John Young

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John Young might refer to the following people:

• John Young (actor) (1916–1996), Scottish actor
• John Young, (1909–1997) American (Hawaiian) painter
• John Young (artist) (c. 1800), British artist
• John Young (astronaut) (born 1930), Retired US astronaut and moonwalker
• John Young (baseball) American baseball player drafted by Detroit in 1982
• John Young (bishop) (1578–1605), Bishop of Rochester
• John Young (brewer) (d 2006), Chairman of brewers Young & Co
• John Young (British politician) (c. 1639–1710), English Member of Parliament for Old Sarum
• John Young (coach), Soccer coach in the North American Soccer League
• John Young (cinematographer), Australian cinematographer and naturalist
• John Young (composer) (born 1962), New Zealand composer of electroacoustic music
• John Young (Cryptome), Publisher of the Cryptome website
• John Young (cyclist), Winner of 1958 Herald Sun Tour
• John Young (governor) (1802–1852), 19th century Governor of New York
• John Young Olohana (Hawaii), Royal Advisor to Kamehameha I, Kingdom of Hawaii
• Sir John Young (jurist) (born 1919), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria 1974–91
• John Young (musician), Keyboard player briefly in Asia and with John Wetton
• John Young (naval officer) (ca. 1740–1781), Captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War
• John Young (pioneer), Surveyor of the Connecticut Western Reserve
• John Young (professor) (c. 1555), Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge
• John Young (publisher) (fl. 1698–1732), English publisher of later editions of The Dancing Master
• John Young (Quebec MP) (1811–1878), Member of the Canadian House of Commons
• John Young (Scottish politician), Scottish politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament
• John Young (seigneur) (ca 1759–1819), Seigneur, judge and politician in Lower Canada
• John Young (security contractor), American security contractor who was kidnapped in Iraq
• John Young (sociologist), Sociologist who opposed the opinions of the DIMPAC report
• John Young (soccer) (1872–1958), member of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame
• John Young (SOE), Special Operations Executive field agent
• John Young (theorist), Literary theorist and assistant professor at Marshall University.

Alternate designations:

• J. Smith Young (1834-1916), US congressman from Louisiana
• John A. Young, Former president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
• John Andrew Young (1916–2002), American politician from the state of Texas
• John Chin Young (1909–1997), American (Hawaiian) painter
• John Duncan Young (1823–1910), US congressman from Kentucky
• John Freeman Young, Second Episcopal bishop of Florida and translator of the carol "Silent Night"
• John Frederick Young (1871–1890), Canadian songwriter ("My Own Canadian Home")
• John Russell Young (1840–1899), American journalist, author, diplomat, and the seventh Librarian of Congress (1897–1899)
• John V. Young, San Francisco police officer murdered August 29, 1971 by members of the Black Liberation Army
• John Willard Young, apostle and member of the First Presidency in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• John Zachary Young (1907–1997), English zoologist who studied neural action
• Johnny Young, Australian singer, songwriter and television host
• John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1807–1876), Second Governor General of Canada

John Young may also refer to:

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