John Savage

John Savage may refer to:

  • John Savage (died 1491), Knight of the Garter
  • John Savage, a conspirator in the 1568 Babington Plot to execute Elizabeth I of England
  • John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers (c.1603-1654)
  • John Savage (engraver) (fl. 1690–1700), printseller in London
  • John Savage (surveyor), 18th century surveyor for Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
  • John Savage (Congressman), member of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth United States Congress in 1815/16 and 1817/18
  • John Houston Savage (1815–1904), member of the United States Congress from Tennessee during the 1850s
  • John S. Savage (1841–1884), member of the Forty-fourth United States Congress in 1875/76 from Ohio
  • John L. Savage (1879-1967), American civil engineer and United States Bureau of Reclamation design chief
  • John Alfred Savage, English footballer who played for Italian club Juventus in the 1900s
  • Jack Savage (footballer) (1929–) English goalkeeper who played for Hull City, Halifax Town, Manchester City, Walsall and Wigan Athletic
  • John Savage (politician) (1932-2003), doctor and Premier of Nova Scotia
  • John E. Savage, computer scientist and Brown University professor
  • John Savage (actor) (1949–), actor
  • Jack Savage (1964–), baseball player
  • John Savage (baseball) (1965–), baseball head coach
Places
  • John F. Savage Hall, the basketball arena for the University of Toledo
In fiction
  • John the Savage, a character in the novel Brave New World

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