John Barnes is the name of several people: · John Andrew Barnes, III (1945-1967), U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient · John Barnes (1868-1938), Australian politician · John Barnes (born 1969), Australian Rules football player · John Barnes (born 1957), science fiction author · John Barnes , programming language designer · John Barnes (1916-1943), Irish cricketer · John Barnes (born 1961), BBC English broadcaster. · John Barnes (born 1963), Jamaican-born England footballer · John Barnes , British historian, focusing especially on modern British politics and the Conservative Party · John Barnes , Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court · John Barnes , Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand · John Barnes jazz saxophonist and clarinetist · John Barnes (1746-1810), British Army officer and Canadian politician · John Barnes , BBC Scottish broadcaster · John B