John Chambers Explained

John Chambers may refer to:

Academics

• John Chambers (scientist), one of two scientists who formulated the Planet V theory in 2002
• John Chambers (statistician), creator of the S programming language and core member of the R programming language project
• John Chambers (topographer) (1780–1839), English antiquarian

Artists

• John Chambers (artist) (1852–1928), British landscape, seascape and portrait painter
• John Chambers (make-up artist) (1922–2001), American make-up artist, won a special Oscar for his work on Planet of the Apes

Businessmen

• John Chambers (Australian pastoralist) (c. 1815–1889), Australian pioneer, brother of James Chambers (pastoralist)
• John Chambers (pastoralist) (1819–1893), New Zealand pastoralist, community leader and businessman
• John Chambers (businessman) (c. 1839–1903), New Zealand businessman
• John T. Chambers (born 1949), American businessman and former CEO of Cisco Systems

Clergy

• John Chambre (1470–1549), also Chambers, English churchman, academic and physician
• John Chambers (bishop) (died 1556), last abbot of Peterborough abbey and, after the dissolution, the first bishop of Peterborough
• John David Chambers (1805–1893), English legal and liturgical writer

Politicians

• John Chambers (politician) (1780–1852), American politician, governor of Iowa Territory in 1841–1845
• John G. Chambers (Delaware politician), member of the 67th Delaware General Assembly
• John Green Chambers (1798–1884), American politician from Texas
• John M. Chambers (politician) (1845–1916), Irish-American businessman and politician from New York
• John Chambers Hughes (1891–1971), United States diplomat
• John Thomas Chambers Jr. (1928–2011), American politician from Maryland

Sportsmen

• John Chambers (Australian cricketer) (1930–2017), Australian cricketer
• John Chambers (English cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer
• John Chambers (footballer) (born 1949), English footballer
• Johnnie Chambers (1911–1977), American baseball player
• John Graham Chambers (1843–1883), codified the "Marquess of Queensberry rules", upon which modern day boxing is based

Others

• John B. Chambers (born 1956), evaluator of sovereign debt for Standard & Poor's
• John Chambers (writer), American television soap opera writer

Fictional characters

• Johnny Quick, a DC Comics character whose real name was Johnny Chambers
• Joanna "Johnny" Chambers, one of the two main characters in the 2020 novel Beneath the Rising

See also

• Jack Chambers (disambiguation)
• John Chamber (disambiguation)