John Walker

Politicians

American politicians

• John Walker (Arkansas politician), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
• John Walker (Missouri politician), State Treasurer of Missouri
• John Walker (Virginia politician), U.S. Senator, public official, and soldier
• *SS John Walker, a Liberty ship
• John A. Walker (Iowa politician), American politician
• John M. Walker Jr., former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• John M. Walker (Pennsylvania politician), Pennsylvania state senator and lieutenant-gubernatorial nominee
• John R. Walker, U.S. representative from Georgia
• John Williams Walker, U.S. senator from Alabama

  Other politicians

• John Walker (Australian politician), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
• John Walker (Canadian politician), industrialist & Canadian House of Commons member
• John Archibald Walker, Canadian lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia
• John Smith Walker, minister of finance of the Kingdom of Hawaii

  Sportsmen

Association football

• John Walker (footballer, born 1873), Scottish international footballer
• John Walker (footballer, born 1876), Scottish footballer
• John Walker (footballer, born 1899), English footballer
• John Walker (footballer, born 1902), Scottish footballer
• John Walker (footballer, born 1866), Scottish footballer
• John Walker (Grimsby Town footballer), Scottish football centre-half
• Jock Walker, Scottish footballer

  Cricket

• John Walker (cricketer, born 1768), cricketer
• John Walker (cricketer, born 1826), cricketer and the eldest brother of the Walkers of Southgate
• John Walker (cricketer, born 1854), English cricketer
• John Walker (Scottish cricketer), Scottish cricketer

  Other sports

• John Walker (American football, born 1983), former defensive back for the USC football team
• John Walker (American football, born 1961), American football defensive tackle
• John Walker (archer), British archer
• John Walker (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood
• John Walker (cyclist), British Olympic cyclist
• John Walker (gymnast), British Olympic gymnast
• John Walker (rowing), British coxswain and Olympic medalist
• John Walker or Mr. Wrestling II, masked professional wrestler
• John Walker (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1960s
• Sir John Walker (runner), New Zealand runner, Olympic Gold medalist in 1500 metres run in 1976
• John R. Walker (horse trainer), Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame horse trainer
• John Reid Walker, British polo player and racehorse breeder

  Entertainers and artists

• John Walker (animator), television animator and director
• John Walker (Australian actor), Australian comedic actor
• John Walker (curator), director of the National Gallery of Art
• John Walker (film producer), animated film producer
• John Walker (filmmaker), Canadian filmmaker and cinematographer
• John Walker (musician), born John Maus, member of the 1960s singing group The Walker Brothers
• John Walker (organist), recording artist
• John Walker (painter), nominee for the Turner Prize in 1985
• John Augustus Walker, Alabama Gulf Coast artist
• John Edward Walker, British-born, American painter and educator
• John Henry Walker, Canadian engraver and illustrator

  Military personnel and spies

• John Walker (RAF officer), British Chief of Defence Intelligence
• John Walker (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• John William Ernest Walker Australian staff sergeant who was executed in the Ration Truck massacre
• John Walker (officer of arms), English officer of arms
• John Anthony Walker, American communications specialist convicted in 1985 of spying for the Soviet Union
• John C. Walker, Indiana physician and officer during the American Civil War
• John George Walker, general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
• John Grimes Walker, United States Navy admiral
• John T. Walker (USMC), United States Marine Corps general

  Inventors and scientists

• John Walker (inventor), English chemist and inventor of the friction match in 1827
• John Walker (natural historian), Scottish naturalist
• John Walker (programmer), one of the designers of AutoCAD
• John Charles Walker, American agricultural scientist
• John E. Walker, British chemist, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize
• John Francis Walker, British geologist
• John James Walker, British mathematician
• John M. Walker, American physician and investment banker
• John Walker (horticulturist), Canadian plant breeder

  Businessmen

• John Walker (grocer), Scottish founder of John Walker & Sons and namesake of the Johnnie Walker whisky brand
• John Walker (Scottish cricketer), Scottish businessman and director of John Walker & Sons
• John Brisben Walker, American entrepreneur and magazine publisher
• John Hardeman Walker, southeast Missouri landowner

  Clergymen

• John Walker (archdeacon of Essex), Anglican archdeacon
• John Walker (archdeacon of Dorset)
• John Walker (biographer), English clergyman and ecclesiastical historian
• John Walker (scholar), English classical scholar and Anglican archdeacon of Hereford
• John Walker (1769–1833), Church of Ireland cleric and academic who seceded as founder of a sect
• John M. Walker (bishop), Episcopal bishop of Atlanta
• John Russell Walker, Anglican priest
• John T. Walker (bishop), American Episcopal bishop of Washington
• John Walker (abolitionist), Presbyterian minister in Ohio and Pennsylvania
• John Walker (Presbyterian minister) in Australia

  Others

• John Walker (industrialist), Pittsburgh industrialist
• John Walker (journalist), British video game journalist
• John Walker (lexicographer), English lexicographer, actor and philologist
• John Walker (philatelist), British philatelist
• John Walker (numismatist), Scottish numismatist
• John Walker (vaccinator), English educational writer, physician, and advocate of vaccination
• John Walker (antiquary), English antiquary
• John Brian Walker, British general practitioner
• John Walker, one of the Birmingham Six accused of bombings in England in 1974
• John A. Walker (art critic), British art critic and historian
• John Clay Walker, American journalist
• John H. Walker, Scottish-born American labor unionist and politician
• John Walker (diplomat), British diplomat
• John Walker (Protector of Aborigines), South Australian Protector of Aborigines, 1861–1868

  Fictional characters

• John Walker, in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of novels
• John Walker, alter ego of U.S. Agent, a comic book superhero