Overview
John Young may refer to:
People
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
Other uses
- 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