'''Honest John''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}

==Politicians== ===United Kingdom=== * John Battersby, councillor in Glasgow and trade union leader * John Bowen (alderman), High Sheriff of Worcestershire * John Fielden, British politician * Mad Jack Fuller, British politician who preferred to be known as "Honest John" Fuller *John Lilburne (1614 – 1657), English Leveller during the English Civil Wars

===United States=== * John Davis (Massachusetts governor) * John H. Farley, Mayor of Cleveland * John Hart (New Jersey politician) * John Hunn (governor), Governor of Delaware * John Kelly (New York politician), Tammany Hall politician * John Letcher, Governor of Virginia * John Lind (politician), Governor of Minnesota * John Moore (Illinois), Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois * John J. Patterson (1830–1912) United States senator from South Carolina * John Holbrook Powers, Nebraska politician * John F. Shafroth, Governor of Colorado * John Sparks (Nevada politician) * John Walsh (Dakota politician) * John Whiteaker, Governor of Oregon * John J. Williams (senator)

===Elsewhere=== * John Martin (Young Irelander), Irish politician * John Tonkin, Australian politician * John White (New Zealand politician)

==Athletes== * John Anderson (outfielder), baseball player * John Barham Day, jockey * John Clapp (baseball), baseball player * John Eubank, baseball player * John Gaffney (baseball), baseball umpire * John Kelly, baseball player nicknamed "Kick Kelly" and "Honest John" * John McCloskey (baseball manager) * John McKenna, rugby player *John Morrill, baseball player * John A. Warren, football player * John Katan, wrestler

==Fictional characters== * "Honest John" Worthington Foulfellow, a character in Disney's 1940 film ''Pinocchio'' * a character in the 1986 ''An American Tail'' * a character in Marvel Comics' S-Men * a character in ''Belle of the Yukon'' * the protagonist of an 1875 novel by John William De Forest

==Other uses== * Honest John Plain, guitarist with The Boys * the MGR-1 Honest John, a nuclear-capable missile * John Philip Wood, Scots historian * John Brown Russwurm, abolitionist * John Crocker, officer in the British Army *John Roberts, 18th-century Irish architect * John Stephenson (coachbuilder) * a 1959 single produced by Felton Jarvis * Honest Jon's, a record store * "Honest John", a type of open bar where patrons serve themselves and leave payment in a jar or drawer, on the honor system.

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