John Scott

John Scott may refer to:

Academics

John Scott (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer
John Witherspoon Scott (1800–1892), American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison
John Work Scott (1807–1879), American president of Washington College
John Scott (medical school dean) (1851–1914), New Zealand professor, artist, and medical school dean
John Scott (sociologist) (born 1949), British sociologist
John R. Scott Sr. (1840/41–1929), 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 (geneticist) (1909–2000), American behavior geneticist and comparative psychologist

Arts and entertainment

John Scott (engraver) (1774–1827), English engraver
John Scott (1849–1919), English artist
John Beldon Scott, American art historian
John T. Scott (1940–2007), African-American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist
John Scott of Amwell (1730–1783), Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson
John A. Scott (born 1948), Australian poet and novelist, now using the name John Scott
John Scott (composer) (born 1930), British film composer, conductor, musician, classical, jazz
John Scott (organist) (1956–2015), English-born organist of St. Thomas's Church, New York City
John Scott (choreographer), founder of the Irish Modern Dance Theatre, now John Scott Dance
John Stuart Scott (born 1966), American television director
John Scott (Fringe), character played by Mark Valley in the TV series Fringe
John Alden Scott (1916–1996), American newspaper publisher, politician
John Scott (editor) (1784–1821), editor of London Magazine, killed in a duel in 1821
John Scott (writer) (1912–1976), American journalist, editor for Time magazine
John Prindle Scott (1877–1932), American author, lecturer, educator and composer of art songs
John Scott Martin (1926–2009), English actor
John Scott (Canadian artist) (1950–2022), Canadian multimedia painter, sculptor, and installation artist

Politics and law

United States

John Scott (sheriff), interim sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, US, from January 2014
John M. Scott (1824–1898), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, US
John Scott (Iowa politician) (1824–1903), Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
John Scott (mayor), first mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, US
John Scott (Missouri politician) (1785–1861), US Representative from Missouri and delegate
John Guier Scott (1819–1892), US Representative from Missouri
John E. Scott (born 1939), Missouri state senator and president pro tem
John P. Scott (1933–2010), New Jersey Senate member
John Morin Scott (1730–1784), New York Continental congressman, general
John Morin Scott (mayor) (1789–1858), mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John Scott (Ohio politician), Ohio House of Representatives
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873–1945), US Representative from Pennsylvania
John Scott (representative) (1784–1850), US Representative from Pennsylvania
John Scott (Pennsylvania politician, born 1824) (1824–1896), US Senator from Pennsylvania
John B. Scott (New York politician) (1789–1854), American lawyer and politician from New York
John L. Scott Jr. (1953–2023), American politician in the South Carolina Senate
John B. Scott (Texas politician), Texas Secretary of State
John R. Scott (Iowa politician) (born 1944), Iowa state senator
John T. Scott (Indiana judge) (1831–1891), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court

Kingdom of England

John Scott (MP for Hastings), 1385–1393, MP for Hastings
John Scott (died 1485) (c. 1423–1485), English Yorkist during the Wars of the Roses, Warden of the Cinque Ports
John Scott (died 1533) (1480s–1533), MP for New Romney, England
John Scott (MP for Ripon) (fl. 1572), MP for Ripon, England
John Scott (soldier) (1570–1616), English Member of Parliament and councillor of the London Company of Virginia
Captain John Scott (c. 1634?–1704), cartographer and Long Island settler
John Scott (MP for York), (died 1664), MP for York
John Scott (died 1619), MP for Chippenham

Kingdom of Scotland

John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit (1585–1670), Scottish lawyer, politician, and writer

Kingdom of Great Britain

John Scott (British Army officer) (1725–1775), Scottish politician, MP Caithness, Tain Burghs, and Fife
John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell (1739–1798), Irish barrister and judge
John Scott (junior), MP for Boroughbridge 1799–1806
John Scott-Waring (1747–1819), English political agent and Member of Parliament
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838), Lord High Chancellor of Britain

United Kingdom

John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon (1805–1854), British peer and Tory politician
Lord John Scott (1809–1860), landowner and member of parliament for Roxburghshire
John Scott (governor) (1814–1898), a British colonial official and governor
John Scott (English judge) (1841–1904), English judge
John Scott (colonial administrator) (1878–1946), British colonial administrator
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch (1923–2007), Scottish peer, politician and landowner
John Scott (MSP) (born 1951), former member of Scottish Parliament

Australia and Canada

John Scott (Australian politician) (born 1934), member of the Australian House of Representatives
John Scott (Queensland politician) (1821–1898), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly & Legislative Council, Australia
John Scott (Canadian politician) (1822–1857), first mayor of Bytown, later Ottawa, Canada

Science and architecture

John Scott (entomologist) (1823–1888), English entomologist
John Scott (botanist) (1836–1880), Scottish botanist
John Scott (shipbuilder) (1830–1903), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder
John Scott (agricultural engineer) (c. 1846–1909), Scottish pioneer of motorized farming
John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913), English architect
John Scott (architect) (1924–1992), New Zealand architect
John Scott (medical researcher) (1931–2015), New Zealand scientist and medic
Jack Scott (meteorologist) (1923–2008), British television weatherman
John Scott (physician, died 1846), English surgeon
John Scott (physician, died 1859) (1797–1859), Scottish surgeon and physician in Scotland to Queen Victoria

Sports

Association football

John Scott (1890s footballer), Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward
John Scott (1920s footballer), Scottish footballer
John Scott (footballer, born 1872) (1872–?), Scottish footballer
John Scott (footballer, born 1890) (1890–?), English footballer
John Scott (footballer, born 1942), English footballer

Baseball

John Scott (1970s outfielder) (born 1952), American professional baseball outfielder
John Scott (1940s outfielder) (1913–1967), American Negro leagues baseball player
John William Scott (1887–1962), American professional baseball shortstop, also known as Jim Scott

Other sports

John Scott Jr. (born 1975), American football coach and former player
John Scott (rugby union) (born 1954), English international rugby union player
John A. R. Scott, first basketball head coach of Syracuse University
John Scott (cricket and rugby league) (1888–1964), Australian cricketer and Test umpire
John Scott (English cricketer) (1888–1946), English cricketer
John Scott (darts player) (born 1981), English darts player
John Scott (horseman) (1794–1871), British thoroughbred racehorse trainer
John Scott (ice hockey, born 1928), Canadian professional ice hockey winger
John Scott (ice hockey, born 1982), Canadian professional ice hockey winger/defenseman
John Scott (sailor) (1934–1993), Australian competitive sailor

Other

John Scott (adventurer) (c. 1634–1696), Captain John Scott, Long Island founder, explorer, royal advisor
John Scott (banker) (1757–1832), English evangelical and pacifist
John Scott (Royal Navy officer) (died 1805), warrant officer in the Royal Navy, friend and secretary to Lord Nelson
John Paul Scott (1927–1987), American Alcatraz escapee who reached San Francisco by swimming
John Walter Scott (1845–1919), English-American stamp dealer
John Scott, founder of Montgomery, Alabama
John L. Scott, real estate company in Seattle
John Maurice Scott (1948–2001), Director General of the Fiji Red Cross, murdered in 2001
John Corse Scott (died 1840), surgeon, naturalist, and Scottish landowner
John Wallace Scott (1832–1903), American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
John Scott (archdeacon of Dromore) (born 1946), Irish Anglican priest
John Scott (dean of Lismore) (died 1828), Irish Anglican priest
John Scott (1777–1834), English priest, biographer on his father Thomas Scott