John Kerr Explained

John Kerr may refer to:

Politics

Australia

• John Kerr (governor-general) (1914–1991), Australian governor-general

New Zealand

• John Kerr (Auckland politician), New Zealand politician
• John Kerr (Nelson politician) (1830–1898), New Zealand politician

United Kingdom

• John Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian (1794–1841), Scottish politician and peer
• John Kerr (British politician) (1852–1925), UK MP for Preston, 1903–1906
• John Henry Kerr (1871–1934), colonial governor in British India
• John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard (born 1942), British diplomat

United States

• John Kerr (Ohio politician) (1778–1823), mayor of Columbus, Ohio
• John Leeds Kerr (1780–1844), U.S. senator from Maryland
• John Kerr (Virginia politician) (1782–1842), Virginia politician
• John Bozman Kerr (1809–1878), U.S. representative from Maryland
• John Kerr Jr. (congressman) (1811–1879), North Carolina politician and jurist
• John H. Kerr (1873–1958), North Carolina politician
• John H. Kerr Jr. (1900–1968), North Carolina politician
• John H. Kerr III (1936–2015), North Carolina politician
• John F. Kerr (1937-present), Florida Artist

Sciences

• John Kerr (physicist) (1824–1907), Scots physicist
• John Glasgow Kerr (1824–1901), physician and medical missionary
• John Martin Munro Kerr (1868–1960), Scottish professor of midwifery
• John Graham Kerr (1869–1957), Scottish embryologist and Member of Parliament
• John Kerr (pathologist) (born 1934), Australian pathologist
• John Kerr (author) (1950–2016), American editor, psychologist

Military

• John Brown Kerr (1847–1928), U.S. Army brigadier general and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Chipman Kerr (1887–1963), Canadian Victorian Cross recipient
• John Kerr (Royal Navy officer) (1937–2019), British admiral

Sports

• Jack Kerr (ice hockey) (1863–1933), Canadian
• John Kerr (Scottish cricketer) (1885–1972), Scottish cricketer from Greenock
• John Kerr (baseball) (1898–1993), American baseball player
• Jack Kerr (cricketer) (1910–2007), New Zealand cricketer
• Johnny Kerr (1932–2009), professional basketball player
• John Kerr (Australian footballer) (1934–2005), Australian rules footballer
• John Kerr (soccer, born 1943) (1943–2011), Scottish-born Canadian soccer player
• John Kerr (sailor) (born 1951), Canadian sailor
• John Kerr (footballer, born 1959) (1959–2006), English footballer for Tranmere Rovers, Bristol City
• John Kerr (soccer, born 1965) (born 1965), American
• John Kerr (figure skater) (born 1980), Scottish ice dancer
• John Kerr (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer

Entertainment

• John Kerr (singer) (–2006), Irish ballad singer
• John Kerr (actor) (1931–2013), American actor and lawyer
• John Kerr (broadcaster) (born 1942), Australian radio broadcaster

Other

• John Hunter Kerr (1821–1874), Scottish-born grazier, Australian photographer and collector of indigenous artifacts
• John Kerr (minister) (1852–1920), Scottish minister, sportsman and sporting author
• Jake Kerr (businessman) (John Custance Kerr, born 1944), Canadian businessman
• John Law Kerr (1862–1952), American architect of the Radium Springs, Georgia golf course

See also

• John Ker (disambiguation)
• John G. Kerr (disambiguation)
• Kerr (surname)