John Rogers Explained

John Rogers may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• John Rogers (sculptor) (1829–1904), American sculptor
• John Rogers (actor) (1888–1963) British actor
• John Rogers (writer), American screenwriter, comics writer, film producer

Business and industry

• John Rogers (businessman) (–2018), Canadian-born American businessman and executive
• John F. W. Rogers (born 1956), American businessman; Goldman Sachs partner
• John W. Rogers Jr. (born 1958), American businessman and investor

Law and politics

United Kingdom

• John Rogers (died 1565) (before 1507–1565), English MP for Dorset
• John Rogers II (died 1611/12), MP for Canterbury
• Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet (1649–1710), English MP for Plymouth 1698–1700
• Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet (1676–1744), British MP for Plymouth 1713–1722
• Sir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet (1708–1773), British MP for Plymouth 1739–1740
• Sir John Rogers, 6th Baronet (1780–1847), British MP for Callington
• John Rogers (1750–1832), British MP for West Looe, Penryn and Helston
• John Jope Rogers (1816–1880), British barrister, author and MP for Helston

United States

• John Rogers (speaker) (1653–1707), politician from Rhode Island
• John Rogers (Continental Congress) (1723–1789), delegate to Continental Congress
• John Rogers (Cherokee chief) (1779–1846), last elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West
• John Sill Rogers (1796–1860), American politician
• John Rogers (New York politician) (1813–1879), US Congressman from New York
• John Rankin Rogers (1838–1901), Governor of Washington
• John Henry Rogers (1845–1911), US Representative and judge from Arkansas
• John Jacob Rogers (1881–1925), Massachusetts Congressman
• John W. Rogers Sr. (1918–2014), American attorney, judge, and military aviator
• John Rogers (Alabama politician) (born 1940), Alabama State Representative
• John M. Rogers (born 1948), US federal judge on the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• John C. Rogers (born 1960), US Defense Department deputy
• John H. Rogers (born 1964), Massachusetts state representative
• John Rogers (Ohio politician), Ohio state representative

Elsewhere

• John Warrington Rogers (1822–1906), MP and judge in Tasmania, Australia
• John Rogers (Australian politician) (1842–1908)
• John Rogers (Irish lawyer) (born 1947), Attorney General of Ireland, 1984–1987

Religion

• John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr) (c. 1500–1555), English clergyman; editor and translator of the Matthew Bible
• John Rogers (died 1636), English Puritan lecturer of Dedham, Essex
• John Rogers (Fifth Monarchist) (1627–?), English minister and physician
• John Rogers (Harvard) (1630–1684), English Puritan minister and president of Harvard University
• John Rogers (archdeacon of Leicester) (1648–1715), Anglican priest in England
• John Rogers (priest, born 1679) (1679–1729), English controversialist
• John Rogers (divine) (1778–1856), English clergyman and writer
• John Rogers (dean of Llandaff) (1934–2023), Dean of Llandaff Cathedral in Wales

Sports

Cricket

• John Rogers (cricketer, born 1858) (1858–1935), Australian cricketer for Victoria
• John Rogers (cricketer, born 1860) (1860–?), English cricketer for Middlesex
• John Rogers (cricketer, born 1910) (1910–1968), English first-class cricketer
• John Rogers (cricketer, born 1943), Australian cricketer for New South Wales, see Chris Rogers
• John Rogers (cricketer, born 1987), Australian cricketer for Tasmania, Western Australia

Other sports

• John Rogers (baseball) (1844–1910), American baseball executive; owner of the Philadelphia Phillies
• John Rogers (rugby union) (1867–1922), England international rugby union player
• John T. Rogers (coach) (fl. 1899–1900), American football and basketball coach at Temple University
• John Rogers (ice hockey, born 1910) (1910–?), British ice hockey player
• John Rogers (American football center) (1910–1968), American football player
• John Rogers (rower) (1930–2016), Australian Olympic rower
• John Rogers (footballer) (born 1950), English footballer
• John Rogers (ice hockey, born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player

Others

• John Rogers (academic) (1651–1703), English academic
• John Rogers (Albemarle County, Virginia) (died 1838), American agriculturalist; overseer of three plantations
• John Rogers (naturalist) (1807–1867), English barrister and gardener
• John Haney Rogers (1822–1906), American pioneer in the California Gold Rush
• John T. Rogers (journalist) (1881–1937), American journalist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• John Rogers (RAF officer) (1928–2021), British air marshal
• John Daniel Rogers (born 1954), American curator of archaeology at the National Museum of Natural History
• John A. Rogers (born 1967), American physical chemist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

See also

• Johnny Rogers (disambiguation)
• John Rodgers (disambiguation)
• Jon Rogers (disambiguation)
• John Roger (disambiguation)
• Jack Rogers (disambiguation)