John Webster (disambiguation)

John Webster (c. 1580–c. 1634) was an English dramatist and contemporary of William Shakespeare.

John Webster or Jack Webster is also the name of:

Politics

• John Webster (governor) (1590–1661), Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
• John Webster (MP) (1810–1891), Member of Parliament for Aberdeen
• John Webster (Canadian politician) (1856–1928), Member of Parliament and Senator
• J. Stanley Webster (1877–1962), American politician and judge, U.S. Representative from Washington
• John M. Webster (1877–1963), American mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts

Sports

• Chick Webster (John Robert Webster, 1920–2018), ice hockey player
• Jack Webster (cricketer) (1917–1997), English cricketer
• John Webster (footballer) (fl. 1889–1898), English footballer
• John Ray Webster (born 1942), American checkers player

Other people

• John Webster (minister) (1610–1682), English clergyman and controversial writer
• John Webster (mycologist) (1925–2014), English mycologist and professor at University of Exeter
• John Webster (orator) (1913–2008), aka Mohammed Jonn Webster, Anglo/Australian speaker and soap box activist
• John White Webster (1793–1850), Harvard University professor convicted of killing colleague George Parkman
• John Webster (engineer) (1845–1914), English civil engineer and bridge designer
• John Webster (doctor) (born 1936), pioneer in the field of IVF, obstetrician and gynaecologist
• John P. Webster, Canadian Bank Executive and Senior Liberal Party Adviser
• John Clarence Webster (1863–1950), Canadian physician and historian
• John Dodsley Webster (1840–1913), English architect
• John Webster (Royal Navy officer) (1932–2020), British admiral
• John Webster (musician) (born 1957), Canadian musician, engineer and producer who primarily plays keyboards
• John Webster (organist) (1914–1974), English classical organist and professor
• John G. Webster, pioneer of the field of biomedical engineering
• John Adams Webster (1789–1877), U.S. Navy officer
• Jack Webster (Scottish journalist) (John Barron Webster, 1931–2020)
• Jack Webster (Scottish-Canadian journalist) (John Edgar Webster, 1918–1999)
• Jack Webster (police officer) (1923–2002), police officer, administrator and police historian in Toronto, Canada
• John Webster (theologian) (1955–2016), British Anglican systematic theologian
• John D. Webster (died 1887), state legislator, government official, and lawyer in Mississippi

Fictional characters

• John Webster (The Inbetweeners)

See also

• Jack Webster (disambiguation)