Pope John has been the name of twenty one Roman Catholic Popes:

• Pope John I
• Pope John II
• Pope John III
• Pope John IV
• Pope John V
• Pope John VI
• Pope John VII
• Pope John VIII
• Pope John IX
• Pope John X
• Pope John XI
• Pope John XII
• Pope John XIII
• Pope John XIV
• Pope John XV
• Pope John XVII
• Pope John XVIII
• Pope John XIX
• Pope John XXI
• Pope John XXII
• Pope John XXIII

Notes: There was an Antipope John XVI, but there was no one named Pope John XX. John I was Pope from 523 to 526. ... John II, was pope from 533 - 535. ... John III was pope from 561 to 574. ... John IV was a native of Dalmatia, and the son of the scholasticus (advocate) Venantius. ... John V, pope from 685 to August 2, 686, was a Syrian by birth, and on account of his knowledge of Greek had in 680 been named papal legate to the Sixth Ecumenical Council at Constantinople. ... John VI, pope from 701 to 705, was a native of Greece, and succeeded to the papal chair two months after the death of Sergius I. He assisted the exarch Theophylact, who had been sent to Italy by the emperor Justinian II, and prevented him from using violence against the... John VII, pope from 705 to 707, successor of John VI, was also of Greek nationality. ... John VIII was pope from 872 to 882. ... John IX, pope from 898 to 900, not only confirmed the judgment of his predecessor Theodore II in granting Christian burial to Formosus, but at a council held at Ravenna decreed that the records of the synod which had condemned him should be burned. ... John X, pope from 914 to 928, was deacon at Bologna when he attracted the attention of Theodora, the wife of Theophylact, the most powerful noble in Rome, through whose influence he was elevated first to the see of Bologna and then to the archbishopric of Ravenna. ... John XI (910?–936) was a pope from 931 to 936. ... John XII (born in Rome circa 937, died May 14, 964), was Pope from 955 to 963, was the son of Alberic II, whom he succeeded as patrician of Rome in 954, being then only eighteen years of age. ... John XIII (born in Rome; died September 6, 972) served as Pope from October 1, 965 until his death in 972. ... John XIV (died August 20, 984), Pope from 983 to 984, successor to Benedict VII, was born at Pavia, and before his elevation to the papal chair was imperial chancellor of Otto II, and was the latters second choice. ... John XV, pope from 984 to 996, generally recognized as the successor of Boniface VII, the pope John who was said to have ruled for four months after John XIV, being now omitted by the best authorities. ... John XVII, né Sicco (died November 6, 1003), was a native of Rome who succeeded Silvester II as pope on June 13, 1003, but died less than five months later. ... John XVIII, born Fasanius (died June 1009), the son of a Roman priest named Leo, was pope from 1003 to 1009, was, during his whole pontificate, the mere creature of the current head of the Crescentii clan who controlled Rome, the patricius (an aristocratic military leader) Johannes Crescentius III. The... John XIX, né Romanus (died October 1032) was pope from 1024 to 1032. ... John XXI, né Pedro Julião (1215 – May 20, 1277), a Portuguese also called Pedro Hispano, was Pope from 1276 until his death. ... Pope John XXII, né Jacques dEuse (1249 – December 4, 1334),was the son of a shoemaker in Cahors. ... Pope John XXIII (Latin: ), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963), reigned as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from October 28, 1958 until his death in 1963. ... John XVI (originally John Piligato or Philagathus) (died 1013?) was an Italian antipope between 997 and 998. ... There has never been a Pope John XX. Some 11th century historians believed that there had been a pope named John between antipope Boniface VII and the actual Pope John XV; thus, the series of Pope John XV to Pope John XIX was mistakenly numbered John XVI to XX. These...

See also: Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II, and Pope Joan Pope John Paul I (in Latin ), born Albino Luciani (October 17, 1912 – September 28, 1978), reigned as pope and as sovereign of Vatican City from August 26, 1978 to September 28, 1978. ... Pope John Paul II (Latin: ), born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) reigned as pope of the Catholic Church for almost 27 years, from 16 October 1978, making his the second-longest pontificate (or the third-longest, as enumerated by Roman Catholic tradition). ... According to medieval legend, Pope Joan was a female pope who reigned from 855 to 858. ...

there are also coptic popes named John: Pope John of Alexandria His Holiness John was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria from 496 to 505. ...