John Young

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John Young might refer to the following people:

• John Young (astronaut), (born 1930), United States, retired NASA astronaut and Moonwalker.
• John Young (bishop), Bishop of Rochester (1578–1605)
• John Young (c. 1639-1710), English Member of Parliament for Old Sarum
• John Young (fl. 1698–1732), English publisher of later editions of The Dancing Master
• John Young (naval officer) (ca. 1740–1781), a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War
• John Young (pioneer), a surveyor of the Connecticut Western Reserve.
• John Young (governor) (1802–1852), 19th century Governor of New York.
• John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1807–1876), the second Governor General of Canada.
• John Young (1811–1878), member of the Canadian House of Commons
• John Frederick Young (1871–1890), Canadian songwriter ("My Own Canadian Home").
• John Russell Young (1840–1899), an American journalist, author, diplomat, and the seventh Librarian of Congress (1897–1899).
• John Young (congressman) (1823–1910), a US congressman from Kentucky
• John Young (soccer), (1872–1958), member of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame
• John Young (Scottish politician), Scottish politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament
• John Zachary Young (1907–1997), an English zoologist who studied neural action
• John Young (actor) (1916–1996), a Scottish actor
• John Andrew Young (1916–2002), an American politician from the state of Texas.
• John Young, Special Operations Executive field agent
• John Young, publisher of the Cryptome website
• John Young, Royal Advisor to Kamehameha I, Kingdom of Hawaii
• John Young (Cinematographer)
• John Young (musician), keyboard played briefly in Asia and with John Wetton
• John Young (ca 1759-1819), was a seigneur, judge and politician in Lower Canada
• John Young (theorist), literary theorist and assistant professor at Marshall University.
• John A. Young, former president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
• Johnny Young, Australian singer, songwriter and television host
• John V. Young, San Francisco police officer murdered August 29, 1971 by members of the Black Liberation Army

John Young might also refer to:

• USS John Young (DD-973), a Spruance-class destroyer in the United States Navy named for the naval officer.
• John Young Parkway, a four- and six-lane surface road in Florida named for the astronaut.