Johnstone (surname)

Etymology

1. The habitational surname Johnstone / Johnston is in most cases derived from the name of Johnstone located in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. This surname is derived from the genitive case of the given name John and tone or toun, literally meaning "John's town". There are several similar place names in Scotland, including the city of Perth, which was once known as St. John's Toun. This and other similarly named locations may also be sources for the habitational surnames Johnstone / Johnston.

   List of persons with the surname

17th century

• James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell
• James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale
• Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet, Scottish baronet and politician
• Dr. John Johnstone, 32nd Mayor of New York City
• William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale, Scottish nobleman
• Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet, Scottish baronet and politician

  18th century

• Charles Johnstone, Irish novelist
• Chevalier de Johnstone, army officer
• Edward Huggins Johnstone, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
• George Johnstone, 3rd Marquess of Annandale
• George Johnstone, British naval officer and Member of Parliament
• George Johnstone, British politician
• Sir James Johnstone, 4th Baronet
• James Johnstone British naval officer, acting lieutenant during George Vancouver’s 1791–95 expedition
• John Johnstone, Scottish nabob
• Thomas Johnstone, sailor, smuggler and saboteur
• William Johnstone, Scottish advocate, landowner and politician

  19th century

• Sir Alan Johnstone, British diplomat
• Banner Johnstone, British rower
• Barbara Elizabeth Johnstone, English burlesque performer and opera bouffe soprano
• Edward Grahame Johnstone, British World War I flying ace
• Harcourt Johnstone, British Liberal Party politician
• Henry James Johnstone, British portrait photographer and landscape painter in Australia
• James Johnstone, Scottish Liberal Party politician
• John Johnstone, Scottish footballer
• Joseph Johnstone, Scottish Liberal politician
• Justine Johnstone, American actress and pathologist
• Lamar Johnstone, American actor and director
• Ralph Johnstone, American aviator who died in an air crash
• Susan Johnstone , British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross

  20th century

• Alex Johnstone, Scottish politician
• Alison Johnstone, Scottish politician
• Arthur H. Johnstone, South African scouting official
• Anne Grahame Johnstone, illustrator
• Anthony "Tony" Johnstone, Zimbabwean professional golfer
• Archibald Johnstone, Canadian businessman and retired Senator
• Billy Johnstone, Australian rugby player
• Bobby Johnstone, Scottish football player
• Brad Johnstone, New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach
• Bruce Johnstone , South African Formula One race car driver
• Campbell Johnstone, All Black, New Zealand Rugby Player
• Chris Johnstone
• Colin Johnstone, New Zealander rower
• Davey Johnstone, rock guitarist and vocalist
• Derek Johnstone, Scottish former professional footballer
• Diana Johnstone, American political writer
• Dougie Johnstone, Scottish footballer
• Ed Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player
• Edward Huggins Johnstone, American federal judge
• Eve Johnstone, Scottish Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh
• Frederick Johnston
• Gavin Wildridge Johnstone, Australian ornithologist
• Graeme Johnstone, Australian state coroner for Victoria
• Gwyneth Johnstone, English landscape painter
• Harry Johnstone, English footballer
• James Johnstone
• Janet Johnstone, illustrator
• Jay Johnstone, former Major League Baseball player
• John Johnstone , former Major League Baseball player
• Jude Johnstone, American singer-songwriter
• Keith Johnstone, American drama instructor
• Lance Johnstone, American football player
• Lew Johnstone, Australian politician
• Mandy Johnstone, Australian politician
• Marty Johnstone, New Zealand drug trafficker
• Nathan Johnstone, Australian snowboarder
• Parker Johnstone, American race car driver
• Paul Neil Milne Johnstone, British poet
• Peter Johnstone, New Zealand rugby player
• Peter Johnstone
• Peter Tennant Johnstone, British mathematician
• Peter Johnstone, Scottish darts player
• Phil Johnstone, songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist and record producer
• Samuel Luke "Sam" Johnstone, English goalkeeper for Manchester United
• Sandy Johnstone, British Air Marshal
• Travis Johnstone, Australian rules footballer
• Tyler Johnstone, American football player
• William Johnstone, American actor
• William W. Johnstone, American author of novels about the Old West

  Scottish clan

• Clan Johnstone, a Scottish clan, whose chief has the noble title Earl of Annandale and Hartfell

  People with a variant form of the surname

• William Johnstone Milne, Canadian World War I soldier
• William Johnstone Ritchie, Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court
• George Johnstone Stoney, Irish physicist; introduced the term "electron"

  Fictional people with the surname

• Paul Johnstone, alter-ego of the anti-hero Shadowhawk