John Phillips

John Phillips or Philips may refer to:

Academics

  • John Edward Philips (born 1952), American historian
  • John Phillips (educator) (1719–1795), American educator and founder of Phillips Exeter Academy
  • John Phillips (lawyer), English law professor and head of King's College School of Law

Arts and entertainment

  • John Phillips (fl. 1570–1591), English writer and poet
  • John Phillips (author) (1631–1706), English author and secretary to John Milton
  • John Philips (1676–1709), British poet
  • John Phillips (artist) (1808–after 1842), English illustrator and portraitist
  • John Sanborn Phillips (1861–1949), American writer and founder of McClure's Magazine
  • John Phillips (actor) (1914–1995), British actor
  • John Phillips (photographer) (1914–1996), Algerian-American photographer for Life magazine
  • John P. Marquand (a.k.a. John Phillips, 1924–1995), American novelist
  • John Phillips (musician) (1935–2001), American singer, songwriter and guitarist, member of The Mamas and the Papas

Business and industry

  • John Phillips (c. 1709–1775), English master carpenter
  • John Leigh Philips (1761–1814), English textile manufacturer and collector of art
  • John George Phillips (businessman) (1888–1964), American businessman, president of IBM
  • Sir J. G. Phillips (1911–1986), Australian economist, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

Politics and law

U.S.

  • John Phillips (mayor) (1770–1823), American politician, first mayor of Boston
  • John Phillips (Pennsylvania politician) (fl. 1821–1823), American congressman from Pennsylvania
  • John Phillips (Wisconsin politician) (1823–1903), American physician and politician
  • John Finis Philips (1834–1919), U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • John Calhoun Phillips (1870–1943), American politician, Governor of Arizona
  • John R. Phillips (American politician) (1887–1983), American congressman from California
  • John R. Phillips (attorney) (born 1942), American diplomat and public interest attorney
  • John Michael Phillips (born 1975), American lawyer, consumer and civil rights advocate and legal commentator
  • John Alton Phillips, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives

Elsewhere

  • Sir John Philipps, 1st Baronet (died 1629), Welsh landowner and politician
  • John Phillips (Canadian politician) (1810–?), Canadian politician in New Brunswick
  • John Phillips (Irish politician) (1839/40–1917), Irish Member of Parliament for South Longford
  • John Harber Phillips (1933–2009), Australian barrister and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria
  • John David Phillips (born 1936), Australian lawyer and judge

Religion

  • John Phillips (bishop of Sodor and Man) (1555–1633), Welsh Anglican bishop
  • John Phillips (priest) (1879–1947), Welsh schoolmaster, Dean of Monmouth
  • John Phillips (Puritan), English minister in England and Massachusetts
  • John Bertram Phillips (1906–1982), British Bible translator, writer and clergyman
  • John Phillips (bishop of Portsmouth) (1910–1985), British anglican bishop

Science and medicine

  • John Phillips (geologist) (1800–1874), English geologist
  • John Arthur Phillips (1822–1887), British geologist, metallurgist and mining engineer
  • John Phillips (physician) (1855–1928), British physician
  • John Charles Phillips (1876–1938), American hunter, zoologist, ornithologist and environmentalist
  • J. F. V. Phillips (1899–1987), South African botanist and ecologist
  • John Phillips (zoologist) (1933–1987), British zoologist, vice-chancellor of Loughborough University
  • John L. Phillips (born 1951), American astronaut

Sports

Cricket

  • John Phillips (Guyanese cricketer) (1902-1967), Guyanese cricketer
  • John Phillips (South African cricketer) (1910–1985), South African cricketer
  • John Phillips (English cricketer) (1933–2017), English cricketer
  • John Phillips (New Zealand cricketer) (1949-2017), New Zealand cricketer

Other sports

  • John Phillips (snooker player) (1935-2008), Scottish snooker player
  • John Phillips (basketball coach) (born 1947), American college basketball coach
  • John Phillips (footballer) (1951–2017), English-born Welsh international goalkeeper
  • John Phillips (sport scientist) (born 1981), English football coach, mountainbiker and kickboxer
  • John Phillips (fighter) (born 1985), Welsh mixed martial artist
  • John Phillips (American football) (born 1987), American football tight end

Others

  • John Phillips (pirate) (died 1724), English captain of the pirate ship Revenge
  • John Phillips (surveyor) (died 1897), British engineer and surveyor
  • John Vassall (a.k.a. John Phillips, 1924–1996), British convicted spy
  • John Aristotle Phillips (born 1955), American entrepreneur known as the "A-Bomb Kid"

Other uses

  • John Phillips (John, the Wolf King of L.A.), musical album by John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas

See also

  • John Phillip (1817–1867), British painter
  • John Phillip (poet) (fl. 1561), English poet and dramatist
  • Jonathan Phillips (disambiguation)
  • Jack Phillips (disambiguation)
  • John Philip (disambiguation)
  • John Philipps (disambiguation)
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