John Lawson
John Lawson may refer to:
Military
- John Lawson (Royal Navy officer), English naval officer and republican
- John Lawson (Medal of Honor), American Civil War Union Navy sailor
- John K. Lawson, senior Canadian officer during the Battle of Hong Kong, World War II
Politics
- John D. Lawson (politician), U.S. Representative from New York
- John W. Lawson, U.S. Representative from Virginia
- Sir John Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Knavesmire Lodge, British Unionist politician
- John Lawson (Australian politician)
Sports
- John Lawson (cyclist), Swedish cycling champion
- John Lawson (baseball), American baseball player
- Ivor Lawson, Australian rules footballer for Collingwood, St Kilda and Richmond
- John Lawson (footballer), English footballer
- John Lawson (runner), American middle- and long-distance runner, 1965 and 1966 NCAA runner-up for the Kansas Jayhawks track and field team
Others
- John Lawson (explorer), English explorer in colony of North Carolina
- John Lawson (theologian), Irish academic
- John Parker Lawson, clergyman of the Episcopal Church of Scotland and historian
- John Lawson (actor), English actor known as "Humanity" Lawson
- John Howard Lawson, American writer
- John R. Lawson, Colorado union leader
- John Lawson (children's author), also known as John S. "Jack" Lawson, of New York and Virginia
- John D. Lawson (scientist), British engineer and physicist
- John K. Lawson (artist), British-American artist