John Baker

There are several persons known by the name John Baker:

Military figures

*Colonel John Baker was a hero of the American Revolutionary War, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named.
*John Baker (RAF officer) (1897-1978), British air marshal
*John Drayton Baker (born 1915), United States Navy officer
*John Baker (general) (1936–2007) was the Australian Chief of the Defence Force (1995–1998)
*John F. Baker, Jr. (born 1945), Medal of Honor recipient

Political figures

*John Baker (English statesman) (1488–1558), Speaker of the House of Commons, 1545–1552
*John Baker (representative) (died 1823), United States congressman from Virginia
*John Baker (Baker Brook) (1796–1868) was a 19th century political activist, who founded the village of Baker Brook, New Brunswick
*John Baker (Australian politician) (1813–1872) was briefly the Premier of South Australia in 1857
*Sir John Baker (Portsmouth politician) (1828–1909), Liberal Member of Parliament for Portsmouth 1906–1910
*John Baker (UK politician) (1867–1939), British Labour MP for Bilston 1924–1931
*John Baker, Jr., sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina and professional football player
*John Harris Baker, 19th century United States congressman
*John Henry Baker (born 1934), Louisiana political candidate

ports figures

*John Baker (musher) (born c. 1960), American dogsled racer
*John Baker (baseball), American baseball player
*John Baker (cyclist), American cyclocross racer
*John Baker (diver), British diver at the Olympics
*John Baker (footballer), Ghanaian international footballer in squad that won 1982 African Cup for the fourth time
*John Baker (runner), runner from the University of New Mexico that was invited to run in the Olympics
*Johnny Baker (1907–1979), American football player and coach

Others

*John Baker (biologist) (1900–1984) was a biologist and professor at Oxford University remembered for his study of race
*John Baker, Baron Baker (1901–1985), engineer
*John Baker (novelist) (born 1942) is a British novelist
*John Baker (musician) is a video game musician
*John Baker (British musician) is a member of The Korgis
*John Baker (NZ music historian) is a New Zealand music historian
*John Baker (Radiophonic musician) (1937–1997), a composer and musician at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (1963–1974)
*John Baker (legal historian) (born 1944) is an English legal historian, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge
*John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920), British botanist
*J. N. L. Baker (John Norman Leonard Baker) was a Fellow in Geography at Jesus College, Oxford
*John Roman Baker, playwright and activist

ee also

*Jack Baker