title: John Maynard
text: # John Maynard
  
  John Maynard may refer to:
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * John Maynard (MP for St Albans) (1509–1556), English MP for St Albans, 1553–1554
  * John Maynard (died 1658) (1592–1658), English politician, MP for Lostwithiel, 1646
  * John Maynard (1604–1690), English lawyer and politician, MP for Totnes 1640–1653, Plymouth 1656,1679–1685,1689,1690, Bere Alston 1661, 1685 and others
  * John Maynard (died 1662) (1638–1662), English MP for Bere Alston, 1660
  * John Maynard (New York politician) (1786–1850), U.S. Representative from New York
  
  ## Other people
  
  * John Maynard (cricketer), West Indian cricketer
  * John Maynard (civil servant) (1865–1943), British civil servant and political activist
  * John Maynard (composer) (born 1570), English madrigalist
  * John Maynard (filmmaker), Australian filmmaker, founder of Arenafilms
  * John Maynard (historian), Australian historian, grandson of Aboriginal jockey Merv Maynard
  * Luther Fuller, also known as John Maynard, helmsman of the steamboat Erie
  
  ## Literature
  
  * "John Maynard", poem by Horatio Alger, about the helmsman Luther Fuller
  * "John Maynard", poem by Theodor Fontane, about the helmsman Luther Fuller
  