Samuel Johnson LL.D. MA ( - 13 December 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, is one of England's best known literary figures: an essayist, biographer, lexicographer and a critic of English Literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist, well known for his aphorisms. Dr Johnson is the most quoted English writer after Shakespeare "Samuel Johnson", Encyclopedia Britannica 15th Edition, Retrieved on 14 June 2007. and has been described as one of the outstanding figures of 18th-century England.

Samuel Johnson (1649 - 1703), political writer, sometimes called "the Whig" to distinguish him from the later acclaimed author and lexicographer of the same name. Of humble extraction, he was educated at St. Paul's School and CambridgeCambridge, and took orders. He attacked James II in Julian the Apostate (1682), and was imprisoned. He continued, however, his attacks on the Government by pamphlets, and did much to influence the public mind in favour of the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688. Dryden gave him a place in Absalom and Achitophel as "Benjochanan." After the Revolution he received a pension, but considered himself insufficiently rewarded by a Deanery, which he declined. He was married for many years, suffered from many illnesses.

Samuel Johnson (1846-1901) was an Anglican priest and historian of the Yoruba. Born a recaptive 'Krio' in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Johnson claimed descent from Alaafin Abiodun of Oyo. He completed his education at the Christian Missionary Society's Training Institute and did teaching while the Yoruba wars went on.

He was involved in peace efforts in the 1870s, leading to his work assisting the end of the Yoruba wars in 1886. In 1880, he became a deacon and in 1888 a priest. In 1897, he completed a work on Yoruba history. This is said to have been partly written because he feared his people were losing their own history, and knowing European history better. Ironically, this work was "misplaced" by his British publishers.

After his death, his brother, Dr. Obadiah Johnson, re-compiled it from his notes and so in 1921 A History of the Yorubas from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the British Protectorate was finally published. Obadiah had died the previous year, so neither saw the book published in their lifetime. The work remains an important source for Yoruba history. It is at times a source of some controversy concerning it inspiring Yoruba nationalism and also his being an Anglican priest.

Samuel Johnson (Born 1977 or early 1978)' is an Australian actor.

He is a voiceover artist on Network Ten, promoting advertisements for upcoming shows. Appeared in the hit tv show Ocean Girl as 'Rockie'(1995) .He also appeared in 2001 as one of the main characters, Evan Wylde on The Secret Life of Us also on Network Ten, for which he received an AFI award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Series. In 2002 he appeared in the Australian movie Crackerjack.blank">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426170/

In 2004 he ventured on a round-Australia unicycle trip to raise funds for the charity CanTeen.http://www.wasabi.org.au/content/highlights/canteen.asp

He was a presenter on _Nova FM in Melbourne but resigned in mid 2006 http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21815955-5005382,00.html following the suicide of his girlfriend Lainie Woodlands on February 5, 2006.http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/parents-wrangle-over-daughters-body/2006/08/03/1154198247434.html?from=rss

On 24th October 2007 in a statement released he stated that he would be pleading guilty to an assault charge which occurred at Star City Casino and Hotel on 1st September.

The Reverend Doctor Samuel Johnson (1696—1772) was a clergyman, educator, and philosopher in colonial British North America. He was a major proponent of both Anglicanism and the philosophy of George Berkeley in the colonies, and served as the first president of the Anglican King's College (the predecessor to today's Columbia University).

Samuel Johnson (born 25 July 1973 in Accra) is a Ghanaian footballer. As of 2004 plays for Kayserispor. He also played for Gaziantepspor and Fenerbahçe SK in Turkey and Anderlecht in Belgium.

Samuel Johnson (born 25 January 1984) is a footballer from Guinea who plays for Ismaily and the Guinea national football team. Samuel was one of the twenty-three (23) players of the Syli National ("National Elephant") who participated at the 2008 26th African Nations Cup (CAN) in Ghana, West Africa, where the National Elephant reached the quarter final for the third consecutive time in six (6) years (2004 in Tunisia, 2006 in Egypt, and 2008 in Ghana). In the latter part of 2007, Samuel Johnson was mentioned in a possible transfer to Zamalek, one of the biggest Egyptian and African football clubs.