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There are many people who have been called John Scott:
[edit] Politicians
- John Scott (Australian politician), Member of the Australian House of Representatives
- John Scott (Canadian politician) (1822–1857), First mayor of Bytown, later Ottawa
- John Scott (Missouri politician) (1785-1861), Delegate and U.S. Representative from Missouri
- John Scott (Pennsylvania) (1824–1896), lawyer, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania
- John Scott (representative) (1784-1850), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- John Scott (Scottish politician) (born 1951), Member of the Scottish Parliament
- John Scott of Scotstarvit (1725-1775), Major-General and MP for Caithness and for Tain Burghs
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838), Lord High Chancellor of Britain
- John Scott (Mayor), first mayor for the city of Cumberland, Maryland (1816-1823)
- John Guier Scott (1819-1892), U.S. Representative from Missouri
- John Morin Scott (1730–1784), Continental Congressman
- John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873–1945), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
[edit] Literary figures
- John A. Scott (born 1948), Australian poet & novelist, now using the name John Scott
- John Scott (Canadian publisher) (c. 1874–1951), Canadian newspaper editor and publisher
- John Scott (London editor), editor of the London Magazine killed in a duel in 1821
- John Scott (writer), Office of Strategic Services and Soviet spy during World War II, son of Scott Nearing
- John Scott of Amwell (1731–1783), Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson
- John Russell Scott (1879–1949), British newspaper publisher son of C.P. Scott and founder of the Scott Trust
[edit] Scientists
- John Scott (entomologist) (1823–1888), English entomologist
- John A. Scott (scientist), American scientist who patented Ophthalmos
- John Paul Scott (geneticist) (1909-2000), American behavioral geneticist
[edit] Others
- John Scott (cricketer) (1888–1964), Australian cricketer and Test umpire
- John Scott (film editor) (born 1944, Melbourne, Australia) film editor with numerous Australian Film Institute awards
- John Scott (organist) (born 1956), organist of St. Thomas's Church, Fifth Avenue, New York
- John Scott (public health official), former General Manager Health Services of Queensland Health
- John Scott (composer) Motion Pictures, Conductor of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
- John Scott (actor), actor
- John T Scott, (1940-2007), artist, New Orleans,LA MacArthur Fellowship recipient
- John Scott (rector), rector of St Giles in the Fields, 1691-95
- John Scott (baseball) (born 1952), major league baseball outfielder
- John Scott (soldier) (William John Rendell Scott, 1888-1956), Australian military and political identity
- John W. Scott (pioneer) Pioneer and gold prospector, Scott Bar and Scott Valley, California named for him.
- John Scott (newsman) Newsman on San Francisco Bay Area progressive radio station.
- John Scott (rugby player) (born 1954), English international rugby union player.
- John Scott (humanitarian) Director General of the Fiji Red Cross, murdered in 2001.
- John Scott (Boy Scout and Student) A star student at Malvern prep who transferred in junior year from New Hampshire.
