John Holmes

John or Jon Holmes may refer to:

• John Holmes (actor) (1944–1988), American pornographic actor and murder suspect
• John Holmes (composer) (died 1629), English musician and composer
• John Holmes (poet) (1904–1962), American poet
• John Clellon Holmes (1926–1988), American Beat poet, novelist and essayist
• John Eric Holmes (1930–2010), American author and promoter of fantasy role-playing games
• John W. Holmes (film editor) (1917–2001), American film editor
• John Holmes (radio presenter) MBE, associated with BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Nottingham
• Jon Holmes (born 1973), British comedy writer and broadcaster

• John Holmes (British diplomat) (born 1951), British diplomat
• John T. Holmes, Canadian ambassador to Indonesia and East Timor
• John Wendell Holmes (1910–1988), Canadian diplomat and academic

• John Holmes (geographer), Australian professor of geography
• John Holmes (schoolmaster) (1703–1760), English schoolmaster
• John Clough Holmes (1809–1887), American merchant; Agricultural College of the State of Michigan progenitor

• John Holmes (British Army officer) (born 1949), British general
• John Holmes (mercenary), 19th century Anglo-Indian mercenary
• John Holmes (Royal Navy officer) (1640?–1683), English naval officer

• John Holmes (by 1529 – 1583), MP for Ripon and Boroughbridge
• John Holmes (died 1556 or later), MP for Rye
• John Holmes (Maine politician) (1773–1843), member of U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
• John Holmes (New Zealand politician) (1831–1910), New Zealand Member of Parliament
• John Holmes (Nova Scotia politician) (1789–1876), Canadian Senator
• John Holmes (Ontario politician) (1828–1879), Canadian MP
• John Bee Holmes (1760–1827), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina
• John Edwin Holmes (1809–1863), first Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
• John Robert Holmes (1927–2011), Canadian MP
• John Holmes (Jamaican politician) (1763–1836), planter, slave-owner and member of the House of Assembly of Jamaica

• John Holmes (bishop) (died 1904), Anglican colonial bishop
• John Haynes Holmes (1879–1964), American churchman and pacifist
• John McClellan Holmes (1834–1911), Christian minister and author

• John Holmes (footballer) (1869–?), English footballer
• John Holmes (cricketer) (Rodney Holmes, 1924–1980), English cricketer
• Johnny Holmes, American baseball player of the 1940s
• John Holmes (rugby league) (1952–2009), English former rugby league footballer
• John Holmes (rugby league, born 1904) (1904–1931), Australian rugby league player
• John Holmes (golfer) (JB Holmes, born 1982), American golfer
• John Holmes (American football) (born 1953), American football player

• John Holmes (antiquary) (1800–1854), English antiquarian
• John Holmes (essayist) (1815–1894), radical campaigner
• John Holmes (Messenger of the Plymouth Court) (1603–?), Plymouth Colony settler and official
• John Henry Holmes (1857–1935), English electrical engineer, inventor and Quaker
• John Dalrymple Edgar Holmes (1867–1915), British veterinary scientist and bacteriologist

• John Hamish Adler Holme or Auguste Lupa, a fictional character in novels by John Lescroart

• John Holm (disambiguation)
• Jack Holmes (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Holmes (disambiguation)