John Young

John Young may refer to:

Arts

• Harry Anthony or John Young (1870-1954), American singer
• John Chin Young (1909-1997), American painter
• John Paul Young (born 1950), Australian singer
• John Russell Young (1840-1899), American writer, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress
• John Young (actor) (1916-1996), Scottish actor
• John Young (composer) (born 1962), New Zealand-born composer
• John Young (engraver) (1755-1825), mezzotint engraver and keeper of the British Institution
• John Young (British musician) (born 1956), British keyboardist and vocalist
• John Young (jazz pianist) (1922-2008), American jazz pianist
• John G. Young, American director, producer and writer
• John Henry Young (1880-1946), Australian art collector, art dealer and art gallery director
• John Lloyd Young (born 1975), American actor and singer
• John Sacret Young, author, producer, director, and screenwriter
• John Zerunge Young (born 1956), Hong Kong-born Australian artist
• John Bell Young (1953-2017), American concert pianist, music critic and author

Business

• John Young (agricultural reformer) (1773-1837), Scottish merchant in Nova Scotia
• John Young (architect) (1797-1877), British architect
• John Young (building contractor) (1827-1907), Australian building contractor
• John Orr Young (1886-1976), American advertiser
• John Young (brewer) (1921-2006), British chairman of Young’s Brewery
• John A. Young (born 1932), American business manager
• John Young (businessman) (born ca 1948), Australian entrepreneur
• John Hardin Young (active since 1985), American attorney (a.k.a. Jack Young)

Clergy

• 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 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), Georgetown, Guyana, 1948-1957

Politics

• John Young (died 1589) (by 1519-1589), of Bristol, MP for Devizes, West Looe, etc.
• John Young (MP for Rye), MP for Rye
• John Young (MP for Marlborough), in 1559, MP for Marlborough
• John Young (MP for New Shoreham) (fl. 1586-1597), MP for New Shoreham, Sussex
• J. Smith Young (1834-1916), American politician
• John Allan Young (1895-1961), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
• John Andrew Young (1916-2002), American politician from Texas
• John Duncan Young (1823-1910), US congressman from Kentucky
• John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1807-1876), UK MP, NSW Governor, Canadian Governor General
• John Young (Canadian politician) (1811-1878), former member of the Canadian House of Commons
• John Young (governor) (1802-1852), Governor of New York
• John Young (Hawaii) (c. 1742-1835), British-born government advisor of Kamehameha I
• John Young (Australian politician) (1842-1893), New South Wales politician
• John Young (judge), former Federal Court of Australia judge
• John Young (jurist) (1919-2008), Australian jurist
• John Young (Scottish politician) (1930-2011), Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament
• John Young (seigneur) (c. 1759-1819), Scottish-born Canadian land entrepreneur, jurist, and politician
• John Darling Young (1910-1988), Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, 1969-1984
• John M. Young (1926-2010), American politician from Wisconsin
• Yang Kuo-chiang (born 1950), or John Young, Director-General of National Security Bureau of the Republic of China, 2015-2016
• John Young (New Brunswick politician) (1854-1934), Canadian politician

Science

• John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), professor of Greek at Glasgow University
• John Radford Young (1799-1885), mathematician, professor and author
• John Young (professor of natural history) (1835-1902), professor of natural history at Glasgow University
• John Zachary Young (1907-1997), English zoologist
• John Wesley Young (1879-1932), American mathematician
• John Young (astronaut) (1930-2018), American astronaut
• John Dragon Young (1949-1996), scholar of Chinese history
• John Young (naturalist) (born c. 1960s), Australian naturalist

Sports

• John Young (baseball) (1949-2016), American baseball first baseman
• John Young (cricketer, born 1863) (1863-1933), English cricketer
• John Young (cricketer, born 1876) (1876-1913), English cricketer
• John Young (cricketer, born 1884) (1884-1960), English cricketer
• John Young (cyclist) (1936-2013), Australian cyclist
• John Young (field hockey) (born 1934), Canadian Olympic hockey player
• John Young (footballer, born 1888) (1888-1915), Scottish footballer
• John Young (footballer, born 1889) (1889-?), Scottish association football player
• John Young (footballer, born 1951), Scottish association football player and manager
• John Young (footballer, born 1957), Scottish association football player (Denver Avalanche)
• John Young (ice hockey), American ice hockey and roller hockey player
• John Young (swimmer) (1917-2006), Bermudian swimmer

Other

• John Francis Young (1893-1929), Canadian soldier
• John Young (Cryptome) (fl. 2000s), American activist and architect
• John Young (naval officer) (c. 1740-1781), American sailor
• John Young (pioneer) (1764-1825), American surveyor
• John J. Young Jr. (born 1962), U.S. Defense Department official
• John P. Young (1849-1921), American writer and editor of the San Francisco Chronicle
• John Bruce Young (1888-1952), New Zealand baker, policeman, unionist and police commissioner
• John Lorenzo Young (1826-1881), Australian goldminer, school principal and schoolteacher
• John Preston Young (1847-1934), American Confederate veteran, judge and historian
• John C. Young (1912-1987), key figure in the development of Chinatown, San Francisco

• John Young Parkway, a parkway in Florida
• John W. Young Round Barn, an historic building located near Traer in rural Tama County, Iowa
• USS John Young (DD-973), an American warship