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Johnny Guitar
Johnny Guitar (1954) is a Nicholas Ray Western starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, and Mercedes McCambridge, made by Republic Pictures in Trucolor; a cult, feminist, anti-McCarthyism reading of the genre.
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday (Jean-Philippe Smet, 1943–2017), French rock singer and actor who introduced rock and roll to France, sold over 110 million records, and received a 2017 national funeral on the Champs-Élysées.
Johnny Hardwick
Johnny Hardwick (John Michael Hardwick, 1958–2023), American voice actor, comedian, writer, and producer; voice of Dale Gribble on King of the Hill (1997–2010), also staff writer, story editor and producer; 1999 Emmy winner; died in Austin, Texas.
Johnny Harris (actor)
Johnny Harris (born 1973, Lambeth, London) is an English actor, screenwriter, and producer known for Mick in This Is England '86 and for writing and starring in Jawbone (2017); multiple BAFTA nominations.
Johnny Hates Jazz
Johnny Hates Jazz is a British synth pop band formed in London in the mid-1980s, best known for "Shattered Dreams" and their 1988 chart-topping album Turn Back The Clock.
Johnny Haynes
Johnny Haynes (1934–2005), "The Maestro", was an English inside-forward who made a club-record 657 Fulham appearances, won 56 England caps, and became Britain's first £100-a-week footballer in 1961.
Johnny Hekker
Johnny Hekker, NFL punter; Rams punter 2012–2021 (undrafted, Oregon State), 4-time All-Pro, 2010s All-Decade punter, Super Bowl LVI winner; later Panthers, Titans, Vikings.
Johnny Herbert
Johnny Herbert (born 1964, Romford, England), British F1 driver 1989-2000 for seven teams including Benetton, Stewart, Jaguar; 3 wins, 162 starts; 1991 Le Mans winner with Mazda; later Sky pundit and FIA steward until 2025.
Johnny Ho
Johnny Ho is an American technology executive, cofounder and chief strategy officer of the San Francisco artificial-intelligence answer engine Perplexity, which he cofounded in 2022.
Johnny Hoglin
Johnny Hoglin (Hans Johnny Höglin, born 1943) is a Swedish speed skater, surprise 10,000 m Olympic champion at Grenoble 1968 in 15:23.6, beating favorite Fred Anton Maier by 0.3 seconds; also competed at Sapporo 1972.
Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton (John LaGale/John Gale Horton, 1925-1960), American country and rockabilly singer of the Louisiana Hayride, famous for saga songs like The Battle of New Orleans, a 1959 Grammy winner, killed in a 1960 Texas car crash.
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson (John Hardy Isakson, 1944–2021), Georgia Republican real estate executive and politician; state legislator, U.S. House 1999–2005, U.S. Senate 2005–2019; chaired Veterans' Affairs and Ethics; resigned over Parkinson's disease.
Johnny Jones
Johnny "Lam" Jones (John Wesley Jones, II, 1958-2019), American sprinter from Lampasas, Texas; 1976 Olympic 4x100m relay gold medalist and sixth in the 100m, later a New York Jets first-round wide receiver.
Johnny Juzang
Johnny Juzang (born 2001) is an American basketball guard from Los Angeles who starred at UCLA's 2021 Final Four run, went undrafted in 2022, and played for the Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Fenerbahçe.
Johnny Knox
Johnny Knox (Johnny Otis Knox II, born 1986) is a former NFL wide receiver who played three seasons for the Chicago Bears, made the 2009 Pro Bowl as a kick returner, and retired in 2013 after a spinal injury.
Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville (Philip John Clapp, born 1971) is an American stunt performer, actor, and co-creator and star of MTV's Jackass and its film series, ending with Jackass: Best and Last (2026).
Johnny Kuck
Johnny Kuck (John Henry Kuck, 1905-1986), American shot putter and javelin thrower; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic shot put gold with a 15.87 m world record, his third record improvement of 1928, competing on a broken ankle.
Johnny Lawrence (character)
Johnny Lawrence is the fictional Karate Kid character played by William Zabka: the 1984 All Valley loser to Daniel LaRusso and later protagonist of Cobra Kai, whose redemption arc ends with him winning the Sekai Taikai and co-running a dojo with LaRusso.
Johnny Lee (computer scientist)
Johnny Chung Lee is an American computer scientist whose Wii Remote hack videos drew over 15 million views and who helped build Kinect's human tracking algorithms.
Johnny Lee (singer)
Johnny Lee, born John Lee Ham, is an American country music singer from Texas whose 1980 hit "Lookin' for Love" came from the film Urban Cowboy.
Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever, born John Prakash Rao Janumala (1957), Indian Hindi-film comedian and stand-up pioneer with 300-350+ films, two Filmfare Best Comedian awards, peak in 1990s-2000s.
Johnny Lewis
Johnny Lewis (Jonathan Kendrick Lewis, 1983–2012), American actor who played Kip "Half Sack" Epps on Sons of Anarchy; died in 2012 after killing his landlady in Los Feliz and falling from her home.
Johnny Logan (singer)
Johnny Logan (Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, born 1954) is an Irish singer, the first performer to win Eurovision twice (1980 "What's Another Year", 1987 "Hold Me Now") and a third time as composer of "Why Me?" (1992).
Johnny Ludvigsson
Johnny Ludvigsson is a Swedish pediatrician and diabetes researcher, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at Linköping University, known for the Linköping Complication Study and GAD65 immunotherapy trials.
Johnny Mad Dog
Johnny Mad Dog (French: Johnny chien méchant) is a 2002 novel by Congolese writer Emmanuel Dongala about a child soldier and a schoolgirl during an African civil war.
Johnny Maestro
Johnny Maestro (John Mastrangelo, 1939–2010), American doo-wop tenor, lead singer of the Crests ('16 Candles') and the Brooklyn Bridge ('Worst That Could Happen', #3, 1969).
Johnny Mandel
Johnny Mandel (John Alfred Mandel, 1925-2020), American composer and arranger, NEA Jazz Master, wrote the Oscar-winning "The Shadow of Your Smile," the M*A*S*H theme "Suicide Is Painless," and the all-jazz score for I Want to Live!.
Johnny Manziel
Johnny Manziel (Johnny Football), born 1992, Texas A&M quarterback, first freshman Heisman winner (2012), drafted 22nd overall by Cleveland Browns in 2014; brief NFL, CFL, and Fan Controlled Football career.
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr (born 1963) is the Manchester guitarist and co-songwriter of the Smiths (1982–1987), later of Electronic, the The, Modest Mouse, and the Cribs, with a solo career since 2013 and a signature Fender Jaguar.
Johnny Martorano
Johnny Martorano, born John James Vincent Martorano, is a retired American hitman who killed 20 people for Boston's Winter Hill Gang, then became a government witness against Whitey Bulger.