# Honest John

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**Honest John** may refer to:

## Politicians

### United Kingdom

- [John Battersby](/source/John_Battersby), councillor in Glasgow and trade union leader
- [John Bowen (alderman)](/source/John_Bowen_(alderman)), High Sheriff of Worcestershire
- [John Fielden](/source/John_Fielden), British politician
- [Mad Jack Fuller](/source/Mad_Jack_Fuller), British politician who preferred to be known as "Honest John" Fuller
- [John Lilburne](/source/John_Lilburne) (1614 – 1657), English [Leveller](/source/Levellers) during the [English Civil Wars](/source/English_Civil_War)

### United States

- [John Davis (Massachusetts governor)](/source/John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor))
- [John H. Farley](/source/John_H._Farley), Mayor of Cleveland
- [John Hart (New Jersey politician)](/source/John_Hart_(New_Jersey_politician))
- [John Hunn (governor)](/source/John_Hunn_(governor)), Governor of Delaware
- [John Kelly (New York politician)](/source/John_Kelly_(New_York_politician)), Tammany Hall politician
- [John Letcher](/source/John_Letcher), Governor of Virginia
- [John Lind (politician)](/source/John_Lind_(politician)), Governor of Minnesota
- [John Moore (Illinois)](/source/John_Moore_(Illinois)), Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois
- [John J. Patterson](/source/John_J._Patterson) (1830–1912) United States senator from South Carolina
- [John Holbrook Powers](/source/John_Holbrook_Powers), Nebraska politician
- [John F. Shafroth](/source/John_F._Shafroth), Governor of Colorado
- [John Sparks (Nevada politician)](/source/John_Sparks_(Nevada_politician))
- [John Walsh (Dakota politician)](/source/John_Walsh_(Dakota_politician))
- [John Whiteaker](/source/John_Whiteaker), Governor of Oregon
- [John J. Williams (senator)](/source/John_J._Williams_(senator))

### Elsewhere

- [John Martin (Young Irelander)](/source/John_Martin_(Young_Irelander)), Irish politician
- [John Tonkin](/source/John_Tonkin), Australian politician
- [John White (New Zealand politician)](/source/John_White_(New_Zealand_politician))

## Athletes

- [John Anderson (outfielder)](/source/John_Anderson_(outfielder)), baseball player
- [John Barham Day](/source/John_Barham_Day), jockey
- [John Clapp (baseball)](/source/John_Clapp_(baseball)), baseball player
- [John Eubank](/source/John_Eubank), baseball player
- [John Gaffney (baseball)](/source/John_Gaffney_(baseball)), baseball umpire
- [John Kelly](/source/Kick_Kelly), baseball player nicknamed "Kick Kelly" and "Honest John"
- [John McCloskey (baseball manager)](/source/John_McCloskey_(baseball_manager))
- [John McKenna](/source/John_McKenna), rugby player
- [John Morrill](/source/John_Morrill_(baseball)), baseball player
- [John A. Warren](/source/John_A._Warren), football player
- [John Katan](/source/John_Katan), wrestler

## Fictional characters

- ["Honest John" Worthington Foulfellow](/source/The_Fox_and_the_Cat#In_Disney_media), a character in Disney's 1940 film *[Pinocchio](/source/Pinocchio_(1940_film))*
- a character in the 1986 *[An American Tail](/source/An_American_Tail)*
- a character in Marvel Comics' [S-Men](/source/S-Men)
- a character in *[Belle of the Yukon](/source/Belle_of_the_Yukon)*
- the protagonist of an 1875 novel by [John William De Forest](/source/John_William_De_Forest)

## Other uses

- Honest John Plain, guitarist with [The Boys](/source/The_Boys_(English_band))
- the [MGR-1 Honest John](/source/MGR-1_Honest_John), a nuclear-capable missile
- [John Philip Wood](/source/John_Philip_Wood), Scots historian
- [John Brown Russwurm](/source/John_Brown_Russwurm), abolitionist
- [John Crocker](/source/John_Crocker), officer in the British Army
- [John Roberts](/source/John_Roberts_(architect)), 18th-century Irish architect
- [John Stephenson (coachbuilder)](/source/John_Stephenson_(coachbuilder))
- a 1959 single produced by [Felton Jarvis](/source/Felton_Jarvis)
- [Honest Jon's](/source/Honest_Jon's), a record store
- ["Honest John"](/source/Honesty_bar), a type of [open bar](/source/Open_bar) where patrons serve themselves and leave payment in a jar or drawer, on the [honor system](/source/Honor_system).

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