John Nixon

John Nixon is the name of:

Politicians

 * John Nixon (MP), Member of the Long Parliament in England, representing Oxford City 1646-1648
 * John T. Nixon (1820–1889), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
 * John William Nixon (1880–1949), Unionist politician in Northern Ireland

Military figures

 * John Nixon (Continental Army general) (1727–1815), Continental Army general from Massachusetts during the American Revolution
 * John Nixon (financier) (1733–1808), Philadelphia merchant and militia officer during the American Revolution
 * John Nixon (Indian Army officer) (1857–1921), lieutenant general in the British Indian Army

Others

 * John Nixon, Armagh, Irish Republican, see 1981 Irish hunger strike
 * John Nixon, Australian artist, director of Institute of Modern Art 1980–82
 * John Nixon (mining engineer) (1815–1899), English mining engineer
 * John B. Nixon (1928–2005), murderer in Mississippi, USA
 * John E. Nixon, director of Michigan state Budget office
 * John Colley Nixon (died 1818), English merchant and amateur artist
 * John Trice Nixon (born 1933), U.S. federal judge