John Young Explained
John Young most commonly refers to:
John Young may also refer to:
Academics
Arts and entertainment
Performing arts
- Harry Anthony (a.k.a. John Young, 1870–1954), American singer
- John Young (actor) (1916–1996), Scottish actor
- John Young (jazz pianist) (1922–2008), American jazz pianist
- John Sacret Young (1946–2021), American author, producer, director, and screenwriter
- John Paul Young (born 1950), Australian singer
- John Bell Young (1953–2017), American concert pianist, music critic and author
- John Young (British musician) (born 1956), British keyboardist and vocalist
- John Young (composer) (born 1962), New Zealand-born composer
- John Lloyd Young (born 1975), American actor and singer
- John G. Young (filmmaker) (fl. 1990s–present), American director, producer and writer
Visual arts
Business and industry
Military
Politics and law
Australia
Canada
U.K.
- John Young (died 1589) (by 1519–1589), English politician, MP
- John Young (MP for Marlborough), (fl. 1559), English politician, MP for Marlborough
- John Young (MP for New Shoreham) (fl. 1586–1597), English politician, MP for New Shoreham, Sussex
- John Young (Scottish politician) (1930–2011), Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament
U.S.
Elsewhere
Religion
- John Young (suffragan bishop in London) (1463–1526), English Catholic churchman and academic
- John Young (Regius Professor) (1514–1580), English Catholic clergyman and academic
- John Young (bishop of Rochester) (1532–1605), English academic and Anglican bishop of Rochester
- John Young (Dean of Winchester) (1585–1654), English Calvinist clergyman
- John Young (Bishop of Argyll) (1624–1665), Scottish divine
- John G. Young (bishop) (1746–1813), Irish Catholic bishop
- John F. Young (1820–1885), American Episcopal bishop of Florida, translator of the hymn Silent Night
- John Willard Young (1844–1924), American religious leader
- John Young (Dean of St George's Cathedral) (1914–1991), English Anglican clergyman
Science and medicine
- John Radford Young (1799–1885), English mathematician, professor and author
- John Young (1823–1900), Scottish geologist
- John Young (professor of natural history) (1835–1902), Scottish naturalist and geologist, professor of natural history at Glasgow University
- John Stirling Young (1894–1971), Scottish physician, professor of pathology at Aberdeen University
- John Wesley Young (1879–1932), American mathematician
- John Zachary Young (1907–1997), English zoologist
- John Young (naturalist) (born c. 1960s), Australian naturalist
Sports
Association football (soccer)
- John Young (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1915), Scottish football player
- John Young (footballer, born 1889) (1889–19??), Scottish association football player
- John Young (footballer, born 1891) (1891–1947), Scottish footballer
- John Young (footballer, born 1951), Scottish association football player and manager
- John Young (footballer, born 1957), Scottish association football player (Denver Avalanche)
Cricket
Other sports
Others
- John Young (pioneer) (1764–1825), American surveyor
- John Young (abolitionist), (fl. 1800s), American abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor
- John Russell Young (1840–1899), American writer, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress
- John Preston Young (1847–1934), American Confederate veteran, judge and historian
- John P. Young (1849–1921), American writer and editor of the San Francisco Chronicle
- John Young (police officer) (1888–1952), New Zealand baker, policeman, unionist and police commissioner
- John C. Young (1912–1987), Chinese-American civic leader, key figure in the development of Chinatown, San Francisco
- John Young (Cryptome) (fl. 2000s), American activist and architect
- John Mack Young (1934-1998), an American Entrepreneur credited for inventing Buffalo Wings, referred to as "the King of the Wings"
Other uses
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