John Chapman may refer to:

Military

  • John Chapman (Medal of Honor, 1865) (1844–1905), French soldier who fought in the American Civil War
  • John Chapman (Australian Army officer) (1896–1963), Australian Army general of WWII
  • John A. Chapman (1965–2002), USAF Combat Controller, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor

Politicians

United Kingdom

  • John Chapman (Leicester MP) represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Sir John Chapman, 2nd Baronet (c. 1710–1781), British Member of Parliament for Taunton, 1741–1747
  • John Chapman (Grimsby MP) (1810–1877), British Member of Parliament for Grimsby, 1862–1865 and 1874–1877

United States

  • John Chapman (Pennsylvania politician) (1740–1800), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
  • John Grant Chapman (1798–1856), Maryland politician
  • John Lee Chapman (1811–1880), American politician
  • John William Chapman (1894–1978), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Other countries

  • John Otho Chapman (1931–2011), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
  • John Chapman (Australian politician) (1879–1931), Australian senator

Sportspeople

  • Jack Chapman (baseball) (1843–1916), baseball player and manager
  • Jack Chapman (footballer) (1895–?), English footballer
  • John Chapman (baseball) (1899–1953), former shortstop
  • John Chapman (cricketer, born 1877) (1877–1956), English cricketer
  • John Chapman (cricketer, born 1814) (1814–1896), English cricketer
  • John Chapman (New Zealand cricketer) (1865–1949), New Zealand cricketer
  • John Chapman (football manager) (1882–1948), footballer and manager
  • Johnny Chapman (born 1967), NASCAR driver
  • John Chapman (rugby league) (born 1954), Australian rugby league player
  • John Chapman (harness racing) (1928–1980), Canadian driver

Religion

  • John Wilbur Chapman (1859–1918), American Presbyterian evangelist
  • John Chapman (priest) (1865–1933), British priest, abbot, and religious scholar
  • John Chapman (evangelist) (1930–2012), Australian evangelist
  • John Chapman (bishop), Anglican bishop in Canada

Writers

  • John Chapman (theologian) (1704–1784), English cleric and scholar
  • John Chapman (engineer) (1801–1854), English political and economic writer
  • John Jay Chapman (1862–1933), American essayist and dramatist
  • John Chapman (screenwriter) (1927–2001), English playwright and screenwriter

Other people

  • Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman, 1774–1845), pioneer nurseryman and missionary
  • John Gadsby Chapman (1808–1889), American artist
  • John Chapman (publisher) (1821–1894), publisher of the Westminster Review
  • John Ratcliffe Chapman (1815–1899), British-American rifle scope designer
  • John Henry Chapman (1860–1942), British businessman and philatelist
  • John Herbert Chapman (1921–1979), Canadian space researcher
  • John Chapman (artist) (born 1946), British artist
  • John Norman Chapman (born 1947), American murderer
  • John Chapman (producer), British television producer

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See also

  • Jonathan Chapman (1807–1848), American politician