John Randolph

John Randolph may refer to:

  • John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (1306–1346), 3rd Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland
  • Sir John Randolph (1693–1737), Virginia colonial politician, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses
  • John Randolph (loyalist) (1727–1784), Virginia colonial leader, loyalist in the American Revolution
  • John Randolph (bishop of London) (1749–1813), British cleric, professor and bishop
  • John Randolph (bishop of Guildford) (1866–1936), British cleric, bishop and dean
  • John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833), American "Old Republican" politician and political theorist
  • John Randolph (actor) (1915–2004), American actor
  • John Randolph, better known by his deejay name Jay Smooth, founder of New York City's longest-running hip hop radio program
  • Jack Webb (John Randolph Webb, 1920–1982), actor and star of Dragnet, who used John Randolph as a pseudonym
  • John Randolf (MP) for Malmesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or randolph:

    “Approval of what is approved of
    Is as false as a well-kept vow.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “to fasten into order enlarging grasps of disorder, widening
    scope, but enjoying the freedom that
    Scope eludes my grasp, that there is no finality of vision,
    that I have perceived nothing completely,
    that tomorrow a new walk is a new walk.”
    —Archie Randolph Ammons (b. 1926)