John or Johnny King may refer to:

Academics

  • John Edward King (1858–1939), English author and headmaster
  • John E. King (1913–2008), American educator and academic administrator
  • John G. King (physicist) (1925–2014), experimental physicist at MIT
  • John Leslie King (born 1951), professor at the University of Michigan School of Information
  • John Mark King, leader of St. James-Bond Church (1863–1883) and principal of Manitoba College in Winnipeg
  • John King (1766-1846), Swiss-English surgeon and artist in Bristol, UK

Entertainment

  • John Crookshanks King (1806–1882), Scottish sculptor in Boston, Massachusetts
  • John King (painter) (1929–2014), English painter
  • John "Dusty" King (1909–1987), American actor
  • John Michael King (1926–2008), American actor
  • John Reed King (1914–1979), American radio and TV game show host
  • John King (ukulelist) (1953–2009), American ukulele player
  • John King (author) (born 1960), English author of novels such as The Football Factory
  • John King (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe
  • John King (country singer) (born 1988), country musician
  • John King (music producer), American music producer, one of the Dust Brothers
  • John King, lead guitarist for American rock band The Litter

Military

  • John King, 1st Baron Kingston (died 1676), Anglo-Irish soldier during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
  • John King (explorer) (1838–1872), Irish soldier and member of the Burke and Wills expedition in Australia
  • John King (Medal of Honor) (1865–1938), U.S. Navy chief petty officer and twice recipient of the Medal of Honor
  • John F. King (born 1963/1964), U.S. Army officer and Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner
  • John H. King (1820–1888), U.S. Army officer and American Civil War general

Politics

US

  • John King (New York congressman) (1775–1836), United States representative from New York
  • John A. King (1788–1867), governor of New York, 1857–1858
  • John Pendleton King (1799–1888), United States senator from Georgia
  • John A. King (1817–1900), New York politician
  • J. Floyd King (1842–1915), U.S. representative from Louisiana
  • John Rhodes King, member of the sixth (1855) and eleventh (1866) Texas Legislatures
  • John M. King, member of the 6th South Dakota State Senate in 1899
  • Jack P. King (1909–1982), member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
  • John W. King (1918–1996), governor of New Hampshire, 1963–1969
  • John McCandish King (1927–2016), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
  • John G. King (politician) (born 1942), in Massachusetts
  • John King Jr. (born 1975), United States secretary of education, 2016–2017
  • John Richard C. King (born 1976), South Carolina state legislature
  • John King (California politician), president of the Common Council
  • John King (Michigan politician), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
  • John Edward King (Louisiana judge) (1821–1881), justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for one day

UK

  • John King, 2nd Baron King (1706–1740), English MP and peer
  • John King (official) (1759–1830), of Aldenham House, Herts., English under-secretary of state for home affairs and MP
  • John Gilbert King (1822–1901), Irish Conservative politician
  • John Francis King (1926–1998), mayor of Galway, 1978–1979
  • John King (MP for Gloucester), English MP for Gloucester
  • Sir John King, 2nd Baronet (died 1720), Anglo-Irish politician

Elsewhere

  • John Charles King (1817–1870), member of Victorian Legislative Assembly for Evelyn
  • John King (Australian politician) (1820–1895), Victorian Legislative Council and Gippsland
  • John Warwick King (1856–1927), Canadian member of parliament from Ontario

Religion

  • John King (bishop of London) (died 1621), Church of England bishop
  • John King (covenanter) (died 1679), Church of Scotland minister, Scots Worthy, executed and mutilated in Edinburgh
  • John King (rector of Chelsea) (1652–1732), English clergyman
  • John King (master of Charterhouse) (1655–1737), English clergyman and headmaster
  • John Glen King (1732–1787), English cleric and antiquarian
  • John King (missionary) (1787–1854), New Zealand missionary
  • John King (bishop of Portsmouth) (1880–1965), English Roman Catholic bishop
  • John King (canon of Westminster) (died 1638), canon of Windsor, and of Westminster
  • John King (archdeacon of Killala) (died 1818), Anglican priest in Ireland

Sports

Cricket

  • John King (Suffolk cricketer) (1797–1842), English cricketer
  • John King (cricketer, born 1871) (1871–1946), English cricketer
  • John William King (1908–1953), English cricketer and nephew of cricketer John King
  • Bart King (1873–1965), American cricketer, John Barton King

Football and rugby

  • Johnny King (footballer, born 1926) (1926–2010), English footballer for Leicester in the 1949 FA Cup Final
  • Johnny King (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2025), English footballer for Stoke and Crewe in the 1950s and 1960s
  • John King (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1982), Welsh international footballer for Swansea
  • John King (footballer, born 1938) (1938–2016), English footballer for Tranmere and Port Vale
  • John King (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1940s
  • John King (Scottish footballer) (1888–1984), Scottish footballer
  • John Abbott King (1883–1916), English rugby player
  • Johnny King (born 1942), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s
  • John M. King, Mississippi College head football coach before George Bohler in 1925

Other sports

  • John King (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player
  • Johnny King (boxer) (1912–1963), English boxer 1920s–1940s
  • John King (long jumper) (born 1963), English long jumper
  • John Paul King (born 1982), Irish hurler
  • John King (racing driver) (born 1988), American stock car racing driver
  • John King (fencer), Scottish fencer

Other

  • John King (murderer) (1974–2019), American white supremacist and one of the three perpetrators of the Murder of James Byrd Jr.
  • John King (pirate) (died 1717), juvenile pirate in the crew of Samuel Bellamy
  • John King (police officer) (1830–1881), police constable at the Eureka Stockade rebellion
  • John King (journalist) (born 1962/1963), American journalist for CNN
  • John King, USA, American television show
  • John King, Baron King of Wartnaby (1917–2005), English businessman, chairman of British Airways
  • John Herbert King, British clerk and spy for the Soviet Union
  • USS John King, U.S. Navy destroyer named for the Medal of Honor recipient
  • John A. King House, historic house in Lake Butler, Florida

See also

  • Jack King (disambiguation)
  • John Dashwood-King (disambiguation)
  • Jon King (born 1954), English musician
  • Jon King (actor), American adult film actor and model
  • Jonathan King (disambiguation)
  • King (surname)
  • John, King of England