Jonathan - People

People

• Jonathan (name), a given name
• Jonathan (1 Samuel), son of King Saul of Israel and friend of David, in the Books of Samuel
• Jonathan (Judges), figure in the Book of Judges
• Jonathan, minor Biblical figure, son of Abiathar the priest
• Jonathan, son of Shage the Hararite, one of King David's Warriors
• Jonathan Maccabaeus, Hasmonean High Priest, brother and successor of Judas Maccabeus
• Rabbi Jonathan, (2nd century)
• Jonathan, Count of Carinola (died 1094), Italian noble
• Jonathan of Dunblane (died c. 1210), Scottish churchman and prelate
• Jonathan of Gaeta (died 1121), Norman noble, Duke of Gaeta
• Jonathan of Tusculum (died before 1167), Italian noble, count of Tusculum
• Jonathan Trelawny (1568–1604), English politician
• Jonathan Brewster (1593–1659), early American settler
• Jonathan Rashleigh (1591–1675), English merchant and politician
• Jonathan Fairbanks (1594–1668), English colonist who migrated to New England
• Jonathan Edwards (academic) (1629–1712), theologian
• Jonathan Richardson (painter) (1665–1745), English artist, collector of drawings, writer on art
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer
• Jonathan Smedley (1671–1729), Anglo-Irish churchman, became Dean of Clogher in 1724
• Jonathan Wild (1683–1725), perhaps the most infamous criminal of London
• Jonathan ben Joseph (17th - 18th century), Lithuanian rabbi and astronomer
• Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American preacher and theologian
• Jonathan Odell (1737–1818), Loyalist poet who lived during the American Revolution
• Jonathan Edwards (the younger) (1745–1801), American theologian and linguist
• Jonathan Ingersoll (1747–1823), Connecticut politician
• Jonathan Osborne (1794–1864), Irish physician and surgeon
• Jonathan Carl Zenker (1799–1837), German naturalist
• Jonathan Browning (1805–1879), American inventor and gunmaker
• Jonathan-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (1808–1883), Belgian banker, businessman and philanthropist
• Jonathan Duncan Inverarity (1812–1882), civil servant of the Bombay Presidency
• Jonathan Russell Bullock (1815–1899), Rhode Island politician, United States federal judge
• Jonathan T. Updegraff (1822–1882), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Thomas Jonathan Burrill (1839–1916), American botanist, discovered bacterial causes for plant disease
• Jonathan Best (1840–1913), Australian politician
• Jonathan Backhouse (1849–1918), British banker
• Jonathan Zenneck (1871–1959), physicist and electrical engineer

Contemporary (20th century onwards)

• Jonathan Winters (born 1925), American comedian, actor, and artist
• Jonathan Guinness, 3rd Baron Moyne (born 1930), British peer and businessman
• Jonathan Demme (born 1944), American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter
• Jonathan Edwards (musician) (born 1946), American singer-songwriter and musician
• Jonathan Israel (born 1946), British writer on Dutch history, the Age of Enlightenment and European Jewry
• Jonathan Unger (born 1946), journalist and an expert on China
• Jonathan Pryce (born 1947), Welsh stage and film actor and singer
• Jonathan Valin (born 1947), American mystery author
• Jonathan Ott (born 1949), ethnobotanist, writer, translator, publisher, chemist and botanical researcher
• Jonathan Idema (1956–2012), former army reserve special operations non-commissioned officer
• Jonathan Owen (born 1956), film and theatre actor
• Goodluck Jonathan (born 1957), President of Nigeria
• Jonathan Orders (born 1957), English born former cricketer, played for Hong Kong
• Jonathan Veitch (born 1959), 15th president of Occidental College since July 2009
• Jonathan Ross (born 1960), English television and radio presenter
• Jonathan O'Dea MP (born 1966), Australian politician
• Jonathan Ive, KBE (born 1967), English designer, senior vice president of industrial design at Apple Inc
• Jonathan Olley (born 1967), British photographer
• Jonathan Zittrain (born 1969), American professor of Internet law at Harvard Law School
• Jonathan Magri Overend (born 1970), professional footballer
• Jonathan Oxer (born 1970), computer programmer, Debian developer, author, entrepreneur
• Jonathan Ke Quan (born 1971), American actor
• Jonathan Stark (born 1971), American professional tennis player
• Jonathan Davis (born 1971), lead vocalist and frontman for the metal band Korn
• Jonathan Valois (born 1971), politician from Quebec, Canada
• Jonathan Ohayon (born 1972), athlete from Canada, grandson of writer Joseph Liss
• Jonathan Vaughters (born 1973), American former professional racing cyclist
• Jonathan October (born 1974), South African-born Finnish cricketer
• Jonathan Ogden (born 1974), former American college and professional football player
• Jonathan Quinn (born 1975), former American football quarterback in the NFL
• Jonathan Edwards (British politician) (born 1976), Welsh Plaid Cymru politician
• Jonathan Uptin (born 1976), Australian journalist
• Jonathan Erlich (born 1977), Israeli Argentinian professional tennis player
• Jonathan Ollivier (born 1977), British danseur
• Jonathan O'Callaghan (born 1978), Irish sportsperson
• Jonathan Ordway (born 1978), Arena football defensive back
• Jonathan Zebina (born 1978), French footballer
• Jonathan Islas (born 1979), Mexican actor
• Jonathan Vandenbroeck (born 1981), Belgian singer-songwriter
• Jonathan Vitale (born 1981), American rugby union prop
• Jonathan Zaslow (born 1981), American sports radio show host in South Florida
• Jonathan Zion (ice hockey) (born 1981), professional ice hockey player
• Jonathan Vilma (born 1982), American football linebacker
• Jonathan Orr (born 1983), former American football wide receiver
• Jonathan Uyloan, (born 1983), Filipino professional basketball player
• Jonathan Vosselman (born 1984), professional football defender
• Jonathan Zenon (born 1984), American football cornerback
• Jonathan Zydko (born 1984), French footballer
• Jonathan Orozco (born 1986), Mexican footballer
• Jonathan Quick (born 1986), American professional ice hockey goaltender
• Jonathan Vila (born 1986), Spanish footballer
• Jonathan Zipf (born 1986), professional German triathlete
• Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy (born 1987), French professional tennis player
• Jonathan Quartey (born 1988), Ghanaian football player
• Jonathan Villanueva (born 1988), American soccer player
• Jonathan Viera (born 1989), Spanish professional footballer
• Joyce Jonathan (born 1989), French Musician Singer
• Jonathan Mensah (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
• Jonathan Obika (born 1990), English footballer
• Jonathan Opoku (born 1990), Dutch footballer
• Jonathan Urretaviscaya (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer of Basque descent
• Jonathan Moreira (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
• Jonathan Tweet, game designer
• Jonathan Fagerlund (born 1991), Swedish singer
• Jonathan da Silva Oliveira (born 1991), Portuguese footballer
• Jonathan Sundy Zongo (born 1992), Burkinabé footballer

Variants

• Natan Yonatan (1923–2004), Israeli poet
• Yehonathan Gatro (born 1977), also known as just Yehonathan, Israeli singer and actor
• Johnathan Aparecido da Silva (born 1990), Brazilian footballer