# Big John

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**Big John** may refer to:

## People

### In sports

- [John Baker (defensive lineman, born 1935)](/source/John_Baker_(defensive_lineman,_born_1935)) (1935-2007), American National Football League player
- [John Cannady](/source/John_Cannady) (1923–2002), American National Football League player
- [John Huard](/source/John_Huard) (1944-2025), American former National Football League and Canadian Football League player and coach, member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- [John Kissell](/source/John_Kissell) (1923-1992), American National Football League and All-America Football Conference player
- [John Macklin](/source/John_Macklin) (c. 1884–1949), American college football player, multi-sport head coach and athletics administrator
- [Big John Mazmanian](/source/Big_John_Mazmanian) (1926–2006), American drag racer
- [John McCarthy (referee)](/source/John_McCarthy_(referee)) (born 1962), former referee for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
- [John Merritt](/source/John_Merritt_(American_football)) (1926–1983), American football coach
- [John R. Richards](/source/John_R._Richards) (1875–1947), American college football player, coach, educator and public administrator
- [John Sears (racing driver)](/source/John_Sears_(racing_driver)) (1931-1999), American NASCAR driver
- [Big John Studd](/source/Big_John_Studd) (1948–1995), professional wrestler
- [John Tate (boxer)](/source/John_Tate_(boxer)) (1955–1998), American boxer, WBA heavyweight champion (1979-1980)
- [John Thompson (basketball)](/source/John_Thompson_(basketball)) (1941–2020), American two-time NBA championship-winning player and NCAA championship-winning coach
- [Jerry Tuite](/source/Jerry_Tuite) (1966–2003), American former pro wrestler

### Musicians

- [Big John Bates](/source/Big_John_Bates), Canadian guitarist and singer
- [Big John Duncan](/source/Big_John_Duncan) (born 1958), former guitarist for The Exploited
- [John Goodison (musician)](/source/John_Goodison_(musician)) behind Big John's Rock And Roll Circus
- [Big John Greer](/source/Big_John_Greer) (1923–1972), American blues saxophonist and vocalist
- [John Patton (musician)](/source/John_Patton_(musician)) (1935–2002), jazz musician
- "Big" John Thomas, member of the Welsh hard rock band [Budgie](/source/Budgie_(band))
- [John Wallace (musician)](/source/John_Wallace_(musician)), bassist and singer
- [Big John Wrencher](/source/Big_John_Wrencher) (1923–1977), American blues harmonica player and singer

### Other

- [John Buscema](/source/John_Buscema) (1927-2002), American comic book artist
- [John Castelle](/source/List_of_Lucchese_crime_family_mobsters#John_Castellucci) (born 1959), American mobster, a capo of the Lucchese crime family
- [John Cornyn](/source/John_Cornyn) (born 1952), U.S. Senator from [Texas](/source/Texas)
- [John McMichael](/source/John_McMichael) (1948-1987), Northern Ireland loyalist killed by the Provisional IRA
- [John Fisher (social media personality)](/source/John_Fisher_(social_media_personality)) (born 1973), English social media personality
- Giovanni "Big John" Ormento, gangster involved in the [French Connection](/source/French_Connection)
- Big John, bodyguard of rocker Bret Michaels who appeared on [*Rock of Love with Bret Michaels* (season 1)](/source/Rock_of_Love_with_Bret_Michaels_(season_1))

## Art and media

- "[Big John (Ain't You Gonna Marry Me)](/source/Big_John_(Ain't_You_Gonna_Marry_Me))", a 1961 song by The Shirelles
- "Big John", a working title of the ABBA song "[Move On](/source/Move_On_(ABBA_song))"
- "[Big Bad John](/source/Big_Bad_John)", country song by Jimmy Dean
- *[Big John, Little John](/source/Big_John,_Little_John)*, 1976 American TV series
- "Big John" Cannon, protagonist of the American TV series *[The High Chaparral](/source/The_High_Chaparral)*

## Places

- Big John Bay, [Kupreanof Island](/source/Kupreanof_Island), Alaska
- A nickname for the [John Hancock Center](/source/John_Hancock_Center) in Chicago, Illinois
- [Big John Butte](/source/Big_John_Butte), a mountain in Montana

## Other

- [Big John (brand)](/source/Big_John_(brand)), Japanese denim company
- [Big John Steak & Onion](/source/Big_John_Steak_%26_Onion), a sub chain based in Michigan
- A nickname of the US aircraft carrier [USS *John F. Kennedy* (CV-67)](/source/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67))
- [Big John (dinosaur)](/source/Big_John_(dinosaur)), fossilized triceratops

## See also

- [Jon Arthur](/source/Jon_Arthur), the host of the Saturday morning children's radio series *Big Jon and Sparkie*
- [Little John (disambiguation)](/source/Little_John_(disambiguation))

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