title: John Rodgers
text: # John Rodgers
  
  John Rodgers may refer to:
  
  ## Military
  
  * John Rodgers (1728–1791), colonel during the Revolutionary War and owner of Rodgers Tavern, Perryville, Maryland
  * John Rodgers (naval officer, born 1772), U.S. naval officer during the War of 1812, first naval John Rodgers
  * John Rodgers (admiral) (1812–1882), naval officer during the Civil War, son of the above
  * John Rodgers (naval officer, born 1881) (1881–1926), naval officer during World War I and aviation pioneer, great-grandson of the first naval John Rodgers
  * Six ships, three USS John Rodgers and three USS Rodgers, were named for the above officers
  
  ## Music
  
  * John Rodgers (musician) (born 1962), Australian composer and musician
  * Johnny Rodgers (singer) (born 1974), American singer-songwriter
  
  ## Politics
  
  * Sir John Rodgers, 1st Baronet (1906–1993), British Conservative MP for Sevenoaks
  * John M. Rodgers (1928–2012), Pennsylvania politician
  * John S. Rodgers (born 1965), American politician in Vermont
  
  ## Other
  
  * John Kearney Rodgers (1793–1851), American surgeon
  * John Rodgers (boxer) (born 1947), Irish boxer
  * John Rodgers (geologist) (1914–2004), American geologist
  * John Rodgers (New Zealand bishop) (1915–1997), missionary bishop
  * John Rodgers (theologian) (1930–2022), American Anglican theologian and bishop
  * Johnny Rodgers (born 1951), American football player
  