John Chambers
# John Chambers

John Chambers may refer to:

## Academics

* John Chambers (scientist), one of two scientists who formulated the Planet V theory in 2002
* John Chambers (statistician), creator of the S programming language and core member of the R programming language project
* John Chambers (topographer) (1780–1839), English antiquarian

## Artists

* John Chambers (artist) (1852–1928), British landscape, seascape and portrait painter
* John Chambers (make-up artist) (1922–2001), American make-up artist, won a special Oscar for his work on Planet of the Apes

## Businessmen

* John Chambers (Australian pastoralist) (c. 1815–1889), Australian pioneer, brother of James Chambers (pastoralist)
* John Chambers (pastoralist) (1819–1893), New Zealand pastoralist, community leader and businessman
* John Chambers (businessman) (c. 1839–1903), New Zealand businessman
* John T. Chambers (born 1949), American businessman and former CEO of Cisco Systems

## Clergy

* John Chambre (1470–1549), also Chambers, English churchman, academic and physician
* John Chambers (bishop) (died 1556), last abbot of Peterborough abbey and, after the dissolution, the first bishop of Peterborough
* John David Chambers (1805–1893), English legal and liturgical writer

## Politicians

* John Chambers (politician) (1780–1852), American politician, governor of Iowa Territory in 1841–1845
* John G. Chambers (Delaware politician), member of the 67th Delaware General Assembly
* John Green Chambers (1798–1884), American politician from Texas
* John M. Chambers (politician) (1845–1916), Irish-American businessman and politician from New York
* John Chambers Hughes (1891–1971), United States diplomat
* John Thomas Chambers Jr. (1928–2011), American politician from Maryland

## Sportsmen

* John Chambers (Australian cricketer) (1930–2017), Australian cricketer
* John Chambers (English cricketer) (born 1971), English cricketer
* John Chambers (footballer) (born 1949), English footballer
* Johnnie Chambers (1911-1977), American baseball player
* John Graham Chambers (1843–1883), codified the "Marquess of Queensberry rules", upon which modern day boxing is based

## Others

* John B. Chambers (born 1956), evaluator of sovereign debt for Standard & Poor's
* John Chambers (writer), American television soap opera writer

## Fictional characters

* Johnny Quick, a DC Comics character whose real name was Johnny Chambers
* Joanna "Johnny" Chambers, one of the two main characters in the 2020 novel Beneath the Rising
