John Williams (disambiguation)

John Williams (born 1932) is an American composer (specializing in film scores), conductor and pianist.

John Williams, Johnnie Williams, or Johnny Williams may also refer to:

People

Academics

• John Beaumont Williams (1932–2005), Australian botanist
• John Burr Williams (1900–1989), early finance theorist; author of The Theory of Investment Value (1938)
• John Davis Williams (1902–1983), Chancellor of the University of Mississippi, 1946–1968
• John Ffowcs Williams (born 1935), Emeritus Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College
• John Allen Williams (born 1945), professor of political science at Loyola University Chicago
• John Williams (water scientist), member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists
• John Williams (art historian) (1928–2015), University of Pittsburgh.

Music

• John Overton Williams (1905–1996), American jazz saxophonist with Andy Kirk
• Johnny Williams (drummer) (1905–1984), jazz drummer (the Raymond Scott Quintette)
• Johnny Williams (blues musician) (1906–2006), Chicago blues guitarist
• Johnny Williams (bassist) (1908–1998), American jazz double bassist
• John Williams (pianist) (b. 1929), American jazz pianist
• John Towner Williams (b. 1932), American composer of film scores
• Johnny Williams (saxophonist) (1936–1998), American saxophonist with Count Basie
• John Williams (bassist) (b. 1941), American jazz double bassist, bass guitarist
• John Williams (guitarist) (born 1941), Australian-born classical guitarist
• John David (musician) (John David Williams, born 1946), Welsh pop and rock musician and songwriter
• John McLaughlin Williams (born 1957), American classical conductor and violinist
• John Gary Williams (fl. 1960–1990), American R&B singer and member of The Mad Lads

Athletes

Australia

• John Williams (Australian rules footballer born 1940), Australian footballer for Carlton
• John Williams (rugby union) (born 1940), Australian rugby union player
• John Williams (Australian footballer born 1947), Australian footballer for Essendon and Collingwood
• John Williams (rugby league) (born 1985), Australian rugby league player
• John Williams (Australian footballer born 1988), Australian footballer for Essendon

Canada

• John Williams (defensive back) (born 1942), Canadian football player for Hamilton Tiger-Cats
• John Williams, Jr. (born 1977), Canadian football running back

New Zealand

• John Williams (Canterbury cricketer) (born 1931), New Zealand cricketer
• John Williams (Auckland cricketer) (1941–2007), New Zealand cricketer

United Kingdom

Football

• John Williams (footballer, born 1901), English professional footballer
• Johnny Williams (footballer, born 1947) (born 1947), English footballer
• John Williams (footballer, born 1960), English footballer
• John Williams (footballer, born 1968), English footballer
• Johnny Williams (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2011), English footballer

Rugby

• Jack Williams (rugby union) (1882–1911), Welsh rugby union player
• Johnny Williams (rugby player 1882-1916) (1882–1916), Welsh international rugby player
• John Williams (rugby league, born 1907) (1907-?), rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Wales and Rochdale Hornets
• J. J. Williams (born 1948), Welsh rugby union winger
• J. P. R. Williams (born 1949), Welsh rugby union fullback
• Johnny Williams (rugby player born 1982) (born 1982), British rugby union player

Other

• Johnny Williams (boxer) (1926–2007), British boxer
• John Williams (cricketer, born 1878), English cricketer
• John Williams (cricketer, born 1980), former English cricketer
• John Williams (snooker referee) (born 1937), Welsh snooker referee
• John Williams (motorcyclist) (1946–1978), British Grand Prix motorbike racer

United States

• Johnnie Williams (baseball) (1889–1963), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Johnny Williams (American football) (1927–2005), American football player
• John Williams (MMA fighter) (born 1940)
• John Williams (offensive lineman) (1947–2012), American football player
• John Williams (archer) (born 1953), American archer
• John Williams (running back) (born 1960), American football player
• John "Hot Rod" Williams (1962–2015), American basketball player
• John L. Williams (born 1964), American football player
• John Williams (equestrian) (born 1965), American equestrian
• John Williams (basketball, born 1966), American basketball player
• John Henry Williams (baseball) (1968–2004), son of baseball player Ted Williams
• Ian Rotten (John Benson Williams, born 1969), American wrestler

Clergy

• John Williams (academic) (died 1613), Dean of Bangor and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
• John Williams (archbishop of York) (1582–1650), British clergyman and political advisor to King James I
• John Williams (minister and physician) (1626/7–1673), Welsh non-conformist preacher and doctor
• John Williams (bishop of Chichester) (1636?–1709), English Bishop of Chichester
• John Williams (minister) (1664–1729), New England Puritan minister who became famous for The Redeemed Captive, his account of his captivity by the Mohawk
• John Williams (schoolmaster) (1760–1826), clergyman in North Wales, teacher in Llanwrst
• John Williams (evangelical cleric) (1762–1802), Welsh Anglican clergyman
• John Williams (1792–1858), Welsh churchman, scholar and educator
• John Williams (missionary) (1796–1839), British missionary eaten by cannibals in Vanuatu
• John Williams (Ab Ithel) (1811–1862), antiquary and Anglican priest
• John Williams (bishop of Connecticut) (1817–1899), Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Bishop of Connecticut
• John Joseph Williams (1822–1907), Archbishop of Boston
• John Elias Williams (1871–1927), American Presbyterian missionary to China
• Chris Williams (bishop) (John Christopher Richard Williams, born 1936), Anglican bishop in Canada
• John Tudno Williams (born 1938), Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, 2006–2007

Criminals and alleged criminals

• John Williams (convict), convict transported to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
• Johnny Madison Williams Jr. (born 1951), bank robber
• John Williams, murder convict in the Case of the Hooded Man
• John Williams, murder suspect in the Ratcliff Highway murders
• John S. Williams, one of America's last peonage masters and murderer

Judges

• John A. Williams (judge) (1835–1900), U.S. Federal judge
• John Hugh Williams (judge) (born 1939), New Zealand judge

Military figures

• John Foster Williams (1743–1814), Continental Navy officer during the American Revolutionary War
• John Williams Wilson (1798–1857), British-Chilean sailor and politician.
• John Stuart Williams (1818–1898), Confederate general in the American Civil War, later U.S. Senator from Kentucky
• John Williams (Medal of Honor, born 1828) (1828–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Williams (Medal of Honor) (1832–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• John J. Williams (American Civil War) (1843–1865), Union soldier, last battle fatality during the American Civil War
• John Williams (VC) (1857–1932), born John Fielding, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Jack Williams (VC) (1886–1953), Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John F. Williams (1887–1953), Army National Guard general
• John Lloyd Williams (aviator) (1894–?), World War I fighter ace
• John Edwin Ashley Williams (1919–1944), Australian Air Force officer, murdered by the Gestapo in Nazi Germany in 1944, following "The Great Escape"
• John Williams (British Army officer) (1934–2002)

Physicians

• Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London (1840–1926), physician to Queen Victoria
• John Whitridge Williams (1866–1931), obstetrician at Johns Hopkins Hospital
• John Ralston Williams (1874–1965), Canadian-American physician

Politicians

Australia

• John Williams (South Australian politician) (1824–1890), pastoralist and member of the South Australian House of Assembly
• John Williams (New South Wales colonial politician) (1821–1891), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• John Williams (New South Wales state politician) (born 1948), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• John Williams (New South Wales federal politician) (born 1955), Australian senator from New South Wales
• John Williams (Western Australian politician) (1926–1997), member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia

Canada

• John Tucker Williams (1789–1854), early Canadian political figure
• John Williams (Manitoba politician) (1860–1931), politician in Manitoba
• John Reesor Williams (born 1930), politician and barrister
• John G. Williams (born 1946), Member of Parliament for Edmonton-St. Albert, Alberta
• John William Williams, elected for Victoria City, British Columbia, in 1878

New Zealand

• John William Williams (1827–1904), New Zealand politician from Northland
• Jack Williams (New Zealand politician) (1918–1975), Labour Party Member of Parliament

United Kingdom

• John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame (1500–1559), Lord Chamberlain
• John Williams (MP for Dorset) (c.1545–1617), English Member of Parliament (MP) for Dorset, 1604
• Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Llangibby (1651–1704), MP for Monmouth Boroughs and Monmouthshire, 1698–1705
• Sir John Williams, 2nd Baronet, of Eltham (1653–1723), MP for Herefordshire, 1701–1705
• John Williams (Wales MP), Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653
• John Williams (died 1751), MP for Fowey, 1701–1702
• John Williams (Macclesfield MP) (died 1855), MP for Macclesfield, 1847–1852
• John Williams (born 1736) (1736–?), MP for Saltash, 1771
• John Williams (Windsor MP) (1766–?), MP for Windsor, 1802–1804
• John Williams (1777–1846), MP for Lincoln, 1822–1826, Ilchester, 1826–1827, and Winchelsea, 1830–1832
• Sir John Williams (died 1743), MP for Aldeburgh, 1730–1734
• John Carvell Williams (1821–1907), non-conformist campaigner and MP for Nottingham South (1885) and Mansfield (1892–1890)
• Sir John Williams, 1st Baronet, of the City of London (1840–1926), royal physician
• John Charles Williams (1861–1939), MP for Truro, 1892–1895
• John Williams (Welsh politician) (1861–1922), MP for Gower 1906–1922
• John Henry Williams (Welsh politician) (1870–1936), MP for Llanelli 1922–1936
• John E. Williams (c.1857–1917), British socialist and unemployed movement activist
• John Lasarus Williams (1924–2004), Plaid Cymru councillor and language campaigner
• John Williams (MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis), MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis

United States

• John Williams (Continental Congress) (1731–1799), North Carolina delegate to Continental Congress
• Jack Williams (American politician) (1909–1998), three times Governor of Arizona
• John Williams (Pitt County, NC) (c. 1735–?), American revolutionary from North Carolina
• John Williams (Caswell County, NC) (1740–1804), North Carolina state senator
• John Williams (Rochester, NY) (1807–1875), U.S. Representative from New York
• John Williams (Salem, NY) (1752–1806), U.S. Representative from New York
• John Williams (Tennessee) (1778–1837), U.S. Senator from Tennessee
• John Bell Williams (1918–1983), U.S. Representative from Mississippi
• John F. Williams (New York) (born 1885), New York state senator
• John Green Williams (1796–1833), Virginia lawyer and delegate
• John J. Williams (senator)(1904–1988), U.S. Senator from Delaware
• John K. Williams (1822–1880), Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• John M. S. Williams (1818–1886), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
• John Patrick Williams (born 1937), U.S. Representative from Montana
• John R. Williams (1782–1854), mayor of Detroit
• John Sharp Williams (1854–1932), U.S. Representative and Senator from Mississippi
• John Skelton Williams (1865–1926), U.S. Comptroller of the Currency (1914–21)
• John Stuart Williams (1818–1898), U.S. Senator from Kentucky, former Confederate general
• John T. Williams (politician) (1864–?), Wisconsin state assemblyman
• John T. Williams (woodcarver) (1960–2010), Native American woodcarver and shooting victim
• John William Williams (Virginia) (1869–1934), clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates

Writers

• John Richard Williams (poet) (1867–1924), Welsh poet, also known as J. R. Tryfanwy
• John James Williams (poet) (1869–1954), Welsh poet
• John Edward Williams (1922–1994), American author, editor and professor, best known for the novels Augustus and Stoner
• John Ellis Williams (1924–2008), Welsh novelist
• John A. Williams (1925–2015), American novelist
• John Hartley Williams (1942–2014), English poet
• John Williams (satirist) (1761–1818), English poet, satirist, and journalist

Others

• John Williams (barrister) (1757–1810), Welsh barrister and legal writer
• John Williams, engineer of the Montgomery Canal
• John Williams (winemaker) (born 1953), American winemaker
• John C. Williams (economist) (born 1962), President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• John Osborn Williams (1886–1963), Canadian businessman
• John Stanton Williams (1814–1876), American shipowner and businessman
• John W. Williams, Inspector General of the South Florida Water Management District
• J. Lloyd Williams (1854–1945), botanist, author, and musician
• John Williams (actor) (1903–1983), British stage, film, and television actor
• John Williams (radio personality) (born 1959), Chicago radio personality
• John B (John B. Williams, born 1977), English DJ
• John H. Williams (fl. 1984– ), film producer

Fictional entities

• John Williams, fictional character in The 49th Man

Ships

• List of ships named John Williams

Structures

• John Williams House (disambiguation)

See also

• John Williamson (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Williams (disambiguation)
• Jack Williams (disambiguation)