John Mason may refer to:

Entertainment

* John Mason (playwright) (fl. 1609), British playwright * John Mason (poet) (1646–1694), English clergyman, poet, and hymn-writer *

John B. Mason John Hill Belcher Mason (October 28, 1858 – January 12, 1919) was an American stage actor popular during the decades surrounding the start of the twentieth century. Early life John Hill Belcher Mason was born in Orange, New Jersey the son of ...

(1858–1919), American stage actor *

John Mason (artist) John Mason (March 30, 1927January 20, 2019) was an American artist who did experimental work with ceramics. Genzlinger, Neil (February 7, 2019).John Mason, Who Expanded Ceramics’ Boundaries, Dies at 91. ''New York Times''. Retrieved 2019-03-17. ...

(1927–2019), ceramic artist from Los Angeles, California * John M. Mason (musician) (1940–2011), Scottish solicitor, musician, composer and conductor *

Ralph Mason John Francis Mason (1 September 1938 – 10 August 2016), known by his stage name Ralph Mason, was an English singer best remembered for his performances in leading tenor roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the 1960s and 1970s. After ...

(John Francis Mason, 1938–2016), English tenor

Politics

U.S.

* John Thomson Mason (1765–1824), American jurist and Attorney General of Maryland in 1806 * John Thomson Mason (1787–1850), American lawyer, United States marshal *

John Y. Mason John Young Mason (April 18, 1799October 3, 1859) was a United States representative from Virginia, the 16th and 18th United States Secretary of the Navy, the 18th Attorney General of the United States, United States Ambassador to France, United ...

(1799–1859), U.S. Representative from Virginia and Secretary of the Navy *

John Calvin Mason John Calvin Mason (August 4, 1802 – August 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Mason attended country and city schools in Montgomery County and Mount Sterling Law School in Lexington, Kentucky. ...

(1802–1865), U.S. Representative from Kentucky * John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815–1873), U.S. Representative from Maryland, son of John Thomson Mason (1765–1824)

U.K.

John Mason (15th-century MP) John Mason may refer to: Entertainment * John Mason (playwright) (fl. 1609), British playwright * John Mason (poet) (1646–1694), English clergyman, poet, and hymn-writer * John B. Mason (1858–1919), American stage actor * John Mason (artist) ( ...

, Member of Parliament for Lewes and East Grinstead * John Mason (diplomat) (1503–1566), British diplomat and spy * John Mason (governor) (1586–1635), founder of the Province of New Hampshire and governor of Newfoundland *

John Mason (Scottish politician) John Fingland Mason (born 15 May 1957) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who has served as the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Glasgow Shettleston since 2011. He was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow ...

(born 1957), Member of Parliament for Glasgow East and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston * John Mason (British diplomat) (1927–2008), UK High Commissioner to Australia

Elsewhere

* John James Mason (1842–1903), Canadian politician * John Mason (New Zealand politician) (1880–1975), New Zealand politician * John Mason (Australian politician) (born 1928), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * Sir John Mason (died 1720), Irish MP for County Waterford *

John Mason (died 1738) John Mason may refer to: Entertainment * John Mason (playwright) (fl. 1609), British playwright * John Mason (poet) (1646–1694), English clergyman, poet, and hymn-writer * John B. Mason (1858–1919), American stage actor * John Mason (artist) ( ...

, Irish MP for the city of Waterford * John Monck Mason (1726–1809), Irish politician and literary scholar

Science

* John Alden Mason (1885–1967), archaeological anthropologist and linguist *

John Mason (meteorologist) Sir Basil John Mason (18 August 1923 – 6 January 2015) was an expert on cloud physics and former Director-General of the Meteorological Office from 1965 to 1983 and Chancellor of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technolo ...

(1923–2015), British meteorologist *

John Wayne Mason John Wayne Mason, M.D. (February 9, 1924 – March 4, 2014) was an American physiologist and researcher who specialized in the interplay between human emotions and the endocrine system. Mason is regarded as an international leader and theoretic ...

(1924–2014), American physiologist and stress researcher

Sports

John Mason (American football) John H. Mason was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Colorado School of Mines from 1947 to 1946 and at Montana State University from 1950 to 1951, compiling a career college football coach record of 24 ...

(fl. 1920s–1950s), American college football player and coach *

John Mason (announcer) John Mason is the public address announcer for the Detroit Pistons' basketball games at Little Caesars Arena who is best known for his 18-years as the host of ''Mason in The Morning'' show, which aired on WJLB, and for his colorful introductions, ...

, sports announcer for the Detroit Pistons basketball team * John Mason (cricketer) (born 1984), English cricketer * John Mason (runner) (born 1987), Canadian long-distance runner * John Mason (soccer) (born 1953), Scottish-American soccer defender * Jack Mason (John Richard Mason, 1874–1958), cricketer

Others

* John Mason (c. 1600–1672) (1600–1672), Commander of the Connecticut forces in the 1637 Pequot War *

John Mason (minister) John Mason (1706–1763) was an English nonconformist minister and author. Life Born at Dunmow, Essex, he was son of John Mason (died 1723), Independent minister there, and subsequently at Spaldwick, Huntingdonshire; his grandfather was John Mas ...

(1706–1763), English nonconformist minister and author *

John Mason (businessman) John Mason (c. 1773 – September 26, 1839) was an early American businessperson, merchant and banker. Mason served as the second president of Chemical Bank from 1831 through 1839 and would later be referred to as "the father of the Chemical Ba ...

(1773–1839), American banker *

John Mason (planter) John Mason (April 4, 1766March 19, 1849) was an early American merchant, banker, officer (armed forces), and planter. As a son of George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States, Mason was a scion of the prominent Mason political family. ...

(1766–1849), American banker and planter, son of George Mason *

John Charles Mason John Charles Mason (1798–1881) was a British East India Company servant and marine secretary to the Indian government (home establishment). Mason, born in London in March 1798, was the only son of Alexander Way Mason, chief clerk in the secretar ...

(1798–1881), British East India Company secretary and diplomat *

John M. Mason (theologian) John Mitchell Mason (March 19, 1770 – December 26, 1829) was an American preacher and theologian who was Provost of Columbia College in the early 1810s, and briefly President of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in the early 1820s. ...

(1770–1829), American preacher and theologian *

John Mason (outlaw) John Mason (18??–April 1866), with Jim Henry, was one of the leaders of the Mason Henry Gang organized by secessionist Judge George Gordon Belt. The group posed as Confederate partisan rangers, but acted as outlaws, committing robberies, thefts a ...

(died 1866), bushwhacker and bandit *

John S. Mason John Sanford Mason (August 21, 1824 – November 29, 1897) was a career officer in the United States Army who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Eicher, p. 367. Early life and career John S. Mason was born in ...

(1824–1897), Union general in the American Civil War *

John Landis Mason John Landis Mason (1832 in Vineland, New Jersey – February 26, 1902) was an American tinsmith and the patentee of the metal screw-on lid for antique fruit jars that have come to be known as Mason jars. Many such jars were printed with the line ...

(1832–1902), who patented glass-threaded mason jars used in food preservation *

John Mason (historian) John Mason (9 June 1920 – 31 October 2009) was a British historian and academic. Life John Mason was born in Pembrokeshire, west Wales, on 9 June 1920. He studied at Bridgnorth Grammar School in Shropshire, and then at Jesus College, Oxford ...

(1920–2009), British historian and Oxford academic *

John Mason (schoolmaster) Jonathan Anthony Mason (born 10 January 1945 in Dehradun, India), is an Indian schoolmaster and educationist. He has served as the Headmaster of several major public schools, including St. James' School, Kolkata, the Modern High School in Dubai ...

(born 1945), Indian educationist *

John Mason (astronomer) John Mason may refer to: Entertainment * John Mason (playwright) (fl. 1609), British playwright * John Mason (poet) (1646–1694), English clergyman, poet, and hymn-writer * John B. Mason (1858–1919), American stage actor * John Mason (artist) ( ...

, former president of the British Astronomical Association ** Minor planet

6092 Johnmason 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

, named after him *

John Mason (master) John Mason was master of the ''Prince of Wales'' a transport ship in the First Fleet, assigned to transport convicts for the European colonisation of Australia. ''Prince of Wales'' left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, carrying 47 female convicts. Six ...

, master of the ''Prince of Wales'' in the First Fleet

Other uses

* John Mason School, a secondary school in Abingdon, UK.