John Harris
Wikimedia disambiguation page
John Harris may refer to:
Politics
Australia
John Harris (Australian settler) (1754–1838), military surgeon, magistrate, and landowner
John Harris (New South Wales politician) (1838–1911), Australian colonial politician, mayor of Sydney
John Harris (Victorian politician) (1868–1946), Australian politician and Country Party minister
John Harris (Australian politician) (1890–1974), Australian senator
United Kingdom
John Harris (MP for Hampshire) (died 1429), English MP for Hampshire 1415
John Harris (MP for Grampound), English MP for Grampound, 1555
John Harris (MP for West Looe) (c. 1564–1623), English MP for West Looe, 1614
John Harris (MP for Montgomery) (died 1626), MP for Montgomery, 1601
John Harris (Bere Alston MP) (c. 1586–1657), English MP for Bere Alston and Launceston
John Harris (Royalist) (1596–1648), English MP for Liskeard, 1628, 1640, 1644
John Harris (died 1677) (1631–1677), English MP for Liskeard
John Harris (merchant), British Member of Parliament for Exeter, 1708
John Harris (courtier) (died 1767), British Member of Parliament for Ashburton
John Harris (1703–1768), British Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
John Harris (Bristol) (1725–1801), English merchant who was Mayor of Bristol in 1790
John Dove Harris (1809–1878), English Liberal politician
John Harris (engineer) (1812–1869), railway engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1836–47.
John Harris (anti-slavery campaigner) (1874–1940), English missionary, campaigner against slavery, and Liberal Party politician
John Harris, Baron Harris of Greenwich (1930–2001), British political aide and politician for Labour and Liberal Democrats
John Quincey Harris (1815–1846), British Whig politician
United States
John Harris (New York politician) (1760–1824), Congressman from New York
John Harris (Wisconsin politician) (1856–1933), Wisconsin state senator and businessman
John S. Harris (1825–1906), United States Senator from Louisiana
John T. Harris (1823–1899), United States Representative and lawyer from Virginia
John Harris (Alaska politician) (born 1957), member of the Alaska House of Representatives
John F. Harris (political aide) (born 1962), chief of staff for Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich
John F. Harris (politician) (died 1913), American lawyer and politician from Greenville, Mississippi
Elsewhere
John Hyde Harris (1826–1886), New Zealand politician and cricketer
John Bruce Harris (1903–1983), Canadian political figure in Saskatchewan
John Gordon Harris (1947–2019), Canadian policeman
Academics
John Harris (Warden) (1588–1658), English academic, clergyman, Warden of Winchester College
John Harris (college head) (1802–1856), Congregational minister and college president
John Howard Harris (1847–1925), president of Bucknell University, 1889–1919
John Harris (bioethicist) (born 1945), professor of bioethics and think tank director
John Harris (physicist) (born 1950), physics professor at Yale University
John R. Harris (1934–2018), professor of economics at Boston University
John Harris (phonologist), Irish linguist
John Harris (psycholinguist), Irish linguist
John Harris (biblical scholar), Australian biblical scholar and creolist
Business
John Harris Sr. (1673–1748), trader who settled and established Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
John Harris (surveyor) (died 1772), farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia
John Harris Jr. (settler) (1716–1791), American storekeeper and frontiersman
John Williams Harris (1808–1872), New Zealand trader, whaler, and farmer
John Harris (manufacturer) (1841–1887), Canadian businessman and manufacturer
John P. Harris (1871–1926), Pittsburgh businessman
John C. Harris (1943–2025), owner of Harris Farms
Entertainment and writers
John Harris (writer) (1666–1719), English writer, scientist, and Anglican priest
John Harris (spinet maker) (died 1772), Boston maker of spinets and harpsichords
John Harris (publisher) (1756–1846), English bookseller and printseller
John Harris Jr.
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