John Roberts (disambiguation)

John G. Roberts Jr. (born 1955) is the seventeenth Chief Justice of the United States.

John Roberts may also refer to:

Politicians and government officials

• General John Roberts (fl. 1604), MP for Chippenham
• John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (1606–1685), English politician and soldier during the English Civil War English and English Restoration
• John Roberts (Denbigh MP) (after 1672–1731), Member of Parliament for Denbigh, 1710–1713 & 1715–1722
• John S. Roberts (1796–1871), sheriff of Nachitoches, Louisiana, signer of Texas Declaration of Independence, participant in Battle of Nagodoches (1832) and Siege of Béxar (1835)
• John Roberts (Flint MP) (1835–1894), Welsh member of parliament
• John Roberts, 1st Baron Clwyd (1863–1955), Welsh Liberal politician, son of the above
• John Roberts (Canadian politician) (1933–2007), Canadian politician
• John Roberts (mayor) (1845–1934), mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand, 1889–90
• John Bryn Roberts (1843–1931), Welsh lawyer, judge and Liberal politician
• John Mackintosh Roberts (1840–1928), New Zealand soldier, resident magistrate and administrator
• John William Roberts (1885–1962), New Zealand clothing worker, trade unionist and political activist
• John McRoberts, former Northern Territory police commissioner

Academics

• John Milton Roberts (1916–1990), American anthropologist
• John D. Roberts (1918–2016), professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology
• John Roberts (historian) (1928–2003), Oxford historian and author
• Donald John Roberts (born 1945), or John Roberts, professor of economics at the Business School of Stanford University
• John Cole Roberts (born 1935), Welsh Geologist, Senior Lecturer at University of Ulster

Businessmen

• John Roberts (businessman) (1934–2006), founder of Australian construction firm Multiplex
• John Roberts (British businessman), founder of AO World
• John P. Roberts (1945–2001), producer who bankrolled the Woodstock Festival
• John S. Roberts, president of F. W. Woolworth Company

Military

• Bartholomew Roberts (1682–1722), born John Roberts, Welsh pirate
• John Hamilton Roberts (1881–1962), Canadian army officer
• John Q. Roberts (1914–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
• John W. Roberts (1921–1999), United States Air Force four-star general
• John Roberts (Royal Navy officer) (born 1924), British admiral

Television personalities

• John Roberts (actor) (born 1971), American actor and comedian
• John Roberts (journalist) (born 1956), Fox News national correspondent, former CNN television journalist and former Canadian music television host
• John Roberts (motorsport commentator) (born 1965), American television host

Music

• John Roberts (electronic musician), American electronic musician
• John Roberts (musician) (born c. 1940), English performer of English and North Atlantic folk music and dance
• John Roberts (born 1952), former drummer for the Shadows of Knight
• John Roberts, music educator for International Association for Jazz Education
• John Storm Roberts (1936–2009), British-born, U.S.-based ethnomusicologist, writer and record producer

Sportsmen

• John Roberts (Australian rules footballer) (born 1956), Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne/Sydney Swans and in South Australia
• John Roberts (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1956), Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne
• John Roberts Jr. (billiards player) (1847–1919), professional player of English billiards
• John Roberts (Shropshire cricketer) (born 1948), Shropshire cricketer
• John Roberts (Lancashire cricketer) (born 1933), former English cricketer
• John Roberts (Somerset cricketer) (born 1949), Somerset cricketer
• John Roberts (footballer, born 1857) (1857–?), Welsh (from Llangollen) international footballer
• John Roberts (footballer, born 1858) (1858–?), Welsh international footballer
• John Roberts (footballer, born 1885) (1885–?), English footballer who played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bristol Rovers
• John Roberts (footballer, born 1887) (1887–?), English-born footballer active in Italy for Milan and Modena
• John Roberts (footballer, born 1891) (1891–?), Scottish footballer
• John Roberts (footballer, born 1944), Australian international soccer player who played in The Football League in the 1960s and 70s
• John Roberts (footballer, born 1946) (1946–2016), Welsh international footballer who played for Wrexham and Arsenal
• John Roberts (hurler) (1895–1987), Irish hurler
• John Roberts (rower) (born 1953), British Olympic rower
• John Roberts (rugby player) (1906–1965), Welsh rugby player

Clergymen

• John Roberts (martyr) (c. 1576–1610), Welsh Benedictine monk
• John Roberts (Vicar of Tremeirchion) (1775–1829), Welsh Anglican priest and writer
• John Roberts (missionary) (1853–1949), Welsh Anglican priest, writer and missionary in Wyoming, USA
• John Roberts (Presbyterian) (1880–1959), Welsh Presbyterian Church of Wales minister and historian
• John Roberts (1822–1877), Welsh musician and Calvinistic Methodist minister with bardic name Ieuan Gwyllt

Others

• John Roberts (urban planner) (1929–1992), founder of TEST Transport & Environment Studies consultancy, London
• John Maddox Roberts (born 1947), American author
• John Roberts (writer) (born 1947), English journalist and author
• John Roberts, British film director of War of the Buttons
• John D. Roberts (1918–2016), chemist.
• John Martyn Roberts (1806–1878), British inventor
• John Marshall Roberts, American public speaker and communication strategist
• John Bingham Roberts (1852-1924), American doctor giving his name to Roberts syndrome

See also

• Jack Roberts (disambiguation)
• Jon Roberts (1948–2011), drug trafficker
• Jonathan Roberts (disambiguation)
• John Robarts (disambiguation)