| HARBISON | John -, US composer of 1999 opera The Great Gatsby |
| CAGE | John, US composer of the pieces Scottish Circus and Cartridge Music (4) |
| UPDIKE | John -- -, US author of The Witches Of Eastwick and The Widows Of Eastwick (6) |
| SOUSA | John Philip ___, US composer of the march The Stars and Stripes Forever (5) |
| HANCOCK | John -, US statesman whose signature is the most prominent on the Declaration of Independence (7) |
| MAHAFFEY | John -, US winner of the 1978 PGA Championship (8) |
| IGOR | Russian-born US composer of works including the operas The Nightingale (1914) and The Rake's Progress (1951) (4,10) |
| STRAVINSKI | Russian-born US composer of works including the operas The Nightingale (1914) and The Rake's Progress (1951) (4,10) |
| GLASS | Philip, US composer of the opera Akhnaten (5) |
| MANCINI | US composer of the theme from The Pink Panther |
| TURTURRO | John, US actor who played the title role in the film Barton Fink (8) |
| TOWER | John, US politician who was chairman of the Armed Services Committee 1981-83 (5) |
| REED | John -, US journalist whose book Ten Days that Shook the World concerned the 1917 October Revolution in Russia |
| ASTIN | John -, US actor who played Gomez Addams in 1960s US sitcom The Addams Family |
| HEINZ | Henry John -, US food manufacturer noted for the advertising slogan 57 Varieties (5) |
| COLTRANE | John -, US jazz saxophonist and composer who died in 1967 (8) |
| DOE | John US equivalent of Fred Bloggs (3) |
| HENRY | US composer of 1917 piano piece The Tides of Manaunaun who authored 1930 book New Musical Resources |
| ROMBERG | Sigmund ___, Hungarian-born US composer of operettas including The Student Prince (1924) and The Desert Song (1926) (7) |
| COWELL | US composer of 1917 piano piece The Tides of Manaunaun who authored 1930 book New Musical Resources (6) |
