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