John Scott

• 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==

Art • John Scott (1849–1919), English artist • John Scott (Canadian artist) (1950–2022), Canadian multimedia painter, sculptor, and installation artist • John Scott (engraver) (1774–1827), English engraver • John Beldon Scott, American art historian • John T. Scott (1940–2007), African-American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist Film and television • John Stuart Scott (born 1966), American television director • John Scott (Fringe), character played by Mark Valley in the TV series Fringe • John Scott Martin (1926–2009), English actor Literature and journalism • John Scott (editor) (1784–1821), editor of the London Magazine, killed in a duel in 1821 • John Scott (writer) (1912–1976), American journalist, editor for Time magazine • 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 Alden Scott (1916–1996), American newspaper publisher, politician • John Prindle Scott (1877–1932), American author, lecturer, educator and composer of art songs • John Russell Scott (1879–1949), British publisher and media proprietor who created the Scott Trust to preserve The Guardian's financial and editorial independence Music and dance • John Scott, former name of Josie Scott, founder member of Australian band The Mark of Cain • John Scott (choreographer), founder of the Irish Modern Dance Theatre, now John Scott Dance • 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 ==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 G. 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 R. K. 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 • Jock Scott (politician) (1947–2009), American politician 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) (c. 1564–1616), English landowner, army officer and politician. • 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 • John Scott (Scottish judge), Senator of the College of Justice 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), 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) (1798–1846), 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) (c. 1889–?, 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 • Jock Scott (footballer) (1906–1981), Scottish 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 • Jock Scott (rugby union) (1887–1967), Scottish rugby union player • John Scott (rugby union, born 1935) (1935–2020), English international rugby union 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 (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 • John Scott (badminton) (born 1954), Northern Irish badminton player ==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) (1764–1805), 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 (1756–1840), 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 • Jock Scott (1817–?), creator of the Jock Scott fly == See also ==