Johnny
Johnny is an English language personal name. It is often a nickname, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females.
Variant forms of Johnny include Johnnie, Johnney, Johhny, Johnni and Johni. The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as Seonaidh.
Notable people and characters named Johnny or Johnnie include:
People
Johnny
- Johnny 3 Tears, American musician
- Johnny Adams, American singer
- Johnny Aba, Papua New Guinean professional boxer
- Johnny Abarrientos, Filipino professional basketball player
- Johnny Abbes García, chief of the government intelligence office of the Dominican Republic
- Johnny Abel, Canadian politician
- Johnny Abrego, former Major League baseball player
- Johnny Ace, American rhythm and blues singer
- Johnny Adair, loyalist paramilitary leader in Northern Ireland
- John Adriano Acea, American jazz pianist
- Johnny Anfone, Thai actor, singer and model
- Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman
- Johnny Archer, American pool player
- Johnny Bench, American baseball player
- Johnny Yong Bosch, actor and martial artist
- Johnny Boychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
- Johnny Bristol, American musician
- Johnny Burke , American lyricist
- Johnny Cardoso, American soccer player
- Johnny Carson, American talk show host
- Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter and actor
- Johnny Cochrane, Scottish football manager
- Johnny Cook , American football player
- Johnny Crawford, American actor, singer and musician
- Johnny Davis , American kickboxer
- Johnny Depp, American actor, film producer, and musician
- Johnny Diaz, American writer
- Johnny Flynn, British musician, singer-songwriter and actor
- Johnny Franz, English record producer
- Johnny Galecki, American actor
- Johnny Gargano, American professional wrestler
- Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player
- Johnny Gilbert, American TV personality
- Johnny Gioeli, American singer-songwriter
- Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
- Johnny Hon, Hong Kong businessman and politician
- Johnny Hooker, Brazilian rock/MPB musician
- Johnny Huggins, American football player
- Johnny Johnson, multiple people
- Johnny Juzang, American basketball player
- Johnny Karras, American football player
- Johnny Kemp, Bahamian musician
- Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese-American businessman and talent manager
- Johnny Knoxville, American actor, daredevil, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
- Johnny Lee , American actor
- Johnny Lee , American country music singer
- Johnny Lewis, American actor
- Johnny Lozada, Puerto Rican singer, show host and actor
- Johnny Mackorell, American football player and coach
- Johnny Manziel, American football player
- Johnny Marr, English musician, songwriter, and singer
- Johnny Mathis, American singer
- Johnny Maxey, American football player
- Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter and singer
- Johnny Moeller, American guitarist
- Johnny Moyal, Israeli Olympic gymnast
- Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter
- Johnny Naumu, American football player
- Johnny Newton, American football player
- Johnny Olson, American radio personality and television announcer.
- Johnny Crown Omolade, Nigerian-American singer and rapper professionally known as Johnny Crown
- Johnny Owen, Welsh boxer
- Johnny Pacar, American actor
- Johnny Ace Palmer, American close-up magician
- Johnny Papalia, Canadian fugitive who was murdered
- Johnny Parsons, American racing driver
- Johnny Patterson , NASCAR driver
- Johnny Peacock, American baseball player
- Johnny Peacock , American football player
- Johnny Pemberton, American actor and comedian
- Johnny G. Plate, Indonesian former politician and businessman
- Johnny Reed McKinzie Jr., better known by his stage name Jay Rock, American rapper and songwriter
- Johnny Reklai, Palauan politician
- Johnny Ringo, American gunfighter and fugitive who was murdered
- Johnny Rivers, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
- Johnny Roeg, Dutch footballer, striker for Ajax
- Johnny Rotten, alias of John Lydon, English lead singer of the Sex Pistols
- Johnny Ruffo, Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor
- Johnny Sequoyah, American actress
- Johnny Simmons, American actor
- Johnny Sims, American football player
- Johnny Sins, American pornographic actor
- Johnny Slawinski, American baseball player
- Johnny Stanton, American football player
- Johnny Suh, Musician, DJ, member of NCT, NCT 127, and NCT U
- Johnny Townsend , American football player
- Johnny Unitas, American football player
- Johnny von Neumann, nickname of Hungarian–American mathematician, born Neumann János Lajos
- Johnny Wactor, American actor
- Johnny Walker Jr., American football player
- Johnny Weir, American figure skater
- Johnny Winter, American blues guitarist, singer, and record producer
- Johnny Whitaker, American actor
- Johnny Whitworth, American actor
Johnnie
- Johnnie Carr, American civil rights leader
- Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer known for defending O. J. Simpson at his murder trial
- Johnnie Bryan Hunt, American entrepreneur in the trucking industry
- Johnnie Johnson, multiple people
- Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th chief justice of Liberia
- Johnnie Ray, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
- Johnnie Mae Young, American professional wrestler
- Johnnie Walker, also includes Johnny and Jonny Walkers
- Johnnie To, Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Johnnie Wright, American country music singer and songwriter, half of the duo Johnnie & Jack
Fictional characters
- Johnny, a recurring character in the video game series Metal Gear Solid
- Johnny, the lead character in the film The Room
- Johnny, a Nomu character in the manga and anime series My Hero Academia
- Johnny, a character in the British comic book series Kingsman: The Red Diamond
- Johnny 5, the robot star of the Short Circuit films
- Ghost Rider, alternate identity of Ghost Rider, a comic book character
- Johnny Bravo, from his eponymous show
- Johnny C., the title character of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, a comic book by Jhonen Vasquez
- Johnny Cade, in S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders and the 1983 film of the same name
- Johnny Cage, from the Mortal Kombat video game series
- Johnny Carter, in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Johnny Castle, a lead character in the 1980s film Dirty Dancing
- Johnny Connor, in the British television series Coronation Street
- Johnny Crowder, in the television series Justified
- Johnny Crunch, a character in the 1999 film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
- The title character of the films Johnny English and Johnny English Reborn, played by Rowan Atkinson
- Johnny Fedora, in the Make Mine Music short Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
- Johnny Fiama, on The Muppet Show
- The title character of the film Johnny Guitar
- Johnny Horton, a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Johnny Joestar, the lead character of Hirohiko Araki's manga series Steel Ball Run
- Johnny Kelly, the lead character of the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously
- Johnny Kapahaala, the lead character from the Disney Channel television film Johnny Tsunami
- Johnny Klebitz, the main character from the video game Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
- Johnny Lawrence, in the film The Karate Kid and the Netflix series Cobra Kai
- Johnny Mnemonic, the title character of a book by William Gibson and of the film based on the book
- Johnny Punk, an animatronic sold by Spirit Halloween for the 2020 Halloween season
- Johnny Tightlips, a recurring mobster from The Simpsons who is a part of Fat Tony 's gang
- Johnny Silverhand, in the video game Cyberpunk 2077
- "Johnny" Storm, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four
- The title character of Johnny Test, a Canadian cartoon series
- Johnny Utah, lead character in Point Break
- Johnny J. Worthington III, in the Pixar media franchise Monsters, Inc.
- Johnny, a character in the video game Baldi's Basics Plus