John Baker

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There are several persons known by the name John Baker:

Political figures

• John Baker (Australian politician) (died 1872) was briefly the Premier of South Australia in 1857
• John Baker (US politician), 19th century United States congressman
• John Baker (English statesman) (1488–1558), Speaker of the House of Commons from 1545-1552
• John Baker (UK politician) (1867–1939), British Labour MP for Bilston 1924–1931
• John Baker (Baker Brook) (1796-1868) was a 19th century political activist, who founded the village of Baker Brook, New Brunswick

Others

• John Baker (novelist) (born 1942) is a British novelist
• John Baker (biologist) (1900-1984) was a biologist and professor at Oxford University remembered for his study of race
• John Fleetwood Baker (1901-1985), engineer
• John Baker (musician) is a video game musician
• John Baker (NZ music historian) is a New Zealand music historian
• John Baker (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• Colonel John Baker was a hero of the American Revolutionary War, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named.
• John Baker (General) was the Australian Chief of the Defence Force (1995-1998)
• John Baker (baseball), an American baseball player.
• John Baker (musher) (born circa 1960), an American dogsled racer
• John Baker (Radiophonic musician) (1937-1997), a composer and musician at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (1963-1974)
• John Baker (Roboticist) (born 1986), Roboticist and founder of www.johnsrobotics.com
• John Baker (legal historian) (born 1944) is an English legal historian, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, Cambridge
• John Baker (diver) was a British diver at the Olympics.