| John Bull | a typical Englishman |
| Uncle Sam | the US government |
| John Dory | edible deep-sea fish |
| Joe Blow | ordinary person (in US TV) |
| John Doe | sb whose identity is unknown |
| Jack Robinson | "she was gone before you could say..." |
| John Hancock | signature |
| Tommy Atkins | a regular British soldier of WWI times |