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 ("settlement" in Middle English; tun in Old English), 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.

17th century

James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (1602-1653)

James Johnstone, 2nd Marquess of Annandale (c1687-1730)

Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet (1697-1772), Scottish baronet and politician

Dr. John Johnstone (1661-1732), 32nd Mayor of New York City

William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale (1664-1721), Scottish nobleman

Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet (1600s-1727), Scottish baronet and politician

18th century

Charles Johnstone (c. 1719–1800), Irish novelist

Chevalier de Johnstone (1719 – c. 1800), army officer

Edward Huggins Johnstone (1791-1850), Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

George Johnstone, 3rd Marquess of Annandale (1720-1792)

George Johnstone (1730–1787), British naval officer and Member of Parliament

George Johnstone (1764–1813), British politician

Sir James Johnstone, 4th Baronet (1726–1794)

James Johnstone (c. 1759 – 1823) British naval officer, acting lieutenant during George Vancouver’s 1791-95 expedition

John Johnstone (1734-1795), Scottish nabob

Thomas Johnstone (1772–1839), sailor, smuggler and saboteur

William Johnstone (1729–1805), Scottish advocate, landowner and politician

19th century

Sir Alan Johnstone (1858–1932), British diplomat

Banner Johnstone (1882-1964), British rower

Edward Grahame Johnstone (1899-1946), British World War I flying ace

Harcourt Johnstone (1895–1945), British Liberal Party politician

Henry James Johnstone (1835–1907), British portrait photographer and landscape painter in Australia

James Johnstone (1801–1888), Scottish Liberal Party politician

John Johnstone (1869-1953), Scottish footballer

Joseph Johnstone (1860-1931), Scottish Liberal politician

Justine Johnstone (1895–1982), American actress and pathologist

Lamar Johnstone (1885–1919), American actor and director

Ralph Johnstone (1886–1910), American aviator who died in an aircrash

William Johnstone (VC) (1823–1857), British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross

20th century

Alex Johnstone (1961-2016), politician

Alison Johnstone (1965-), Scottish politician

Arthur H. Johnstone

Anne Grahame Johnstone (1928-1998), illustrator

Anthony "Tony" Johnstone (1956-), Zimbabwean professional golfer

Archibald Johnstone (born 1924), Canadian businessman and retired Senator

Billy Johnstone, Australian rugby player

Bobby Johnstone (1929–2001), Scottish football player

Brad Johnstone (1950-), New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

Bruce Johnstone (racing driver) (born 1937), South African Formula One race car driver

Campbell Johnstone (born 1980), All Black, New Zealand Rugby Player

Chris Johnstone (1960-)

Colin Johnstone, (1921-1991) New Zealander rower

Davey Johnstone (born 1951), rock guitarist and vocalist

Derek Johnstone (born 1953), Scottish former professional footballer

Diana Johnstone (1934-), American political writer

Dougie Johnstone (1969-), Scottish footballer

Ed Johnstone (born 1954), Canadian ice hockey player

Edward Huggins Johnstone (born 1922), American federal judge

Eve Johnstone, (born 1944) Scottish Head of the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh

Frederick Johnston (disambiguation)

Frances Johnstone (born 1995), Canadian snuggle princess

Gavin Wildridge Johnstone (1941–1987), Australian ornithologist

Graeme Johnstone, Australian state coroner for Victoria

Harry Johnstone, English footballer

James Johnstone (disambiguation)

Janet Johnstone (1928-1979), illustrator

Jay Johnstone (born 1946), former Major League Baseball player

John Johnstone (baseball) (born 1968), former Major League Baseball player

Jude Johnstone, American singer-songwriter

Keith Johnstone (born 1933), American drama instructor

Lance Johnstone (born 1973), American football player

Lew Johnstone (1916–1983), Australian politician

Mandy Johnstone (1972-), Australian politician

Marty Johnstone (1951-1979)

Nathan Johnstone (1990-), Australian snowboarder

Parker Johnstone (born 1961), American race car driver

Paul Neil Milne Johnstone (1952-2004), British poet

Peter Johnstone (1922-1977), New Zealand rugby player

Peter Johnstone (1944-), former governor of Anguilla)

Peter Tennant Johnstone (1948-), British mathematician

Peter Johnstone (1961-), Scottish darts player

Phil Johnstone, songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist and record producer

Rodney Johnstone (1937-), USA Sailing Hall of Fame yacht designer and sailor

Samuel Luke "Sam" Johnstone (born 1993), English goalkeeper for Manchester United

Sandy Johnstone (1916–2000), British Air Marshal

Travis Johnstone (1980-), Australian rules footballer

William W. Johnstone (1938–2004), 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 (1892–1917), Canadian World War I soldier

William Johnstone Ritchie (1813 – 92), Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court

George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911), Irish physicist; introduced the term "electron"

Fictional people with the surname

Paul Johstone, alter-ego of the anti-hero Shadowhawk