John Walker

John Walker is the name of:

politicians

• John Walker (politician), (1744–1809), U.S. Senator and Continental Congressman from Virginia
• John Randall Walker (1874-1942), United States Representative from the state of Georgia
• John Walker (Missouri politician) (1770-1838), State Treasurer of Missouri
• John Williams Walker (1783-1823), a United States Senator from Alabama
• John M. Walker, Jr. (born 1940), former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• John Walker (Canadian politician) (1832-1889)

sports people

• John Walker (1826-1885), cricketer and the eldest brother of the Walkers of Southgate
• John Walker (1854- *), cricketer
• John Walker (runner) (born 1952), winner of the Olympic Games 1500m in 1976
• John Walker (rower) (1891-?), British coxswain and Olympic medalist
• John Walker (American football) (born 1983), former cornerback for the USC Trojans and likely 2006 NFL Draft pick
• John Walker, known as Mr. Wrestling II, a masked professional wrestler
• John Walker (footballer) (1874-1940), who played for Liverpool F.C. and Scotland at the turn of the 20th century
• John Walker (rugby) (born 1987), rugby league player for Wigan Warriors
• John R. Walker (horseman), Canadian Hall of Fame horse trainer
• Johnnie Walker, Australian racing driver

entertainers and artists

• John Walker (animator), television animator and director
• John Walker (painter) (born 1939), nominee for the Turner Prize in 1985
• Johnnie Walker (DJ) (born 1945), a British radio disc jockey
• Johnny Walker (actor) (1923-2003), an Indian actor
• John Walker (Australian actor), an Australian comedic actor
• John Walker (country singer), lead singer in New England country band, Stingy Brimm
• The stage name of John Maus, a member of 1960s singing group the Walker Brothers

military people

• John Walker (Medal of Honor recipient), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Anthony Walker (born 1937), a Soviet Union spy active during the Cold 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
• Frederic John Walker (1896-1944), known as Johnnie Walker, a British Second World War anti-submarine commander

fictional characters

• John Walker, fictional character in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons
• John Walker, alter ego of U.S. Agent, ultra-patriotic crime fighter, formerly Super-Patriot and Captain America VI

others

• John Walker (inventor) (1781-1859), inventor of the friction match in 1827
• John Walker (programmer), one of the designers of AutoCAD
• John Walker, one of the Birmingham Six accused of bombings in England in 1974
• John Walker (grocer) (1805-1857), founder of John Walker & Sons and namesake of the Johnnie Walker whisky brand
• John Walker (naturalist) (1731–1803), Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh
• John Walker (officer of arms) (John Riddell Bromhead Walker, 1913-1984), English officer of arms
• John Brisben Walker (1847–1931), U.S. entrepreneur and magazine publisher
• John E. Walker (born 1941), British chemist, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize
• John Walker (Indiana), exhumed the body of Caleb Blood Smith
• The name preferred by American John Walker Lindh (born 1981), convicted of working with the Taliban.

See also Johnnie Walker (disambiguation)