Are John the Baptist and John the Disciple two different people?

Answer 1

Before surnames were common, people were usually named after their parents, family, occupation, or singularity, so although there were two men called 'John' they were completely different people: one was a prophet who baptized people and the other was a follower,or 'disciple', of Jesus Christ.

Answer 2

No, John whose real name is Yocannon, was the cousin of Yeshua-(aka Jesus), the other John, the son of Zebedee is one of the 12 disciples, whereas His cousin John the Baptist was not a disciple, but he was a Priest, so his long hair and beard were very neat (Priest were neat), and the reason John the Baptist's hair and beard were so long is because he was a Nazarite (not a Nazarite vow), but born one, never to touch the fruit of the vine, no grapes, Grape Juice, wine or raisins. Also it's Zeb-e-dee, (not Zedebee) Hebrew root Zab-dee, meaning Gift. John's brother was Ya-a-kov (James), they were fisherman, but John the Baptist was a Priest like his father, Zacharias who was burning incense on the alter when the angel came to him about John.