John Scott
John Scott may refer to:
Academics
- John Scott, English clergyman and devotional writer
- John Witherspoon Scott, American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison
- John Work Scott, American president of Washington College
- John Scott , New Zealand professor, artist, and medical school dean
- John Scott , British sociologist
- John R. Scott Sr., president of Edward Waters College, minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Florida legislator, father of John R. Scott Jr.
- John R. Scott Jr., president of Edward Waters College, minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Florida legislator, son of John R. Scott Sr.
- John Paul Scott , American behavior geneticist and comparative psychologist
Arts and entertainment
- John Scott , English engraver
- John Scott, English artist
- John Beldon Scott, American art historian
- John T. Scott, African-American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist
- John Scott of Amwell, Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson
- John A. Scott, Australian poet and novelist, now using the name John Scott
- John Scott , British film composer, conductor, musician, classical, jazz
- John Scott , English-born organist of St. Thomas's Church, New York City
- John Scott, founder of the Irish Modern Dance Theatre, now John Scott Dance
- John Stuart Scott, American television director
- John Scott, character played by Mark Valley in the TV series Fringe
- John Alden Scott, American newspaper publisher, politician
- John Scott , editor of the London Magazine, killed in a duel in 1821
- John Scott , American journalist, editor for Time magazine
- John Prindle Scott, American author, lecturer, educator and composer of art songs
- John Russell Scott, British publisher and media proprietor who created the Scott Trust to preserve The Guardian's financial and editorial independence
- John Scott Martin, English actor
- John Scott , Canadian multimedia painter, sculptor, and installation artist
Politics and law
United States
- John Scott, interim sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, US, from January 2014
- John M. Scott, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, US
- John Scott , lieutenant governor of Iowa
- John Scott, first mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, US
- John Scott , US representative from Missouri and delegate
- John G. Scott, US representative from Missouri
- John E. Scott, Missouri state senator and president pro tem
- John P. Scott, New Jersey Senate member
- John Morin Scott, New York Continental congressman, general
- John Morin Scott , mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- John Scott, Ohio House of Representatives
- John R. K. Scott, US representative from Pennsylvania
- John Scott , US representative from Pennsylvania
- John Scott , US senator from Pennsylvania
- John B. Scott , American lawyer and politician from New York
- John L. Scott Jr., American politician in the South Carolina Senate
- John B. Scott, Texas secretary of state
- John R. Scott , Iowa state senator
- John T. Scott , justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
- Jock Scott , American politician
Kingdom of England
- John Scott, 1385–1393, MP for Hastings
- John Scott , English Yorkist during the Wars of the Roses, Warden of the Cinque Ports
- John Scott , MP for New Romney, England
- John Scott , MP for Ripon, England
- John Scott , English landowner, army officer and politician.
- Captain John Scott, cartographer and Long Island settler
- John Scott,, MP for York
- John Scott, MP for Chippenham
Kingdom of Scotland
- John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit, Scottish lawyer, politician, and writer
- John Scott, Senator of the College of Justice
Kingdom of Great Britain
- John Scott , Scottish politician, MP Caithness, Tain Burghs, and Fife
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell, Irish barrister and judge
- John Scott, MP for Boroughbridge 1799–1806
- John Scott-Waring, English political agent and Member of Parliament
- John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of Britain
United Kingdom
- John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon, British peer and Tory politician
- Lord John Scott, landowner and member of parliament for Roxburghshire
- John Scott , British colonial official and governor
- John Scott , English judge
- John Scott , British colonial administrator
- John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish peer, politician and landowner
- John Scott , former member of Scottish Parliament
Australia and Canada
- John Scott , member of the Australian House of Representatives
- John Scott , member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly & Legislative Council, Australia
- John Scott , first mayor of Bytown, later Ottawa, Canada
Science and architecture
- John Scott , English entomologist
- John Scott , Scottish botanist
- John Scott , Scottish engineer and shipbuilder
- John Scott , Scottish pioneer of motorized farming
- John Oldrid Scott, English architect
- John Scott , New Zealand architect
- John Scott , New Zealand scientist and medic
- Jack Scott , British television weatherman
- John Scott , English surgeon
- John Scott , Scottish surgeon and physician in Scotland to Queen Victoria
Sports
Association football
- John Scott, Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward
- John Scott , Scottish footballer
- John Scott , English footballer
- John Scott, English footballer
- Jock Scott , Scottish footballer
Baseball
- John Scott , American professional baseball outfielder
- John Scott , American Negro leagues baseball player
- John William Scott, American professional baseball shortstop, also known as Jim Scott
Other sports
- John Scott Jr., American football coach and former player
- Jock Scott , Scottish rugby union player
- John Scott , English international rugby union player
- John Scott, English international rugby union player
- John A. R. Scott, first basketball head coach of Syracuse University
- John Scott , Australian cricketer and Test umpire
- John Scott , English cricketer
- John Scott , British thoroughbred racehorse trainer
- John Scott, Canadian professional ice hockey winger
- John Scott, Canadian professional ice hockey winger/defenseman
- John Scott , Australian competitive sailor
Other
- John Scott , Captain John Scott, Long Island founder, explorer, royal advisor
- John Scott , English evangelical and pacifist
- John Scott , warrant officer in the Royal Navy, friend and secretary to Lord Nelson
- John Paul Scott, American Alcatraz escapee who reached San Francisco by swimming
- John Walter Scott, English-American stamp dealer
- John Scott, founder of Montgomery, Alabama
- John L. Scott, real estate company in Seattle
- John Maurice Scott, Director General of the Fiji Red Cross, murdered in 2001
- John Corse Scott, surgeon, naturalist, and Scottish landowner
- John Wallace Scott, American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
- John Scott , Irish Anglican priest
- John Scott , Irish Anglican priest
- John Scott, English priest, biographer on his father Thomas Scott
- Jock Scott, creator of the Jock Scott fly