John Boyd may refer to:

Politicians

British

Sir John Boyd, 1st Baronet Sir John Boyd, 1st Baronet Boyd (29 December 1718 in St Kitts, Leeward Islands – 24 January 1800 in Danson Hill) was a sugar merchant and vice-chairman of the British East India Company. He built Danson House, and was the first English owner ...

(1718–1800), English sugar merchant *

Sir John Boyd, 2nd Baronet Sir John Boyd, 2nd Baronet (1750–1815) was an English politician, Member of Parliament for Wareham from 1780 to 1784. He was the son of John Boyd, 1st Baronet Boyd, and his first wife Mary Bumpstead or Bamstead, daughter of William Bamstead ...

(1750–1815), son of the first baronet Boyd *Sir

John Boyd (diplomat) Sir John Dixon Iklé Boyd (17 January 1936 – 18 October 2019) was a British ambassador and academic administrator. He was British ambassador to Japan from 1992 to 1996, and subsequently the Master of Churchill College, Cambridge from 1996 t ...

(1936–2019), British ambassador and former master of Churchill College, Cambridge *

John Boyd (Irish politician) John Boyd (1789 – 2 January 1862) was an Irish politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with ...

(1789–1862), UK MP for the Irish constituency of Coleraine, 1842–1852 and 1857–1862 *

Sir John Boyd of Maxpoffle Sir John Boyd of Maxpoffle JP (1826–1893) was a 19th-century Scottish businessman who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1888 to 1891. Life He was born in Edinburgh in 1826 and appears to have had multiple careers from house agent to ...

(1826–1895), Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1888 to 1891

American

* John Boyd (Wisconsin assemblyman) (1824–1882), English-born American politician in Wisconsin and Kansas *

John Boyd (Connecticut politician) John Boyd (March 17, 1799 – December 1, 1881) was an American politician who served as a Connecticut state legislator and the Secretary of State of Connecticut. Boyd, son of James and Mary (Munro) Boyd, of the borough of Winsted, in the town of ...

(1799–1881), Connecticut state legislator and Secretary of State *

John Boyd (Texas politician) John Boyd (1796–1873) was an American settler and politician. He served as a Congressman for the Republic of Texas and as a member of the Texas State Senate. Early life John Boyd was born on August 7, 1796 in Nashville, Tennessee.Cecil Harpe ...

(1796–1873), American early settler in Texas and state senator *

John Frank Boyd John Frank Boyd (August 8, 1853 – May 28, 1945) was a Nebraska Republican politician. Born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, on August 8, 1853, he moved with his parents to Henry County, Illinois, in 1857. There he attended public schools and A ...

(1853–1945), Nebraska judge and representative *

John H. Boyd (politician) John Huggins Boyd (July 31, 1799 – July 2, 1868) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York. He was the last member of the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party t ...

(1799–1868), U.S. Representative from New York *

John W. Boyd (Tennessee politician) John William Boyd (1841, or ''ca.'' 1852 - March 10, 1932) was an African-American ex-slave who became a lawyer. He served as a magistrate in Tipton County, Tennessee and served two terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1881 to 188 ...

( 1851–1932), Tennessee assemblyman and attorney *

John W. Boyd (Wisconsin politician) John William Boyd (September 15, 1811January 28, 1892) was an American businessman and politician. He served four sessions in the Wisconsin State Senate (1848, 1849, 1858, 1859) representing Walworth County. Biography Boyd was born on Septem ...

(1811–1892), Wisconsin state senator *

John Boyd (farmer) John Wesley Boyd Jr. (born September 4, 1965) is an African-American farmer, civil rights activist and the founder of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA). He owns and operates a farm in Baskerville, Virginia where he grows soybean, c ...

(born 1965), American farmer and civil rights leader

Canadian

John Boyd (Canadian politician) John Boyd (September 28, 1826 – December 4, 1893) was a businessman and the List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick#Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick, 1867-present, eighth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick following Canadian ...

(1826–1893), Senator and lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick *Sir

John Alexander Boyd Sir John Alexander Boyd (April 23, 1837November 23, 1916) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. John Alexander Boyd was born in Toronto on April 23, 1837. Educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, Boyd began his career in 18 ...

(1837–1916), Canadian lawyer and judge

Military figures

John Boyd (military strategist) John Richard Boyd (January 23, 1927 – March 9, 1997) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot and Pentagon consultant during the second half of the 20th century. His theories have been highly influential in military, business, and litigat ...

(1927–1997), US Air Force colonel and fighter pilot *

John Covert Boyd John Covert Boyd (December 24, 1850 – July 7, 1927) was a surgeon and medical director in the Medical Corps (United States Navy), United States Navy Medical Corps. He is one of the incorporators of the American Red Cross and one of the founders ...

(1850–1924), Naval surgeon and fraternity founder *

John Parker Boyd John Parker Boyd (December 21, 1764 – October 4, 1830) was an officer in the United States Army at various periods from 1786 to the end of the War of 1812. He attained the rank of brigadier general and commanded during the American defeat at th ...

(1764–1830), American general *

John McNeil Boyd John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(1812–1861), Royal Navy captain of HMS ''Ajax'', died in the "Boyd disaster" 1861

Artists

John Boyd (photographer) John Boyd, also referred to as John Boyd Sr., was a Canadian amateur photographer and railway official. He was also the father of Canadian newspaper photographer John H. Boyd (photographer), John H. Boyd. Personal life John Boyd emigrated to Tor ...

(1865–1941), Canadian amateur photographer and railway official *

John H. Boyd (photographer) John Harold Boyd, also referred to as John Boyd Jr. was a Canadian photographer for ''The Globe and Mail'', based in Toronto, Ontario. He was also a founding member and early president of the Professional Photographers of Canada, Commercial and Pr ...

(1898–1971), photographer based in Toronto, Ontario *

John Boyd (author) John Boyd was the primary pen-name of Boyd Bradfield Upchurch (October 3, 1919 – June 8, 2013), an American science fiction author. His best known work is his first science fiction novel, '' The Last Starship from Earth'', published in 1968. Bo ...

(1919–2013), science fiction author * John Boyd (milliner) (1925–2018), fashion designer *

John Boyd (sound engineer) John Boyd is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. Selected filmography * ''Empire of the Sun'' (1987) * ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' is a 1988 American li ...

, American sound engineer *

John Boyd (actor) John H. Boyd (born October 22, 1981) is an American actor who is best known for starring as Arlo Glass in the eighth and final season of the Fox espionage thriller '' 24'' in 2010. He also co-starred in the Academy Award-winning political thr ...

(born 1981), American actor *

John Boyd (playwright) John Boyd (1912–2002) was a Northern Irish teacher, radio producer, and playwright. Noted for his ability to reproduce the speech of working class Belfast, he has been described as Northern Ireland's most important playwright, and encouraged the ...

(1912–2002), Irish radio producer and playwright

Association football

Jackie Boyd John Boyd (10 September 1926 – May 2007) was an American soccer player who played for English clubs Gloucester City, Bristol City and Bath City, as a right winger A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfiel ...

(1926–2007), American soccer player *

John Boyd (footballer, born 1881) John Boyd (21 April 1881 – 1927) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which ...

(1881–1927), Scottish footballer *

John Allan Boyd John Allan Boyd (21 November 1929 – 25 October 2019) was a Scottish footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Boyd played as a winger in the Scottish Football League for Queen's Park, Aberdeen and East Fife betwee ...

(1929–2019), Scottish footballer (1948 Great Britain Olympic team) *

John Boyd (footballer, born 1969) John Robertson Boyd (born 1 January 1969) is a retired Scottish footballer who played for Dumbarton Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leve ...

, Scottish footballer (Dumbarton FC, St Mirren)

Other

John Morton Boyd John Morton Boyd CBE FRSE (31 January 1925 – 25 August 1998) was a British zoologist, writer and conservationist. He was a pioneer of nature conservation in Scotland. Life Boyd was born in Darvel, Ayrshire, the son of Thomas Boyd, master b ...

(1925–1998), Scottish zoologist and writer *

John Boyd (trade unionist) Sir John McFarlane Boyd (8 October 1917 – 30 April 1989) was a Scottish trade unionist. Born in Motherwell, Boyd attended the Glencairn Secondary School before taking an engineering apprenticeship. He became active in the Amalgamated E ...

(1917–1989), Scottish trade unionist *

John Boyd (Bahamas) John Boyd was a free person of color in the 19th century, born on New Providence island in the Bahamas. He was self-taught with a beautiful hand writing. Governor James Carmichael-Smyth of the Bahama Islands, made him Clerk of visitors of the King's ...

, free person of color in the 19th century *

John Boyd (pastor) Reverend John Boyd (1679August 30, 1708) was a Presbyterian minister in the United States. He was ordained the first pastor of Old Scot's Church, by the First Presbytery, which met in America on December 29, 1706. He was the first Presbyterian min ...

(1679–1708), Presbyterian minister in the United States *

John Boyd (police officer) John MacInnes Boyd (born Oban, 14 October 1933) was HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland from 1993 to 1996. He was with the Paisley Burgh Police from 1956 to 1967, the Renfrew and Bute Constabulary from 1967 to 1975 and Strathclyde Po ...

(born 1933), HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland *

John Boyd (bacteriologist) Brigadier Sir John Smith Knox Boyd, OBE, FRS, FRCP (18 September 1891 – 10 June 1981) was a Scottish bacteriologist and a senior officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Biography Boyd was born in Largs, Ayrshire, to John Knox Boy ...

(1891–1981), bacteriologist and Royal Army Medical Corps officer *

John St. Clair Boyd Dr. John St. Clair Boyd (1858 - 1918) was an Irish gynaecologist, surgeon and first president of the Belfast Gaelic League. Life He was born at Cultra House, Holywood, Co. Down as the only son of John Kane Boyd, co-proprietor of the Blackstaff ...

, Irish gynaecologist and surgeon