John Q. Public

First use appears c. 1938. John Q. Public was the name of a character created by Vaughn Shoemaker, an editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Daily News from 1922 to 1952; Shoemaker introduced this character in 1922 but is believed to have added the "Q." sometime in the early 1930s.https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/22/obituaries/vaughn-shoemaker-created-john-q-public.html Compare also John Doe.

• "Near-synonyms: everyman; Tom, Dick or Harry; Joe Sixpack"
• "Even careful safety precautions in the factory do not make it a good place for John Q. Public to wander unattended."

• Joe Average
• Joe Bloggs
• Joe Blow
• Joe Doakes
• Joe Public
• Joe Q. Public
• Joe Schmoe
• J. Random User
• man on the street
• everyman
• Tom, Dick or Harry
• Joe Sixpack

• John Q. Law
• Joe Schmoe