John Dawson
John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dawson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- John Dawson, actor played Mr. Mumford in Rentaghost
- John Dawson (musician), American singer and guitarist with the New Riders of the Purple Sage
Politics and law
- John Dawson (Virginia politician), 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 (Canadian politician), member of Canadian House of Commons from Pictou
- John Dawson (Australian politician), 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 (surgeon), British mathematician and surgeon
- John Frederic Dawson, English entomologist and taxonomist
- John William Dawson, Canadian geologist
- John Dawson (botanist), 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 (cricketer, born 1871), English cricketer
- Johnny Dawson, American amateur golfer
- Johnnie Dawson, American Negro leagues baseball player
- Peter Dawson (cricketer), English cricketer
Others
- John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington, Irish peer
- John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington, Irish peer
- John Dawson (slave trader), British slave trader
- John Barkley Dawson, American rancher, namesake of Dawson, New Mexico
- John A. Dawson (geographer), British academic in the fields of geography and marketing