Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Television:
1 character, 1 villain
John McKay (a.k.a. Johnny) 1987 Tour of Duty 
Johnny Morgan 2011 American Horror Story
Hall-of-Famers:
3 baseball, 3 football, 2 ice hockey
(baseball) Johnny Evers 1946
(football) Johnny "Blood" McNally 1963
(ice hockey) Johnny Bower 1976
(football) Johnny Unitas 1979
(baseball) Johnny Mize 1981
(ice hockey) Johnny Bucyk 1981
(baseball) Johnny Bench 1989
(football) Johnny Robinson 2019
Most Valuable Players:
2 winners
Johnny Unitas 1964; 1967 football
Johnny Bench 1970; 1972 baseball
Notable Actors and Actresses:
9 actors, 1 comedian
Chief John Big Tree (a.k.a. Johnny) 1877-1967
Johnny Weissmuller 1904-1984
Johnny Carson 1925-2005
Johnny Kraaijkamp Jr. 1954-
Johnny Depp 1963-
Johnny Knoxville 1971-
Johnny Galecki 1975-
Johnny Whitworth 1975-
Johnny de Mol 1979-
Johnny Lewis 1983-2012
Notable Athletes:
4 baseball, 4 football, 2 ice hockey, 2 soccer, 1 rugby, 1 swimming
(baseball) Johnny Evers 1881-1947
(football) Johnny "Blood" McNally 1903-1985
(swimming) Johnny Weissmuller 1904-1984
(baseball) Johnny Mize 1913-1993
(ice hockey) Johnny Bower 1924-2017
(football) Johnny Unitas 1933-2002
(baseball) Johnny Romano 1934-2019
(ice hockey) Johnny Bucyk 1935-
(football) Johnny Robinson 1938-
(baseball) Johnny Bench 1947-
(soccer) Johnny Rep 1951-
(soccer) Johnny Herrera 1981-
(rugby) Johnny Leota 1984-
(football) Joplo Bartu (a.k.a. Johnny) 1989-
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
2 television
(television) Johnny Carson 1925-2005
(television) Johnny de Mol 1979-
Notable Musicians:
3 musicians, 3 singers, 1 composer
Johnny Mandel 1925-2020 pop, jazz
Johnny Cash 1932-2003 country
Johnny Nash 1940-2020 pop, reggae
Johnny Hallyday 1943-2017 rock
John Mellencamp (a.k.a. Johnny) 1951- rock
Johnny Logan 1954- pop
John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny) 1956- rock
Olympic Medalists:
1 bronze, 1 bronze/gold, 1 gold, 1 silver
(gold) Johnny Hayes 1908 marathon
(bronze/gold) Johnny Weissmuller 1924; 1928 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay; water polo; swimming - 100 m freestyle
(bronze) Johnny Gray Jr. 1992 800 m
(silver) Johnny Oduya 2014 ice hockey
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
8 musicians
Johnny Moore 1988 The Drifters
Johnny Cash 1992
Johnny Graham 2000 Earth, Wind & Fire
Johnny Carter 2001; 2004 The Flamingos; The Dells
Johnny Ramone 2002 The Ramones
Johnny Funches 2004 The Dells
John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny) 2006 The Sex Pistols
John Mellencamp (a.k.a. Johnny) 2008
Title Characters:
28 songs, 4 books, 3 musicals, 2 films
(song) Johnny 1862 When Johnny Comes Marching Home
(book) Johnny 1904 Frankie And Johnny
(musical) Johnny Jones 1904 Little Johnny Jones
(song) Johnny 1919 Johnny's In Town
(musical) Johnny Johnson 1936 Johnny Johnson
(book) Johnny 1939 Johnny Got His Gun
(book) Johnny Tremain 1943 Johnny Tremain
(song) Johnny B. Goode 1958 Johnny B. Goode
(song) Johnny 1960 Bye Bye Johnny
(song) Johnny 1961 Johnny Remember Me
(song) Johnny 1962 Johnny Angel
(song) Johnny 1962 Johnny Get Angry
(song) Johnny 1963 Johnny Cool
(book) Johnny 1977 Johnny Texas
(song) Johnny 1980 Johnny Hit and Run Pauline
(song) Johnny 1980 Johnny Bye Bye
(song) Johnny 1980 Johnny Cool
(song) Johnny 1981 Johnny's Gonna Die
(song) Johnny 1982 Be Good Johnny
(song) Johnny 1982 Johnny Can't Read
(song) Johnny 1985 Johnny Come Home
(song) Johnny 1986 Who's Johnny
(song) Johnny 1989 Johnny, Kick A Hole In The Sky
(film) Johnny Handsome 1989 Johnny Handsome
(film) Johnny 1991 Frankie and Johnny
(musical) Johnny Pye 1993 Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer
(song) Johnny 1995 Angry Johnny
(song) Johnny Park 1997 Hey, Johnny Park!
(song) Johnny 2005 Johnny Met June
(song) Johnny 2005 Johnny
(song) Johnny Cash 2007 Johnny Cash
(song) Johnny 2008 Johnny & June
(song) Johnny 2009 Johnny Guitar
(song) Johnny 2009 Johnny Magic
(song) Johnny 2011 Can't Keep Johnny Down
(song) Johnny 2013 Johnny Bagga' Donuts
(song) Johnny 2014 Prince Johnny