John Holmes

John Holmes is the name of:

Arts and entertainment

* John Holmes (actor) (1944–1988), pornographic film star
* John Holmes (composer) (d. 1629), English cathedral musician and Renaissance composer
* John Holmes (poet) (1904–1962), poet whose work appears in the "Faber Book of Modern American Verse"
* John Clellon Holmes (1926–1988), poet, novelist and essayist of the Beat Generation
* John Eric Holmes (born 1930), author and promoter of fantasy role-playing games
* Jon Holmes (b. 1973), British comedy writer and broadcaster

Athletes

* John B. Holmes (born 1982), American golfer better known as J.B. Holmes85

Diplomats

* John Holmes (British diplomat) (born 1951)
* John Wendell Holmes (1910–1988), Canadian diplomat and academic

Educators

* John Holmes (professor), University of Queensland professor
* John Holmes (schoolmaster) (c. 1702-1760), Master of Gresham's School in Norfolk, VA
* John Clough Holmes (1809-1887), merchant and progenitor of the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan

Politicians

* John Holmes (Canadian senator) (1789–1876)
* John Holmes (Canadian MP) (1828–1879), Canadian MP
* John Holmes (U.S. politician) (1773–1843), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine
* John Edwin Holmes (1809–1863), first lieutnenant governor of Wisconsin.
* John Robert Holmes (b. 1927), Canadian MP

Other uses

* Admiral Sir John Holmes (1640?-1683), English naval officer
* John Holmes (mercenary), 19th century Anglo-Indian mercenary
* John Haynes Holmes (1879–1964), American churchman and pacifist