John Mitchell

John Mitchell or Mitchel may refer to:

Arts

• John Mitchell, American jazz banjoist who has worked with Johnny Dunn
• John Mitchell, Canadian ice dancer in the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships
• John Mitchell (minister) (1794–1870), American minister and author
• John Mitchell (musician) (born 1973), lead singer and guitarist for UK band It Bites, and music producer
• John Ames Mitchell (1844–1918), American illustrator
• John Cameron Mitchell (born 1963), American filmmaker
• John Campbell Mitchell (1861–1922), Scottish landscape artist
• John Grant Mitchell (actor) (1874–1957), American character actor in the 1930s and 1940s
• John Hanson Mitchell (born 1940), American author
• John Mitch Mitchell (1946–2008), English musician
• John R. Mitchell (poet) (1940–2006), poet and a professor of English
• John W. Mitchell (1917–2005), British sound engineer
• John Wendell Mitchell (1880–1951), Canadian author

Business

• John Mitchell Jr. (1863–1929), editor of the Richmond Planet, a newspaper in Richmond, Virginia's Jackson Ward community
• John Mitchell (United Mine Workers) (1870–1919), president of the United Mine Workers
• John Francis Mitchell (1928–2009), vice chairman, Motorola; inventor of the mobile cell phone
• John G. Mitchell (editor) (died 2007), American editor of National Geographic magazine
• John J. Mitchell (banker) (1853–1927), Chicago-based banker, president of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
• Jack Mitchell (banker) (1897–1985), American banker, co-founder of United Airlines
• John Mitchell (merchant) (1786–1881), Glasgow cork merchant and ship owner.

Military

• John Mitchell (born 1785), British Army officer and author
• John Mitchell (Medal of Honor), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, see Company I, 5th US Infantry
• John Mitchell (RAF officer) (1888–1964), RAF officer
• John G. Mitchell (general) (1838–1894), American Civil War general
• John J. Mitchell (Medal of Honor) (1846–1898), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient, see Company L, 8th US Cavalry
• John K. Mitchell (1811–1889), Confederate Navy commander during the American Civil War, see
• John Lewis Mitchell (1918–2016), RAF Air Commodore
• John R. C. Mitchell, United States naval aviator, see June 1955
• John W. Mitchell (United States Air Force) (1915–1995), US Air Force officer, flying ace and the leader of Operation Vengeance
• John Wesley Mitchell (1891–1969), Australian soldier
• John Merrill (Medal of Honor) (1846–1883), American Indian Wars soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Politics

Canada

• John F. Mitchell (1862–1943), Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (1907–10), alderman and acting mayor (1900) of Winnipeg, Manitoba
• John William Mitchell (1872–1952), mayor (1911–13) and alderman (1905–11, 1915) of Calgary, Alberta
• John Henry Mitchell, Canadian politician, Liberal-Progressive member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1926–29)
• John Mitchell (Ontario politician), first president and de facto leader of the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1934–1941), alderman of Hamilton, Ontario

United Kingdom

• John Mitchell (MP for City of London) (d. 1445), a member of the medieval Parliament of England (numerous parliaments between 1411 and 1435)
• John Mitchell (MP for Truro), a member of the Tudor period Parliament of England (the Parliament of 1563–1567)
• John Mitchell (Hull politician) (c. 1781–1859), Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Hull (1818–26)
• John Mitchel (1815–1875), Irish nationalist journalist and politician, Member of Parliament for County Tipperary (1875)
• John Thomas Whitehead Mitchell (1828–1895), British co-operative activist who served as president of the 1879 and 1892 Co-operative Congress

United States

• John Mitchell (Pennsylvania politician) (1781–1849), United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• John Mitchell (United Mine Workers) (1870–1919), labor leader
• John Mitchell Jr. (politician) or "Larry" (born 1954), American politician and member of the Delaware House of Representatives
• John H. Mitchell (1835–1905), American politician and senator from Oregon
• John H. Mitchell (Iowa politician) (1899–1992), Iowa state representative and attorney general
• John I. Mitchell (1838–1907), United States Senator from Pennsylvania
• John Joseph Mitchell (1873–1925), United States Representative from Massachusetts
• John L. Mitchell (1842–1904), American politician from Wisconsin and father of Gen. Billy Mitchell
• John M. Mitchell (1858–1905), United States Representative from New York
• John N. Mitchell (1913–1988), United States Attorney General and Nixon Watergate conspirator
• John Purroy Mitchel (1879–1918), mayor of New York
• John Ridley Mitchell (1877–1962), United States Representative from Tennessee

Other countries

• John Mitchell (Australian politician) (1869–1943), member of the Victorian Parliament
• John Walker Mitchell (1832–1914), Scottish-born New Zealand politician

Science

• John Mitchell (geographer) (1711–1768), colonial American physician, botanist, and geographer
• John Kearsley Mitchell (1798–1858), American physician
• John Mitchell (physicist) (1913–2007), New Zealand born physicist
• J. Murray Mitchell (1928–1990), American climatologist
• John F. B. Mitchell (born 1948), British climatologist/climate modeller
• John C. Mitchell, computer scientist
• John Mitchell (chemist), American chemist and materials scientist

Sports

Baseball

• John Mitchell (outfielder) (1937–2020), Negro league outfielder
• John Mitchell (pitcher) (born 1965), Major League Baseball pitcher, 1986–1990
• Johnny Mitchell (baseball) (1894–1965), baseball shortstop, 1921–1925

Ice hockey

• John Mitchell (ice hockey, born 1895) (1895–1957), Canadian ice hockey player with the Regina Capitals and Duluth Hornets
• John Mitchell (ice hockey, born 1985), National Hockey League player with the Colorado Avalanche

Other sports

• John Mitchell (administrator), president of the Melbourne Football Club and the Melbourne Cricket Club
• John Mitchell (American football) (born 1951), American football player and coach
• John Mitchell (Australian footballer) (1891–1962), Australian rules footballer
• John Mitchell (cricketer) (born 1947), New Zealand cricketer
• John Mitchell (footballer, born 1800s) (fl. 1879–1891), footballer for Doncaster Rovers, Newton Heath and Bolton Wanderers
• John Mitchell (footballer, born 1952), English footballer
• John Mitchell (hurler) (born 1946), Irish retired hurler and manager
• John Mitchell (rugby union) (born 1964), rugby player and coach
• John T. Mitchell (1854–1914), whist and bridge player
• Johnny Mitchell (born 1971), American football tight end

Others

• John Mitchell (historian) (1941–2021), New Zealand historian
• John Murray Mitchell (missionary) (1815–1904), Scottish missionary and orientalist
• John Mitchell (Being Human), a character in the television series Being Human
• John Matthew Mitchell (1925–2019), Assistant Director-General, British Council

See also

• Jon Mitchell (disambiguation)
• John Michel (disambiguation)
• John Michell (disambiguation)
• John Mitchels (disambiguation)
• Jack Mitchell (disambiguation)
• Jackie Mitchell (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Mitchell (disambiguation)
• Joni Mitchell (born 1943), Canadian singer-songwriter and artist