John Harris

Politics

Australia

• John Harris (Australian settler), military surgeon, magistrate, and landowner
• John Harris (New South Wales politician), Australian colonial politician, mayor of Sydney
• John Harris (Victorian politician), Australian politician and Country Party minister
• John Harris (Australian politician), Australian senator

  United Kingdom

• John Harris (MP for Hampshire), English MP for Hampshire 1415
• John Harris (MP for Grampound), English MP for Grampound, 1555
• John Harris (MP for West Looe), English MP for West Looe, 1614
• John Harris (MP for Montgomery), MP for Montgomery, 1601
• John Harris (Bere Alston MP), English MP for Bere Alston and Launceston
• John Harris (Royalist), English MP for Liskeard, 1628, 1640, 1644
• John Harris (died 1677), English MP for Liskeard
• John Harris (merchant), British Member of Parliament for Exeter, 1708
• John Harris (courtier), British Member of Parliament for Ashburton
• John Harris (1703–1768), British Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
• John Harris (Bristol), English merchant who was Mayor of Bristol in 1790
• John Dove Harris, English Liberal politician
• John Harris (engineer), railway engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1836–47.
• John Harris (anti-slavery campaigner), English missionary, campaigner against slavery, and Liberal Party politician
• John Harris, Baron Harris of Greenwich, British political aide and politician for Labour and Liberal Democrats
• John Quincey Harris, British Whig politician

  United States

• John Harris (New York politician), Congressman from New York
• John Harris (Wisconsin politician), Wisconsin state senator and businessman
• John S. Harris, United States Senator from Louisiana
• John T. Harris, United States Representative and lawyer from Virginia
• John Harris (Alaska politician), member of the Alaska House of Representatives
• John F. Harris (political aide), chief of staff for Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich
• John F. Harris (politician), American lawyer and politician from Greenville, Mississippi

  Elsewhere

• John Hyde Harris, New Zealand politician and cricketer
• John Bruce Harris, Canadian political figure in Saskatchewan
• John Gordon Harris, Canadian policeman

  Academics

• John Harris (Warden), English academic, clergyman, Warden of Winchester College
• John Harris (college head), Congregational minister and college president
• John Howard Harris, president of Bucknell University, 1889–1919
• John Harris (bioethicist), professor of bioethics and think tank director
• John Harris (physicist), physics professor at Yale University
• John R. Harris, professor of economics at Boston University
• John Harris (phonologist), Irish linguist
• John Harris (psycholinguist), Irish linguist
• John Harris (biblical scholar), Australian biblical scholar and creolist

  Business

• John Harris Sr., trader who settled and established Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• John Harris (surveyor), farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia
• John Harris Jr. (settler), American storekeeper and frontiersman
• John Williams Harris, New Zealand trader, whaler, and farmer
• John Harris (manufacturer), Canadian businessman and manufacturer
• John P. Harris, Pittsburgh businessman
• John C. Harris, owner of Harris Farms

  Entertainment and writers

• John Harris (writer), English writer, scientist, and Anglican priest
• John Harris (spinet maker), Boston maker of spinets and harpsichords
• John Harris (publisher), English bookseller and printseller
• John Harris Jr. (artist), English artist
• John Harris (poet), Cornish poet
• John H. Harris (entertainment), American, first owner of the Ice Capades
• John Harris (novelist), British author
• John Harris (curator), English author, architectural historian
• John Harris (artist), painter and illustrator known for his science-fiction work
• John T. Harris (artist), painter, printmaker, educator
• John Harris (critic), music and politics journalist
• John F. Harris, author and writer for Politico.com
• John Wyndham, English science fiction author
• John Harris (software developer), computer programmer of Atari computer games

  Military

• John Harris (USMC officer), 6th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
• John Harris (Medal of Honor), Union Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• Sir John Harris (RAF officer), British Royal Air Force officer

  Religion

• John Harris (bishop), Bishop of Llandaff, 1729–1738
• John Harris (priest), Dean of Brecon

  Sports

Cricket

• John Hyde Harris, New Zealand politician and cricketer
• John Harris (English cricketer), for Somerset County Cricket Club

  Football

• John Harris (Australian footballer), with Collingwood and Hawthorn
• John Harris (footballer, born 1917), Scottish footballer and manager
• John Harris (footballer, born 1939), English footballer
• John Harris (Irish footballer), Northern Irish footballer and cricketer
• John Harris (defensive back), former American football cornerback
• John Harris (safety), former American football safety
• John Harris (wide receiver), American football player
• Tony Harris (footballer), Scottish footballer

  Other sports

• John Harris (canoeist), British canoeist
• John Harris (slalom canoeist), American slalom canoeist
• John Harris (athlete), Welsh Paralympic athlete
• John Harris (golfer), professional golfer
• John Harris (first baseman), former Major League Baseball player
• John Harris (pitcher), American Negro league pitcher
• John Elmo Harris, professional wrestler and actor, whose ring name was Silo Sam

  Other

• John Harris (activist), known as John Harris, anti-apartheid activist
• John S. Harris (horticulturalist), American horticulturalist
• John Richardson Harris, early settler of Mexican Texas
• John Solomon Harris, English Jewish pacifist
• John Harris (judge), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court