John Walker

John Walker may refer to:

Contents 1 Politicians 2 Sportsmen 3 Entertainers and artists 4 Military people and spies 5 Inventors and scientists 6 Businessmen 7 Others 8 Characters 9 See also

Politicians

• John Walker (Virginia) (1744–1809), U.S. Senator, public official, and soldier
• John Walker (Missouri politician) (1770–1838), State Treasurer of Missouri
• John M. Walker, Jr. (born 1940), former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• John Randall Walker (1874–1942), U.S. Representative from Georgia
• John Williams Walker (1783–1823), U.S. Senator from Alabama
• John Walker (Canadian politician) (1832–1889), industrialist and member of the Canadian House of Commons
• John Archibald Walker (born 1890), lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada

Sportsmen

• John Walker (athlete) (born 1952), New Zealander winner of the Olympic Games 1500 metre run in 1976, and long-standing champion in the mile run
• John Walker (Middlesex cricketer) (1826–1885), cricketer and the eldest brother of the Walkers of Southgate
• John Walker (Surrey cricketer) (1768–1835), cricketer (brother of Tom and Harry Walker)
• John Walker (rower) (1891–1952), British coxswain and Olympic medalist
• John Walker (American football) (born 1983), former defensive back for the USC football team
• John Walker (fl. 1970s and 1980s), known as Mr. Wrestling II, masked professional wrestler
• John Walker (footballer) (1874–1940), Scottish international footballer
• John Walker (footballer born 1900) (1900–1971), footballer for Walsall and Stoke
• John Walker (fullback), English footballer
• John Walker (rugby league) (born 1987), English rugby league player
• John R. Walker (horseman), Canadian Hall of Fame horse trainer
• John Walker (tennis), Australian tennis player of the 1960s
• John Walker (cyclist), British Olympic cyclist

Entertainers and artists

• John Walker (animator), television animator and director
• John Walker (painter) (born 1939), nominee for the Turner Prize in 1985
• John Walker (Australian actor), Australian comedic actor
• John Walker (film producer) (born 1956), animated film producer
• John Walker (organist) (born 1941), recording artist
• John Walker (musician) (1943–2011), born John Maus, member of the 1960s singing group The Walker Brothers
• John Augustus Walker (1901–1967), Alabama Gulf Coast artist
• John Henry Walker (1831–1899), Canadian engraver and illustrator
• John Walker (curator), director of the National Gallery of Art

Military people and spies

• John C. Walker, Indiana physician and officer during the American Civil War
• John George Walker (1821–1893), general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
• John Grimes Walker (1835–1907), United States Navy admiral
• John Walker (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Walker (officer of arms) (1913–1984), English officer of arms
• John Anthony Walker (born 1937), American communications specialist convicted in 1986 of spying for the Soviet Union
• John Walker Lindh (born 1981), aka John Walker, imprisoned American captured as an enemy combatant in 2001, in Afghanistan

Inventors and scientists

• John E. Walker (born 1941), British chemist, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize
• John Walker (inventor) (1781–1859), English chemist and inventor of the friction match in 1827
• John Walker (programmer) (b. ca.1950), one of the designers of AutoCAD
• John Walker (natural historian) (1731–1803), Scottish naturalist
• John M. Walker (1909–1990), American physician and investment banker

Businessmen

• John Walker (grocer) (1805–1857), Scottish founder of John Walker & Sons and namesake of the Johnnie Walker whisky brand
• John Brisben Walker (1847–1931), American entrepreneur and magazine publisher
• John Hardeman Walker (1794–1860), southeast Missouri landowner

Others

• John Walker, one of the Birmingham Six accused of bombings in England in 1974
• John M. Walker (bishop) (1888–1951), Episcopal bishop of Atlanta
• John Walker (Bishop of Washington) (1925–1989), American Episcopal bishop
• John Walker (lexicographer) (1732–1807), English lexicographer, actor and philologist
• John Walker (journalist) (born 1977), British video game journalist
• John Walker (industrialist) (1884–1932), Pittsburgh industrialist
• John Walker (Archdeacon of Essex) (died 1588), Anglican archdeacon
• John Walker (scholar) (1692?–1741), English classical scholar and Anglican archdeacon of Hereford

Characters

• John Walker, fictional character in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons (eldest of the Walker children and Captain of the Swallow)
• John Walker, alter ego of U.S. Agent, a comic book hero, who is an ultra-patriotic crime fighter, formerly Super-Patriot and Captain America VI

See also

• Johnnie Walker (disambiguation)
• Jack Walker (disambiguation)
• Jon Walker (born 1985), American musician
• Jonathan Walker (disambiguation)
• John Walker Baily (1809–1873), archaeologist

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