Johnson

People named Johnson

Johnson is the second most common surname in the United States. During the 1990 census, approximately 0.81% of people counted had this last name. Famous people whose surname is or was Johnson include:

• Albert Sidney Johnson, General of the United States
• Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States
• Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
• Bill Johnson, jazz musician
• Bob Johnson (1905–1982), "Indian Bob", the Major League Baseball player.
• Bob Johnson (1931–1991), the ice hockey coach.
• Bob Johnson, (1948- ), the professional ice hockey player.
• Bob Johnson (1946- ), the American football player.
• Bob Johnson (1921–1994), American actor (read taped mission briefings for Mission: Impossible)
• Bob Johnson, Weather Forcaster
• Boris Johnson, British journalist
• Bunk Johnson, jazz musician
• Bushrod Johnson, Confederate Army General
• Clarence L. Johnson, aircraft engineer
• Clark Johnson, actor
• David Johnson (disambiguation page)
• Dink Johnson, jazz musician
• Earvin "Magic" Johnson, basketball star
• Graham Johnson, Rhodiesian born, British based pianist & Lieder accompanist
• George and Louis Johnson, musicians
• Jack Johnson, boxer
• Jack Johnson, musician
• James P. Johnson, jazz musician
• J. J. Johnson, musician
• John Johnson ( c.1550 – 1594 ), English lutenist and composer of songs and lute music
• John Johnson ( – 1723 ), Seigneur of Sark
• Sir John Johnson ( 1742 – 1830 ), Loyalist leader during American Revolution
• John Johnson ( 1805 – 1867 ), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• John Neeley Johnson ( 1825 – 1872 ), Governor of California
• John de Monins Johnson ( 1882 – 1956 ), papyrologist, printer of the Oxford English Dictionary, and collector
• Lisa M. King-Johnson, terrorist victim
• Liver-Eating Johnson, mountain man among mountain men
• Louis A. Johnson, second Secretary of Defense of the United States.
• Luther Johnson, Congressman from Texas in the 1920's.
• Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the United States
• Mark Johnson, linguistics professor.
• Mark Johnson, film producer.
• Mark Johnson, baseball umpire.
• Mark Johnson, hockey player.
• Mark Johnson, rugby player.
• Mark Johnson, musician.
• Mark Johnson, a director of Portsmouth F.C.
• Martha Johnson, Canadian pop singer
• Mead Johnson, founder of the nutrition products company
• Molly Johnson, Canadian rock and jazz singer
• Philip Johnson, architect
• Randy Johnson, Major League Baseball pitcher
• Richard Mentor Johnson, Vice President of the United States
• Robert Johnson, blues musician
• Robert Johnson (died 1581), Roman Catholic martyr
• Robert Johnson (c1583–1633), English composer
• Robert Johnson, colonial Governor of South Carolina
• Robert D. Johnson, (1883–1961) US Congressman from Missouri
• Robert L. Johnson, (1946-), American media entrepreneur
• Robert S. Johnson, American World War II flying ace.
• Robert W. Johnson (1814–1879), U.S. Senator from Arkansas
• Robert Wood Johnson, the identically-named father and son who headed the Johnson & Johnson Corporation
• Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer
• Taborah Johnson, actor and jazz singer
• Virginia Eshelman Johnson (1925) pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response
• William Johnson (1715–1774) English pioneer in New York's Mohawk Valley
• William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819) a U. S. Founding Father
• William Johnson (1771–1834) U. S. Supreme Court Justice

Places called Johnson

Johnson is the name of some places in the United States of America:

• Fort Johnson, New York
• Johnson, Arkansas
• Johnson, Kansas
• Johnson, Minnesota
• Johnson, Nebraska
• Johnson, Oklahoma
• Johnson, Vermont
• Johnson City, Kansas
• Johnson City, New York
• Johnson City, Oregon
• Johnson City, Tennessee
• Johnson City, Texas
• Johnson County, Arkansas
• Johnson County, Georgia
• Johnson County, Illinois
• Johnson County, Indiana
• Johnson County, Iowa
• Johnson County, Kansas
• Johnson County, Kentucky
• Johnson County, Missouri
• Johnson County, Nebraska
• Johnson County, Tennessee
• Johnson County, Texas
• Johnson County, Wyoming
• Johnson Lane, Nevada
• Johnson Township, Minnesota

Things called Johnson

• A disease named Stevens Johnson syndrome
• The Johnson Act of 1934 (or Foreign Securities Act)
• The Johnson County War
• Johnson is sexual slang for a penis
• Johnson & Johnson Corporation
• Johnson Outboards (a division of Bombardier Recreational Products) is a manufacturer of outboard motors

Similar spellings

• Johnston
• Johncock