John Abbott (disambiguation)

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John Abbott may refer to:

  • John Farr Abbott (1756-1794), British barrister who was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of Lincoln's Inn
  • John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1805-1877), American author, brother of Jacob Abbott, whose books popularized history and Christian ethics
  • John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (1821-1893), Canadian politician who, in 1891-92, served as his country's third Prime Minister
    • John Abbott College, post-secondary-education institution (CEGEP) in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec named after him
  • John Abbott (actor) (1905-1996), British character actor who, starting in 1940, appeared in scores of U.S. films and TV shows
  • John Abbott (British actor) (born 1945), British performer, primarily on television, whose acting credits date to the late 1960s
  • John Abbott (rugby league footballer) (born 1953), Australian New South Wales rugby league player of the 1970s
  • John T. Abbott, U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1889–1893

[edit] Fictional

  • John Abbott (Y&R), character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless who has been portrayed by Jerry Douglas for 25 years