John Young
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John Young might refer to the following people:
- John Young (fl. 1698–1732), English publisher of later editions of The Dancing Master
- John Young (naval officer) (ca. 1740–1781), a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War
- John Young (Governor) (1802–1852), 19th century Governor of New York.
- John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1807–1876), the second Governor General of Canada.
- John Young (1811–1878), member of the Canadian House of Commons
- John Frederick Young (1871–1890), Canadian songwriter ("My Own Canadian Home").
- John Russell Young (1840–1899), an American journalist, author, diplomat, and the seventh Librarian of Congress (1897–1899).
- John Young (congressman) (1823–1910), a US congressman from Kentucky
- John Young (soccer), (1872–1958), member of the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame
- John Young (Scottish politician), Scottish politician and former Member of the Scottish Parliament
- John Zachary Young (1907–1997), an English zoologist who studied neural action
- John Andrew Young (1916–2002), an American politician from the state of Texas.
- John W. Young (born 1930), United States astronaut
- John Young, Special Operations Executive field agent
- John Young, publisher of the Cryptome website
- John Young, Royal Advisor to Kamehameha I, Kingdom of Hawaii
- John Young (Cinematographer)
- John Young (musician), keyboard played briefly in Asia and with John Wetton
- John Young (theorist), literary theorist and assistant professor at Marshall University.
- John A. Young, former president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard
John Young might also refer to:
- USS John Young (DD-973), a Spruance-class destroyer in the United States Navy named for the naval officer.
- John Young Parkway, a four- and six-lane surface road in Florida named for the astronaut.