John Mason

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John Mason may refer to one of the following:

• John Mason (announcer), sports announcer for the Detroit Pistons basketball team
• John Mason (artist) (b. 1927), Ceramic artist from Los Angeles, California
• John Mason (Australian politician) (b. 1928), Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• John Mason (diplomat) (1503-1566), British diplomat and spy
• John Mason (governor) (1586-1635), founder of the Province of New Hampshire
• John Mason (Schoolmaster), Indian educationist
• John Mason (c.1600-1672), Commander of the Connecticut forces in the 1637 Pequot War
• John Calvin Mason (1802-1865), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• John L. Mason, (c 1826-1902), Patentee for glass-threaded mason jars used in food preservation
• John Thomson Mason (1815–1873), U.S. Congressman from Maryland
• John Y. Mason (1799–1859), U.S. Representative from Virginia

Alternate spellings:

• Basil John Mason (b. 1920, also known as John Mason), British meteorologist

Others:

• A fictional character in the 1996 film The Rock, portrayed by Sean Connery
• John Mason School, a state secondary school in Abingdon, Oxfordshire named after John Mason (diplomat)