John Savage Explained

John Savage may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

• John Savage (engraver) (fl. 1690–1700), printseller in London
• John Savage (author) (1673–1747), English clergyman and scholar
• John Savage (Fenian) (1828–1888), poet, journalist and author
• John Savage (actor) (born 1949), actor
• Jon Savage (born 1953), writer, broadcaster and music journalist

Military

• Sir John Savage (soldier) (1444–1492), knight and military commander
• John Savage (died 1586), soldier and co-conspirator in the 1586 Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I of England
• Sir John Boscawen Savage (1760–1843), Royal Marines officer served as head of the Royal Marines

Politics

• John Savage (died 1615), landowner, MP for Cheshire in 1586 and 1589
• John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers (1603–1654), royalist and nobleman from Cheshire
• John Savage (American politician, born 1779) (1779–1863), Congressman from New York
• John Savage (Irish politician) (1814–1883), mayor of Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland)
• John Houston Savage (1815–1904), Congressman from Tennessee
• John S. Savage (1841–1884), Congressman from Ohio
• John J. Savage (1910–1973), American politician, Florida House of Representatives
• John Savage (Nova Scotia politician) (1932–2003), doctor and Premier of Nova Scotia
• John Savage (British Columbia politician) (1936–2018), Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Science, engineering

• John Savage (surveyor), 18th century surveyor for Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
• John Savage (surgeon) (1770–1838), English naval surgeon and travel writer on the Antipodes
• John L. Savage (1879–1967), American civil engineer and United States Bureau of Reclamation design chief
• John E. Savage, computer scientist and Brown University professor

Sports

• John Savage (cricketer) (1929–2008), English cricketer
• Jack Savage (English footballer) (1929–2009), English goalkeeper
• John Savage (English footballer) (1867–1951), English footballer
• Jack Savage (Gaelic footballer), Kerry player
• Jack Savage (born 1964), baseball player
• John Savage (baseball) (born 1965), baseball head coach
• John Savage, onetime ring name of John Hindley (born 1965), British retired professional wrestler

Fictional characteres

• John the Savage, a character in the novel Brave New World
• John Savage, central character in the novel The Meadows of the Moon by James Hilton
• John Savage, a fictional character from the 1937 film Who Killed John Savage?

Other uses

• Savage Arena, Toledo, Ohio, USA; formerly John F. Savage Hall, basketball arena for University of Toledo

See also

• John Savage Bolles (1905–1983), U.S. architect
• All pages with titles containing "John" and "Savage"
  • John (given name)
• John (disambiguation)
• Savage (surname)
• Savage (disambiguation)