Honest John
# Honest John

Honest John may refer to:

## Politicians

### United Kingdom

* John Battersby, councillor in Glasgow and trade union leader
* John Bowen (alderman), High Sheriff of Worcestershire
* John Fielden, British politician
* Mad Jack Fuller, British politician who preferred to be known as "Honest John" Fuller
* John Lilburne (1614 – 1657), English Leveller during the English Civil Wars

### United States

* John Davis (Massachusetts governor)
* John H. Farley, Mayor of Cleveland
* John Hart (New Jersey politician)
* John Hunn (governor), Governor of Delaware
* John Kelly (New York politician), Tammany Hall politician
* John Letcher, Governor of Virginia
* John Moore (Illinois), Lieutenant-Governor of Illinois
* John J. Patterson (1830–1912) United States senator from South Carolina
* John Holbrook Powers, Nebraska politician
* John F. Shafroth, Governor of Colorado
* John Sparks (Nevada politician)
* John Walsh (Dakota politician)
* John Whiteaker, Governor of Oregon
* John J. Williams (senator)

### Elsewhere

* John Martin (Young Irelander), Irish politician
* John Tonkin, Australian politician
* John White (New Zealand politician)

## Athletes

* John Anderson (outfielder), baseball player
* John Barham Day, jockey
* John Clapp (baseball), baseball player
* John Eubank, baseball player
* John Gaffney, baseball umpire
* John Kelly, baseball player nicknamed "Kick Kelly" and "Honest John"
* John McCloskey (baseball manager)
* John McKenna, rugby player
* John Morrill, baseball player
* John A. Warren, football player
* John Katan, wrestler

## Fictional characters

* "Honest John" Worthington Foulfellow, a character in Disney's 1940 film Pinocchio
* a character in the 1986 An American Tail
* a character in Marvel Comics' S-Men
* a character in Belle of the Yukon
* the protagonist of an 1875 novel by John William De Forest

## Other uses

* Honest John Plain, guitarist with The Boys
* the MGR-1 Honest John, a nuclear-capable missile
* John Philip Wood, Scots historian
* John Brown Russwurm, abolitionist
* John Crocker, officer in the British Army
* John Roberts, 18th-century Irish architect
* John Stephenson (coachbuilder)
* a 1959 single produced by Felton Jarvis
* Honest Jon's, a record store
* "Honest John", a type of open bar where patrons serve themselves and leave payment in a jar or drawer, on the honor system.
