John Johnston may refer to:
Entertainment John Johnston (poet) (c. 1570–1611), Scottish poet and academic John S. Johnston (c. 1839–1899), American maritime photographer Johnnie Johnston (1915–1996), American actor and singer John Dennis Johnston (born 1945), American actor
Politics John W. Johnston (mayor) (1774–1854), St. Louis, Missouri, US John Johnston (Indian agent) (1775–1861), US John Johnston (Nova Scotia politician) (1790–1836) John Johnston (New Zealand politician) (1809–1887) John W. Johnston (1818–1889), senator from Virginia, US John Johnston (Australian politician) (1823–1872) John R. Johnston (died 1863), mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, US John Kenneth Johnston (1865–1945), Canadian politician John Frederick Johnston (1876–1948), Canadian politician John B. Johnston (1882–1960), U.S. Representative John Stewart Johnston (1905/6–?), Northern Irish politician John Baines Johnston (1918–2005), British diplomat John Johnston (courtier) (1922–2006), UK J. Bennett Johnston (1932–2025), U.S. Senator John Benjamin Johnston, Canadian politician
Sports John Johnston (footballer, born 1878) (1876–1955), Scottish footballer (Bury FC, Southampton FC) John Johnston (football full-back), footballer for Sunderland Johnny Johnston (baseball) (1890–1940), American baseball player John Johnston (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1987), Scottish international footballer John Johnston (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1989), Scottish footballer (Motherwell FC, Hamilton Academical) Johnny Johnston (footballer) (born 1947), Northern Irish footballer Johnny Johnston (cricketer) (1953–2008), English cricketer
Other Sir John Johnston, 3rd Baronet (c. 1648–1690), Scottish soldier John Johnston (chemist) (1881–1950), Scottish-born chemist John Johnson (architect, born 1732) (1732–1814) English architect John Johnston (fur trader) (1762–1828), British John Johnston (merchant) (1781–1851), Scottish-American merchant John Johnston (farmer) (1791–1880), Scotland John Taylor Johnston (1820–1893), founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art John R. Johnston (1826–1895), landscape and panorama painter John Lawson Johnston (1839–1900), Scottish businessman John Johnston (priest) (1852–1923), Anglican clergyman John Johnston (schoolmaster) (1871– 1938), a British educator John McQueen Johnston (1901–1987), Scottish physician John Johnston (econometrician) (1923–2003), British academic John V. Johnston (died 1912), U.S. Navy officer John Johnston (physiotherapist), Scottish-born Australian physiotherapist John Johnston, 13-year-old boy murdered in 1923 by Susan Newell in Coatbridge, Scotland Johnny Johnston of The Johnston Brothers
See also John Jonston (1603–1675), Polish scholar, physician, naturalist, botanist, and entomologist John Johnson (disambiguation) John Johnstone (disambiguation) Johnnie or Johnny Johnston (disambiguation)