Academics, Arts and Literature
- John Harris (writer) (c. 1666–1719), writer, lexicographer
- John Harris (spinet maker) (died 1772), Boston maker of spinets and harpsichords
- John Harris (college head) (1802–1856), Congregational minister and college head
- John Harris (poet) (1820–1884), Cornish poet
- John Harris (novelist) (1916–1991), British author
- John Harris (curator) (born 1931), English author, architectural historian
- John Harris (bioethicist) (born 1945), professor of bioethics and Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation
- John Harris (artist) (born 1948), artist and illustrator
- John Harris (author) (born 1949), author of Numerican Nation: A Self Portrait
- John Harris (physicist) (born 1950), physics professor at Yale University
- John Harris (critic) (born 1969), music and politics journalist
- John F. Harris, author and writer for Politico.com
- John Howard Harris (1847–1925), president of Bucknell University, 1889–1919
- John Wyndham (John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, 1903–1969), English science fiction author who used several pen names derived from his full name
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