John

John, Johnathon or the more informal Johnny is a first name common to many individuals. Alternative spellings include Jon and Jonathan. As a surname it is often styled in the possessive as with Johns.

For ease of use, this list has been highly sectionalised, then alphabetised by last name.

Recurring characters

 * John of John and Gillian, the First Doctor's grandson in the pages of TV Comic

John

 * John (Borrowed Time) (PROSE: Borrowed Time)
 * John (The Christmas Invasion) (TV: The Christmas Invasion)
 * John (The Custodians) (TV: The Custodians)
 * John (The Doomwood Curse) (AUDIO: The Doomwood Curse)
 * John (Instruments of Darkness) (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness)
 * John (The Krillitane Storm) (PROSE: The Krillitane Storm)
 * John (The Left-Handed Hummingbird) (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird)
 * John (Lost and Founded) (PROSE: Lost and Founded
 * John (Project: Valhalla) (PROSE: Project: Valhalla)
 * John (Relative Dementias) (PROSE: Relative Dementias)
 * John (Remembrance of the Daleks) (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
 * John (Secrets of the Stars) (TV: Secrets of the Stars)
 * John (The Sensorites) (TV: The Sensorites)
 * John (The Stone Rose) (PROSE: The Stone Rose)
 * John (Trail of the White Worm) (AUDIO: Trail of the White Worm)

Johnathan

 * Jonathan (Downtime), father of Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (HOMEVID: Downtime)
 * Jonathan (Mona Lisa's Revenge), student of the Park Vale Comprehensive School (TV: Mona Lisa's Revenge)

Johnny

 * Johnny (The Jago & Litefoot Revival), the exterminator (AUDIO: The Jago & Litefoot Revival)

Recurring characters

 * John Benton, a UNIT officer
 * John Benton (Inferno Earth), a version of John Benton from a parallel Earth
 * John Benton (Silurian Earth), a version of John Benton from an alternative timeline
 * John Benton's father
 * John Benton's mother
 * John Benton's sister
 * John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang), otherwise known as Captain John Hart, a rogue Time Agent
 * John Jones, a companion of the Eleventh Doctor
 * John Smith, the most common alias of the Doctor

John

 * John Adams, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America
 * John Andrews, TV: Carnival of Monsters
 * John Aubrey, the founder of Druidism
 * John Bleak, AUDIO: The Lady of Mercia
 * John Wilkes Booth, PROSE: Blood and Hope
 * John Brent, PROSE: Time and Relative
 * John Bromley, a technician from the Third Doctor's universe (TV: Inferno)
 * John Bromley (Inferno Earth), a technician from the Inferno Earth (TV: Inferno)
 * John Brown, PROSE: Imperial Moon
 * John Campbell, COMIC: Skywatch-7
 * John Carlson, PROSE: The Pit
 * John Carpenter, director of the movie The Thing
 * John Cobb, GAME: The Gunpowder Plot
 * John Connolly, PROSE:  The Many Hands
 * John Copper, PROSE: The Roundheads
 * John Anthony Crayshaw, PROSE: The Feast of the Drowned
 * John Davies, AUDIO: Everyone Says Hello
 * John Dee, PROSE: Mortlake, Sunday Afternoon, AD 848,988, A Handful of Stardust
 * John Dee (A Storm of Angels), AUDIO: A Storm of Angels
 * John Dixon, AUDIO: Cuddlesome
 * John Dobrin, AUDIO: Son of the Dragon
 * John Doe, PROSE: Instruments of Darkness
 * John Dyson, TV: The Tenth Planet
 * John Ellis, TV: Out of Time
 * King John of England, TV: The King's Demons, Invasion of the Dinosaurs
 * John Falstaff, PROSE: The Ultimate Treasure
 * John Farrel, TV: Terror of the Autons
 * John Felixstoe, PROSE: The Blue Angel
 * John Felton, the assassin of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
 * John Finer, PROSE: Psi-ence Fiction
 * John Finney, a pilot during the Korean War saved by the Second Doctor
 * John Fitzgerald, a newborn named after John F. Kennedy (AUDIO: 1963)
 * John Forester, TV: The Gathering
 * John Freremont, PROSE: Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World
 * John Frobisher, a British civil servant (TV: Children of Earth)
 * John Fuchas, PROSE: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
 * John Glassman, PROSE: The Farmer's Story
 * John Goff], great-grandfather of Anne Travers
 * John Grainger, PROSE: Incongruous Details, Dear John, Forgotten
 * John Gray, PROSE: Evolution
 * John Hallam, AUDIO: Catch-1782
 * John Harrison, PR of Serf Systems. (TV: The Man Who Never Was)
 * John Hart (The Sea Devils), a Royal Navy Captain (TV: The Sea Devils)
 * John Herschel, PROSE: The Domino Effect
 * John Hinckley Jr, a man who tried to assassinate Ronald Reagan
 * John F Hoover, PROSE: EarthWorld
 * John Hopkinson, PROSE: The Banquo Legacy
 * John Hopley, COMIC: The Monster Upstairs
 * John Houseman, AUDIO: Invaders from Mars
 * John Jarrow, PROSE: Eater of Wasps
 * John Jefferson, TV: The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
 * John F. Kennedy, PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy
 * John Kincaid, AUDIO: The Witch from the Well
 * John Ladiver, AUDIO: The Curse of the Daleks
 * John Lafayette, PROSE: Walking to Babylon, AUDIO: Walking to Babylon, AUDIO: Just War
 * John Lawson, owner of Bayview Guest House
 * John Lennon, PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird
 * John Lumic, TV: Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
 * John Angus Mackay, TV: The Abominable Snowmen
 * John Matthews, AUDIO: The Roof of the World
 * John Eliot Maurice, PROSE: Curriculum Vitae
 * John Melrose, PROSE: Superior Beings
 * John Paterson, PROSE: The Final Sanction
 * John-Paul, a guinea pig, PROSE: The Scales of Injustice
 * John Philby, PROSE: Endgame
 * John Polidori, AUDIO: Mary's Story
 * John Proctor, PROSE: The Witch Hunters
 * John Reith, PROSE: Players
 * John Riddell, TV: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
 * John Roxton, PROSE: All-Consuming Fire
 * John Scott, PROSE: Of the Mermaid and Jupiter
 * John Smith, the lead singer of John Smith and the Common Men (TV: An Unearthly Child)
 * John Stacey, TV: The Moonbase
 * John Stevenson, TV: The Seeds of Doom
 * John Sudbury, PROSE: The Scales of Injustice
 * John L. Sullivan was a famous boxer who taught the Third Doctor the sport. (TV: Carnival of Monsters)
 * John Thurloe, PROSE: The Roundheads
 * John Trickett, PROSE: Last of the Gaderene
 * John Viner, TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen
 * John Wakefield, TV: The Ambassadors of Death
 * John Watson, PROSE: All-Consuming Fire
 * John Wilson, AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy

Johnny

 * Johnny Chess, PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation, Byzantium!
 * Johnny Davies, TV: Children of Earth
 * Johnny Depp, an actor who played the part of Frederick Abberline. COMIC: Ripper's Curse
 * Johnny Franzetta, a character in a novel in TV: Love & Monsters
 * Johnny Ringo, TV: The Gunfighters

Jon

 * Space Major Jon Bowman was the commander of the Wayfarer, PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks
 * Jon Forrester (PROSE: Shopping for Eternity, Heritage)
 * Jon Moslei (PROSE: The Janus Conjunction)

As other names

 * A. St. John D. Caldera (WC: Shada / AUDIO: Shada)

As last name

 * Elton John, a singer (TV: Love & Monsters)
 * Charlie Johns, a crab fisherman in a village on the Cornish coast. (PROSE: Rip Tide)
 * Byerley St John (PROSE: Sleepy)

Locations

 * John F Kennedy International Airport
 * Library of St John the Beheaded
 * St John's Monastery

Organisations

 * John Smith and the Common Men, a musical band
 * St John's College, a college of the University of Oxford

Published works

 * The Merlin of Mortlake: The Life and Talents of Dr John Dee, a biography of John Dee written by Evelyn Smythe
 * Twang: More Than Thirty Years of John Smith and the Common Men, an album by John Smith and the Common Men

Recurring characters

 * John Barrowman, played Jack Harkness (see list)
 * John Hurt, played the War Doctor (see list)
 * John Hurt (Greek Bearing Gifts), a short cultural reference to John Hurt's role in Alien in TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts
 * John Leeson, voiced K9 (Seasons 15-16, 18, The Sarah Jane Adventures, K9 TV series)
 * John Levene, played Sergeant John Benton (TV: The Invasion, et al)
 * John Simm, played (TV: Utopia, The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords, The End of Time)
 * Jon Pertwee, played the third incarnation of the Doctor

John

 * John Abineri, had several secondary roles
 * John Abbott, played Vince Hawkins in TV: Horror of Fang Rock
 * John Acheson, played Major Beresford in TV: The Seeds of Doom
 * John Ainley, played a Cyberman in TV: Attack of the Cybermen
 * John Albasiny, a voice actor for Big Finish Productions
 * John Alderson, played Wyatt Earp in TV: The Gunfighters
 * John Alkin, played Lomand in TV: Planet of Fire
 * John Arnatt, played Borusa in TV: The Invasion of Time
 * John Arthur, voiced Cosmo Devine in AUDIO: Invaders from Mars
 * John Aston, voiced Louis #2 in AUDIO: Unregenerate!
 * John Atterbury, played White Robot in The Mind Robber and alien guard in The War Games
 * John Bailey, appeared in several television stories
 * John Baker, actor featured in TV: Colony in Space and TV: The Visitation
 * John Adam Baker, actor featured in TV: Resurrection of the Daleks
 * John Banks, a voice actor for Big Finish Productions
 * John Barrard, played the Shopkeeper in TV: The Reign of Terror
 * John Baskcomb, played Luigi Rossini in TV: Terror of the Autons
 * John Bay, played the Earl of Leicester in TV: The Crusade
 * John Beardmore, had several uncredited roles
 * John Beavis, had an uncredited role in TV: The Aztecs
 * John Bell, played Creet in TV: Utopia
 * John Benfield, played Don in AUDIO: Autumn and Captain Greeg in AUDIO: The Song of Megaptera
 * John Bennett, played General Finch in TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Li H'sen Chang in TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
 * John Bleasdale, played in TV: The Robots of Death
 * John Bowe, narrator of documentaries Mounting The Rescue and What has "The Romans" ever done for us?
 * John Boyd-Brent, played in TV: The War Machines
 * John Brandon, played in TV: The Tenth Planet
 * John Breslin, played Captain Jimmy Munro in TV: Spearhead from Space
 * John Bryans, played Torvin in TV: The Creature from the Pit
 * John Caesar, had several minor television roles
 * John Cam, had an uncredited role in TV: The Daleks' Master Plan
 * John Cannon, had several mostly uncredited roles
 * John J. Carney, played Bloodaxe in TV: The Time Warrior
 * John Carson, played Ambril in TV: Snakedance
 * John Cash, had several uncredited roles
 * John Castle, voiced Edmund Trevithick in AUDIO: Nightshade
 * John Cater, played Professor Melvin Krimpton in TV: The War Machines
 * John Challis, played Scorby in TV: The Seeds of Doom and voiced Drax in AUDIO: The Trouble with Drax
 * John Chancer, a voice actor in AUDIO: Starfall
 * John Churchill, played in TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians
 * John Clamp, played in TV: The Masque of Mandragora
 * John Cleese, cameo in TV: City of Death
 * John Collin, played Brock in TV: The Leisure Hive
 * John D. Collins, played Talor in TV: Arc of Infinity
 * John Cross, played in TV: The Dominators
 * John Cummins, portrayed Roscoe in TV: Flatline and voiced Anton Falcao in the AUDIO: The Jupiter Conjunction
 * John Dawson, played in TV: The Deadly Assassin
 * John Dearth, voiced BOSS in TV: The Green Death and played Lupton in TV: Planet of the Spiders
 * John Devine, played in TV: Alien Avatar, The Last Oak Tree
 * John Dillon, played a Savage in the TV: The Savages
 * John Dorney, a prolific voice actor for Big Finish Productions
 * John Doye, played several roles, mostly uncredited
 * John Doyle, played in TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians
 * John Dryden, had an uncredited role in TV: The Sun Makers
 * John Duttine, voiced Major Hector Taylor in AUDIO: Exotron
 * John Evans, played several uncredited roles
 * John Finnemore, voiced Steven Day in AUDIO: Good Night, Sweet Ladies
 * John Fleming, voiced Odun and the Patrol Leader in AUDIO: The Paradise of Death
 * John Flint, played William des Preaux in TV: The Crusade and Captain Urquhart in TV: Time-Flight
 * John Franklyn-Robbins, played in TV: Genesis of the Daleks
 * John Fraser, played the Monitor in TV: Logopolis
 * John Garvin, played Carney in TV: Fury from the Deep
 * John Gill, played Oak in TV: Fury from the Deep
 * John Gillett, played the Gravis in TV: Frontios
 * John Gleeson, played in TV: Genesis of the Daleks and Charles Winlett in TV: The Seeds of Doom
 * John Greenwood, played D'Artagnan and Sir Lancelot in TV: The Mind Robber
 * John Gregg, played Lycett in TV: The Ark in Space
 * John Guilor, used as the voice of the First Doctor in TV: The Day of the Doctor
 * John Haines, played an uncredited role in TV: The Tenth Planet
 * John Hales, played in TV: The Woman Who Lived
 * John Hallam, played Light in TV: Ghost Light
 * John Halstead, voiced the Monoids in the TV: The Ark
 * John Hamill, played in TV: The Ribos Operation
 * John Hansell, played Davis in HOMEVID: Auton 2: Sentinel
 * John Hardwood, voice actor for AUDIO: The Paradise of Death
 * John Francis Harries, voiced Cudlow in AUDIO: Submission, as well as Ianto Jones' father and Tony in AUDIO: The House of the Dead
 * John Harvey, played Professor Brett in TV: The War Machines and Officia in TV: The Macra Terror
 * John Hawkins, played Hardgraves in the BBV Productions video story Auton 2: Sentinel
 * John Heffernan, voiced Vonchef in the AUDIO: Revenge of the Swarm and the ninth incarnation of the Eleven in AUDIO: The Crucible of Souls
 * John Herrington, played Rhynmal in TV: The Daleks' Master Plan and Jim Holden in TV: Colony in Space
 * John Hicks, played in TV: The Dominators and TV: The Claws of Axos
 * John Hogan, played in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen and TV: The Abominable Snowmen
 * John Hollis, played Sondergaard in TV: The Mutants
 * John Holmes, played Jim in TV: The Dæmons
 * John Joyce, played Garvin in TV: The Dæmons
 * John Kane, played Tommy in TV: Planet of the Spiders
 * John Killoran, voiced Palmer in AUDIO: The Nowhere Place and Gorden Latch in AUDIO:Something Inside
 * John Knott, played several uncredited roles
 * John Laurimore, played Count Federico in TV: The Masque of Mandragora
 * John Law, played Paul Barras in TV: The Reign of Terror
 * John Lennon, member of the Beatles (TV: The Chase)
 * John Normington, played Morgus in TV: The Caves of Androzani, Trevor Sigma in TV: The Happiness Patrol and Tom Flanagan in TV: Ghost Machine.
 * John Ringham, played Tlotoxl in The Aztecs, Josiah Blake in The Smugglers and Robert Ashe in Colony in Space
 * John Frank Rosenblum, played in TV: Dimensions in Time
 * John Segal, played Lanisha in TV: Time and the Rani
 * John Westbrook, voiced Megron in AUDIO: Exploration Earth.
 * John Woodnutt, played George Hibbert in TV: Spearhead from Space; the Draconian Emperor in TV: Frontier in Space; the dual roles of Broton and the Duke of Forgill in TV: Terror of the Zygons; and Seron in TV: The Keeper of Traken.

Johnathon

 * Johnathon Morris, played Chela in TV: Snakedance

Johnny

 * Johnny Dennis, played Murray in TV: Delta and the Bannermen

Jon

 * Jon Croft, played Tom Girton in the Doctor Who story The Dæmons
 * Jon Culshaw, did voice work in Death Comes to Time and The Kingmaker
 * Jon Glover, portrayed Creodont and Dr. Verryman in AUDIO: Forty-Five and voiced both the Red and Yellow Robots in TV: The Empty Planet and Grant in AUDIO: Slipback
 * Jon Luxton, played the messenger in the Doctor Who serial The Myth Makers
 * Jon Rollason, played Harold Chorley in the Doctor Who story The Web of Fear
 * Jon Weinberg voiced Wilton in Renaissance of the Daleks and Ben Kimmel in Buried Secrets, Snow Blind and Dreamland.

As other names

 * David John Pope, played the Kandyman in TV: The Happiness Patrol

Recurring characters

 * Caroline John, played Liz Shaw. (TV: Spearhead from Space et al.)

John

 * David John, played Derek in TV: Survival. He later voiced Liam McShane in AUDIO: The Rapture.
 * Hywel John, voiced Steel Specs in AUDIO: The Hollows of Time.
 * Leee John, played Mansell in TV: Enlightenment.
 * Souska John, played a child in TV: Castrovalva. She is the niece of Caroline John.

Johns

 * Alan Johns, played Ted Rogers in TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen.
 * Andrew Johns, played Kravos in TV: Genesis of the Daleks
 * Nigel Johns, played Young Silurian in TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians.
 * Stratford Johns, played Monarch in TV: Four to Doomsday

Cameramen

 * John Baker, cameraman
 * John Davis, camera assistant
 * John Hawes, OB camera for TV: Time and the Rani
 * Jon Vidgen, camera assistant for Doctor Who

John

 * John Anderson, designer for TV: Resurrection of the Daleks, The Mysterious Planet
 * John Asbridge, a production designer
 * John Bloomfield, a costume designer
 * John Brace, a visual effects designer
 * John Burrowes, designer for the TV: The Green Death
 * John Hearne, provided costumes for TV: Mindwarp
 * John Horton, visual effects designer for several television stories
 * John Hurst, designer for TV: Planet of the Daleks and TV:The Caves of Androzani
 * John Munro, a make-up artist for Doctor Who
 * John Pinkerton, a scenic artist for Doctor Who
 * John Whalley was a scenic artist for Doctor Who

Jon

 * Jon Dowding, Series Production Designer for K9
 * Jon Everett, colourist for Torchwood and Doctor Who
 * Jon Grundon, Cyfle trainee during series 3, later props maker during series 4.
 * Jon Howes, the standby art director of the Torchwood television show Small Worlds.
 * Jon Moore, prosthetics technician for Doctor Who
 * Jon Pusey, the Designer of the Doctor Who television story The Pirate Planet.

Editors

 * John Bush, editor for TV: Frontier in Space
 * John Dunstan, film editor for TV: The Pirate Planet
 * John Gillanders, editor for TV: Children of Earth: Day Three
 * John Gregory, film editor for TV: City of Death
 * John Griffiths, film editor for TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth and production assistant for TV: The Mind of Evil
 * John House, film editor for TV: An Unearthly Child and TV: Marco Polo
 * John Richards, editor for Doctor Who

Directors

 * John Bennett, 1st assistant director for several Doctor Who stories
 * John Black, directed several stories
 * John Crockett, directed an episode of TV: Marco Polo and the whole of TV: The Aztecs
 * John Davies, directed TV: The Macra Terror
 * John Gorrie, directed TV: The Keys of Marinus
 * John Hayes, a director of TV: The Night of the Doctor
 * John Henderson, directed TV: The Curse of Fatal Death.
 * Jon Older, 1st assistant director for several Doctor Who stories.
 * Jon Williams, 1st assistant director of the Torchwood television story Countrycide

Lighting

 * John Best, best boy
 * John Dixon, provided studio lighting for several stories
 * John Green, provided studio lighting for TV: Inferno
 * John Truckle, Gaffer for Torchwood.

Producers

 * John Nathan-Turner, Doctor Who producer for seasons 18-26
 * John Wiles, Doctor Who producer for a portion of season 3

Sound design, effects, music

 * John Campbell, provided film sound for TV: The Caves of Androzani
 * John Cooling, standby rigger for Torchwood and Doctor Who
 * John Debney, composer
 * John Gatland, provided film sound for several stories
 * John Hartshorn, provided studio sound for TV: The Horns of Nimon
 * John Holmes, provided studio sound for several television stories
 * John Howell, provided studio sound for TV: The Leisure Hive and TV: State of Decay
 * Jon Thomas, boom operator for Doctor Who

Writers

 * John Fay, writer for the the television series Torchwood
 * John Flanagan, writer for TV: Meglos
 * John Lucarotti, writer of the screenplays for TV: Marco Polo, The Aztecs and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
 * John Shiban, writer and co-executive producer of the Torchwood stories TV: Escape to LA and The Middle Men
 * Johnny Byrne, writer of TV: The Keeper of Traken, Arc of Infinity, and Warriors of the Deep

Other

 * John Barclay, uncredited vision mixer
 * John Berrbohm, uncredited stunt double
 * John Bradburn, uncredited assistant floor manager
 * John Bruce, production assistant of TV: The Dominators
 * John Budd, electrician for TV: Dead Man Walking
 * John Burt, Director-General of the BBC responsible for the Doctor Who tele-movie
 * John Cook, assistant floor manager
 * John Cura, inventor of an efficient method of taking tele-snaps
 * Chris D'Oyly-John, or Chris D'Oyly John, an assistant floor manager, production assistant and production unit manager.
 * John Friedlander, masks, visual effects
 * John Hansen, an assistant floor manager for TV The Smugglers
 * John Harris, a production assistant for TV: The Green Death
 * John Hobbs, a production assistant for TV: The Smugglers
 * John Frank Levey, was in charge of casting for Series 4 of Torchwood
 * John Oliver, driver captain for the Doctor Who TV movie.

John

 * John Ainsworth, directed multiple audio stories for Big Finish Productions
 * John Binns, writer and editor for Big Finish Productions
 * John Bromley, wrote AUDIO: The Doctor's Coat
 * John Burns, a colourist for COMIC: Empire's Fall
 * John Callaghan, writer for Big Finish Productions
 * John Canning, a TV Comic artist
 * John Carnell, wrote Time and Tide (with Richard Alan) and Follow That TARDIS!
 * John Davies, writer for Big Finish Productions
 * John Dorney, award-winning writer for Big Finish Productions
 * John Fletcher, wrote PROSE: Sleeptalking
 * John Freeman, editor of Doctor Who Magazine
 * John Geary, cover artist for Target novelisations
 * John Grindrod, wrote AUDIO: The Old Rogue
 * John Gyarmati, designed the graphics for GAME: Dalek Attack
 * John Higgins, a comic book artist
 * John Isles, writer for Big Finish Productions
 * John Kelly, producer of Doctor Who Magazine
 * John Lawrence, wrote COMIC: Return of the Elders
 * John B. McLay, writer for Doctor Who Magazine
 * John Morelli, Production staffer for Marvel Comics' Doctor Who comic series.

Jonathan

 * Jonathan Morris, prolific writer of Doctor Who fiction.

Jon

 * Jon Barrett, designer for Doctor Who DVD Files
 * Jon de Burgh Miller, writer of PROSE: Dying in the Sun and PROSE: Twilight of the Gods

Used in name of story

 * The Bells of Saint John (TV story), an Eleventh Doctor television story
 * The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)
 * Dear John (short story), an Eighth Doctor short story
 * John Smith and the Common Men (comic story), an Eleventh Doctor comic story

Used in name of documentary, special feature or biography

 * JN-T: The Life and Scandalous Times of John Nathan-Turner, a biography of John Nathan-Turner
 * Jon and Katy is a BBC DVD feature on the pairing of the Third Doctor and Jo Grant. It was released on the DVD of The Curse of Peladon in the Peladon Tales box set.

Used in name of organisation

 * John & Ros Hubbard