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 (martyr), one of the Marian martyrs
- 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) (1748–1825), American Revolutionary War soldier at 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
- Sir John William Simpson (1858-1933) architect
- 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 Simpson (footballer born 1918), a former English footballer
- John Simpson (footballer born 1933), a former English footballer
- Jock Simpson, a former England and Blackburn Rovers footballer
- John Simpson (police official), former director of US Secret Service and Interpol
- John Simpson (Kentucky), American Congressman-elect from Kentucky, who died before the start of the 13th Congress in 1813
- John Simpson (actor/producer), Canadian actor
- John Simpson (cricketer), English cricketer
- John A. Simpson (1854–1916), Canadian politician
- John B. Simpson, president of the University at Buffalo
- John D. Simpson (1901-1988), Canadian business person (Placer Development)
- John W. Simpson, American electrical engineer
- John W. Simpson, Lawyer and founding partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
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