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:

Common combinations with the surname "Johnson"

Notable individuals with surname Johnson Arts, music, and letters 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 (–?), 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

Politics, law, and government 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 Birdie Robertson Johnson (1868–1926), American political activist 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 Grove L. Johnson (1841-1926), U.S representative from California and father of Hiram Johnson Helen Kendrick Johnson (1844–1917), American writer, poet, and activist Henrietta R. Johnson (1914–1997), American state legislator and nurse Hiram Johnson (1866-1945), U.S. Senator from California 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 Walter R. Johnson (1897–1974), American politician from Nebraska 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

Sciences and medicine 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

Sports 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