John Simpson (disambiguation)
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There have been several well-known people named John Simpson.
- John Simpson, the BBC journalist
- John Simpson (Parliamentarian), politician of the post-English Civil War period.
- John Simpson (VC), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Simpson Kirkpatrick, Australian World War I war hero (who enlisted as "John Simpson")
- John Simpson (lexicographer), current editor of the OED
- John Hope Simpson, British administrator in India
- John Simpson (soldier), an American Revolutionary War soldier who fired the first shot in the Battle of Bunker Hill
- John Simpson (Niagara politician) (1807-1878), was an early Canadian businessman and politician
- John Simpson (Canadian senator) (1812-1885), was an Ontario banker and member of the Senate of Canada
- John Simpson (Quebec politician) (1788-1873), was a government official and politician in Quebec
- John Simpson (Architect) (1954-) British modern-day classical architect
- John Simpson (17th century writer) Author of The Perfection of Justification Maintained Against the Pharisee (1648).
- John B. Simpson, president of the University at Buffalo