John Scott

John Scott may refer to:

Politicians

• John Scott (MP for Hastings), 1385-1393, MP for Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Scott (died 1533), MP for New Romney (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Scott (died 1619), MP for Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Scott (Australian politician) (born 1934), Member of the Australian House of Representatives
• John Scott (Canadian politician) (1822–1857), first mayor of Bytown, later Ottawa
• John Scott (British Army officer) (died 1775), MP for Caithness
• John Scott-Waring (1747–1819), English political agent and Member of Parliament
• John Scott (Iowa politician) (1824–1903), Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
• John Scott (mayor), first mayor for the city of Cumberland, Maryland, 1816–1823
• John Scott (Missouri politician) (1785–1861), Delegate and U.S. Representative from Missouri
• John Scott (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• John Scott (Pennsylvania) (1824–1896), lawyer, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania
• John Scott (Queensland politician) (1821–1898), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
• John Scott (representative) (1784–1850), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• John Scott (Scottish politician) (born 1951), Member of the Scottish Parliament
• John Scott (sheriff), American interim sheriff from January 2014
• John Scott of Scott's Hall (c. 1423–1485), Yorkist during the Wars of the Roses, Warden of the Cinque Ports
• John Scott (of Scot's Hall) (1570–1616), English Member of Parliament and councillor of the London Company of Virginia
• John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838), Lord High Chancellor of Britain
• John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon (1805–1854), British peer and Tory politician
• John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch (1923–2007), Scottish peer, politician and landowner
• John B. Scott (1789–1854), New York politician
• John E. Scott (born 1939), former Missouri state senator and president pro tem
• John Guier Scott (1819–1892), U.S. Representative from Missouri
• John Morin Scott (1730–1784), Continental Congressman and General
• John Morin Scott (mayor) (1789–1858), mayor of Philadelphia, 1841–1844
• John Alfred Scott (born 1932), British-Australian university professor and Dante scholar
• John P. Scott (1933–2010), member of the New Jersey Senate
• John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873–1945), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Jock Scott (John Wyeth Scott, 1947–2009), lawyer, college professor and politician in Louisiana
• John Scott (MP for Ripon), MP for Ripon
• John Scott (lawyer), Solicitor General for South Carolina

Literary figures

• Sir John Scott of Scotstarvet (1585–1670), Scottish lawyer remembered as a writer
• John A. Scott (born 1948), Australian poet and novelist, now using the name John Scott
• John Scott (editor) (1783–1821), editor of the London Magazine killed in a duel in 1821
• John Scott (writer) (1912–1976), Office of Strategic Services and Soviet spy during World War II, son of Scott Nearing
• John Scott of Amwell (1730–1783), Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson

Sports

• John Scott (ice hockey) (born 1982), professional ice hockey winger/defenseman for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL
• John Scott (baseball) (born 1952), Major League Baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays
• John Scott (rugby union) (born 1954), English international rugby union player
• John Scott (cricketer) (1888–1964), Australian cricketer and Test umpire
• John Scott (1890s footballer), Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward
• John Scott (1920s footballer), Scottish footballer
• John Scott (footballer born 1872) (1872–?), Scottish footballer
• John Scott (footballer born 1942), English footballer
• John A. R. Scott, first head coach of Syracuse University's men's basketball team
• John Scott (sailor) (born 1934), Australian sailor
• John Scott (darts player) (born 1981), English darts player

Other people

• John Scott (adventurer) (ca 1634-1696), English soldier and Long Island colonist
• John Scott (sociologist) (born 1949), British sociologist
• John Scott (entomologist) (1823–1888), English entomologist
• John Scott (organist) (born 1956), organist of St. Thomas's Church, Fifth Avenue, New York
• John Scott (composer) (born 1930), British composer and conductor
• John Maurice Scott (1948–2001), Director General of the Fiji Red Cross, murdered in 2001
• Jack Scott (meteorologist) (1923–2008), British television weatherman
• John Witherspoon Scott (1800–1892), minister, college president and father of Caroline Harrison
• John Work Scott (1807–1879), seventh president of Washington College
• John Scott (architect) (1924–1992), New Zealand architect
• John Scott (horseman) (1794–1871), horse trainer in British Thoroughbred racing
• John Scott (shipbuilder) (1830–1903), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder
• John H. Scott (1965–), African American software developer,strategy consultant,adventurer, political consultant
• John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell (1739–1798), Irish barrister and judge
• John Scott (Royal Navy officer) (died 1805), Warrant officer in the Royal Navy. Friend and confidant to Lord Nelson.
• John Paul Scott (1927–1987), only inmate of Alcatraz to conclusively reach the San Francisco shore by swimming
• John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913), English architect
• John Beldon Scott, American art historian
• John Walter Scott (1845–1919), stamp dealer
• John Scott (botanist) (1838-1880), botanist.
• John Stuart Scott (born 1966), American television director
• John Scott (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer
• John Halliday Scott (1851–1914), New Zealand university professor, artist and medical school dean
• John T. Scott (1940–2007), African American sculptor, painter, printmaker and collagist
• John L. Scott, Seattle-based real estate brokerage
• John Scott (1850-1919), English artist
• John Scott (engraver) (1774–1827), English engraver
• John Alden Scott (1916–1996), President of the Gannett Foundation

Fiction

• John Scott (Fringe), character played by Mark Valley in the TV series Fringe

See also

• Jon Scott (born 1958), American news presenter
• Johnny Scott (disambiguation)
• Jack Scott (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "John Scott"

This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.