John Anderson

Arts and entertainment

Music

• John Anderson , American musician
• Jon Anderson, lead singer of the British band Yes
• John Anderson , Northern Irish composer and producer
• John Anderson , American country musician
• John Anderson, vocalist for the British rock band Charlie

  Theater, television and film

• John Murray Anderson, Newfoundland-American theater director
• John Anderson , American actor
• John Anderson , Scottish referee on the series Gladiators
• John Anderson , American ESPN television sports journalist and co-host of Wipeout
• John H. Anderson , American set decorator
• John Anderson , American documentary film director, producer, editor and writer

  Writing

• J. Redwood Anderson, English poet
• John J. Anderson, writer and editor covering computers and technology
• John David Anderson, American writer

  Other arts and entertainment

• John Henry Anderson, Scottish magician
• John Alvin Anderson, Swedish-American photographer
• John Cornbread Anderson, American folk artist

  Business

• John Anderson , merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland
• John Byers Anderson, American educator, military officer and railroad executive, mentor of Andrew Carnegie
• John Macvicar Anderson, Scottish architect
• John Anderson , Norwegian-American publisher
• John Anderson , Scottish merchant, of Singapore and Eastcote
• John L. Anderson Seattle steamboat pioneer
• Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Harrold Priory, Scottish haulage contractor
• John E. Anderson, American businessman, namesake of the UCLA Anderson School of Management
• John Anderson , founder of Contiki Holidays and professional public speaker
• Jock R. Anderson, Australian agricultural economist
• John Anderson , founder, director and chief technology officer of HeartSine Technologies
• John Anderson , chief executive of the ANZ National Bank

  Military

• John Byers Anderson, educator, railroad contractor and United States Army officer
• John F. Anderson , American Civil War officer
• John B. Anderson , American general
• John W. Anderson , Master Mariner and Commodore, United States Lines; Captain, SS United States
• John Anderson , first commander of the Ulster Defence Regiment
• John Evelyn Anderson, British Army officer
• John Anderson , English Victoria Cross recipient
• John Rogers Anderson, Canadian admiral and ambassador to NATO

  Politics

Australia

• John Gerard Anderson, Scottish-born educationalist and public servant in colonial Queensland
• John Anderson , Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party 1999–2005
• John Anderson , Member of Victorian Parliament 1894–1901

  Canada

• John Hawkins Anderson, member of the Canadian Senate
• John Anderson , businessman and politician
• John Anderson, MPP from 1911 to 1914
• John Victor Anderson, politician in Alberta

  New Zealand

• John Anderson , mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, blacksmith, engineer, businessman
• Crawford Anderson, New Zealand politician, MP for Bruce electorate

  United Kingdom

• Sir John Anderson, 1st Baronet, of Mill Hill, British politician, MP for City of London, 1793–1806
• John Anderson , Scottish diplomatic writer
• John Anderson , British governor of Straits Settlements and later of Ceylon
• John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, British civil servant and politician
• John Anderson, 3rd Viscount Waverley, British peer
• John Anderson, British trade union leader
• John Anderson , Scottish civil servant

  United States

• Jack Z. Anderson, US Representative from California
• John Alexander Anderson, US Representative from Kansas
• John Anderson , US Representative from Maine
• John Anderson , colonel who served as acting governor of New Jersey in 1736
• John Anderson , state senator
• John Anderson Jr., Governor of Kansas, 1961–1965
• John B. Anderson, US Representative from Illinois and 1980 presidential candidate
• John C. Anderson , US Attorney for the District of New Mexico
• John C. Anderson , state assemblyman
• John C. Anderson , member of Philadelphia city council
• John H. Anderson, state legislator
• John Hope Anderson, politician in Pennsylvania
• John N. Anderson, politician in California
• John T. Anderson, politician in Virginia
• John W. Anderson , politician in Tennessee
• Johnny Anderson, member of the Utah House of Representatives 2009–2016

  Religion and philosophy

• John Anderson , Scottish theologian
• John Anderson , founder of the first Presbyterian seminary in America
• John Anderson , Scottish missionary
• John Hendry Anderson, Anglican rector and instigator of Tooting Bec Lido
• John Anderson , Anglican Church of Canada metropolitan bishop
• John Anderson , Scottish–Australian philosopher
• John Mueller Anderson, American philosopher
• John Anderson , Anglican Church of Canada bishop

  Science

• John Anderson , Scottish natural philosopher
• John Anderson , English physician
• John Anderson , Scottish zoologist
• John Anderson , Scottish rugby union player and New Zealand engineer
• John Anderson
• John F. Anderson , director of the United States Hygienic Laboratory
• John August Anderson, American physicist and astronomer
• John Edward Anderson , American psychologist
• John Stuart Anderson, British/Australian inorganic chemist
• John Anderson , British pathologist
• J. Edward Anderson, American engineer
• John Maxwell Anderson, Scottish surgeon and cancer specialist
• John Robert Anderson , Australian chemist/materials scientist
• John D. Anderson, American aerospace engineer
• John L. Anderson, American chemical engineer
• John Robert Anderson , Canadian-American psychologist and computer scientist
• John G. Anderson, American seismologist

  Sports

American football

• John E. Anderson, college player and coach
• John W. Anderson , coach
• John Anderson , Green Bay Packers linebacker

  Association football

• John Anderson , English footballer born in County Durham
• John Anderson , Scottish footballer born in Rothesay, Argyll and Bute
• John Anderson , Scottish footballer born in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire
• John Anderson , Scottish footballer born in Dundee
• John Anderson , English footballer born in Salford, Lancashire
• John Anderson , Scottish footballer born in Glasgow
• Johnny Anderson , Scottish football goalkeeper born in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire
• John Anderson , English footballer born in Risdale, Northumberland
• John Anderson , Scottish-born Australian international footballer
• John Anderson, Republic of Ireland international footballer
• John Anderson, Scottish footballer born in Greenock, Inverclyde

  Baseball and cricket

• John Anderson , American baseball player
• John Anderson , American baseball player
• John Anderson , American baseball coach
• John Anderson, Australian cricketer
• John Anderson , Irish cricketer

  Other sports

• John Anderson , Australian rules footballer
• John Anderson , American Olympic discus thrower
• John Anderson , British runner
• John Anderson , British-South African lawn bowler
• John Anderson , New Zealand international
• John Anderson , American sprint canoer
• John Anderson , general manager of the Buffalo Sabres
• John Anderson , Australian sailor
• John Scott Anderson , Australian sailor
• John Anderson , American driver, known for a crash at Daytona in 1981
• John Anderson , Canadian ice hockey player
• John Anderson , Canadian Olympic equestrian
• John Anderson , Irish hurler
• John Anderson , Canadian water polo player

  Others

• John Anderson , friend of Robert Burns
• John Anderson , Scottish engraver
• John Anderson, Scottish genealogist
• John Anderson, Scottish genealogist
• John C. Anderson , Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
• John W. Anderson , justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
• John Anderson , Camden Professor of Ancient History at the University of Oxford
• John Mathieson Anderson, British linguist and Emeritus Professor of English Language at the University of Edinburgh
• John Anderson, American slave who escaped to Canada in the 1860s, leading to a famous extradition case
• John W. Anderson , Kentucky farmer and interstate trafficker