Johnstone is a surname. It is a variant of the similar surname Johnston which in most cases is a toponymic surname derived from several places in Scotland.

List of persons with the surname

17th century

  • James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (1602–1653)
  • James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale (c.1687–1730)
  • Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet (1697–1772), Scottish baronet and politician
  • John Johnstone (mayor) (1661–1732), 32nd Mayor of New York City
  • William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale (1664–1721), Scottish nobleman
  • Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet (1600s–1727), Scottish baronet and politician

18th century

  • Charles Johnstone (c. 1719–1800), Irish novelist
  • Chevalier de Johnstone (1719 – c. 1791), army officer
  • Edward Huggins Johnstone (1791–1850), Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
  • George Vanden-Bempde, 3rd Marquess of Annandale (1720–1792)
  • George Johnstone (Royal Navy officer) (1730–1787), British naval officer and Member of Parliament
  • George Johnstone (1764–1813) (1764–1813), British politician
  • Sir James Johnstone, 4th Baronet (1726–1794)
  • James Johnstone (explorer) (c. 1759–1823) British naval officer, acting lieutenant during George Vancouver's 1791–95 expedition
  • John Johnstone (East India Company) (1734–1795), Scottish nabob
  • Thomas Johnstone (1772–1839), sailor, smuggler and saboteur
  • Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, born William Johnstone (1729–1805), Scottish advocate, landowner and politician

19th century

  • Alan Johnstone (1858–1932), British diplomat
  • Archie Johnstone (1896–1963), Scottish journalist who defected to the Soviet Union; husband of Nancy Johnstone
  • Banner Johnstone (1882–1964), British rower
  • Barbara Elizabeth Johnstone (1849–1928), English burlesque performer and opera bouffe soprano
  • Edward Grahame Johnstone (1899–1946), British World War I flying ace
  • Harcourt Johnstone (1895–1945), British Liberal Party politician
  • Henry James Johnstone (1835–1907), British portrait photographer and landscape painter in Australia
  • James Johnstone (1801–1888) (1801–1888), Scottish Liberal Party politician
  • John Johnstone (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1953), Scottish footballer
  • Joseph Johnstone (1860–1931), Scottish Liberal politician
  • Justine Johnstone (1895–1982), American actress and pathologist
  • Lamar Johnstone (1882–1919), American actor and director
  • Ralph Johnstone (1886–1910), American aviator who died in an air crash
  • Susan Johnstone (1792–1850), British actress
  • William Johnstone (VC) (1823–1857), British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross

20th century

  • Alex or Alexander Johnstone, multiple persons
  • Alison Johnstone (born 1965), Scottish politician
  • Arthur H. Johnstone, South African scouting official
  • Anne Grahame Johnstone (1928–1998), English illustrator
  • Anthony "Tony" Johnstone (born 1956), Zimbabwean professional golfer
  • Archibald Johnstone (1924–2014), Canadian businessman and retired Senator
  • Billy Johnstone, Australian rugby player
  • Bobby Johnstone (1929–2001), Scottish footballer
  • Brad Johnstone (born 1950), New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach
  • Bruce Johnstone (disambiguation), multiple persons
  • Campbell Johnstone (born 1980), All Black, New Zealand Rugby Player
  • Chris Johnstone (born 1960)
  • Colin Johnstone, (1921–1991) New Zealand rower
  • Davey Johnstone (born 1951), rock guitarist and vocalist
  • Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish footballer
  • Diana Johnstone (born 1934), American political writer
  • Dougie Johnstone (born 1969), Scottish footballer
  • Ed Johnstone (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Edward Huggins Johnstone (1922–2013), American federal judge
  • Eve Johnstone, (born 1944) Scottish Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh
  • Frederick Johnston (disambiguation), multiple persons
  • Gavin Wildridge Johnstone (1941–1987), Australian ornithologist
  • Graeme Johnstone, Australian state coroner for Victoria
  • Gwyneth Johnstone (1915–2010), English landscape painter
  • Harry Johnstone, English footballer
  • Hugh Johnstone (1931–2014), British Army officer
  • James Johnstone (disambiguation), multiple persons
  • Janet Johnstone (1928–1979), illustrator
  • Jay Johnstone (1946–2020), American baseball player
  • John Johnstone (baseball) (born 1968), former Major League Baseball player
  • Jude Johnstone, American singer-songwriter
  • Keith Johnstone (1933–2023), American drama instructor
  • Lance Johnstone (born 1973), American football player
  • Lew Johnstone (1916–1983), Australian politician
  • Mandy Johnstone (born 1972), Australian politician
  • Marty Johnstone (1951–1979), New Zealand drug trafficker
  • Nancy Bell-Johnstone (born 1959), American biathlete
  • Nancy Johnstone (writer) (1906–1951), English writer and humanitarian, wife of Archie Johnstone
  • Nathan Johnstone (born 1990), Australian snowboarder
  • Parker Johnstone (born 1961), American race car driver
  • Paul Neil Milne Johnstone (1952–2004), British poet
  • Peter Johnstone (disambiguation), multiple persons
  • Phil Johnstone, songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist, and record producer
  • Sam Johnstone (born 1993), English footballer
  • Sandy Johnstone (1916–2000), British Air Marshal
  • Travis Johnstone (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
  • Tyler Johnstone (born 1992), American football player
  • William Johnstone (disambiguation), multiple persons

Scottish clan

  • Clan Johnstone, a Scottish clan, whose chief has the noble title Earl of Annandale and Hartfell

People with a variant form of the surname

  • William Johnstone Milne (1892–1917), Canadian World War I soldier
  • William Johnstone Ritchie (1813–92), Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court
  • George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911), Irish physicist; introduced the term "electron"

Fictional people with the surname

  • Paul Johnstone, alter-ego of the anti-hero Shadowhawk

See also

  • Johnston (surname)

References