer, and writer
 * Lois Johnson (1942–2014), American country music singer
 * Lou Johnson (singer) (1941–2019), American soul singer and pianist
 * Louis Johnson (bassist) (1955–2015), American bass player and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson
 * Luther "Houserocker" Johnson (1939–2019), American blues singer and guitarist
 * L.V. Johnson (1946–1994), American Chicago blues and soul-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
 * Marv Johnson (1938–1993), American R&B and soul singer
 * Mary Johnson (singer) (1898 or 1900–1983), American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter
 * Mary Coffin Johnson (1834–1928), American activist and writer
 * Meg Johnson (actress) (1936–2023), English actress
 * Molly Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter
 * Nedra Johnson (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
 * Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actor
 * Philip Johnson (1906–2005), American architect
 * Puff Johnson (1972–2013), American singer
 * Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British editor and journalist
 * Ramone Johnson, known as Cashis (born 1982), American rapper
 * Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect
 * Robb Johnson (born 1955), British musician and songwriter
 * Russell Johnson (1924–2014), American TV and film actor
 * Ruth Johnson (born 1955), American politician in Michigan
 * Ruth Johnson (known also as Ruth Horsting and Ma Renu; 1919–2000), American sculptor, professor, and philanthropist
 * Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), English poet, essayist, lexicographer and "man of letters"
 * Scarlett Alice Johnson (born 1985), English actor
 * Sophia Orne Johnson (1826–1899), American author
 * Taborah Johnson (born 1953), actor and jazz singer
 * Traci Paige Johnson (born 1969), American animator, voice actress, co-creator of Blue's Clues
 * Van Johnson (1916–2008), American actor
 * W. Bolingbroke Johnson, pseudonym of Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American author and scholar
 * Wesley Johnson (1945–2009), aka Wess, American-born Italian singer and bass guitarist
 * Wilko Johnson (1947–2022), English singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor

Politics, law, and government

 * Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869
 * Axel Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1870–1924)
 * A. R. Johnson (1856–1933), Louisiana politician
 * Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943), American jurist
 * Bob Johnson (Arkansas state representative), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
 * Boris Johnson (born 1964), UK Prime Minister
 * Cavalier Johnson, American politician
 * Cecil E. Johnson (1888–1955), Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
 * Charlene Johnson, Canadian politician
 * Clark Johnson (politician) (born 1952), American politician (Minnesota)
 * Dean Johnson (politician) (born 1947), American politician
 * Dusty Johnson (born 1976), American politician
 * Ebenezer Johnson (1786–1849), first mayor of Buffalo, New York
 * Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American political activist
 * Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810–1876), wife of U.S. president Andrew Johnson
 * Fitz Johnson (born 1963), American politician
 * Frank Minis Johnson (1918–1999), American jurist
 * Gerald W. Johnson (1919–2002), American military general
 * Greta Johnson (born 1977), politician
 * Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844–1917), American writer, poet, and activist
 * Henrietta R. Johnson (1914–1997), American state legislator and nurse
 * Huey Johnson (1933–2020), American environmentalist and politician
 * Isaac Johnson (colonist) (c. 1601–1630), English colonist and one of the founders of Massachusetts
 * Isaac Johnson (politician) (1803–1853), 12th governor of the state of Louisiana
 * J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California governor
 * Jacob Johnson (born 1948), Swedish politician
 * Janis Johnson (born 1946), Canadian politician
 * Jay W. Johnson (1943–2009), American politician
 * K. A. Johnson (1848–1929), Wisconsin politician
 * Kim Johnson, British politician elected 2019
 * Kristina M. Johnson (born 1957), American businesswoman, academic, engineer, and government official
 * Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969, and businesswoman
 * Lee A. Johnson (born 1947), American lawyer
 * Luci Baines Johnson (born 1947), youngest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson
 * Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born 1944), eldest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson
 * Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
 * Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), American gay liberation activist and drag queen
 * Oswald H. Johnson (1912–1993), American politician
 * Phillip E. Johnson (1940–2019), American law professor and a founder of the Intelligent Design movement
 * Pierre-Marc Johnson (born 1946), 24th Premier of Quebec
 * Ron Johnson (born 1955), Wisconsin politician
 * Shirley Johnson (1937–2021), Michigan politician
 * Vaughan Johnson (politician) (1947–2023), Australian politician
 * Verne C. Johnson (1925–2012), Minnesota politician
 * Willard Johnson (politician) (1820–1900), New York politician
 * William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Western Australian MLA
 * William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician and soldier

Sciences and medicine

 * Angas Johnson (1873–1951), Australian physician
 * Florence Merriam Johnson (c. 1876–1954), American nurse
 * Hosmer Allen Johnson (1822–1891), American physician
 * James Yate Johnson (1820–1900), English naturalist
 * Joanne Johnson (born 1977), British geologist and Antarctic scientist
 * Katherine Johnson (1918–2020), American mathematician
 * Kathleen R. Johnson, American paleoclimatologist
 * Marcia K. Johnson (born 1943), American psychologist
 * Reynold B. Johnson (1906–1998), American inventor and computer pioneer
 * Virginia E. Johnson (1925–2013), American sexologist
 * Leslie Peter Johnson (1930–2016), English philologist
 * Veronica Johnson, American meteorologist

Sports

 * Alec Johnson (born 1944), English cricketer
 * Alissa Johnson (born 1987), American ski jumper
 * Alonzo Johnson (1963–2024), American football player
 * Andre Johnson (born 1981), American football player
 * Antonio Johnson (born 1984), American football player
 * Antonio Johnson (defensive back) (born 2001), American football player
 * B. J. Johnson (born 1987), American swimmer
 * Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American football player
 * Berry Johnson (1906–1985), New Zealand rower
 * Bobby Johnson (born 1951), American football coach
 * Brent Johnson (born 1977), American ice hockey player
 * Bryce Johnson (baseball) (born 1995), American baseball player
 * Buddy Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player
 * Cade Johnson (born 1999), American football player
 * Calvin Johnson (born 1985), American football player
 * Carlton Johnson (born 1969), American football player
 * Carrie Johnson (canoeist), (born 1984), American Olympian
 * Cephus Johnson (born 1999), American football player
 * Chad Johnson (born 1978), American football player
 * Christian Johnson (born 1986), American football player
 * Collin Johnson (born 1997), American football player
 * Curley "Boo" Johnson (born 1965), American basketball player
 * Dallas Johnson (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
 * Danny Johnson (American football) (born 1995), American football player
 * Darcy Johnson (born 1983), American football player
 * Darnell Johnson (born 1998), English footballer
 * Davey Johnson (born 1943), American baseball player and manager
 * Delano Johnson (born 1988), American football player
 * Desjuan Johnson (born 1999), American football player
 * D'Ernest Johnson (born 1996), American football player
 * Dillon Johnson (born 2001), American football player
 * Diontae Johnson (born 1998), American football player
 * Dorian Johnson (born 1994), American football player
 * Dustin Johnson (born 1984), American golfer
 * Elijah Johnson (basketball) (born 1990), American player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
 * Ethel Johnson (wrestler) (1935–2018), American professional wrestler
 * Hammond Johnson (1883–1919), American college football and baseball coach
 * Isaiah Johnson (American football, born May 1992) (born 1992), American football player
 * Isaiah Johnson (cornerback) (born 1996), American football player
 * Ivan Johnson (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball player
 * Jakob Johnson (born 1994), American football player
 * Jaleel Johnson (born 1994), American football player
 * Jamar Johnson (born 1999), American football player
 * Jamarr Johnson (born 1988), Indonesian basketball player
 * Jaquan Johnson (born 1996), American football player
 * Jaylon Johnson (born 1999), American football player
 * Jett Johnson (born 1999), American football player
 * Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American NASCAR driver
 * Jing Johnson (1894–1950), American baseball player
 * Jon'Vea Johnson (born 1996), American football player
 * Josh Johnson (baseball coach) (born 1986), American baseball coach
 * J. R. Johnson (born 1979), American football player
 * Junior Johnson (1931–2019), American NASCAR driver and team owner
 * Juwan Johnson (born 1996), American football player
 * K. D. Johnson (born 2001), American basketball player
 * KeeSean Johnson (born 1996), American football player
 * Keldon Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
 * Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher), American baseball player
 * Kermit Johnson (born 1952), American football player
 * Kerryon Johnson (born 1997), American football player
 * Keyshawn Johnson (born 1972), American football player and ESPN broadcaster
 * Kobe Johnson (born 2003), American basketball player
 * Kris Johnson (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player
 * Kyron Johnson (born 1998), American football player
 * Lance Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
 * Leavander Johnson (1969–2005), American boxer
 * Len Johnson (boxer) (1902–1969), English boxer
 * Len Johnson (cricketer) (1919–1977), Australian cricketer
 * Lonnie Johnson Jr. (born 1995), American football player
 * Lyndon Johnson (American football) (born 1994), American football player
 * Magic Johnson (born 1959), American basketball player and businessman
 * Marques Johnson (born 1956), American basketball player and basketball analyst
 * Max Johnson (born 2001), American football player
 * Meechie Johnson, American basketball player
 * Michael Johnson (sprinter) (born 1967), American athlete and Gold Medal Olympian
 * Mickey Johnson (born 1952), American basketball player
 * Myles Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
 * Nazeeh Johnson (born 1998), American football player
 * Bisi Johnson (Olabisi Johnson, born 1997), American football player
 * Oli Johnson (born 1987), English footballer
 * Paris Johnson, American football player
 * Paris Johnson Jr. (born 2001), American football player
 * Pierce Johnson (born 1991), American baseball player
 * P. J. Johnson (born 1995), American football player
 * Quindell Johnson (born 1999), American football player
 * Quinten Johnson (born 2000), American football player
 * Rafer Johnson (1934–2020), American decathlete and actor
 * Randy Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
 * Rocky Johnson (1944–2020; birth name Wayde Bowles), Canadian professional wrestler and father of Dwayne Johnson
 * Roderick Johnson (born 1995), American football player
 * Roschon Johnson (born 2001), American football player
 * Rudi Johnson (born 1979), American football player
 * Samson Johnson (born 2002), Togolese basketball player
 * Shaun Johnson (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league international
 * Shawn Johnson (born 1992), American gymnast
 * Sherry Combs Johnson (1938–2023), American barrel racer
 * Spider Johnson (1907–1966), American football player
 * T. J. Johnson (American football) (born 1990), American football player
 * Taron Johnson (born 1996), American football player
 * Taylor Johnson (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1920s
 * Tiffani Johnson (born 1975), American basketball player
 * Travis Johnson (defensive end) (born 1982), American football player
 * Ty Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
 * Tyren Johnson (born 1988), American basketball player
 * Tyron Johnson (born 1996), American football player
 * Van Johnson (racing driver) (1927–1959), American racing driver
 * Vaughan Johnson (1962–2019), American football player
 * Zack Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
 * Zion Johnson (born 1999), American football player
 * Zion Johnson (born 1999), American football player

Other

 * Amy Johnson (1903–1941), pioneering English aviator
 * Ariell Johnson (born 1983), American business owner
 * Benton Johnson (1928–2024), American sociologist
 * Bessilyn Johnson (1871–1943), wife of Albert Mussey Johnson
 * Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829–1903), American Civil War general
 * Bushrod Johnson (1817–1880), Confederate Army general
 * Dolly Johnson (~1820s–~1890s), formerly enslaved Tennessean
 * Eben Samuel Johnson (1886–1939), English-American Methodist bishop
 * Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929), American philanthropist, writer
 * F. Ross Johnson (1931–2016), CEO of RJR Nabisco
 * Gertrude I. Johnson (1876–1961), co-founder of Johnson & Wales University
 * Gisle Johnson (Scouting) (1934–2014), Chief Scout of the Norges Speiderforbund
 * Guion Griffis Johnson (1900–1989), American historian
 * Guy Benton Johnson (1901–1991), American social anthropologist
 * Janelle Johnson (died 1983), American murder victim and formerly missing person
 * John Thad Johnson (1893–1927), aviator
 * Jotham Johnson (1905–1967), American archaeologist
 * Lacey Robert Johnson (1854–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
 * Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864–1956), American educator
 * Liver-Eating Johnson (c. 1824–1900), mountain man of the American Old West
 * Lycurgus Johnson (1818–1876), American cotton planter and politician.
 * Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821–1863), American plantation owner in the Antebellum South
 * Marilyn Johnson (1928–2007), American bridge player
 * Osgood Johnson (1803–1837), 5th Principal of Phillips Academy
 * Peggy Johnson (1976–1999), American female murder victim
 * R. Milton Johnson, American chief executive
 * Sarah Marie Johnson (born 1987), American murderess
 * Scott Johnson (1961–1988), American PhD student in mathematics and victim of a 1988 suspected homophobic murder in Australia
 * Veora Johnson (1910–2001), educational administrator
 * Victor S. Johnson Jr. (1916–2008), American businessman
 * Victor S. Johnson Sr. (1882–1943), American businessman
 * Wallace E. Johnson (1901–1988), co-founder of Holiday Inn
 * William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), American educator and president of Lincoln University

Fictional characters

 * Adrian Johnson (Oz), an African American correctional officer in the HBO drama Oz
 * Alice Johnson, a character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
 * Agent Johnson, a character in The Matrix franchise
 * Angelina Johnson, a character in the Harry Potter franchise
 * Avery Johnson from the video game series Halo
 * Bergholt Stuttley Johnson (known as Bloody Stupid Johnson), from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
 * Carl "CJ" Johnson, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
 * Cave Johnson, the CEO of Aperture Laboratories from Portal 2
 * Christopher Johnson, a character from the 2009 science fiction film District 9
 * Daisy Johnson, a character in Marvel Comics
 * E. Normus Johnson, a character used to advertise Big Johnson T-shirts
 * Janie Johnson, a character from books written by Caroline B. Cooney
 * Jeremy Johnson, a character from Phineas and Ferb
 * Johnson Johnson, the hero of a series of mystery novels written by Dorothy Dunnett
 * Mr. Johnson (Sesame Street), a Fat Blue character on Sesame Street
 * Olivia Johnson, a character from Hollyoaks
 * Shelly Johnson, a character from the Twin Peaks TV series
 * Suzy Johnson, a character from Phineas and Ferb
 * Tilda Johnson aka Nightshade, a character in Marvel Comics
 * Tyrone Johnson, "Cloak" of the Cloak and Dagger Marvel Comics duo