John Scott

John Scott may refer to:

Politicians

Britain and Ireland

• John Scott (British Army officer) (died 1775), MP 1754–75 for Caithness, Tain Burghs and Fife
• John Scott (died 1533), MP for New Romney, England
• John Scott (died 1619), MP for Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Scott (MP for Hastings), 1385–1393, MP for Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Scott (MP for Ripon), MP for Ripon, UK
• John Scott (Scottish politician) (born 1951), Member of the Scottish Parliament
• John Scott of Scott's Hall (c. 1423–1485), English 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 Scott-Waring (1747–1819), English political agent and Member of Parliament

North America

• John Scott (Canadian politician) (1822–1857), first mayor of Bytown, later Ottawa, Canada
• John Scott (Missouri politician) (1785–1861), Delegate and U.S. Representative
• John Scott (representative) (1784–1850), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• John Scott (sheriff), interim sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, U.S., from January 2014
• John Scott (Iowa politician) (1824–1903), Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, U.S.
• John Scott (lawyer) (d. 1842), served briefly on the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas (U.S.)
• John Scott (mayor), first mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.
• John Scott (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, U.S.
• John Scott (Pennsylvania) (1824–1896), lawyer, U.S. Senator
• John B. Scott (1789–1854), New York politician, U.S.
• John E. Scott (born 1939), former Missouri state senator and president pro tem, U.S.
• John Guier Scott (1819–1892), U.S. Representative from Missouri
• John M. Scott (1824–1898), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, U.S.
• John Morin Scott (1730–1784), Continental Congressman and General, U.S.
• John Morin Scott (mayor) (1789–1858), mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
• John P. Scott (1933–2010), member of the New Jersey Senate, U.S.
• John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873–1945), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• Jock Scott (John Wyeth Scott, 1947–2009), lawyer, professor, and politician in Louisiana, U.S.

Others

• John Scott (Australian politician) (born 1934), Member of the Australian House of Representatives
• John Scott (Queensland politician) (1821–1898), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly & Legislative Council, Australia

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
• 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, born 1841), English judge, briefly a first-class cricketer
• John Scott (English cricketer, born 1888), English cricketer
• John Scott (Australian cricketer, born 1888) (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 (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer
• John Scott (1850-1919), English artist
• John Scott (adventurer) (ca 1634–1696), English soldier and Long Island colonist
• John Scott (agricultural engineer) (c.1846–1909), Scottish pioneer of motorised farming
• John Scott (Alabama), American founder of Montgomery, Alabama
• John Scott (architect) (1924–1992), New Zealand architect
• John Scott (botanist) (1838–1880), Scottish botanist
• John Scott (composer) (born 1930), British composer and conductor
• John Scott (engraver) (1774–1827), English engraver
• John Scott (entomologist) (1823–1888), English entomologist
• John Scott (horseman) (1794–1871), horse trainer in British thoroughbred racing
• John Scott (medical researcher) (1931–2015), New Zealand scientist and medic
• Jack Scott (meteorologist) (1923–2008), British television weatherman
• John Scott (organist) (1956–2015), English-born organist of St. Thomas's Church, New York City
• John Scott (Royal Navy officer) (died 1805), warrant officer in the Royal Navy, friend and confidant to Lord Nelson
• John Scott (shipbuilder) (1830–1903), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder
• John Scott (sociologist) (born 1949), British sociologist
• John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell (1739–1798), Irish barrister and judge
• John Alden Scott (1916–1996), American president of the Gannett Foundation
• John Beldon Scott, American art historian
• John Halliday Scott (1851–1914), New Zealand professor, artist, and medical school dean
• John L. Scott, Seattle-based real estate brokerage, U.S.
• John Maurice Scott (1948–2001), Director General of the Fiji Red Cross, murdered in 2001
• John Paul Scott (1927–1987), American and the only Alcatraz prison inmate to reach San Francisco by swimming
• John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913), English architect
• John Stuart Scott (born 1966), American television director
• John T. Scott (1940–2007), African American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist
• John Walter Scott (1845–1919), English-American stamp dealer
• John Witherspoon Scott (1800–1892), American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison
• John Work Scott (1807–1879), American president of Washington College

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"