John Savage may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

  • John Savage (engraver) (fl. 1690–1700), printseller in London
  • John Savage (author) (1673–1747), English clergyman and scholar
  • John Savage (Fenian) (1828–1888), poet, journalist and author
  • John Savage (actor) (born 1949), actor
  • Jon Savage (born 1953), writer, broadcaster and music journalist

Military

  • Sir John Savage (soldier) (1444–1492), knight and military commander
  • John Savage (died 1586), soldier and co-conspirator in the 1586 Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I of England
  • Sir John Boscawen Savage (1760–1843), Royal Marines officer served as head of the Royal Marines

Politics

  • John Savage (died 1615), landowner, MP for Cheshire in 1586 and 1589
  • John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers (1603–1654), royalist and nobleman from Cheshire
  • John Savage (American politician, born 1779) (1779–1863), Congressman from New York
  • John Savage (Irish politician) (1814–1883), mayor of Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland)
  • John Houston Savage (1815–1904), Congressman from Tennessee
  • John S. Savage (1841–1884), Congressman from Ohio
  • John J. Savage (1910–1973), American politician from Florida
  • John Savage (Nebraska politician) (1905–1989), American politician from Nebraska
  • John Savage (Nova Scotia politician) (1932–2003), doctor and Premier of Nova Scotia
  • John Savage (British Columbia politician) (1936–2018), Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Science, engineering

  • John Savage (surveyor), 18th century surveyor for Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
  • John Savage (surgeon) (1770–1838), English naval surgeon and travel writer on the Antipodes
  • John L. Savage (1879–1967), American civil engineer and United States Bureau of Reclamation design chief
  • John E. Savage, computer scientist and Brown University professor

Sports

  • John Savage (cricketer) (1929–2008), English cricketer
  • Jack Savage (English footballer) (1929–2009), English goalkeeper
  • John Savage (English footballer) (1867–1951), English footballer
  • Jack Savage (Gaelic footballer), Kerry player
  • Jack Savage (born 1964), baseball player
  • John Savage (baseball) (born 1965), baseball head coach
  • John Savage, early ring name of John Hindley (born 1965), British retired professional wrestler

Fictional characters

  • John the Savage, a character in the novel Brave New World
  • John Savage, central character in the novel The Meadows of the Moon by James Hilton
  • John Savage, a fictional character from the 1937 film Who Killed John Savage?

Other uses

  • Savage Arena, Toledo, Ohio, USA; formerly John F. Savage Hall, basketball arena for University of Toledo

See also

  • John Savage Bolles (1905–1983), U.S. architect