Arts, music, and letters •
Al Johnson (musician) (1948–2013), American singer, arranger, producer •
Alice E. Johnson (1862–1936), American architect •
Alphonso Johnson (born 1951), American jazz bassist •
Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970), American actor, singer, and songwriter • Andre Johnson (born 1970), known as
Jah Mason, Jamaican reggae artist •
Andreas Johnson (born 1970), Swedish singer •
Arte Johnson (1929–2019), American comic actor •
Ashley Johnson (born 1983), American actor, voice actor, and internet personality •
B. S. Johnson (1933–1973), English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, television producer, and filmmaker •
Brian Johnson (born 1947), British-born lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC •
Buffie Johnson (1912–2006), American painter •
Bunk Johnson (1879–1949), American jazz musician •
Buzz Johnson (1951–2014), Tobago-born publisher and activist •
C. David Johnson (born 1955), Canadian actor •
Carmencita Johnson (1923–2000), American actor •
Carrie Johnson (journalist), justice correspondent •
Carrie Ashton Johnson (1863–1949), American editor and author •
Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Johnson in 1955), American actress, comedian, author, and television personality •
Chalmers Johnson (1931–2010), American author •
Chubby Johnson (1903–1974), American actor •
Clare Johnson, American writer and artist •
Clark Johnson (born 1954), American actor and director •
Claude Joseph Johnson (1913–1990), American gospel singer •
Claudette Johnson (born 1959), British visual artist •
Crockett Johnson (1906–1975), cartoonist and children's book illustrator •
D. E. Johnson (aka Dan E. Johnson), American author •
Dakota Johnson (born 1989), American actress •
Dink Johnson (1892–1954), American jazz musician •
Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock, born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler •
Edith North Johnson (1903–1988), American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter •
Eliana Johnson (born 1984), American magazine editor •
Elliott Johnson (born 1975), American artist and designer •
Erica Johnson, Canadian broadcaster and journalist •
Erika Johnson (born 1982), American actor •
Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865), American priest and religious writer •
Geir Johnson (1953–2021), Norwegian composer, writer and initiator of culture projects •
Georgann Johnson (1926–2018), American stage, film, and television actress • George Johnson, American guitarist and singer, member of
The Brothers Johnson •
George Matthew Johnson, American author and activist •
Gertrude Johnson (1894–1973), Australian soprano •
Henry "Rufe" Johnson (1908–1974), American Piedmont blues musician •
Holly Johnson (born 1960), English artist, musician and writer •
Irving Johnson (1905–1991), author and adventurer •
Jake Johnson (born 1978), American actor •
Janelle Johnson (1923–1995), American film actress •
Jef Johnson (born 1968), American clown and drama teacher •
Jefferson Johnson, American musical director and conductor •
Jenn Johnson (born 1982), American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor •
Jeremiah Johnson (blues musician) (born 1972), American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter •
Johnson (composer) (1953–2011), Indian film score composer and director •
Johnson (rapper) (born 1979), Danish rapper Marc Johnson •
Jill Johnson (born 1973), Swedish country singer •
Joanna Johnson (born 1961), American actor •
KC Johnson (born 1967), Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, known for his work exposing the facts about the
Duke lacrosse case •
Kerry G. Johnson (born 1966), African-American cartoonist, graphic designer, and children's book illustrator •
Kim Johnson (musician), American vocalist •
Laura Johnson (born 1957), American actor •
Lester Johnson (artist) (1919–2010), American artist and educator •
Linton Kwesi Johnson, (born 1952), Jamaican United Kingdom-based dub poet •
Liza Johnson (born 1970), American film director, producer, and writer •
Lois Johnson (1942–2014), American country music singer •
Lou Johnson (singer) (1941–2019), American soul singer and pianist •
Louis Johnson (bassist) (1955–2015), American bass player and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson •
Luther "Houserocker" Johnson (1939–2019), American blues singer and guitarist •
L.V. Johnson (1946–1994), American Chicago blues and soul-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter •
Marv Johnson (1938–1993), American R&B and soul singer •
Mary Johnson (singer) (1898 or 1900–1983), American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter •
Mary Coffin Johnson (1834–1928), American activist and writer •
Meg Johnson (actress) (1936–2023), English actress •
Molly Johnson (born 1959), Canadian singer-songwriter •
Nedra Johnson (born 1966), American singer-songwriter •
Naomi Johnson (–?), American showgirl and
Ziegfeld Girl •
Pableaux Johnson (1966–2025), American journalist and food writer •
Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actor •
Philip Johnson (1906–2005), American architect •
Puff Johnson (1972–2013), American singer •
Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British editor and journalist • Ramone Johnson, known as
Cashis (born 1982), American rapper •
Rian Johnson (born 1973), American filmmaker •
Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect •
Robb Johnson (born 1955), British musician and songwriter •
Russell Johnson (1924–2014), American TV and film actor •
Ruth Johnson (born 1955), American politician in Michigan •
Ruth Johnson (known also as Ruth Horsting and Ma Renu; 1919–2000), American sculptor, professor, and philanthropist •
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), English poet, essayist, lexicographer and "man of letters" •
Scarlett Alice Johnson (born 1985), English actor •
Sophia Orne Johnson (1826–1899), American author •
Taborah Johnson (born 1953), actor and jazz singer •
Tom Johnson (composer) (1939–2024), American minimalist composer •
Traci Paige Johnson (born 1969), American animator, voice actress, co-creator of
Blue's Clues •
Van Johnson (1916–2008), American actor • W. Bolingbroke Johnson, pseudonym of
Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American author and scholar • Wesley Johnson (1945–2009), aka
Wess, American-born Italian singer and bass guitarist •
Wilko Johnson (1947–2022), English singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor
Politics, law, and government •
Alexis McGill Johnson (born 1972), American social justice advocate •
Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869 •
Axel Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1870–1924) •
A. R. Johnson (1856–1933), Louisiana politician •
Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943), American jurist •
Bob Johnson (Arkansas state representative) (born 1953), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives •
Boris Johnson (born 1964), UK Prime Minister •
Cavalier Johnson (born 1986), American politician •
Cecil E. Johnson (1888–1955), Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court •
Charlene Johnson, Canadian politician •
Clark Johnson (politician) (born 1952), American politician (Minnesota) •
Dean Johnson (politician) (born 1947), American politician •
Dusty Johnson (born 1976), American politician •
Dusty A. Johnson, American politician •
Ebenezer Johnson (1786–1849), first mayor of Buffalo, New York •
Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American political activist •
Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810–1876), wife of U.S. president
Andrew Johnson •
Elsworth Johnson, Bahamian politician •
Fitz Johnson (born 1963), American politician •
Frank Minis Johnson (1918–1999), American jurist •
Gerald W. Johnson (1919–2002), American military general •
Greta Johnson (born 1977), politician •
Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844–1917), American writer, poet, and activist •
Henrietta R. Johnson (1914–1997), American state legislator and nurse •
Huey Johnson (1933–2020), American environmentalist and politician •
Isaac Johnson (colonist) (c. 1601–1630), English colonist and one of the founders of Massachusetts •
Isaac Johnson (politician) (1803–1853), 12th governor of the state of Louisiana •
J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California governor •
Jacob Johnson (born 1948), Swedish politician •
Janis Johnson (born 1946), Canadian politician •
Jay W. Johnson (1943–2009), American politician •
K. A. Johnson (1848–1929), Wisconsin politician •
Kim Johnson (politician) (born 1966), British politician elected 2019 •
Kristina M. Johnson (born 1957), American businesswoman, academic, engineer, and government official •
Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007),
First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969, and businesswoman •
Lee A. Johnson (born 1947), American lawyer •
Lester Johnson (politician) (1901–1975), U.S. representative from Wisconsin •
Luci Baines Johnson (born 1947), youngest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson •
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born 1944), eldest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson •
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969 •
Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), American gay liberation activist and drag queen •
Oswald H. Johnson (1912–1993), American politician •
Phillip E. Johnson (1940–2019), American law professor and a founder of the Intelligent Design movement •
Pierre-Marc Johnson (born 1946), 24th Premier of Quebec •
Prince Johnson (1952–2024), Liberian warlord and politician •
Ron Johnson (born 1955), Wisconsin politician •
Rylund Johnson, Canadian politician •
Sandra Ablamba Johnson (born 1980), Togolese economist and political figure •
Shirley Johnson (1937–2021), Michigan politician •
Tara Johnson (born 1962), Wisconsin politician •
Vaughan Johnson (politician) (1947–2023), Australian politician •
Verne C. Johnson (1925–2012), Minnesota politician •
Willard Johnson (politician) (1820–1900), New York politician •
William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Western Australian MLA •
William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician and soldier •
Yvonne Johnson (1942–2024), American politician
Sciences and medicine •
Angas Johnson (1873–1951), Australian physician •
Florence Merriam Johnson (c. 1876–1954), American nurse •
Hosmer Allen Johnson (1822–1891), American physician •
James Yate Johnson (1820–1900), English naturalist •
Joanne Johnson (born 1977), British geologist and Antarctic scientist •
Katherine Johnson (1918–2020), American mathematician •
Kathleen R. Johnson, American paleoclimatologist •
Marcia K. Johnson (born 1943), American psychologist •
Reynold B. Johnson (1906–1998), American inventor and computer pioneer •
Roberta Frances Johnson (1902–1988), American mathematician •
Virginia E. Johnson (1925–2013), American sexologist •
Leslie Peter Johnson (1930–2016), English philologist •
Veronica Johnson, American meteorologist •
Wilhelmine Mimi Johnson (1890–1980), Norwegian geologist, physician
Sports •
Alec Johnson (born 1944), English cricketer •
Alissa Johnson (born 1987), American ski jumper •
Alonzo Johnson (1963–2024), American football player •
Andre Johnson (born 1981), American football player •
Antonio Johnson (born 1984), American football player •
Antonio Johnson (defensive back) (born 2001), American football player •
B. J. Johnson (swimmer) (born 1987), American swimmer •
Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American football player •
Berry Johnson (1906–1985), New Zealand rower •
Bobby Johnson (born 1951), American football coach •
Breezy Johnson (born 1996), American alpine skier •
Brennan Johnson (born 2001), English-Welsh footballer •
Brent Johnson (born 1977), American ice hockey player •
Bryce Johnson (baseball) (born 1995), American baseball player •
Buddy Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player •
Cade Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
Calvin Johnson (born 1985), American football player •
Camron Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
Carlton Johnson (born 1969), American football player •
Carrie Johnson (canoeist), (born 1984), American Olympian •
Cephus Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
Chad Johnson (born 1978), American football player •
Chaney Johnson (born 2002), American basketball player •
Christian Johnson (born 1986), American football player •
Cindy A. Johnson, Guyanese basketball player •
Collin Johnson (born 1997), American football player •
Curley "Boo" Johnson (born 1965), American basketball player •
Dallas Johnson (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer •
Dalton Johnson (born 2003), American football player •
Danny Johnson (American football) (born 1995), American football player •
Darcy Johnson (born 1983), American football player •
Darnell Johnson (born 1998), English footballer •
Davey Johnson (1943–2025), American baseball player and manager •
Delano Johnson (born 1988), American football player •
Demetrious Johnson (born 1986), American mixed martial artist •
Desjuan Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
D'Ernest Johnson (born 1996), American football player •
Diamond Johnson (born 2002), American basketball player •
Dillon Johnson (born 2001), American football player •
Diontae Johnson (born 1998), American football player •
Dorian Johnson (born 1994), American football player •
Dustin Johnson (born 1984), American golfer •
Elijah Johnson (basketball) (born 1990), American player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League •
Emmett Johnson (born 2003), American football player •
Ethel Johnson (wrestler) (1935–2018), American professional wrestler •
Flau'jae Johnson (born 2004), American rapper and basketball player •
Hammond Johnson (1883–1919), American college football and baseball coach •
Hunter Johnson (tennis) (born 1994), American professional tennis and pickleball player •
Isaiah Johnson (American football, born May 1992) (born 1992), American football player •
Isaiah Johnson (cornerback) (born 1996), American football player •
Ivan Johnson (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball player •
Jakob Johnson (born 1994), American football player •
Jaleel Johnson (born 1994), American football player •
Jamar Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
Jamarr Johnson (born 1988), Indonesian basketball player •
Jan Johnson (1950–2025), American pole vaulter •
Jaquan Johnson (born 1996), American football player •
Jasper Johnson (born 2006), American basketball player •
Jaylon Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
Jett Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American NASCAR driver •
Jing Johnson (1894–1950), American baseball player •
Jon'Vea Johnson (born 1996), American football player •
Jorja Johnson, American professional pickleball player •
Josh Johnson (baseball coach) (born 1986), American baseball coach •
J. R. Johnson (born 1979), American football player •
Junior Johnson (1931–2019), American NASCAR driver and team owner •
Juwan Johnson (born 1996), American football player •
JW Johnson (James W Johnson, born 2003), American professional pickleball player •
Kamani Johnson (born 2000), American basketball player •
Kameron Johnson (born 2002), American football player •
K. D. Johnson (born 2001), American basketball player •
KeeSean Johnson (born 1996), American football player •
Keldon Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player •
Ken Johnson (left-handed pitcher) (1923–2004), American baseball player •
Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher) (1933–2015), American baseball player •
Kermit Johnson (born 1952), American football player •
Kerryon Johnson (born 1997), American football player •
Keyshawn Johnson (born 1972), American football player and ESPN broadcaster •
Kobe Johnson (born 2003), American basketball player •
Kris Johnson (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player •
Kyron Johnson (born 1998), American football player •
Lance Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player •
Leavander Johnson (1969–2005), American boxer •
Len Johnson (boxer) (1902–1969), English boxer •
Len Johnson (cricketer) (1919–1977), Australian cricketer •
Lonnie Johnson Jr. (born 1995), American football player •
Lyndon Johnson (American football) (born 1994), American football player •
Magic Johnson (born 1959), American basketball player and businessman •
Malik Johnson (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player •
Malik Johnson (soccer) (born 1998), Canadian soccer player •
Marcellus Johnson (born 2000), American football player •
Markell Johnson (born 1998), American basketball player in the
Israeli Basketball Premier League •
Marques Johnson (born 1956), American basketball player and basketball analyst •
Marquis Johnson (born 1988), American football player •
Marquis Johnson (wide receiver) (born 2004), American football player •
Max Johnson (born 2001), American football player •
Meechie Johnson, American basketball player •
Michael Johnson (sprinter) (born 1967), American athlete and Gold Medal Olympian •
Mickey Johnson (born 1952), American basketball player •
Montrell Johnson Jr. (born 2002), American football player •
Morez Johnson Jr. (born 2006), American basketball player •
Myles Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player •
Nazeeh Johnson (born 1998), American football player •
Bisi Johnson (Olabisi Johnson, born 1997), American football player •
Niesa Johnson (born 1973), American basketball player •
Oli Johnson (born 1987), English footballer •
Paris Johnson (born 1976), American football player •
Paris Johnson Jr. (born 2001), American football player •
Pierce Johnson (born 1991), American baseball player •
P. J. Johnson (born 1995), American football player •
Quindell Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
Quinten Johnson (born 2000), American football player •
Rafer Johnson (1934–2020), American decathlete and actor •
Rahsaan Johnson (born 1978), American basketball player •
Randy Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player •
Raven Johnson (born 2003), American basketball player •
Rocky Johnson (1944–2020; birth name Wayde Bowles), Canadian professional wrestler and father of Dwayne Johnson •
Roderick Johnson (born 1995), American football player •
Roschon Johnson (born 2001), American football player •
Rudi Johnson (1979–2025), American football player •
Samson Johnson (born 2002), Togolese basketball player •
Selina Johnson (born 1951), American golf instructor and youth advocate •
Shaun Johnson (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league international •
Shawn Johnson (born 1992), American gymnast •
Sherry Combs Johnson (1938–2023), American barrel racer •
Spider Johnson (1907–1966), American football player •
Tao Johnson (born 2003), American football player •
Taron Johnson (born 1996), American football player •
Tessa Johnson, American basketball player •
Tez Johnson (born 2002), American football player •
Tiffani Johnson (born 1975), American basketball player •
T. J. Johnson (American football) (born 1990), American football player •
Travis Johnson (defensive end) (born 1982), American football player •
Tre Johnson (basketball) (born 2006), American basketball player •
Tre' Johnson (1971–2026), American football player •
Ty Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player •
Tyreek Johnson (born 1999), American football player •
Tyren Johnson (born 1988), American basketball player •
Tyron Johnson (born 1996), American football player •
Tysheem Johnson (born 2002), American football player •
Van Johnson (racing driver) (1927–1959), American racing driver •
Vaughan Johnson (1962–2019), American football player •
Vaughn Johnson (born 1960), New Zealand cricketer •
Xavier Johnson (basketball) (born 1999), American basketball player •
Xavier Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player •
Zack Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player •
Zion Johnson (born 1999), American football player • Johnson, footballer at the 1904 Summer Olympics, see List of 1904 Summer Olympics medal winners#Football
Other •
Amy Johnson (1903–1941), pioneering English aviator •
Ariell Johnson (born 1983), American business owner •
Benton Johnson (1928–2024), American sociologist •
Bessilyn Johnson (1871–1943), wife of
Albert Mussey Johnson •
Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829–1903), American Civil War general •
Bushrod Johnson (1817–1880), Confederate Army general •
Dolly Johnson ( 1828after 1887), formerly enslaved Tennessean •
Eben Samuel Johnson (1886–1939), English-American Methodist bishop •
Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929), American philanthropist, writer •
F. Ross Johnson (1931–2016), CEO of RJR Nabisco •
Gertrude I. Johnson (1876–1961), co-founder of
Johnson & Wales University •
Gisle Johnson (Scouting) (1934–2014), Chief Scout of the Norges Speiderforbund •
Guion Griffis Johnson (1900–1989), American historian •
Guy Benton Johnson (1901–1991), American social anthropologist •
Janelle Johnson (died 1983), American murder victim and formerly missing person •
John Thad Johnson (1893–1927), aviator •
Jotham Johnson (1905–1967), American archaeologist •
Lacey Robert Johnson (1854–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer •
Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864–1956), American educator •
Liver-Eating Johnson (c. 1824–1900), mountain man of the American Old West •
Lycurgus Johnson (1818–1876), American cotton planter and politician. •
Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821–1863), American plantation owner in the Antebellum South •
Marilyn Johnson (1928–2007), American bridge player •
Osgood Johnson (1803–1837), 5th
Principal of Phillips Academy •
Peggy Johnson (1976–1999), American female murder victim •
R. Milton Johnson (born 1957), American chief executive •
Sarah Marie Johnson (born 1987), American murderess •
Scott Johnson (19611988), American PhD student in mathematics and victim of a 1988 suspected homophobic murder in Australia •
Veora Johnson (1910–2001), educational administrator •
Victor S. Johnson Jr. (1916–2008), American businessman •
Victor S. Johnson Sr. (1882–1943), American businessman •
Wallace E. Johnson (1901–1988), co-founder of Holiday Inn •
William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), American educator and president of
Lincoln University ==Fictional characters==