John Jackson

John Jackson may refer to:

Politicians

• John Jackson (MP for Pontefract) (died 1637), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1624 and 1629
• Sir John Jackson, 1st Baronet (1763–1820), British businessman and MP for Dover and one of the Jackson Baronets
• John G. Jackson (politician) (1777–1825), Virginia politician and federal judge
• John Alexander Jackson (1809–1885), Colonial Treasurer of South Australia
• John Jackson (mayor) (1809–1887), mayor of Tampa, Florida
• John Jay Jackson, Jr. (1824–1907), Virginia and West Virginia politician and federal judge
• John Alexander Jackson (Tasmanian politician) (1844–1889), Attorney-General of Tasmania, 1872 to 1873
• John Jackson (UK politician) (1851–1919), Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport, 1910–1918
• John Robert Jackson (1859–1925), rancher and politician in British Columbia, Canada
• John Jackson (Gold Coast), colonial governor in Gold Coast, now Ghana, see List of Governors of the Gold Coast
• John Brinkerhoff Jackson (1862–1920), U.S. diplomat, United States Ambassador to Serbia
• Sir John Edward Jackson (diplomat) (1925–2002), British diplomat

Scientists

• John Hughlings Jackson (1835–1911), neurologist, namesake of Jacksonian seizure
• John Jackson (astronomer) (1887–1958), Scottish astronomer
• John David Jackson (physicist) (born 1925), Canadian–American physicist and author of a graduate textbook on electrodynamics

Artists and entertainers

• John M. Jackson (born 1950), American actor best known for playing the J.A.G. on JAG
• John Jackson (painter) (1778–1831), British painter
• John Jackson (engraver) (1801–1848), English wood engraver
• Johnny Jackson (musician) (1951–2006), drummer with the Jackson 5
• John Jackson (blues musician) (1924–2002), American Piedmont blues musician
• John Jackson, legal name of rapper Fabolous
• J.J. Jackson (media personality) (1941–2004), American radio and television personality
• John Adams Jackson (1825–1879), American sculptor
• John E. Jackson, American make-up artist

Sportspeople

• John Jackson (offensive tackle) (born 1965), former NFL offensive tackle
• John Jackson (wide receiver) (born 1967), former NFL player
• Johnnie Jackson (American football) (born 1967), cornerback
• John Jackson (athlete) (born 1941) British steeplechaser, in Athletics at the 1967 Summer Universiade
• John Jackson (baseball) (1909–1956), Major League Baseball pitcher, 1933
• J. D. Jackson (basketball)
• John Jackson (boxer) (1769–1845)
• John Jackson (cricketer, born 1833) (1833–1901), English cricketer
• John Jackson (football manager), first manager of Brighton and Hove Albion
• John Jackson (footballer, born 1906) (1906–1965), Scottish football goalkeeper (Partick Thistle, Chelsea)
• John Jackson (footballer, born 1923), English footballer for Stoke City
• John Jackson (footballer, born 1942), English football goalkeeper for Crystal Palace
• John Jackson (cricketer, born 1841) (1841–1906), English cricketer
• John Jackson (cricketer, born 1898) (1898–1958), Chilean cricketer
• John Jackson (sport shooter) (1885–1971), American Olympic sport shooter
• John Jackson (Virgin Islands boxer) (born 1989), Olympic boxer from the Virgin Islands
• John Angelo Jackson (1921–2005), mountaineer
• John Jackson (Worcestershire cricketer) (1880–1968), English cricketer
• Bud Fowler (John Jackson, 1858–1913), pioneer black baseball player and club organizer
• John David Jackson (boxer) (born 1963), former super welterweight boxer
• John James Jackson (born 1977), British bobsledder and Royal Marines commando

Others

• John Jackson (minister) (c.1621–1693), English nonconformist
• John Jackson (controversialist) (1686–1763), English clergyman
• John Jackson (bishop) (1811–1886), bishop of Lincoln and of Bishop of London
• John Jackson (writer), English television writer
• John G. Jackson (writer) (1907–1993), African-American cultural historian and writer
• John Jackson (law professor), American law professor at Georgetown University
• John Arthur Jackson (1862–1937), British Conservative Party politician
• John Edward Jackson (antiquarian) (1805–1891), English cleric and archivist
• John Francis Jackson (1908–1942), Australian fighter ace of World War II
• John Jackson (Derbyshire politician) (1919–1976), British Conservative politician
• John Jackson (businessman) (born 1929), author and campaigner
• John K. Jackson (1828–1866), American lawyer and soldier
• John Paul Jackson, member of the Kansas City Prophets
• John Andrew Jackson, American slave
• J. B. Jackson (1909–1996), writer and sketch artist in landscape design
• John Mills Jackson (c. 1764–1836), Canadian author, merchant, and justice of the peace
• John Jackson (clergyman) (died 1717), first chaplain to the garrison at St John's, Newfoundland

See also

• Jack Jackson (disambiguation)
• Johnny Jackson (disambiguation)
• Jon Jackson (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Jackson (disambiguation)
• Jackson (name)