List of people with surname Johnson explained
Johnson is one of the most widely distributed surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Johnson:
Notable individuals with surname Johnson
Arts, music, and letters
- Al Johnson (musician) (1948–2013), American singer, arranger, producer
- Alice E. Johnson (1862–1936), American architect
- Alphonso Johnson (born 1951), American jazz bassist
- Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970), American actor, singer, and songwriter
- Andre Johnson (born 1970), known as Jah Mason, Jamaican reggae artist
- Andreas Johnson (born 1970), Swedish singer
- Arte Johnson (1929–2019), American comic actor
- Ashley Johnson (born 1983), American actor, voice actor, and internet personality
- B. S. Johnson (1933–1973), English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, television producer, and filmmaker
- Brian Johnson (born 1947), British-born lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC
- Bunk Johnson (1879–1949), American jazz musician
- Buzz Johnson (1951–2014), Tobago-born publisher and activist
- C. David Johnson (born 1955), Canadian actor
- Carmencita Johnson (1923–2000), American actor
- Carrie Johnson (journalist), justice correspondent
- Carrie Ashton Johnson (1863–1949), American editor and author
- Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Johnson in 1955), American actress, comedian, author, and television personality
- Chalmers Johnson (1931–2010), American author
- Chubby Johnson (1903–1974), American actor
- Clare Johnson, American writer and artist
- Clark Johnson (born 1954), American actor and director
- Claude Joseph Johnson (1913–1990), American gospel singer
- Claudette Johnson (born 1959), British visual artist
- Crockett Johnson (1906–1975), cartoonist and children's book illustrator
- D. E. Johnson (aka Dan E. Johnson), American author
- Dakota Johnson (born 1989), American actor
- Dink Johnson (1892–1954), American jazz musician
- Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock, born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler
- Edith North Johnson (1903–1988), American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter
- Eliana Johnson (born 1984), American magazine editor
- Elliott Johnson (born 1975), American artist and designer
- Erica Johnson, Canadian broadcaster and journalist
- Erika Johnson (born 1982), American actor
- Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865), American priest and religious writer
- Geir Johnson (1953–2021), Norwegian composer, writer and initiator of culture projects
- Georgann Johnson (1926–2018), American stage, film, and television actress
- George Johnson, American guitarist and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson
- George Matthew Johnson, American author and activist
- Gertrude Johnson (1894–1973), Australian soprano
- Henry "Rufe" Johnson (1908–1974), American Piedmont blues musician
- Holly Johnson (born 1960), English artist, musician and writer
- Irving Johnson (1905–1991), author and adventurer
- Jake Johnson (born 1978), American actor
- Janelle Johnson (1923–1995), American film actress
- Jef Johnson, American clown
- Jenn Johnson, American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor
- Jeremiah Johnson (blues musician) (born 1972), an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
- Johnson (composer) (1953–2011), Indian film score composer and director
- Johnson (rapper) (born 1979), Danish rapper Marc Johnson
- Jill Johnson (born 1973), Swedish country singer
- Joanna Johnson (born 1961), American actor
- KC Johnson (born 1967), Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, known for his work exposing the facts about the Duke lacrosse case
- Kerry G. Johnson (born 1966), African-American cartoonist, graphic designer, and children's book illustrator
- Kim Johnson (musician), American vocalist
- Kim Johnson (politician), British Labour Party MP for Liverpool Riverside since 2019
- Laura Johnson (born 1957), American actor
- Linton Kwesi Johnson, (born 1952), Jamaican United Kingdom-based dub poet
- Liza Johnson (born 1970), American film director, producer, and writer
- Lois Johnson (1942–2014), American country music singer
- Lou Johnson (singer) (1941–2019), American soul singer and pianist
- Louis Johnson (bassist) (1955–2015), American bass player and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson
- Luther "Houserocker" Johnson (1939–2019), American blues singer and guitarist
- L.V. Johnson (1946–1994), American Chicago blues and soul-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
- Marv Johnson (1938–1993), American R&B and soul singer
- Mary Johnson (singer) (1898 or 1900–1983), American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter
- Mary Coffin Johnson (1834–1928), American activist and writer
- Meg Johnson (actress) (1936–2023), English actress
- Molly Johnson, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Nedra Johnson (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
- Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actor
- Philip Johnson (1906–2005), American architect
- Puff Johnson (1972–2013), American singer
- Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British editor and journalist
- Ramone Johnson, known as Cashis (born 1982), American rapper
- Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect
- Robb Johnson (born 1955), British musician and songwriter
- Russell Johnson (1924–2014), American TV and film actor
- Ruth Johnson (born 1955), American politician in Michigan
- Ruth Johnson (known also as Ruth Horsting and Ma Renu; 1919–2000), American sculptor, professor, and philanthropist
- Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), English poet, essayist, lexicographer and "man of letters"
- Scarlett Alice Johnson (born 1985), English actor
- Sophia Orne Johnson (1826–1899), American author
- Taborah Johnson (born 1953), actor and jazz singer
- Traci Paige Johnson (born 1969), American animator, voice actress, co-creator of Blue's Clues
- Van Johnson (1916–2008), American actor
- W. Bolingbroke Johnson, pseudonym of Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American author and scholar
- Wesley Johnson (1945–2009), aka Wess, American-born Italian singer and bass guitarist
- Wilko Johnson (1947–2022), English singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor
Politics, law, and government
- Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869
- Axel Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1870–1924)
- A. R. Johnson (1856–1933), Louisiana politician
- Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943), American jurist
- Bob Johnson (Arkansas state representative), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Boris Johnson (born 1964), UK Prime Minister
- Cavalier Johnson, American politician
- Cecil E. Johnson (1888–1955), Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
- Charlene Johnson, Canadian politician
- Clark Johnson (politician) (born 1952), American politician (Minnesota)
- Dean Johnson (politician) (born 1947), American politician
- Dusty Johnson (born 1976), American politician
- Ebenezer Johnson (1786–1849), first mayor of Buffalo, New York
- Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American political activist
- Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810–1876), wife of U.S. president Andrew Johnson
- Fitz Johnson (born 1963), American politician
- Frank Minis Johnson (1918–1999), American jurist
- Gerald W. Johnson (1919–2002), American military general
- Greta Johnson (born 1977), politician
- Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844–1917), American writer, poet, and activist
- Henrietta R. Johnson (1914–1997), American state legislator and nurse
- Huey Johnson (1933–2020), American environmentalist and politician
- Isaac Johnson (colonist) (c. 1601–1630), English colonist and one of the founders of Massachusetts
- Isaac Johnson (politician) (1803–1853), 12th governor of the state of Louisiana
- J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California governor
- Jacob Johnson (born 1948), Swedish politician
- Janis Johnson (born 1946), Canadian politician
- Jay W. Johnson (1943–2009), American politician
- K. A. Johnson (1848–1929), Wisconsin politician
- Kim Johnson, British politician elected 2019
- Kristina M. Johnson (born 1957), American businesswoman, academic, engineer, and government official
- Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969, and businesswoman
- Lee A. Johnson (born 1947), American lawyer
- Luci Baines Johnson (born 1947), youngest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson
- Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born 1944), eldest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson
- Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
- Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), American gay liberation activist and drag queen
- Oswald H. Johnson (1912–1993), American politician
- Phillip E. Johnson (1940–2019), American law professor and a founder of the Intelligent Design movement
- Pierre-Marc Johnson (born 1946), 24th Premier of Quebec
- Ron Johnson (born 1955), Wisconsin politician
- Shirley Johnson (1937–2021), Michigan politician
- Vaughan Johnson (politician) (1947–2023), Australian politician
- Verne C. Johnson (1925–2012), Minnesota politician
- Willard Johnson (politician) (1820–1900), New York politician
- William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Western Australian MLA
- William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician and soldier
Sciences and medicine
- Angas Johnson (1873–1951), Australian physician
- Florence Merriam Johnson (c. 1876–1954), American nurse
- Hosmer Allen Johnson (1822–1891), American physician
- James Yate Johnson (1820–1900), English naturalist
- Joanne Johnson (born 1977), British geologist and Antarctic scientist
- Katherine Johnson (1918–2020), American mathematician
- Kathleen R. Johnson, American paleoclimatologist
- Marcia K. Johnson (born 1943), American psychologist
- Reynold B. Johnson (1906–1998), American inventor and computer pioneer
- Roberta Frances Johnson (1902–1988), American mathematician
- Virginia E. Johnson (1925–2013), American sexologist
- Leslie Peter Johnson (1930–2016), English philologist
- Veronica Johnson, American meteorologist
- Wilhelmine Mimi Johnson (1890–1980), Norwegian geologist, physician
Sports
- Alec Johnson (born 1944), English cricketer
- Alissa Johnson (born 1987), American ski jumper
- Alonzo Johnson (1963–2024), American football player
- Andre Johnson (born 1981), American football player
- Antonio Johnson (born 1984), American football player
- Antonio Johnson (defensive back) (born 2001), American football player
- B. J. Johnson (born 1987), American swimmer
- Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American football player
- Berry Johnson (1906–1985), New Zealand rower
- Bobby Johnson (born 1951), American football coach
- Brent Johnson (born 1977), American ice hockey player
- Bryce Johnson (baseball) (born 1995), American baseball player
- Buddy Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player
- Cade Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- Calvin Johnson (born 1985), American football player
- Camron Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- Carlton Johnson (born 1969), American football player
- Carrie Johnson (canoeist), (born 1984), American Olympian
- Cephus Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- Chad Johnson (born 1978), American football player
- Christian Johnson (born 1986), American football player
- Collin Johnson (born 1997), American football player
- Curley "Boo" Johnson (born 1965), American basketball player
- Dallas Johnson (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
- Danny Johnson (American football) (born 1995), American football player
- Darcy Johnson (born 1983), American football player
- Darnell Johnson (born 1998), English footballer
- Davey Johnson (born 1943), American baseball player and manager
- Delano Johnson (born 1988), American football player
- Desjuan Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- D'Ernest Johnson (born 1996), American football player
- Dillon Johnson (born 2001), American football player
- Diontae Johnson (born 1998), American football player
- Dorian Johnson (born 1994), American football player
- Dustin Johnson (born 1984), American golfer
- Elijah Johnson (basketball) (born 1990), American player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Ethel Johnson (wrestler) (1935–2018), American professional wrestler
- Hammond Johnson (1883–1919), American college football and baseball coach
- Isaiah Johnson (American football, born May 1992) (born 1992), American football player
- Isaiah Johnson (cornerback) (born 1996), American football player
- Ivan Johnson (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball player
- Jakob Johnson (born 1994), American football player
- Jaleel Johnson (born 1994), American football player
- Jamar Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- Jamarr Johnson (born 1988), Indonesian basketball player
- Jaquan Johnson (born 1996), American football player
- Jaylon Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- Jett Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American NASCAR driver
- Jing Johnson (1894–1950), American baseball player
- Jon'Vea Johnson (born 1996), American football player
- Josh Johnson (baseball coach) (born 1986), American baseball coach
- J. R. Johnson (born 1979), American football player
- Junior Johnson (1931–2019), American NASCAR driver and team owner
- Juwan Johnson (born 1996), American football player
- K. D. Johnson (born 2001), American basketball player
- KeeSean Johnson (born 1996), American football player
- Keldon Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
- Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher), American baseball player
- Kermit Johnson (born 1952), American football player
- Kerryon Johnson (born 1997), American football player
- Keyshawn Johnson (born 1972), American football player and ESPN broadcaster
- Kobe Johnson (born 2003), American basketball player
- Kyron Johnson (born 1998), American football player
- Lance Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
- Leavander Johnson (1969–2005), American boxer
- Len Johnson (boxer) (1902–1969), English boxer
- Len Johnson (cricketer) (1919–1977), Australian cricketer
- Lonnie Johnson Jr. (born 1995), American football player
- Lyndon Johnson (American football) (born 1994), American football player
- Magic Johnson (born 1959), American basketball player and businessman
- Malik Johnson (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player
- Malik Johnson (soccer) (born 1998), Canadian soccer player
- Marques Johnson (born 1956), American basketball player and basketball analyst
- Max Johnson (born 2001), American football player
- Meechie Johnson, American basketball player
- Michael Johnson (sprinter) (born 1967), American athlete and Gold Medal Olympian
- Mickey Johnson (born 1952), American basketball player
- Myles Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
- Nazeeh Johnson (born 1998), American football player
- Bisi Johnson (Olabisi Johnson, born 1997), American football player
- Oli Johnson (born 1987), English footballer
- Paris Johnson, American football player
- Paris Johnson Jr. (born 2001), American football player
- Pierce Johnson (born 1991), American baseball player
- P. J. Johnson (born 1995), American football player
- Quindell Johnson (born 1999), American football player
- Quinten Johnson (born 2000), American football player
- Rafer Johnson (1934–2020), American decathlete and actor
- Randy Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
- Rocky Johnson (1944–2020; birth name Wayde Bowles), Canadian professional wrestler and father of Dwayne Johnson
- Roderick Johnson (born 1995), American football player
- Roschon Johnson (born 2001), American football player
- Rudi Johnson (born 1979), American football player
- Samson Johnson (born 2002), Togolese basketball player
- Shaun Johnson (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league international
- Shawn Johnson (born 1992), American gymnast
- Sherry Combs Johnson (1938–2023), American barrel racer
- Spider Johnson (1907–1966), American football player
- T. J. Johnson (American football) (born 1990), American football player
- Taron Johnson (born 1996), American football player
- Taylor Johnson (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1920s
- Tiffani Johnson (born 1975), American basketball player
- Travis Johnson (defensive end) (born 1982), American football player
- Ty Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Tyren Johnson (born 1988), American basketball player
- Tyron Johnson (born 1996), American football player
- Van Johnson (racing driver) (1927–1959), American racing driver
- Vaughan Johnson (1962–2019), American football player
- Xavier Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
- Xavier Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player
- Zack Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Zion Johnson (born 1999), American football player
Other
- Amy Johnson (1903–1941), pioneering English aviator
- Ariell Johnson (born 1983), American business owner
- Benton Johnson (1928–2024), American sociologist
- Bessilyn Johnson (1871–1943), wife of Albert Mussey Johnson
- Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829–1903), American Civil War general
- Bushrod Johnson (1817–1880), Confederate Army general
- Dolly Johnson (~1820s–~1890s), formerly enslaved Tennessean
- Eben Samuel Johnson (1886–1939), English-American Methodist bishop
- Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929), American philanthropist, writer
- F. Ross Johnson (1931–2016), CEO of RJR Nabisco
- Gertrude I. Johnson (1876–1961), co-founder of Johnson & Wales University
- Gisle Johnson (Scouting) (1934–2014), Chief Scout of the Norges Speiderforbund
- Guion Griffis Johnson (1900–1989), American historian
- Guy Benton Johnson (1901–1991), American social anthropologist
- Janelle Johnson (died 1983), American murder victim and formerly missing person
- John Thad Johnson (1893–1927), aviator
- Jotham Johnson (1905–1967), American archaeologist
- Lacey Robert Johnson (1854–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
- Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864–1956), American educator
- Liver-Eating Johnson (c. 1824–1900), mountain man of the American Old West
- Lycurgus Johnson (1818–1876), American cotton planter and politician.
- Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821–1863), American plantation owner in the Antebellum South
- Marilyn Johnson (1928–2007), American bridge player
- Osgood Johnson (1803–1837), 5th Principal of Phillips Academy
- Peggy Johnson (1976–1999), American female murder victim
- R. Milton Johnson, American chief executive
- Sarah Marie Johnson (born 1987), American murderess
- Scott Johnson (19611988), American PhD student in mathematics and victim of a 1988 suspected homophobic murder in Australia
- Veora Johnson (1910–2001), educational administrator
- Victor S. Johnson Jr. (1916–2008), American businessman
- Victor S. Johnson Sr. (1882–1943), American businessman
- Wallace E. Johnson (1901–1988), co-founder of Holiday Inn
- William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), American educator and president of Lincoln University
Fictional characters
- Adrian Johnson (Oz), an African American correctional officer in the HBO drama Oz
- Alice Johnson, a character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
- Agent Johnson, a character in The Matrix franchise
- Angelina Johnson, a character in the Harry Potter franchise
- Avery Johnson from the video game series Halo
- Bergholt Stuttley Johnson (known as Bloody Stupid Johnson), from Terry Pratchett's Discworld books
- Carl "CJ" Johnson, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Cave Johnson, the CEO of Aperture Laboratories from Portal 2
- Christopher Johnson, a character from the 2009 science fiction film District 9
- Daisy Johnson, a character in Marvel Comics
- E. Normus Johnson, a character used to advertise Big Johnson T-shirts
- Janie Johnson, a character from books written by Caroline B. Cooney
- Jeremy Johnson, a character from Phineas and Ferb
- Johnson Johnson, the hero of a series of mystery novels written by Dorothy Dunnett
- Mr. Johnson (Sesame Street), a Fat Blue character on Sesame Street
- Olivia Johnson, a character from Hollyoaks
- Shelly Johnson, a character from the Twin Peaks TV series
- Suzy Johnson, a character from Phineas and Ferb
- Tilda Johnson aka Nightshade, a character in Marvel Comics
- Tyrone Johnson, "Cloak" of the Cloak and Dagger Marvel Comics duo
See also