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

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

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