John Butler
John Butler may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- John "Picayune" Butler, American banjo performer; may have been used by a number of performers
- John Butler (artist), American artist
- John Butler (author), British author and YouTuber
- John Butler, member of Diesel Park West
- John Butler (director), Irish screenwriter, director and novelist
- John Butler (musician), Australian musician
- *John Butler Trio, his jam band
- *John Butler (album), its 1998 album
- John Butler (Doctors), a fictional character from ''Doctors''
Military
- John Butler (Irish Confederate), officer of the Irish Confederate Army of the 1640s
- John Butler (Ranger), American-born military officer
- John Butler (general), brigadier general of militia in North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War
- John A. Butler, U.S. Marine Corps officer and Navy Cross recipient
- John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler, English soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
- John Clarence Butler, U.S. naval aviator
- *USS John C. Butler, a ship named in his honor
- John G. Butler (inventor), 19th century officer in the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps who developed better shot for rifled cannon
Nobility
- John Butler of Clonamicklon, youngest son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick
- John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond
- John Butler of Kilcash, third son of James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond
- John Butler, 1st Earl of Gowran, seventh son of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
- John Butler, 12th Baron Dunboyne, Irish clergyman and aristocrat, Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork
- John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde, Irish peer and Member of Parliament
- John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde, Irish politician and peer
- John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde
Politics
- John Butler (MP for Kent)
- John Butler (died 1423), MP for London
- John Butler (died 1572 or 1573), MP for Warwick
- John Butler (died 1576), MP for Hertfordshire
- John Butler (died 1613), MP for Maldon
- John Butler (Nova Scotia politician)
- John Washington Butler, U.S. Representative for Tennessee
- John Cornelius Butler, U.S. Congressman from New York
- John Butler (Irish politician), Irish Labour party politician from Waterford; member of the 4th Dáil
- John Marshall Butler, American politician in Maryland
- John D. Butler, American Republican politician and mayor of San Diego
- John Edward Butler, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1979
- John E. Butler, American politician, lawyer, and newspaper editor from Maine
Religion
- John Butler (Jesuit), Jesuit priest
- John Butler (priest), Canon of Windsor
- John Butler (bishop), bishop of Oxford
- John Gare Butler, clergyman of New Zealand
- John Jay Butler, ordained minister and professor of systematic theology
- John George Butler, Lutheran clergyman; Chaplain of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
- John Joseph Butler, Catholic priest
Sports
American football
- John Butler (American football coach), American football assistant coach since the 1990s
- John Butler (American football executive), general manager in the National Football League
- John Butler (defensive back), National Football League player with the San Francisco 49ers
- Johnny Butler (running back), National Football League player from 1942 to 1945
Association football
- John Butler (footballer, born 1937), English footballer
- John Butler (footballer, born 1962), English footballer
- John Butler (footballer, born 1969), Scottish footballer
Other sports
- John Butler (cricketer), English cricketer
- John Butler (athlete), British Olympic athlete
- John Butler (baseball), catcher in Major League Baseball from 1901 to 1907
- John Butler Jr., American basketball player
- Johnny Butler, baseball player
- John Butler (rugby league), English rugby league footballer
- John Butler (jockey), rider in the 1847 Grand National steeplechase
Other fields
- John Butler (architect), British architect
- John O. Butler, American dentist and periodontist
- John M. Butler (scientist), expert on forensic DNA typing
- John Alfred Valentine Butler, English physical chemist
- John Dixon Butler, British architect
- John Butler (actor), actor in The Yellow Cab Man
- John S. Butler, founding member of the American Psychiatric Association