John Davidson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

John Davidson (poet) John Davidson (11 April 1857 – 23 March 1909) was a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist, best known for his ballads. He also did translations from French and German. In 1909, financial difficulties, as well as physical and mental health p ...

(1857–1909), Scottish poet and playwright *

John Davidson (actor) John Davidson (December 25, 1886 – January 16, 1968) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1963. He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.''Silent Film Necrolo ...

(1886–1968), American actor *

John Davidson (entertainer) John Hamilton Davidson (born December 13, 1941) is an American actor, singer, and game-show host known for hosting ''That's Incredible!,'' ''Time Machine,'' and ''Hollywood Squares'' in the 1980s, and a revival of ''The $100,000 Pyramid'' in ...

(born 1941), American television actor and game show host

Military

John Davidson (Royal Navy officer) John Davidson (died 31 January 1881) was an English surgeon who served as Inspector-General of the Royal Navy and was Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria. Career Davidson joined the Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon on 29 July 1839, serving ...

(c. 1818–1881), English naval surgeon * John Wynn Davidson (1825–1881), U.S. Army major general * John F. Davidson (1908–1989), U.S. Navy admiral

Politics and law

* John Davidson (Lower Canada politician) (died 1838), Canadian merchant, civil servant and politician * John S. Davidson (1846–1894), American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate *

John Andrew Davidson John Andrew Davidson (August 19, 1852 – November 14, 1903) was a Manitoba politician. He was briefly the leader of Manitoba's Conservative parliamentary caucus in 1894, and later served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Hugh Joh ...

(1852–1903), Canadian politician *

John Davidson (British Army officer) Major-General Sir John Humphrey Davidson, (24 July 1876 – 11 December 1954), nicknamed "Tavish", was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament. Early life Davidson was born in Mauritius to George Walter Davidson, a merchant, and his ...

(1876–1954), British major general and politician *

J. C. C. Davidson John Colin Campbell Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson, (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1970), known before his elevation to the peerage as J. C. C. Davidson, was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician, best known for his clo ...

(1889–1970), British politician *

John James Davidson John James Davidson (13 December 1898, Inverness – 9 January 1976, Leigh-on-Sea)Dates taken from death certificate was a Scottish Labour politician. Davidson was born in Inverness, the son of a tailor, and moved to Glasgow at a young age. He se ...

(1898–1976), British MP, 1935–1945 *

John Davidson (Illinois politician) John Davidson (August 31, 1924 – August 21, 2012) was an American politician. Born in West Point, Mississippi, Davidson graduated from Petersburg, Illinois High School. Davidson served in the Illinois Senate 1973–1993. He served in the U ...

(1924–2012), American politician *John

Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson John Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson (22 December 1928 – 20 July 2012), was a British peer and Conservative politician. Regarded as a safe pair of hands, he became deputy chief whip in the House of Lords. Background and education Davi ...

(1928–2012), British politician

Religion

John Davidson (reformer) John Davidson (c.1549–1603) was born in Dunfermline, where his parents owned property in houses and lands. He entered St Leonard's College, St Andrews, in 1567, and after graduating, became a regent of the college, pursuing the study of ...

(1549–1603) Scottish Presbyterian minister during the Scottish Reformation *

John Davidson (minister) John Davidson (1834 – 22 July 1881) was a Presbyterian minister and academic. Life Davidson was born in Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland, and was educated for the ministry. Having gained a considerable reputation as a preacher, he was invited to assum ...

(1834–1881), Scottish Presbyterian minister and academic * John Davidson (British writer) (born 1944), English writer on mysticism and Christian origins *

John Davidson (priest) John Cheyne Davidson was a Canadian Anglican priest in the 20th Century. Davidson was educated at Trinity College, Toronto and ordained in 1885. After a curacy in Teddington he went out to Colborne Parish, New Brunswick After that he worked in th ...

, Canadian Anglican priest

Sports

* John Davidson (cricketer, born 1804) (1804–1898), English cricketer *

John Davidson (rugby union) John Davidson (3 September 1851 – 19 September 1919) was a Scottish international rugby union player who played for RIE College RFC in Surrey, England. Born in Banchory in 1851, Davidson played as a Forward. Davidson played in two early rug ...

(1851–1919), Scottish rugby union player * Gordon Davidson (ice hockey) (John Gordon Davidson, 1918–2004), Canadian ice hockey player *

John Davidson (ice hockey) John Arthur Davidson (born February 27, 1953) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey executive and former player, who serves as President of Hockey Operations and alternate governor for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey Lea ...

(born 1953), Canadian NHL hockey player and executive *

John Davidson (rugby league) John Davidson is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for Balmain and Cronulla-Sutherland in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition. His brother Jamie Davidson also played ...

(born 1961), Australian rugby player *

John Davidson (cricketer, born 1964) John Edward Davidson (born 23 October 1964) is a Welsh people, Welsh former cricketer. Davidson was born at Aberystwyth in October 1964. He later studied at Trinity College, Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first-cla ...

, Welsh cricketer

Others

John Davidson (antiquarian) John Davidson of Stewartfield and Haltree FRSE WS (c.1725-1797) was a Scottish antiquary, author/publisher and co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He served as Deputy Keeper to the Signet. He was a friend of Lord Hailes, David Herd, ...

(1725–1797), Scottish lawyer, publisher and antiquarian *

John Davidson (traveller) John Davidson (1797–1836) was an English traveller in Africa. Early life He was son of a tailor and army clothier in Cork Street, London, and originally from Kelso, and was born on 23 December 1797. He went to school at a private academy near ...

(1797–1836), English traveler in Africa *

John Ewen Davidson John Ewen Davidson (2 March 1841 in London – 2 September 1923 in Oxford) was a colonist sugar planter, slave owner, murderer, and miller in Queensland. Life and career John Ewen Davidson was born as the son of a Scottish merchant. He was e ...

(1841–1923), English pioneer sugar planter and miller in Queensland *

John Davidson (botanist) John Davidson (1878 – 1970) was a notable Scottish-Canadian botanist. Biography He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He worked at the University of Aberdeen from 1893 to 1911. He later moved to Canada in the hopes of securing a professors ...

(1878–1970), Scottish-Canadian botanist *

John Ogilvie Davidson John Ogilvie "Skook" Davidson , MM & two bars (July 29, 1892 - 1972) was a soldier, land surveyor, packer, guide and rancher in far northern British Columbia, Canada. Known as "Skook" or "Skookum" Davidson because of his stature (big and strong), ...

(1892–1972), Canadian surveyor *

John Davidson (chemical engineer) John Frank Davidson FRS FREng FIChemE (7 February 1926 - 25 December 2019) was a British chemical engineer and former Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is regarded as the founding father of the subject ...

(1926–2019), British chemical engineer awarded a Royal Medal in 1999 *

John Davidson (Tourette syndrome campaigner) John Davidson MBE (born 1971 or 1972) is a Scottish campaigner for Tourette syndrome, who lives in Galashiels. At age 16, Davidson was the subject of the BBC TV documentary ''John's Not Mad'' (1989) about the manifestations of Tourette syndrome w ...