John Young

• John Young (astronaut), American Moon walking astronaut
• John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, British diplomat and politician

Academics

• John Young (professor of Greek), Scottish professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow
• John C. Young (pastor), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre College
• John Dragon Young, Chinese historian
• John Lorenzo Young, English-Australian educationalist
• John Richardson Young, American physiologist

  Arts and entertainment

Performing arts

• Harry Anthony, American singer
• John Young (actor), Scottish actor
• John Young (jazz pianist), American jazz pianist
• John Sacret Young, American author, producer, director, and screenwriter
• John Paul Young, Australian singer
• John Bell Young, American concert pianist, music critic and author
• John Young (British musician), British keyboardist and vocalist
• John Young (composer), New Zealand-born composer
• John Lloyd Young, American actor and singer
• John G. Young (filmmaker), American director, producer and writer

  Visual arts

• John Young (engraver), British mezzotint engraver, keeper of the British Institution
• John Henry Young, Australian art collector, art dealer and art gallery director
• John Chin Young, Hawaiian-born American painter
• John Zerunge Young, Hong Kong-born Australian artist

  Business and industry

• John Young (agricultural reformer), Scottish merchant in Nova Scotia
• John Young (architect), English architect
• John Young (Scottish architect)
• John Young (building contractor), Australian building contractor
• John Orr Young, American advertiser
• John Young (brewer), British chairman of Young's Brewery
• John A. Young, American business manager
• John Young (businessman), Australian entrepreneur
• John Hardin Young, American attorney

  Military

• John Young (naval officer), American sailor
• John Preston Young, American Confederate veteran, judge and historian
• John Francis Young, Canadian soldier
• John Darling Young, British Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
• Yang Kuo-chiang Chinese military leader, Director-General of National Security Bureau of the Republic of China
• John J. Young Jr., U.S. Defense Department official

  Politics and law

Australia

• John Young (Australian politician), New South Wales politician
• John Young (jurist), Australian jurist
• John Young (judge), Australian jurist in the Federal Court of Australia

  Canada

• John Young (seigneur), Scottish-born Canadian land entrepreneur, jurist, and politician
• John Young (Canadian politician), member of the Canadian House of Commons
• John Young (Gloucester County, New Brunswick politician), Canadian politician
• John Young (York County, New Brunswick politician), Canadian politician
• John Allan Young, Canadian politician in Saskatchewan

  U.K.

• John Young (died 1589), English politician, MP
• John Young (MP for Marlborough),, English politician, MP for Marlborough
• John Young (MP for New Shoreham), English politician, MP for New Shoreham, Sussex
• John Young (Scottish politician), Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament

  U.S.

• John Young (governor), American politician, Governor of New York
• John Duncan Young, US congressman from Kentucky
• J. Smith Young, American politician
• John Russell Young (politician), 18th president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
• John Andrew Young, American politician from Texas
• John M. Young, American politician from Wisconsin
• John Young (Indiana politician), American politician from Indiana

  Elsewhere

• John Young (advisor), British-born government advisor in the Kingdom of Hawaii

  Religion

• John Young (suffragan bishop in London), English Catholic churchman and academic
• John Young (Regius Professor), English Catholic clergyman and academic
• John Young (bishop of Rochester), English academic and Anglican bishop of Rochester
• John Young (Dean of Winchester), English Calvinist clergyman
• John Young (bishop of Argyll), Scottish divine
• John G. Young (bishop), Irish Catholic bishop
• John F. Young, American Episcopal bishop of Florida, translator of the hymn Silent Night
• John Willard Young, American Mormon apostle
• John Young (Dean of St George's Cathedral), English Anglican clergyman

  Science and medicine

• John Radford Young, English mathematician, professor and author
• John Young (1823–1900), Scottish geologist
• John Young (professor of natural history), Scottish naturalist and geologist, professor of natural history at Glasgow University
• John Stirling Young, Scottish physician, professor of pathology at Aberdeen University
• John Wesley Young, American mathematician
• John Zachary Young, English zoologist
• John Young (naturalist), Australian naturalist

  Sports

Association football (soccer)

• John Young (footballer, born 1888), Scottish football player
• John Young (footballer, born 1889), Scottish association football player
• John Young (footballer, born 1891), Scottish footballer
• John Young (footballer, born 1951), Scottish association football player and manager
• John Young (footballer, born 1957), Scottish association football player

  Cricket

• John Young (cricketer, born 1863), English cricketer
• John Young (cricketer, born 1876), English cricketer
• John Young (cricketer, born 1884), English cricketer

  Other sports

• John Young (pitcher), American Negro league baseball player
• John Young (swimmer), Bermudian swimmer
• John Young (field hockey), Canadian Olympic field hockey player
• John Young (cyclist), Australian cyclist
• John Young (rugby union), English rugby union player
• John Young (first baseman), American baseball player
• John Young (ice hockey), American ice hockey and roller hockey player
• John Young (racing driver), American racing driver

  Others

• John Young (pioneer), American surveyor
• John Young (abolitionist),, American abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor
• John Russell Young, American writer, diplomat, and Librarian of Congress
• John Preston Young, American Confederate veteran, judge and historian
• John P. Young, American writer and editor of the San Francisco Chronicle
• John Young (police officer), New Zealand baker, policeman, unionist and police commissioner
• John C. Young, Chinese-American civic leader, key figure in the development of Chinatown, San Francisco
• John Young (Cryptome), American activist and architect

  Other uses

• John Young Parkway, American roadway in Florida
• John W. Young Round Barn, American historic building in Tama County, Iowa
• USS John Young, American warship