List of people with surname Johnson

Johnson is one of the most widely distributed surnames in the English-speaking world. Following is a list of notable people and fictional characters with the surname Johnson:

• Al Johnson (musician) (1948–2013), American singer, arranger, producer
• Alice E. Johnson (1862–1936), American architect
• Alphonso Johnson (born 1951), American jazz bassist
• Amy Jo Johnson (born 1970), American actor, singer, and songwriter
• Andre Johnson (born 1970), known as Jah Mason, Jamaican reggae artist
• Andreas Johnson (born 1970), Swedish singer
• Arte Johnson (1929–2019), American comic actor
• Ashley Johnson (born 1983), American actor, voice actor, and internet personality
• B. S. Johnson (1933–1973), English experimental novelist, poet, literary critic, television producer, and filmmaker
• Brian Johnson (born 1947), British-born lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC
• Buffie Johnson (1912–2006), American painter
• Bunk Johnson (1879–1949), American jazz musician
• Buzz Johnson (1951–2014), Tobago-born publisher and activist
• C. David Johnson (born 1955), Canadian actor
• Carmencita Johnson (1923–2000), American actor
• Carrie Johnson (journalist), justice correspondent
• Carrie Ashton Johnson (1863–1949), American editor and author
• Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Johnson in 1955), American actress, comedian, author, and television personality
• Chalmers Johnson (1931–2010), American author
• Chubby Johnson (1903–1974), American actor
• Clare Johnson, American writer and artist
• Clark Johnson (born 1954), American actor and director
• Claude Joseph Johnson (1913–1990), American gospel singer
• Claudette Johnson (born 1959), British visual artist
• Crockett Johnson (1906–1975), cartoonist and children's book illustrator
• D. E. Johnson (aka Dan E. Johnson), American author
• Dakota Johnson (born 1989), American actress
• Dink Johnson (1892–1954), American jazz musician
• Dwayne Johnson (aka The Rock, born 1972), American actor and professional wrestler
• Edith North Johnson (1903–1988), American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter
• Eliana Johnson (born 1984), American magazine editor
• Elliott Johnson (born 1975), American artist and designer
• Erica Johnson, Canadian broadcaster and journalist
• Erika Johnson (born 1982), American actor
• Evan Malbone Johnson (1791–1865), American priest and religious writer
• Geir Johnson (1953–2021), Norwegian composer, writer and initiator of culture projects
• Georgann Johnson (1926–2018), American stage, film, and television actress
• George Johnson, American guitarist and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson
• George Johnson (musician) (1913–1987), American jazz reedist
• George Matthew Johnson, American author and activist
• Gertrude Johnson (1894–1973), Australian soprano
• Henry "Rufe" Johnson (1908–1974), American Piedmont blues musician
• Holly Johnson (born 1960), English artist, musician and writer
• Irving Johnson (1905–1991), author and adventurer
• Jake Johnson (born 1978), American actor
• Janelle Johnson (1923–1995), American film actress
• Jef Johnson (born 1968), American clown and drama teacher
• Jefferson Johnson, American musical director and conductor
• Jenn Johnson (born 1982), American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor
• Jeremiah Johnson (blues musician) (born 1972), American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
• Johnson (composer) (1953–2011), Indian film score composer and director
• Johnson (rapper) (born 1979), Danish rapper Marc Johnson
• Jill Johnson (born 1973), Swedish country singer
• Joanna Johnson (born 1961), American actor
• KC Johnson (born 1967), Professor of History at Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, known for his work exposing the facts about the Duke lacrosse case
• Kerry G. Johnson (born 1966), African-American cartoonist, graphic designer, and children's book illustrator
• Kim Johnson (musician), American vocalist
• Larry Johnson (musician) (1938–2016), American blues singer and guitarist
• Laura Johnson (born 1957), American actor
• Lester Johnson (artist) (1919–2010), American artist and educator
• Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952), Jamaican United Kingdom-based dub poet
• Liza Johnson (born 1970), American film director, producer, and writer
• Lois Johnson (1942–2014), American country music singer
• Lou Johnson (singer) (1941–2019), American soul singer and pianist
• Louis Johnson (bassist) (1955–2015), American bass player and singer, member of The Brothers Johnson
• Luther "Houserocker" Johnson (1939–2019), American blues singer and guitarist
• L.V. Johnson (1946–1994), American Chicago blues and soul-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Marv Johnson (1938–1993), American R&B and soul singer
• Mary Johnson (singer) (1898 or 1900–1983), American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter
• Mary Coffin Johnson (1834–1928), American activist and writer
• Meg Johnson (actress) (1936–2023), English actress
• Molly Johnson (born 1959), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Nedra Johnson (born 1966), American singer-songwriter
• Naomi Johnson (c. 1909–?), American showgirl and Ziegfeld Girl
• Pableaux Johnson (1966–2025), American journalist and food writer
• Penny Johnson Jerald (born 1961), American actor
• Philip Johnson (1906–2005), American architect
• Puff Johnson (1972–2013), American singer
• Rachel Johnson (born 1965), British editor and journalist
• Ramone Johnson, known as Cashis (born 1982), American rapper
• Rian Johnson (born 1973), American filmmaker
• Richard Johnson (architect) (born 1946), Australian architect
• Robb Johnson (born 1955), British musician and songwriter
• Russell Johnson (1924–2014), American TV and film actor
• Ruth Johnson (born 1955), American politician in Michigan
• Ruth Johnson (known also as Ruth Horsting and Ma Renu; 1919–2000), American sculptor, professor, and philanthropist
• Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), English poet, essayist, lexicographer and "man of letters"
• Scarlett Alice Johnson (born 1985), English actor
• Sophia Orne Johnson (1826–1899), American author
• Taborah Johnson (born 1953), actor and jazz singer
• Tom Johnson (composer) (1939–2024), American minimalist composer
• Traci Paige Johnson (born 1969), American animator, voice actress, co-creator of Blue's Clues
• Van Johnson (1916–2008), American actor
• W. Bolingbroke Johnson, pseudonym of Morris Bishop (1893–1973), American author and scholar
• Wesley Johnson (1945–2009), aka Wess, American-born Italian singer and bass guitarist
• Wilko Johnson (1947–2022), English singer, guitarist, songwriter and actor

• Alexis McGill Johnson (born 1972), American social justice advocate
• Andrew Johnson (1808–1875), 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869
• Axel Johnson (Wisconsin politician) (1870–1924)
• A. R. Johnson (1856–1933), Louisiana politician
• Bernette Joshua Johnson (born 1943), American jurist
• Bob Johnson (Arkansas state representative) (born 1953), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
• Boris Johnson (born 1964), UK Prime Minister
• Cavalier Johnson (born 1986), American politician
• Cecil E. Johnson (1888–1955), Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
• Charlene Johnson, Canadian politician
• Clark Johnson (politician) (born 1952), American politician (Minnesota)
• Dean Johnson (politician) (born 1947), American politician
• Dusty Johnson (born 1976), American politician
• Dusty A. Johnson, American politician
• Ebenezer Johnson (1786–1849), first mayor of Buffalo, New York
• Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American political activist
• Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810–1876), wife of U.S. president Andrew Johnson
• Elsworth Johnson, Bahamian politician
• Fitz Johnson (born 1963), American politician
• Frank Minis Johnson (1918–1999), American jurist
• Gerald W. Johnson (1919–2002), American military general
• Greta Johnson (born 1977), politician
• Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844–1917), American writer, poet, and activist
• Henrietta R. Johnson (1914–1997), American state legislator and nurse
• Huey Johnson (1933–2020), American environmentalist and politician
• Isaac Johnson (colonist) (c. 1601–1630), English colonist and one of the founders of Massachusetts
• Isaac Johnson (politician) (1803–1853), 12th governor of the state of Louisiana
• J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872), California governor
• Jacob Johnson (born 1948), Swedish politician
• Janis Johnson (born 1946), Canadian politician
• Jay W. Johnson (1943–2009), American politician
• K. A. Johnson (1848–1929), Wisconsin politician
• Keenan Johnson, Bahamian politician
• Kim Johnson (politician) (born 1966), British politician elected 2019
• Kristina M. Johnson (born 1957), American businesswoman, academic, engineer, and government official
• Lady Bird Johnson (1912–2007), First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969, and businesswoman
• Lee A. Johnson (born 1947), American lawyer
• Lester Johnson (politician) (1901–1975), U.S. representative from Wisconsin
• Luci Baines Johnson (born 1947), youngest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson
• Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (born 1944), eldest daughter of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson
• Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
• Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), American gay liberation activist and drag queen
• Oswald H. Johnson (1912–1993), American politician
• Phillip E. Johnson (1940–2019), American law professor and a founder of the Intelligent Design movement
• Pierre-Marc Johnson (born 1946), 24th Premier of Quebec
• Prince Johnson (1952–2024), Liberian warlord and politician
• Ron Johnson (born 1955), Wisconsin politician
• Rylund Johnson, Canadian politician
• Sandra Ablamba Johnson (born 1980), Togolese economist and political figure
• Shirley Johnson (1937–2021), Michigan politician
• Sueanna P. Johnson (born 1975), Colorado judge
• Tara Johnson (born 1962), Wisconsin politician
• Vaughan Johnson (politician) (1947–2023), Australian politician
• Verne C. Johnson (1925–2012), Minnesota politician
• Willard Johnson (politician) (1820–1900), New York politician
• William Dartnell Johnson (1870–1948), Western Australian MLA
• William Johnson (Australian politician) (1871–1916), Australian politician and soldier
• Yvonne Johnson (1942–2024), American politician

• Angas Johnson (1873–1951), Australian physician
• Florence Merriam Johnson (c. 1876–1954), American nurse
• Hosmer Allen Johnson (1822–1891), American physician
• James Yate Johnson (1820–1900), English naturalist
• Joanne Johnson (born 1977), British geologist and Antarctic scientist
• Katherine Johnson (1918–2020), American mathematician
• Kathleen R. Johnson, American paleoclimatologist
• Marcia K. Johnson (born 1943), American psychologist
• Reynold B. Johnson (1906–1998), American inventor and computer pioneer
• Roberta Frances Johnson (1902–1988), American mathematician
• Virginia E. Johnson (1925–2013), American sexologist
• Leslie Peter Johnson (1930–2016), English philologist
• Veronica Johnson, American meteorologist
• Wilhelmine Mimi Johnson (1890–1980), Norwegian geologist, physician

• Alec Johnson (born 1944), English cricketer
• Alissa Johnson (born 1987), American ski jumper
• Alonzo Johnson (1963–2024), American football player
• Andre Johnson (born 1981), American football player
• Antonio Johnson (born 1984), American football player
• Antonio Johnson (defensive back) (born 2001), American football player
• B. J. Johnson (swimmer) (born 1987), American swimmer
• Benny Johnson (American football) (1948–1988), American football player
• Berry Johnson (1906–1985), New Zealand rower
• Bobby Johnson (born 1951), American football coach
• Breezy Johnson (born 1996), American alpine skier
• Brennan Johnson (born 2001), English-Welsh footballer
• Brent Johnson (born 1977), American ice hockey player
• Bryce Johnson (baseball) (born 1995), American baseball player
• Buddy Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player
• Cade Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Calvin Johnson (born 1985), American football player
• Camron Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Carlton Johnson (born 1969), American football player
• Carrie Johnson (canoeist), (born 1984), American Olympian
• Cephus Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Chad Johnson (born 1978), American football player
• Chaney Johnson (born 2002), American basketball player
• Christian Johnson (born 1986), American football player
• Cindy A. Johnson, Guyanese basketball player
• Collin Johnson (born 1997), American football player
• Curley "Boo" Johnson (born 1965), American basketball player
• Dallas Johnson (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer
• Dalton Johnson (born 2003), American football player
• Danny Johnson (American football) (born 1995), American football player
• Darcy Johnson (born 1983), American football player
• Darnell Johnson (born 1998), English footballer
• Davey Johnson (1943–2025), American baseball player and manager
• Delano Johnson (born 1988), American football player
• Demetrious Johnson (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
• Desjuan Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• D'Ernest Johnson (born 1996), American football player
• Diamond Johnson (born 2002), American basketball player
• Dillon Johnson (born 2001), American football player
• Diontae Johnson (born 1998), American football player
• Dorian Johnson (born 1994), American football player
• Dustin Johnson (born 1984), American golfer
• Elijah Johnson (basketball) (born 1990), American player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Emmett Johnson (born 2003), American football player
• Ethel Johnson (wrestler) (1935–2018), American professional wrestler
• Flau'jae Johnson (born 2004), American rapper and basketball player
• Gary Johnson (racing driver) (born 1940), American racing driver
• Hammond Johnson (1883–1919), American college football and baseball coach
• Hunter Johnson (tennis) (born 1994), American professional tennis and pickleball player
• Isaiah Johnson (American football, born May 1992) (born 1992), American football player
• Isaiah Johnson (cornerback) (born 1996), American football player
• Ivan Johnson (basketball) (born 1984), American basketball player
• Jakob Johnson (born 1994), American football player
• Jaleel Johnson (born 1994), American football player
• Jamar Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Jamarr Johnson (born 1988), Indonesian basketball player
• Jamel Johnson (born 1991), American football player
• Jamel Johnson (defensive back) (born 2003), American football player
• Jan Johnson (1950–2025), American pole vaulter
• Jaquan Johnson (born 1996), American football player
• Jasper Johnson (born 2006), American basketball player
• Jaylon Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Jett Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Jimmie Johnson (born 1975), American NASCAR driver
• Jing Johnson (1894–1950), American baseball player
• Jon'Vea Johnson (born 1996), American football player
• Jorja Johnson, American professional pickleball player
• Josh Johnson (baseball coach) (born 1986), American baseball coach
• J. R. Johnson (born 1979), American football player
• Junior Johnson (1931–2019), American NASCAR driver and team owner
• Juwan Johnson (born 1996), American football player
• JW Johnson (James W Johnson, born 2003), American professional pickleball player
• Kamani Johnson (born 2000), American basketball player
• Kameron Johnson (born 2002), American football player
• K. D. Johnson (born 2001), American basketball player
• KeeSean Johnson (born 1996), American football player
• Keldon Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
• Ken Johnson (left-handed pitcher) (1923–2004), American baseball player
• Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher) (1933–2015), American baseball player
• Kermit Johnson (born 1952), American football player
• Kerryon Johnson (born 1997), American football player
• Keyshawn Johnson (born 1972), American football player and ESPN broadcaster
• Kobe Johnson (born 2003), American basketball player
• Kris Johnson (basketball) (born 1975), American basketball player
• Kyron Johnson (born 1998), American football player
• Lance Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
• Leavander Johnson (1969–2005), American boxer
• Len Johnson (boxer) (1902–1969), English boxer
• Len Johnson (cricketer) (1919–1977), Australian cricketer
• Lonnie Johnson Jr. (born 1995), American football player
• Lyndon Johnson (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Magic Johnson (born 1959), American basketball player and businessman
• Malik Johnson (basketball) (born 1997), American basketball player
• Malik Johnson (soccer) (born 1998), Canadian soccer player
• Marcellus Johnson (born 2000), American football player
• Markell Johnson (born 1998), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Marques Johnson (born 1956), American basketball player and basketball analyst
• Marquis Johnson (born 1988), American football player
• Marquis Johnson (wide receiver) (born 2004), American football player
• Max Johnson (born 2001), American football player
• Meechie Johnson, American basketball player
• Michael Johnson (sprinter) (born 1967), American athlete and Gold Medal Olympian
• Mickey Johnson (born 1952), American basketball player
• Montrell Johnson Jr. (born 2002), American football player
• Morez Johnson Jr. (born 2006), American basketball player
• Myles Johnson (born 1999), American basketball player
• Nazeeh Johnson (born 1998), American football player
• Bisi Johnson (Olabisi Johnson, born 1997), American football player
• Niesa Johnson (born 1973), American basketball player
• Oli Johnson (born 1987), English footballer
• Paris Johnson (born 1976), American football player
• Paris Johnson Jr. (born 2001), American football player
• Pierce Johnson (born 1991), American baseball player
• P. J. Johnson (born 1995), American football player
• Quindell Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Quinten Johnson (born 2000), American football player
• Rafer Johnson (1934–2020), American decathlete and actor
• Rahsaan Johnson (born 1978), American basketball player
• Randy Johnson (born 1963), American baseball player
• Raven Johnson (born 2003), American basketball player
• Rocky Johnson (1944–2020; birth name Wayde Bowles), Canadian professional wrestler and father of Dwayne Johnson
• Roderick Johnson (born 1995), American football player
• Roschon Johnson (born 2001), American football player
• Rudi Johnson (1979–2025), American football player
• Samson Johnson (born 2002), Togolese basketball player
• Selina Johnson (born 1951), American golf instructor and youth advocate
• Shaun Johnson (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league international
• Shawn Johnson (born 1992), American gymnast
• Sherry Combs Johnson (1938–2023), American barrel racer
• Spider Johnson (1907–1966), American football player
• Tao Johnson (born 2003), American football player
• Taron Johnson (born 1996), American football player
• Tessa Johnson, American basketball player
• Tez Johnson (born 2002), American football player
• Tiffani Johnson (born 1975), American basketball player
• T. J. Johnson (American football) (born 1990), American football player
• Travis Johnson (defensive end) (born 1982), American football player
• Tre Johnson (basketball) (born 2006), American basketball player
• Tre' Johnson (1971–2026), American football player
• Ty Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
• Tyreek Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Tyren Johnson (born 1988), American basketball player
• Tyron Johnson (born 1996), American football player
• Tysheem Johnson (born 2002), American football player
• Van Johnson (racing driver) (1927–1959), American racing driver
• Vaughan Johnson (1962–2019), American football player
• Vaughn Johnson (born 1960), New Zealand cricketer
• Xavier Johnson (basketball) (born 1999), American basketball player
• Xavier Johnson (American football) (born 1999), American football player
• Zack Johnson (American football) (born 1997), American football player
• Zion Johnson (born 1999), American football player
• Johnson, footballer at the 1904 Summer Olympics, see List of 1904 Summer Olympics medal winners#Football

• Amy Johnson (1903–1941), pioneering English aviator
• Ariell Johnson (born 1983), American business owner
• Benton Johnson (1928–2024), American sociologist
• Bessilyn Johnson (1871–1943), wife of Albert Mussey Johnson
• Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829–1903), American Civil War general
• Bushrod Johnson (1817–1880), Confederate Army general
• Dolly Johnson (c. 1828 – after 1887), formerly enslaved Tennessean
• Eben Samuel Johnson (1886–1939), English-American Methodist bishop
• Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929), American philanthropist, writer
• F. Ross Johnson (1931–2016), CEO of RJR Nabisco
• Gertrude I. Johnson (1876–1961), co-founder of Johnson & Wales University
• Gisle Johnson (Scouting) (1934–2014), Chief Scout of the Norges Speiderforbund
• Guion Griffis Johnson (1900–1989), American historian
• Guy Benton Johnson (1901–1991), American social anthropologist
• Janelle Johnson (died 1983), American murder victim and formerly missing person
• John Thad Johnson (1893–1927), aviator
• Jotham Johnson (1905–1967), American archaeologist
• Lacey Robert Johnson (1854–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
• Lilian Wyckoff Johnson (1864–1956), American educator
• Liver-Eating Johnson (c. 1824–1900), mountain man of the American Old West
• Lycurgus Johnson (1818–1876), American cotton planter and politician.
• Margaret Johnson Erwin Dudley (1821–1863), American plantation owner in the Antebellum South
• Marilyn Johnson (1928–2007), American bridge player
• Osgood Johnson (1803–1837), 5th Principal of Phillips Academy
• Peggy Johnson (1976–1999), American female murder victim
• R. Milton Johnson (born c. 1957), American chief executive
• Sarah Marie Johnson (born 1987), American murderess
• Scott Johnson (1961–1988), American PhD student in mathematics and victim of a 1988 suspected homophobic murder in Australia
• Veora Johnson (1910–2001), educational administrator
• Victor S. Johnson Jr. (1916–2008), American businessman
• Victor S. Johnson Sr. (1882–1943), American businessman
• Wallace E. Johnson (1901–1988), co-founder of Holiday Inn
• Wallace W. Johnson (1842-1911), American Medal of Honor recipient
• William Hallock Johnson (1865–1963), American educator and president of Lincoln University

• Adrian Johnson (Oz), an African American correctional officer in the HBO drama Oz
• Alice Johnson, a character in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
• Agent Johnson, a character in The Matrix franchise
• Angelina Johnson, a character in the Harry Potter franchise
• Avery Johnson from the video game series Halo
• Carl "CJ" Johnson, from the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• Cave Johnson, the CEO of Aperture Laboratories from Portal 2
• Daisy Johnson, a character in Marvel Comics
• E. Normus Johnson, a character used to advertise Big Johnson T-shirts
• Janie Johnson, a character from books written by Caroline B. Cooney
• Johnson Johnson, the hero of a series of mystery novels written by Dorothy Dunnett
• Lady Johnson, a character from the television film Heart to Heart, portrayed by Megs Jenkins
• Miss Johnson, a character from the film Witness for the Prosecution, portrayed by Zulema Dene
• Mr. Johnson (Sesame Street), a Fat Blue character on Sesame Street
• Olivia Johnson, a character from Hollyoaks
• Shelly Johnson, a character from the Twin Peaks TV series
• Suzy Johnson, a character from Phineas and Ferb
• Tilda Johnson aka Nightshade, a character in Marvel Comics