John Holmes
John or Jon Holmes may refer to:
People
Arts and entertainment
- John Holmes (actor), American pornographic actor and murder suspect
- John Holmes (composer), English musician and composer
- John Holmes (poet), American poet
- John Clellon Holmes, American Beat poet, novelist and essayist
- John Eric Holmes, American author and promoter of fantasy role-playing games
- John W. Holmes (film editor), American film editor
- John Holmes (radio presenter) MBE, associated with BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Nottingham
- Jon Holmes, British comedy writer and broadcaster
Diplomacy
- John Holmes (British diplomat), British diplomat
- John T. Holmes, Canadian ambassador to Indonesia and East Timor
- John Wendell Holmes, Canadian diplomat and academic
Education
- John Holmes (geographer), Australian professor of geography
- John Holmes (schoolmaster), English schoolmaster
- John Clough Holmes, American merchant; Agricultural College of the State of Michigan progenitor
Military or mercenary service
- John Holmes (British Army officer), British general
- John Holmes (mercenary), 19th century Anglo-Indian mercenary
- John Holmes (Royal Navy officer), English naval officer
Politics
- John Holmes (by 1529 – 1583), MP for Ripon and Boroughbridge
- John Holmes (died 1556 or later), MP for Rye
- John Holmes (Maine politician), member of U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
- John Holmes (New Zealand politician), New Zealand Member of Parliament
- John Holmes (Nova Scotia politician), Canadian Senator
- John Holmes (Ontario politician), Canadian MP
- John Bee Holmes, intendant of Charleston, South Carolina
- John Edwin Holmes, first Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- John Robert Holmes, Canadian MP
- John Holmes (Jamaican politician), planter, slave-owner and member of the House of Assembly of Jamaica
Religion
- John Holmes (bishop), Anglican colonial bishop
- John Haynes Holmes, American churchman and pacifist
- John McClellan Holmes, Christian minister and author
Sports
- John Holmes (footballer), English footballer
- John Holmes (cricketer), English cricketer
- Johnny Holmes, American baseball player of the 1940s
- John Holmes (rugby league), English former rugby league footballer
- John Holmes (rugby league, born 1904), Australian rugby league player
- John Holmes (golfer), American golfer
- John Holmes (American football), American football player
Other fields
- John Holmes (antiquary), English antiquarian
- John Holmes (essayist), radical campaigner
- John Holmes (Messenger of the Plymouth Court), Plymouth Colony settler and official
- John Henry Holmes, English electrical engineer, inventor and Quaker
- John Dalrymple Edgar Holmes, British veterinary scientist and bacteriologist
Fictional characters
- John Hamish Adler Holme or Auguste Lupa, a fictional character in novels by John Lescroart