John Harris

Australia • John Harris (Australian settler) (1754–1838), military surgeon, magistrate, and landowner • John Harris (New South Wales politician) (1838–1911), Australian colonial politician, mayor of Sydney • John Harris (Victorian politician) (1868–1946), Australian politician and Country Party minister • John Harris (Australian politician) (1890–1974), Australian senator United Kingdom • John Harris (MP for Hampshire) (died 1429), English MP for Hampshire 1415 • John Harris (MP for Grampound), English MP for Grampound, 1555 • John Harris (MP for West Looe) (–1623), English MP for West Looe, 1614 • John Harris (MP for Montgomery) (died 1626), MP for Montgomery, 1601 • John Harris (Bere Alston MP) (–1657), English MP for Bere Alston and Launceston • John Harris (Royalist) (1596–1648), English MP for Liskeard, 1628, 1640, 1644 • John Harris (died 1677) (1631–1677), English MP for Liskeard • John Harris (merchant), British Member of Parliament for Exeter, 1708 • John Harris (courtier) (died 1767), British Member of Parliament for Ashburton • John Harris (1703–1768), British Member of Parliament for Barnstaple • John Harris (Bristol) (1725–1801), English merchant who was Mayor of Bristol in 1790 • John Dove Harris (1809–1878), English Liberal politician • John Harris (engineer) (1812–1869), railway engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1836–47. • John Harris (anti-slavery campaigner) (1874–1940), English missionary, campaigner against slavery, and Liberal Party politician • John Harris, Baron Harris of Greenwich (1930–2001), British political aide and politician for Labour and Liberal Democrats • John Quincey Harris (1815–1846), British Whig politician United States • John Harris (New York politician) (1760–1824), Congressman from New York • John Harris (Wisconsin politician) (1856–1933), Wisconsin state senator and businessman • John S. Harris (1825–1906), United States Senator from Louisiana • John T. Harris (1823–1899), United States Representative and lawyer from Virginia • John Harris (Alaska politician) (born 1957), member of the Alaska House of Representatives • John F. Harris (political aide) (born 1962), chief of staff for Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich • John F. Harris (politician) (died 1913), American lawyer and politician from Greenville, Mississippi Elsewhere • John Hyde Harris (1826–1886), New Zealand politician and cricketer • John Bruce Harris (1903–1983), Canadian political figure in Saskatchewan • John Gordon Harris (1947–2019), Canadian policeman ==Academics==

• John Harris (Warden) (1588–1658), English academic, clergyman, Warden of Winchester College • John Harris (college head) (1802–1856), Congregational minister and college president • John Howard Harris (1847–1925), president of Bucknell University, 1889–1919 • John Harris (bioethicist) (born 1945), professor of bioethics and think tank director • John Harris (physicist) (born 1950), physics professor at Yale University • John R. Harris (1934–2018), professor of economics at Boston University • John Harris (phonologist), Irish linguist • John Harris (psycholinguist), Irish linguist • John Harris (biblical scholar), Australian biblical scholar and creolist ==Business==

• John Harris Sr. (1673–1748), trader who settled and established Harrisburg, Pennsylvania • John Harris (surveyor) (died 1772), farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia • John Harris Jr. (settler) (1716–1791), American storekeeper and frontiersman • John Williams Harris (1808–1872), New Zealand trader, whaler, and farmer • John Harris (manufacturer) (1841–1887), Canadian businessman and manufacturer • John P. Harris (1871–1926), Pittsburgh businessman • John C. Harris (1943–2025), owner of Harris Farms ==Entertainment and writers==

• John Harris (writer) (1666–1719), English writer, scientist, and Anglican priest • John Harris (spinet maker) (died 1772), Boston maker of spinets and harpsichords • John Harris (publisher) (1756–1846), English bookseller and printseller • John Harris Jr. (artist) (1791–1873), English artist • John Harris (poet) (1820–1884), Cornish poet • John H. Harris (entertainment) (1898–1969), American, first owner of the Ice Capades • John Harris (novelist) (1916–1991), British author • John Harris (curator) (1931–2022), English author, architectural historian • John Harris (artist) (born 1948), painter and illustrator known for his science-fiction work • John T. Harris (artist) (1908–1972), painter, printmaker, educator • John Harris (critic) (born 1969), music and politics journalist • John F. Harris (born 1960s), author and writer for Politico.com • John Wyndham (John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, 1903–1969), English science fiction author • John Harris (software developer), computer programmer of Atari computer games ==Military==

• John Harris (USMC officer) (1793–1864), 6th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps • John Harris (Medal of Honor) (1839–?), Union Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient • Sir John Harris (RAF officer) (1938–2019), British Royal Air Force officer ==Religion==

• John Harris (bishop) (1680–1738), Bishop of Llandaff, 1729–1738 • John Harris (priest) (1932–2019), Dean of Brecon ==Sports==

Cricket • John Hyde Harris (1826–1886), New Zealand politician and cricketer • John Harris (English cricketer) (1936–2019), for Somerset County Cricket Club Football • John Harris (Australian footballer) (1903–1993), with Collingwood and Hawthorn • John Harris (footballer, born 1917) (1917–1988), Scottish footballer and manager • John Harris (footballer, born 1939) (1939–2023), English footballer • John Harris (Irish footballer) (1896–1955), Northern Irish footballer and cricketer • John Harris (defensive back) (born 1933), former American football cornerback • John Harris (safety) (born 1955), former American football safety • John Harris (wide receiver) (born 1991), American football player • Tony Harris (footballer) (John Robert Harris, 1922–2000), Scottish footballer Other sports • John Harris (canoeist) (born 1938), British canoeist • John Harris (slalom canoeist) (born 1959), American slalom canoeist • John Harris (athlete) (born 1945), Welsh Paralympic athlete • John Harris (golfer) (1952–2025), professional golfer • John Harris (first baseman) (born 1954), former Major League Baseball player • John Harris (pitcher), American Negro league pitcher • John Elmo Harris (1952–2005), professional wrestler and actor, whose ring name was Silo Sam ==Other==

• John Harris (activist) (1937–1965), known as John Harris, anti-apartheid activist • John S. Harris (horticulturalist) (1826–1901), American horticulturalist • John Richardson Harris (1790–1829), early settler of Mexican Texas • John Solomon Harris, English Jewish pacifist • John Harris (judge) (1769–1845), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court ==See also==