Johnny

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Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but since the 16th century, it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for both males and females.

Variant forms of Johnny include: Johnnie, Johnney, Johnni, Johni and Johny .^[1] The masculine Johnny can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as Seonaidh.^[2]

Johnny or Johnnie may refer to:

People

• Johnny Aba, 1970s/80s Papua New Guinean professional boxer
• Johnny Abarrientos, Filipino professional basketball player
• Johnny Abbes García (1924-?), chief of the government intelligence office of the Dominican Republic
• Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician
• Johnny Abrego, former Major League Baseballer
• Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer
• Johnny Ace Palmer, award-winning American close-up magician
• John Laurinaitis, also known as Johnny Ace, American wrestler and producer
• Johnny Adair (born 1963), loyalist paramilitary leader in Northern Ireland
• John Adriano Acea (1917–1963), American jazz pianist
• Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman
• Johnny Archer, American pool player
• Johnny Bench, American baseball player
• Johnny Yong Bosch, actor and martial artist
• Johnny Boychuk, Canadian ice hockey player
• Johnny Bristol (1939–2004), American musician
• Johnny Burke (lyricist), American lyricist
• Johnnie Carr (1911-2008), American civil rights leader
• Johnny Carson, American talk show host
• Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter and actor
• Johnny Chakravarthy, Indian actor
• Johnnie Cochran (1937-2005), American lawyer known for defending O. J. Simpson at his murder trial
• Johnny Cochrane, Scottish football manager
• Johnny Cook (Canadian football), American football player
• Johnny Crawford, American actor, singer and musician
• Johnny Davis, American kickboxer
• Johnny Depp, American actor, film producer, and musician
• Johnny Galecki, American actor
• Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player
• Johnny Gilbert, American TV personality
• Johnny Gioeli, American singer-songwriter
• Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
• Johnny Huggins (born 1976), American football player
• Johnnie Bryan Hunt (1927-2006), American entrepreneur in the trucking industry
• Johnnie Johnson (disambiguation)
• Johnny Johnson (disambiguation)
• Johnny Karras, American football player
• Johnny Kemp (1959-2015), Bahamian musician
• Johnny Knoxville, American actor, daredevil, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
• Johnny Lee (actor), American actor
• Johnny Lee (singer), American country music singer
• Johnnie Lewis (1946–2015), Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia
• Johnny Lewis, American actor
• Johnny Lozada, Puerto Rican singer, show host and actor
• Johnnie Mae Young, full name of professional wrestler Mae Young
• Johnny Mathis, American singer
• Johnny Manziel, American football player
• Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter and singer
• Johnny Moeller, American guitarist
• Johnny Moyal (born 1965), Israeli Olympic gymnast
• Johnny Patterson (racing driver), NASCAR driver
• Johnny Peacock, American baseball player
• Johnny Peacock (American football), American football player
• Johnny Rivers, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
• Johnny Roeg (1910–2003), Dutch footballer, striker for Ajax
• Johnny Rotten, British lead singer of the Punk Rock band the Sex Pistols
• Johnny Seo, member of the K-pop group NCT
• Johnny Sequoyah, American child actress
• Johnny Simmons, American actor
• Johnny Sims, American football player
• Johnny Townsend (American football), American football player
• Johnnie Walker (disambiguation), also includes Johnny and Jonny Walkers
• Johnny Winter, American blues guitarist, singer, and record producer
• Johnny Whitaker, American actor
• Johnny Whitworth, American actor
• Johnnie Wright (1914-2011), American country music singer and songwriter, half of the duo Johnnie & Jack

Fictional characters

• Johnny, the lead character in the film The Room
• Johnny 5, the robot star of the Short Circuit films
• Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), alternate identity of Ghost Rider, a comic book character
• The title character of Johnny Bravo, an American cartoon series
• Johnny C., the title character of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, a comic book by Jhonen Vasquez
• Johnny Cade, character in S. E. Hinton's 1967 novel The Outsiders and the 1983 film of the same name
• Johnny Cage, from the Mortal Kombat videogame series
• Johnny Castle, a lead character in the film Dirty Dancing
• Johnny Connor, a character in the British TV series Coronation Street
• Johnny Crawfish, a character from the PBS Kids series Noddy.
• Johnny Crowder, a character in the American television show Justified
• The title character of the films Johnny English (2003) and Johnny English Reborn (2011), played by Rowan Atkinson
• Johnny Fiama, a character on The Muppet Show
• Johnny Joestar, the lead character of Hirohiko Araki's manga series Steel Ball Run
• Johnny Mnemonic, the title character of a book by William Gibson and of the film based on the book
• "Johnny" Storm, the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four
• The title character of Johnny Test, an American cartoon series
• Johnny Utah, lead character in Point Break

Other uses

• Onion Johnnies are Breton farmers and agricultural labourers who sell onions in Great Britain.

References

See also

• Alternate forms for the name John
• Jonnie
• Jonny
• Jhonny (disambiguation)
• Seonaidh, a water spirit on Lewis, Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK