John Scott may refer to:

Academics

* John Scott (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer *

John Witherspoon Scott John Witherspoon Scott (January 22, 1800 – November 29, 1892) was an American Presbyterian minister, academic, and college administrator. His daughter Caroline Harrison became First Lady of the United States after her husband, Benjamin Harris ...

(1800–1892), American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison *

John Work Scott John Work Scott, son of Andrew Scott and Mary Dinsmore, was the sixth and last president of Washington College before its merger with Jefferson College to form Washington & Jefferson College. A native of Wheeling, West Virginia, Scott graduated ...

(1807–1879), American president of Washington College *

John Scott (medical school dean) Prof John Halliday Scott FRSE (28 December 1851 – 25 February 1914) was a notable Scottish-born New Zealand university professor, artist and medical school dean. Life He was born John Lidderdale Scott at 13 Drummond Place in Edinburgh, Scotl ...

(1851–1914), New Zealand professor, artist, and medical school dean *

John Scott (sociologist) John Peter Scott (born 8 April 1949) is an English sociologist working on issues of economic and political sociology, social stratification, the history of sociology, and social network analysis. He is currently working independently, and has pr ...

(born 1949), British sociologist *

John R. Scott Sr. Reverend John Robert Scott Sr. (1840-41 – February 18, 1929) was a religious and political leader in Florida as well as a college president. He was born into slavery in Virginia. During the Reconstruction era he became a pastor in the African ...

(1840/41–1929), president of Edward Waters College, minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church * John Paul Scott (geneticist) (1909–2000), American behavior geneticist and comparative psychologist

Arts and entertainment

John Scott (engraver) John Scott (1774–1827) was an English engraver, known for his work on topics showing animals. Life He was born on 12 March 1774 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, where his father, John Scott, worked in a brewery. At the age of twelve he was apprenticed to ...

(1774–1827), English engraver *

John Scott (1849–1919) John Scott RI, RBA (1849–1919) was an English artist, born in Carlisle. Life Scott was born in at 23 Rickergate, Carlisle, Cumberland, on 23 August 1849. His father and grandfather, both also named John Scott, had a business as gilders and ...

, English artist *

John Beldon Scott John Beldon Scott is an American art historian, Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor of the Arts and Director of the School of Art & Art History at the University of Iowa. Education Scott received his B.A. from Indiana University (1968) and spent f ...

, 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 John Alan Scott (who has published under the names John A. Scott and John Scott) (born 23 April 1948) is an English-Australian poet, novelist and academic. Biography Scott was born in Littlehampton

(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) John Scott Dance, formerly the Irish Modern Dance Theatre, is a Dublin based modern dance company. It was founded by John Scott in 1991 with the aim of creating, commissioning and expanding dance experience in Ireland. Background The Irish Mo ...

, founder of the Irish Modern Dance Theatre, now John Scott Dance *

John Stuart Scott John Stuart Scott (sometimes credited as John Scott or John S. Scott) is an American television director and producer who has directed episodes for several well-known series including '' Glee'', ''The Office'' and ''Chuck''. Television work ...

(born 1966), American television director * John Scott (''Fringe''), character played by Mark Valley in the TV series ''Fringe'' *

John Alden Scott John Alden Scott (March 11, 1916 – October 1, 1986) was a president of the Gannett Foundation from 1976 to 1981. Scott later served as chairman of the board after his retirement, and served in that capacity until three months before his death. ...

(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) (born 1950), Canadian multimedia painter, sculptor, and installation artist

Politics and law

United States

* John Scott (sheriff), interim sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, US, from January 2014 *

John M. Scott John Milton Scott (August 1, 1824 – January 21, 1898) was an American attorney, judge, politician and philanthropist from Illinois. Although he did not win election to the Illinois Senate from Bloomington, Illinois, he served on both the Illin ...

(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 John E. Scott (born July 24, 1939, in Charleston, Missouri) is a Democrat former state senator from Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states ...

(born 1939), Missouri state senator and president pro tem *

John P. Scott John P. Scott (June 12, 1933 – May 21, 2010) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1992 to 1998 where he represented the 36th Legislative District, which covered Passaic and portions of south ...

(1933–2010), New Jersey Senate member * John Morin Scott (1730–1784), New York Continental congressman, general * John Scott (Ohio politician), Ohio House of Representatives *

John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (July 6, 1873 – December 9, 1945) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott, father of Hardie Scott, was born in ...

(1873–1945), US Representative from Pennsylvania *

John Scott (representative) John Scott (December 25, 1784 – September 22, 1850) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography John Scott (father of Pennsylvania Senator John Scott (Pennsylvania), John Scott and of the 1868 candidate f ...

(1784–1850), US Representative from Pennsylvania *

John Scott (Pennsylvania politician, born 1824) John Scott (July 24, 1824November 29, 1896) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. Biography Born in Alexandria, Hu ...

(1824–1896), US Senator from Pennsylvania * John Morin Scott (mayor) (1789–1858), mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

John B. Scott (New York politician) John B. Scott (ca. 1789 – September 18, 1854 East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was for more than twenty years a justice of the New York City Marine Court. In May 1840, Scott ...

(1789–1854), American lawyer and politician from New York *

John L. Scott Jr. John L. Scott Jr. (October 21, 1953 – August 13, 2023) was an American politician who served as a member of the South Carolina Legislature from 1991 until his death. Scott was a small business owner in Columbia, South Carolina. Scott was a D ...

(born 1953), American politician in the South Carolina Senate * John Scott (died 1842), served briefly on the

Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas The Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas was the court of last resort for legal matters in the Republic of Texas from the Republic's independence from Mexico in 1836 until its annexation by the United States of America in 1846. The current Supre ...

(US) * John B. Scott (Texas politician), Texas Secretary of State *

John T. Scott (Indiana judge) John T. Scott (May 6, 1831 – December 29, 1891)Minde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt,Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices, ''Indiana Law Review'', Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced iIndiana Court ...

(born 1831), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court

Kingdom of England

John Scott (MP for Hastings) 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 (1 ...

, 1385–1393, MP for Hastings *

John Scott (died 1485) Sir John Scott, JP (c. 1423 – 17 October 1485) of Scot's Hall in Smeeth was a Kent landowner, and committed supporter of the House of York. Among other offices, he served as Comptroller of the Household to Edward IV, and lieutenant to t ...

(c. 1423–1485), English Yorkist during the Wars of the Roses, Warden of the Cinque Ports *

John Scott (died 1533) Sir John Scott ( – 7 October 1533) was the eldest son of Sir William Scott of Scot's Hall. He served in King Henry VIII's campaigns in France, and was active in local government in Kent and a Member of Parliament for New Romney. He was th ...

(1480s–1533), MP for New Romney, England *

John Scott (MP for Ripon) John Scott ( fl. 1572), was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two ...

(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) John Scott was one of two Members of the Parliament of England for the constituency of York from 1661 to 1664. Life and politics The son of John Scott, Dean of York Minster, John was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's Colleg ...

, (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) 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 (1 ...

, MP for Boroughbridge 1799–1806 * John Scott-Waring (1747–1819), English political agent and Member of Parliament *

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, (4 June 1751 – 13 January 1838) was a British barrister and politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806 and again between 1807 and 1827. Background and education Eldon ...

(1751–1838), Lord High Chancellor of Britain

United Kingdom

John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon (10 December 1805 – 18 September 1854) was a British peer and Tory politician. Background and education Eldon was the only child of John Scott (1774–1805), MP for Boroughbridge, the only son of Lord Chancellor Jo ...

(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) Sir John Scott (4 June 1841 – 1 March 1904) was an English judge who became, amongst other titles, Deputy Judge Advocate-General and later Judicial Advisor to the Khedive in his adopted home, Egypt. He was also known as a cricketer in his yo ...

(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) John Lyden Scott (born 31 March 1934) is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1980 to 1993. Scott was born in Hamilton, Scotland. He served in the Royal Air Force fr ...

(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) John Scott (21 September 1823 – 30 August 1888) was an English entomologist. He was born, and died, in Morpeth. His collection of specimens is held at the Natural History Museum, London London is the capital and List of urban areas in ...

(1823–1888), English entomologist *

John Scott (botanist) John Scott FLS (5 April 1836–11 June 1880) was a Scottish botanist and gardener. Born at Denholm, he was the gardener at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, seat of the Dukes of Devonshire, before becoming foreman of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edin ...

(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) Sir Philip John Scott (26 June 1931 – 20 October 2015) was a New Zealand medical researcher and administrator. Early life and family Scott was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden in 1931, to Doris Annie (née Ruddock) and Horace McDona ...

(1931–2015), New Zealand scientist and medic * Jack Scott (meteorologist) (1923–2008), British television weatherman *

John Scott (physician) John Scott FRSE FRCPE FRCP (1797–1859) was a 19th-century Scottish naval surgeon and physician to Queen Victoria in Scotland. Life He was born on 26 January 1797 the youngest son of Rev James Scott of Benholm in Kincardineshire. He studie ...

(1797–1859), Scottish surgeon and physician in Scotland to Queen Victoria

Sports

Association football

John Scott (1890s footballer) John Scott was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward. He made his debut for Sunderland on 13 September 1890 against Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lan ...

, Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward *

John Scott (1920s footballer) John Scott MM (born 1889) was a Scottish footballer whose regular position was wing half. Born in Wishaw or Motherwell, he played for Hamilton Academical, Bradford Park Avenue, Manchester United and St Mirren. Scott was awarded a Military Medal ...

, Scottish footballer *

John Scott (footballer, born 1872) John C. Scott (born 1 January 1872, date of death unknown) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. Born in Edinburgh he played for Leith Athletic in his native Scotland before spells with Sheffield United and Gainsborough Trinity in ...

(1872–?), Scottish footballer *

John Scott (footballer, born 1890) John George Scott was an English professional association football, footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town and Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United. Personal life Scott served in ...

(1890–?), English footballer * John Scott (footballer, born 1942), English footballer

Baseball

John Scott (1970s outfielder) John Henry Scott (born January 24, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for three seasons. He played with the San Diego Padres from 1974 to 1975 and the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977, playing in 118 career games. Playing ca ...

(born 1952), American professional baseball outfielder *

John Scott (1940s outfielder) John Scott (August 28, 1913 – March 7, 1967) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1940s. A native of Magnolia, Arkansas, Scott made his Negro leagues debut in 1944 for the Birmingham Black Barons. He went on to play five seasons ...

(1913–1967), American Negro leagues baseball player * John William Scott (1887–1962), American professional baseball shortstop, also known as

Jim Scott Jim or Jimmy Scott may refer to: Music * Jimmy Scott (1925–2014), American jazz vocalist * Jim Scott (producer), music engineer and producer * Jim Scott (musician), acoustic guitar player and songwriter * Jimmy Scott (songwriter), British-born mu ...

Other sports

John Scott Jr. John Scott Jr. (born December 15, 1975) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive line coach for the Detroit Lions. Scott played professionally for the Greensboro Prowlers of the AF2 and the Montreal Alouett ...

(born 1975), American football coach and former player *

John Scott (rugby union) John Scott (born 28 September 1954) is a former rugby union international who represented England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The ...

(born 1954), English international rugby union player *

John A. R. Scott John A. R. Scott was the first head coach of Syracuse University's men's basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete wi ...

, first basketball head coach of Syracuse University *

John Scott (cricket and rugby league) John Drake ("Jack") Scott (31 January 1888 – 7 April 1964) was an Australian cricketer and Test match umpire. Scott played as a right-arm fast bowler and was also a useful lower-order right-handed batsman. He was the first man to dismiss Don ...

(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) John Scott (born 1928) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. He played with the East York Lyndhursts, and won a silver medal at the 1954 World Ice Hockey Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. He also played for the Ayr Raiders in Ayr, Scotland. ...

, Canadian professional ice hockey winger * John Scott (ice hockey, born 1982), Canadian professional ice hockey winger/defenseman * John Scott (sailor) (born 1934), Australian competitive sailor

Other

John Scott (adventurer) Captain John Scott of Long Island (c.1634?–1704) was a royal advisor, military leader, spy, cartographer, attorney, land speculator, and early settler and leader of Long Island. He lobbied to make Long Island a colony in North America with hims ...

(c. 1634–1696), Captain John Scott, Long Island founder, explorer, royal advisor *

John Scott (banker) John Scott (28 January 1757 – 19 April 1832) was an English banker, evangelical Christian and pacifist. He was a founder member of the Peace Society in London, and was associated with the anti-slavery movement and various abolitionist figures of t ...

(1757–1832), English evangelical pacifist *

John Scott (Royal Navy officer) John Scott (1764 – 21 October 1805) was a warrant officer in the Royal Navy. He was a friend and confidant to Lord Nelson and served as his secretary in . He was present at the Battle of Trafalgar during which he was killed in the opening exch ...

(died 1805), warrant officer in the Royal Navy, friend and secretary to Lord Nelson *

John Paul Scott John Paul Scott (January 3, 1927 – February 22, 1987) was an American criminal who is noted as the only escapee from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary known to have reached the San Francisco shore by swimming. He was recaptured almost immediately ...

(1927–1987), American Alcatraz escapee who reached San Francisco by swimming *

John Walter Scott John Walter Scott (November 2, 1845 – January 4, 1919) of New York City, was originally from England, but he emigrated to the United States to take part in the California Gold Rush. Unsuccessful at the prospecting trade, Scott began to sell p ...

(1845–1919), English-American stamp dealer * John Scott, founder of Montgomery, Alabama *

John L. Scott John L. Scott Real Estate is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. It currently has over 110 offices with over 3,000 brokers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Northern California. Current John L. Scott is owned and operated by a third-generation Scott ...

, real estate company in Seattle *

John Maurice Scott John Maurice Scott (1948 – 1 July 2001) was the Director General of the Fiji Red Cross and received a Red Cross award for his role in the hostage crisis during the 2000 Fijian coup d'état. Biography Scott was born in Suva, Fiji, and educated ...

(1948–2001), Director General of the Fiji Red Cross, murdered in 2001 *

John Corse Scott John Corse Scott FRS (born Corse; 12 July 1756 – 12 September 1840) was a Scottish surgeon in the Indian Medical Service, a naturalist, and landowner in Lanarkshire. Life John Corse of Bughtrig was born in 1756, the son of Richard Corse and Ma ...

(died 1840), surgeon, naturalist, and Scottish landowner *

John Wallace Scott John Wallace Scott, also known as J. Wallace Scott (August 31, 1832 – May 12, 1903), was a United States soldier who fought with the Union Army as a member of several Pennsylvania infantry units during the American Civil War. Severely wounded du ...

(1832–1903), American soldier who fought in the American Civil War *

John Scott (archdeacon of Dromore) William John Scott (born 1946) was Archdeacon of Dromore from 2005 to 2011. Scott was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained in 1972. His first posts were curacies at Bangor and Hollywood. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2016/17 p794: ...

(born 1946), Irish Anglican priest *

John Scott (dean of Lismore) John Scott (died 1828) was an Irish Anglican priest in the last decade of the 18th century and the first three of the 19th. Scott was born in Kilkenny and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was Archdeacon of Clonfert from 1790 to 1796; ...

(died 1828), Irish Anglican priest * John Scott (1777–1834), English priest, biographer on his father

Thomas Scott Thomas Scott may refer to: Australia * Thomas Hobbes Scott (1783–1860), Anglican clergyman and first Archdeacon of New South Wales * Thomas Scott (Australian politician) (1865–1946), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Thomas Sco ...