John Lewis (1940–2020) was an American politician and civil rights leader from Georgia.

John Lewis may also refer to:

People

Academics

  • John Lewis (computer scientist) (born 1963), American computer science educator and author
  • John Lewis (headmaster) (born 1942), New Zealand headmaster of Eton College
  • John Lewis (philosopher) (1889–1976), British Unitarian minister and Marxist philosopher
  • John David Lewis (1955–2012), American political scientist, historian, and Objectivist scholar
  • John S. Lewis (born 1941), American professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
  • John T. Lewis (1932–2004), Welsh mathematical physicist
  • John Wilson Lewis (1930–2017), American political scientist

Businesspeople

  • John Lewis (brewer) (1713–1792), British brewer
  • John Lewis (department store founder) (1836–1928), British draper and founder of the John Lewis department store
  • John Spedan Lewis (1885–1963), British industrial democracy pioneer, founder of the John Lewis Partnership
  • Sir John Lewis (businessman) (born 1940), British businessman, solicitor and charity executive
  • John Allen Lewis (1819–1895), American newspaper editor

Clergy

  • John Lewis (antiquarian) (1675–1747), English clergyman
  • John Lewis (archbishop of Ontario) (1825–1901), Anglican bishop, archbishop and author in Canada
  • John Lewis (archdeacon of Cheltenham) (1934–2024), British Anglican priest
  • John Lewis (archdeacon of Hereford) (1909–1984), Anglican priest
  • John Lewis (archdeacon of North-West Europe) (1939–1994), Archdeacon of North West Europe from 1982 to 1993
  • John Lewis (bishop of North Queensland) (1926–2015), Australian Anglican bishop
  • John Lewis (dean of Llandaff) (1947–2019), Welsh Anglican priest
  • John Lewis (dean of Ossory) (1717–1783), Dean of Ossory in Ireland from 1755 to 1783

Musicians

  • John Lewis (electronic musician) (died c. 1984), Canadian-British electronic music composer
  • John Lewis (pianist) (1920–2001), American jazz pianist and composer with the Modern Jazz Quartet
  • John Lewis (singer) (born 1947), British singer and multi-instrumentalist known professionally as Jona Lewie

Politicians

American politicians

  • John Lewis (1940–2020), member of US House of Representatives from Georgia <!-- Repeated since John Lewis (politician) redirects here -->
  • John Lewis (Arizona politician) (born 1957), businessman and mayor of Gilbert, Arizona
  • John Lewis (California politician) (born 1954), politician in the California Senate
  • John L. Lewis (politician) (1800–1886), mayor of New Orleans
  • John Wood Lewis Sr. (1801–1865), Confederate States of America Senator
  • John Lewis (Shawnee leader) ( – 1826), Native American leader of the Shawnee in Lewistown, Ohio
  • John F. Lewis (1818–1895), US Senator from Virginia
  • John H. Lewis (1830–1929), US Representative from Illinois
  • John V. Lewis (died 1913), Ohio state senator
  • John W. Lewis (1841–1913), US Representative from Kentucky
  • John W. Lewis Jr. (1906–1977), Illinois Secretary of State
  • John W. Lewis III (born 1949), politician in Florida

Australian politicians

  • John Lewis (Australian politician) (1844–1923), South Australian pastoralist and politician

British politicians

  • John Lewis (of Abernant) (1580–?), Welsh MP
  • John Lewis (Radnor MP) (1738–1797), Welsh MP for New Radnor
  • Harvey Lewis (politician) (John Harvey Lewis, 1814–1888), Irish-born lawyer and Liberal MP
  • John Delaware Lewis (1828–1884), English Liberal Party MP
  • J. H. Lewis (John H. Lewis, 1908–1976), English landowner and councillor
  • John Lewis (British politician) (1912–1969), British Labour Party MP

Canadian politicians

  • John Lewis (Canadian senator) (1858–1935), newspaper editor and senator
  • John Lewis (New Brunswick politician) (1804–1888), judge and politician
  • John Lewis (Newfoundland politician) (1867–1922), politician in Newfoundland
  • John Bower Lewis (1817–1874), politician in Ottawa

Sportspeople

  • John Lewis (cricketer) (1867–1939), Australian cricketer
  • John Lewis (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1954), Welsh international football player
  • John Lewis (footballer, born 1949), Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn
  • John Lewis (footballer, born 1953) (1953–2024), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy
  • John Lewis (footballer, born 1954), English football player for Orient
  • John Lewis (footballer, born 1955), Welsh football player and manager
  • Lenell John-Lewis (footballer, born 1989) English football player
  • John Lewis (referee) (1855–1926), English football player, administrator, referee and co-founder of Blackburn Rovers F.C.
  • John Lewis (weightlifter) (born 1943), Canadian Olympic weightlifter
  • John Goulstone Lewis (1859–1935), Welsh international rugby union player
  • John Henry Lewis (1914–1974), American boxer and world light heavyweight champion
  • Buddy Lewis (John Kelly Lewis, 1916–2011), American baseball player
  • John Lewis (sprinter), winner of the 300 yards at the 1930 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
  • John Lewis III, sprinter and winner of the 2017 and 2018 NCAA Division I 4 × 100 m relay championships
  • John Lewis (runner), middle-distance runner, 2018 indoor 800 m All-American for the Clemson Tigers track and field team

Other people

  • John Lewis (Virginia colonist) (1678–1762), Virginia pioneer and father of General Andrew Lewis and Thomas Lewis the Virginia politicaion
  • John Lewis (criminal) (died 1910), American gangster from New York City, known as Spanish Louie
  • John Lewis (journalist) (born 1933), Australian journalist
  • John Lewis (Nebraska activist) (c. 1841–?), hotelier, musician, and civil rights activist in Omaha, Nebraska
  • John Lewis (typographer) (1912–1996), British typographer and illustrator
  • John Frederick Lewis (1805–1876), English Orientalist painter
  • John L. Lewis (1880–1969), American labor leader
  • John P. Lewis (1921–2010), American academic and presidential advisor
  • John Percy Leon Lewis (1943–2020), Guyanese military officer
  • John Randolph Lewis (1834–1900), American dentist, soldier, administrator, and postmaster
  • John Taylor Lewis (1894–1983), American army officer
  • F. John Lewis (1916–1993), American surgeon
  • John Penry Lewis (1854–1923), British colonial administrator

Other

  • John Lewis & Partners, a chain of department stores in the United Kingdom
  • John Lewis Partnership, a United Kingdom holding company.
  • USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205), lead ship of a class of US military tankers

See also

  • Lenell John-Lewis (born 1989), English footballer
  • Jack Lewis (disambiguation)
  • John R. Lewis (disambiguation)
  • Johnny Lewis (disambiguation)
  • Jon Lewis (disambiguation)
  • Jonathan Lewis (disambiguation)
  • John Louis (disambiguation)