John Hamilton

'''John''', '''Johnny''', or '''Jon Hamilton''' may refer to:

==Arts and entertainment== *John Hamilton (painter) (fl. 1765–1786), British painter *John R. Hamilton (architect) ({{fl.|1840–1870}}), English architect *John McLure Hamilton (1853–1936), Anglo-American artist *John Hamilton (actor) (1887–1958), American actor *John F. Hamilton (1893–1967), American actor *John "Bugs" Hamilton (1911–1947), American trumpeter *John Hamilton (artist) (1919–1993), British army officer and artist *John R. Hamilton (photographer) (1923–1997), American photographer *John T. Hamilton (born 1963), American literary scholar and musician *Sterling Hayden (1916–1986), American actor who operated under the code name "John Hamilton" as an agent for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II

== Military == *John Hamilton (Jacobite) (1651/52–1691), Irish military officer in the Williamite War in Ireland *John Hamilton (Royal Navy officer) (1714–1755), British naval officer *John Hamilton (British Army officer) (1724–1802), British Army officer who served in North America *John Hamilton (American Revolution) (died 1816), Loyalist military officer in the American Revolutionary War *Sir John Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Woodbrook (1755–1835), British and Portuguese general of the Napoleonic Wars *John Fane Charles Hamilton (1829–1864), British naval officer, after whom the town of Hamilton in New Zealand is named *John Patrick Hamilton (1896–1961), Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross *John Brown Hamilton (1896–1973), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross *John Graham Hamilton (1910–1994), British admiral *John Hamilton (RNZAF officer) ({{fl.|1971–2006}}), former Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

== Nobility == *John Hamilton of Cadzow, 4th Laird of Cadzow (before 1370 – c. 1402) Scottish nobleman and soldier *John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Hamilton (c. 1535–1604), Scottish nobleman *John Hamilton, 1st Lord Bargany (died 1658), Scottish peer *John Hamilton, 4th Earl of Haddington (1626–1669), Scottish nobleman *John Hamilton, 1st Lord Belhaven and Stenton (died 1679), Scottish peer *John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany (c. 1640–1693), Scottish peer and soldier *John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton (1656–1708), Scottish politician and critic of the 1707 Acts of Union *John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn (1756–1818), Scottish nobleman *John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1829–1900), Scottish soldier and politician *John Hamilton, 1st Viscount Sumner (1859–1934), British law lord *John d'Henin Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell (1911–1990), Lord Lieutenant of Surrey

== Politics == ===Canada=== *John Hamilton (Ontario politician) (1802–1882), Canadian Senator representing Ontario *John Robinson Hamilton (1808–1870), Canadian lawyer and political figure in Quebec *John Hamilton (Quebec politician) (1827–1888), Canadian Senator representing Quebec *John Claude Hamilton (1854–?), Canadian politician *John Borden Hamilton (1913–2005), Canadian lawyer and politician

===U.K.=== *John Hamilton (1656–1713), MP for Dungannon and Augher *John Hamilton (Donegal MP), MP for St Johnstown and Donegal *John Hamilton (Wendover MP) (1685–1757), English MP for Wendover *John Hamilton (died 1757), MP for Dundalk and Carlow *John Hamilton (1715–1796), Scottish politician, MP for Wigtown Burghs and Wigtownshire *John Hamilton (1751–1804), Scottish politician, MP for Haddingtonshire *John Hamilton (Liverpool) (1922–2006), Leader of Liverpool City Council 1983–1986

===U.S.=== *John Hamilton (New Jersey politician) (c. 1681–1747), American politician *John Hamilton (congressman) (1754–1837), American politician and Pennsylvania Congressman *John Taylor Hamilton (1843–1925), US Representative from Iowa *John Marshall Hamilton (1847–1905), governor of Illinois *John M. Hamilton (1855–1916), US Representative from West Virginia *John Hamilton (Kansas politician) (1892–1973), American politician and chairman of the Republican National Committee *John H. Hamilton Jr. (1919–1986), Pennsylvania politician

===Other political figures=== *John Hamilton (Tasmanian politician) (1834–1924), member of Tasmanian House of Assembly 1891–1903 *John Hamilton (Queensland politician) (1841–1916), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly *John Ronald Hamilton (1871–1940), New Zealand politician

== Religion == *John Hamilton (archbishop of St Andrews) (1512–1571), Scottish politician, Archbishop of St Andrews, Keeper of the Privy Seal *John Hamilton (controversialist) (1547–1611), Scottish Catholic controversialist *John Hamilton of Blair (born c. 1640), 17th century Church of Scotland minister and bishop *John Hamilton (priest) (died 1756), Irish Anglican priest *John William Hamilton (1845–1934), American, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church

== Sports == ===Association football=== *John Hamilton (footballer, born 1876) (1876–1947), Scottish footballer for FC Barcelona *John Hamilton (footballer, born 1880) (1880–?), Scottish footballer for West Ham United *Johnny Hamilton (footballer, born 1935) (1935–2013), Scottish footballer for Heart of Midlothian *Johnny Hamilton (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2015), Scottish footballer for Hibernian and Rangers *Jock Hamilton (A. John Hamilton, 1869–1931), Scottish footballer for Ayr, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Loughborough, Bristol City, Leicester Fosse, Watford, Wellingborough & Fulham *Jock Hamilton (footballer, born 1879) (John H. Hamilton, 1879–1925), Scottish footballer for Leith Athletic, Leeds City and Brentford, among others

===Other sports=== *John Hamilton (cricketer) (1855–1904), English cricketer *John Hamilton (footballer, born 1891) (1891–1964), Australian rules footballer for Fitzroy *J. H. Hamilton (John H. Hamilton), Negro league infielder in the 1920s *J. C. Hamilton (John C. Hamilton, 1913–1991), Negro league baseball player in the 1940s *John Hamilton (footballer, born 1946) (1946–2007), Australian rules footballer for Melbourne *Johnny Hamilton (basketball) (born 1994), Trinidadian basketball player

== Others == *John Hamilton (architect)  (1761–1812), architect and builder in Edinburgh's First New Town, uncle of Thomas Hamilton *John Church Hamilton (1792–1882), son of the American founding father Alexander Hamilton *John B. Hamilton (1847–1898), U.S. Surgeon General *John Hamilton (university chancellor) (1851–1939), Quebec merchant and chancellor of Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec *John Hamilton (farmer) ({{fl.|1888–1930}}), Scottish sheep farming pioneer in Patagonia and landowner in the Falkland Islands *John Hamilton (gangster) (1899–1934), Canadian murderer and bank-robber and associate of John Dillinger *John Randle Hamilton (born 1944), American diplomat *John Maxwell Hamilton (born 1947), journalist, civil servant and educator *John Hamilton (judge), judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, 1997–2009 *Jon Hamilton, scientist and NPR correspondent

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