John Dawson

Arts and entertainment

• John Dawson, actor played Mr. Mumford in Rentaghost
• John Dawson , American singer and guitarist with the New Riders of the Purple Sage

  Politics and law

• John Dawson , American politician, U.S. representative from Virginia
• John Dawson Jr., intendant of Charleston, South Carolina
• John Bennett Dawson, American politician, U.S. representative from Louisiana
• John L. Dawson, American politician, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
• John W. Dawson, American politician, governor of Utah Territory
• John A. Dawson , member of Canadian House of Commons from Pictou
• John Dawson , member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• John Shaw Dawson, Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
• John R. Dawson, United States Ambassador to Peru
• John Dawson, candidate in the United States [House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010#District 8|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois]

  Science and medicine

• John Dawson , British mathematician and surgeon
• John Frederic Dawson, English entomologist and taxonomist
• John William Dawson, Canadian geologist
• John Dawson , New Zealand botanist
• John M. Dawson, American computational physicist
• John Leonard Dawson, British physician, Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Household
• John W. Dawson Jr., American mathematician

  Sports

• John Dawson , English cricketer
• Johnny Dawson, American amateur golfer
• Johnnie Dawson, American Negro leagues baseball player
• Peter Dawson , English cricketer

  Others

• John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington, Irish peer
• John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington, Irish peer
• John Dawson , British slave trader
• John Barkley Dawson, American rancher, namesake of Dawson, New Mexico
• John A. Dawson , British academic in the fields of geography and marketing