John Bennett

John Bennett may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• John Bennett (actor) (1928–2005), British actor
• John Bennett (composer) (c. 1735 – 1784), British composer and organist
• John Bennett (drummer), drummer of the UK doom metal band The Prophecy
• John Bennett (OITNB), fictional prison guard in Orange Is The New Black
• John Bennett (potter) (1840–1907), British ceramic artist
• Johnny Bennett (born 1998), British actor
• John Aaron Bennett, actor known for the 1991 TV series I'll Fly Away

Military

• John A. Bennett (1935–1961), as of 2018, the last person executed by the US military
• John Bradbury Bennett (1865–1930), American Army brigadier general
• John Bennett, Royal Navy recipient of the Ushalov Medal for his role in the Second World War Arctic convoys

Politics

• John Bennett (Sheriff of London) (1814–1897)
• John Bennett (fl. 1586–89), MP for Heytesbury and Westbury
• John Bennett (Australian politician) (born 1942), Tasmanian politician
• John Bennett (Canadian politician) (1832–1912), Ontario farmer and political figure
• John Benett (1773–1852), British Member of Parliament for South Wiltshire
• John Bennett (Serjeant at Law) (c. 1658 – 1723), British politician
• John B. Bennett (1904–1964), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• John D. Bennett (1911–2005), New York politician and judge
• John E. Bennett (1833–1893), Arkansas Supreme Court Justice and South Dakota Supreme Court Justice
• John J. Bennett Jr. (1894–1967), American lawyer and politician
• John O. Bennett (born 1948), state senator and acting governor of New Jersey
• John R. Bennett, Oklahoma politician
• John Robert Bennett (1866–1941), Newfoundland politician
• John Bennet (judge) (1553–1627), English judge and politician
• John Bennett (Irish politician) (c. 1720 – 1792), Irish politician, barrister and judge
• John Bennett (Victorian politician) (1824–1859), lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria

Religion

• John C. Bennett (1804–1867), American physician and leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
• John George Bennett (1891–1957), American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church
• John P. Bennett (1914–2011), Arawak priest and linguist

Science and medicine

• John Whitchurch Bennett (1790–1853), British army officer and naturalist
• John G. Bennett (1897–1974), British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, mystic and author
• John Makepeace Bennett (1921–2010), Australian pioneer of computer science
• John Hughes Bennett (1812–1875), English physician, physiologist and pathologist
• John Joseph Bennett (1801–1876), British botanist

Sport

• John Bennett (athlete) (born 1930), long jumper, Olympic silver medal winner (1956)
• John Bennett (Australian footballer) (born 1960), Australian rules footballer
• John Bennett, Canadian football coach for Bramalea Satellites
• John Bennett (cricketer, born 1777) (1777–1857), cricketer
• John Bennett (cricketer, born 1864) (1864–1928), English cricketer
• John Bennett (diver) (1959–2004), first scuba diver beyond 1,000 feet
• John Bennett (field hockey) (1885–1973), British Olympic field hockey player
• John Bennett (footballer, born 1946), former professional footballer in England
• John Bennett (footballer, born 1949), former footballer in England
• Jack Bennett (rugby league), English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s
• John Bennett (hurler) (1934–2016), Irish hurler
• John Bennett (ice hockey) (born 1950), retired American ice hockey left winger

Writing

• John Bennett (author) (1865–1956), author and illustrator of children's books
• John M. Bennett (born 1942), American poet

Other

• John Bennett (educator) (born 1948), Australian education administrator
• John G. Bennett (1883–1929), Kansas City resident and victim of the Bridge Murder case
• John Tuson Bennett (1937–2013), Australian solicitor and legal historian involved in Holocaust denial
• John Wheeler-Bennett (1902–1975), English historian of German and diplomatic history
• John W. F. Bennett (c. 1875 – 1943), American civil engineer and football player
• John Bennett (watchmaker) (1814–1897), watchmaker and local politician
• John Cyril Bennett (1891-1957), British-born, US-based architect