John Byrne Explained

John or Johnny Byrne may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• John Byrne (English artist) (1786–1847), English painter and printmaker
• Johnny Byrne (writer) (1935–2008), former BBC editor and script writer
• John Byrne (playwright) (1940–2023), Scottish playwright and artist
• John Byrne (musician) (1946–2008), Irish-born American musician
• John Byrne (comics) (born 1950), American comic book artist and writer
• John Byrne (columnist), British writer and broadcaster
• John Byrne (Irish artist), Irish performance and multimedia artist

Politics

• John Byrne (Irish politician) (1878–1942), Irish Cumann na nGaedhael politician
• John F. Byrne Sr. (1911–1965), American politician, member of Philadelphia City Council
• John F. Byrne Jr. (born 1935), American politician, member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, son of the above

Sports

Association football

• John Byrne (Scottish footballer) (born 1939), Scottish footballer
• Johnny Byrne (footballer) (1939–1999), England international footballer, soccer coach in South Africa
• John Byrne (footballer, born 1949), English footballer for Tranmere Rovers
• John Byrne (footballer, born 1961), English-born footballer for QPR, Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland
• John Byrne (footballer, born 1962), Irish footballer

Other sports

• John Byrne (Australian footballer) (born 1956), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne
• John Byrne (cricketer) (born 1972), Irish cricketer
• Jon Byrne (born 1983), Australian-born baseball umpire

Others

• John Byrne (VC) (1832–1879), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Edgar Byrne (1842–1906), Australian journalist and newspaper proprietor
• John Francis Byrne, creator of the Chaocipher
• Jock Byrne (John Thomas Byrne, 1903–1969), Scottish trade unionist and anti-communist
• John Byrne (businessman) (1919–2013), Irish property developer
• John V. Byrne (born 1928), American marine geologist and academic
• John J. Byrne (1931–2013), American insurance industry executive
• John Byrne (computer scientist) (1933–2016), Irish computer scienctist
• John Byrne (judge) (born 1948), Senior Judge Administrator of the Supreme Court of Queensland
• John K. Byrne (born 1981), founder of the Raw Story news website
• John H. Byrne, American neuroscientist

See also

• Jack Byrne (disambiguation)
• John Burn (disambiguation)
• John Byrnes (disambiguation)
• Byrne, surname