title: John Blake
text: # John Blake
  
  John Blake may refer to:
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * John Blake Jr. (1947–2014), American jazz violinist
  * John Blake (journalist) (born 1948), British journalist and publisher
  * John Blake (make-up artist), 1992 Academy Award nominated makeup artist
  * John Blake, fictional character in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises
  
  ## Politics
  
  * John Blake (Leicester MP) in 1340 represented Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)
  * John Blake (Winchester MP), MP for Winchester
  * John Blake (MP for Calne), MP for Calne in 1415
  * John Blake fitz William, mayor of Galway in 1487–88
  * John Blake Jr. (politician) (1762–1826), United States Representative from New York
  * John Aloysius Blake (1826–1887), British politician, Member of Parliament
  * John L. Blake (1831–1899), United States Representative from New Jersey
  * John Blake (Pennsylvania politician) (born 1960), Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
  
  ## Sports
  
  * J. P. Blake (John Percy Blake, 1874–1950), British Olympic fencer
  * Jere Blake (John Blake, 1875–1933), Wales rugby player
  * Bandsman Jack Blake (1890–1960), British boxer born John Blake
  * John Blake (cricketer) (1917–1944), English cricketer
  * John Blake (rugby union) (1933–1982), Bristol rugby player and teacher
  * John Blake (hurler) (born 1957), Irish retired hurler
  * John Blake (American football) (1961–2020), American football coach
  * John Vaughn Blake (1888–1964), American football player and FBI agent
  
  ## Others
  
  * John Blake (soldier) (1856–1907), Irish-American soldier and adventurer
  * John Bradby Blake (1745–1773), British botanist
  * John F. Blake (1922–1995), American intelligence official
  * John Frederick Blake (1839–1906), British geologist and clergyman
  * John Henry Blake (1808–1882), Irish land agent
  * John Lauris Blake (1788–1858), American clergyman and author
  * John T. Blake (c. 1901–1987), American research scientist
  * John Thomas Blake (1853–1940), New Zealand surveyor, interpreter, land agent, historian, racehorse owner and trainer
  * John Rennie Blake (1825–1900), faculty chairman in charge of Davidson College, 1871–1877
  