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Johnny "Drama" Alves
Johnny "Drama" Alves (born 1961), born John Alves, is a Plymouth, Massachusetts funk musician and actor, Mark Wahlberg's honorary "cuzin" and the real-life inspiration for Kevin Dillon's Johnny Drama Chase on HBO's Entourage.
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (John Watson Jr., 1935-1996) was a Houston-born blues and funk guitarist and vocalist, not the 1954 Nicholas Ray film Johnny Guitar. Known for Space Guitar, Gangster of Love, and 1970s funk hits, he died onstage in Yokohama in 1996.
Johnny "J"
Johnny "J" (Johnny Lee Jackson Jr., 1969–2008), Mexican-American hip hop producer from South Central Los Angeles; produced Candyman's "Knockin' Boots" and eleven songs on 2Pac's All Eyez on Me, including "How Do U Want It"; died in LA County custody in 2008.
Johnny (ஜானி)
Johnny (ஜானி) is a 1980 Tamil film directed by J. Mahendran, starring Rajinikanth in a dual role as con artist Johnny and barber Vidyasagar, with Sridevi as singer Archana and music by Ilaiyaraaja; released 15 August 1980, 140 minutes, also shot in Telugu as Aakali Rajyam.
Johnny & Associates (ジャニーズ事務所)
Johnny & Associates (ジャニーズ事務所), founded by Johnny Kitagawa in June 1962, was Japan's largest male-idol talent agency; after 2023 abuse findings it became Smile-Up. with talent management spun off to Starto Entertainment.
Johnny Ace
Johnny Ace (John Marshall Alexander Jr., 1929–1954) was a Memphis R&B singer and pianist on Duke Records whose ballads "My Song" and "The Clock" hit #1 R&B; he died playing Russian roulette on Christmas Day 1954, and "Pledging My Love" became a posthumous 1955 crossover hit.
Johnny Adair
Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair (John James Adair, b. 1963), Shankill Road UFF 'C Company' commander, first person jailed for directing terrorism (1995), expelled by the UDA in 2003 after the Gregg murder feud, now reportedly living in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Johnny Albino
Johnny Albino was a Puerto Rican bolero singer who founded Trío San Juan in New York in 1948 and served as lead singer of Trío Los Panchos from 1958.
Johnny Almendra & Los Jovenes del Barrio
Johnny Almendra & Los Jovenes del Barrio was a New York charanga ensemble led by timbalero Johnny Almendra through the 1990s, known for flute and violins in place of salsa horns.
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed was the nickname of John Chapman (1774-1845), a real frontier nurseryman who planted apple nurseries in Ohio and Indiana for cider apples, preached Swedenborgianism, and was mythologized after Haley's 1871 Harper's Weekly article.
Johnny B. Goode
"Johnny B. Goode" (ジョニー・B・グッド) is Chuck Berry's 1958 rock and roll single about a poor boy who becomes a guitar star; it peaked at No. 2 R&B and No. 8 pop, joined the Voyager Golden Record, entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and is among the most covered songs in rock history.
Johnny Ball
Johnny Ball is an English television presenter and comedy writer who created 23 factual children's series, including Think of a Number, and was born in Bristol in 1938.
Johnny Be Good
Johnny Be Good is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Bud Smith, starring Anthony Michael Hall as a high school quarterback courted by corrupt recruiters.
Johnny Behan
John Harris "Johnny" Behan (1844/1845–1912) was the first sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona Territory (February 1881–November 1882), the prosecution's key witness after the O.K. Corral gunfight, and Wyatt Earp's political and romantic rival, later Yuma prison superintendent and Tucson Citizen manager.
Johnny Belinda
Johnny Belinda is a 1948 Warner Bros. drama directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Jane Wyman as a deaf-mute woman on Cape Breton Island taught sign language by Lew Ayres's doctor; it earned 12 Oscar nominations and won Wyman Best Actress.
Johnny Bench
Johnny Bench (Johnny Lee Bench), born 1947, American Hall of Fame catcher for the Cincinnati Reds 1967-1983; two NL MVPs, 10 Gold Gloves, 389 home runs, 1975-76 World Series titles with the Big Red Machine, elected to Cooperstown in 1989.
Johnny Berchtold
Johnny Berchtold (born 1994) is an American actor and writer from New Jersey, known for Dog Gone, The Passenger, Reacher season 3 as Richard Beck, and Paul Murdaugh in Murdaugh: Death in the Family, plus TikTok movie-trope parodies.
Johnny Bokelo Isenge
Johnny Bokelo Isenge, born Jean Bokelo Isenge, was a Congolese guitarist and bandleader in Kinshasa who led the Conga orchestras until his death in 1995.
Johnny Borrell
Johnny Borrell (Jonathan Edward Borrell), English singer-songwriter and frontman of Razorlight, formed in London in 2002; known for the 5x platinum 2006 album Razorlight, the No. 1 single "America", and later solo albums Borrell 1 and The Atlantic Culture with Zazou.
Johnny Bravo
Johnny Bravo: American Cartoon Network animated series (1997–2004) created by Van Partible, about an Elvis-voiced, muscle-bound mama's boy whose womanizing pick-up attempts always fail; one of the original Cartoon Cartoons.
Johnny Briggs (actor)
Johnny Briggs (John Ernest Briggs, 1935-2021), English actor, played factory owner Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street from 1976 to 2006; MBE 2007, fame from the 1982-83 Deirdre Barlow storyline.
Johnny Brown (actor)
Johnny Brown (1937–2022) was an American actor, comedian, and singer, famed as Nathan Bookman on Good Times and as a Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In regular; distinct from actors John Brown and Johnny Mack Brown.
Johnny Bush
Johnny Bush (John Bush Shinn III, 1935-2020), Texas honky-tonk country singer, songwriter, and drummer who wrote and first recorded "Whiskey River," Willie Nelson's theme song; lost his voice to spasmodic dysphonia at his 1972 peak, later recovered it with Botox.
Johnny Cage
Johnny Cage: Hollywood action-star fighter in the Mortal Kombat franchise, debuting in the 1992 arcade game as one of seven originals, created as a Jean-Claude Van Damme homage, played by Karl Urban in the 2026 film Mortal Kombat 2.
Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson (John William Carson, 1925–2005) hosted The Tonight Show on NBC from October 1, 1962 to May 22, 1992, won six Emmys and the 1992 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and shaped the late-night format.
Johnny Carter (EastEnders)
Johnny Carter is a fictional EastEnders character, son of Mick and Linda Carter, first seen 26 December 2013, played by Sam Strike, Ted Reilly, and Charlie Suff, known for his 2014 coming out storyline and 2027 exit.
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash, 1932-2003), the Man in Black, was an American country singer-songwriter from Kingsland, Arkansas, known for Sun Records rockabilly hits, the live prison albums At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin, The Johnny Cash Show, the Highwaymen, the Rick Rubin American Recordings series, 13 Grammys, and a 2024 U.S. Capitol statue.
Johnny Cash albums discography
Johnny Cash albums discography: studio, live, gospel, and posthumous LPs from Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957) to Songwriter (2024), spanning Sun, Columbia, Mercury, and American Recordings eras.
Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan, aka "The Orient Express" (born 1957, Guangzhou, China), Chinese-American poker player; 10 WSOP bracelets, back-to-back Main Event champion 1987 and 1988, 1989 runner-up to Hellmuth, Poker Hall of Fame 2002, Rounders cameo.
Johnny Christ
Johnny Christ, stage name of Jonathan Seward, is the American bassist of Avenged Sevenfold since 2002, first recording on Waking the Fallen (2003), known for his Schecter signature bass and Drinks With Johnny podcast.