John, Johnny, or Jock Simpson may refer to:

Politicians

* John Simpson (Parliamentarian), politician of the post-English Civil War period, see

Thomas Kelsey Thomas Kelsey (died c. 1680) rose from obscurity as a "London tradesman" to become an important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell. Kelsey enlisted in the New Model Army and fought on the side of Parliament during the English Civil W ...

John Simpson (Kentucky politician) John Simpson (died January 22, 1813) was a United States Army officer, attorney, and politician. Simpson saw military action in both the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. He also served 4 terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives in ...

(died 1813), American attorney and politician *

John Simpson (MP for Wenlock) John Bridgeman Simpson (13 May 1763 – 5 June 1850) of Babworth Hall, Nottinghamshire was born John Bridgeman, a younger son of Sir Henry Bridgeman, later 1st Baron Bridgeman. He assumed the surname and arms of Simpson by Act of Parliament. ...

(1763–1850), English member of parliament for Wenlock * John Simpson (Lower Canada politician) (1788–1873), government official and politician in Quebec *

John Simpson (Niagara politician) John Simpson (December 27, 1807 – September 19, 1878) was a businessman and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England in 1807 and came to Niagara in Upper Canada in 1835 where he entered business as a book ...

(1807–1878), Canadian businessman and politician * John Simpson (Ontario politician) (1812–1885), Ontario banker and member of the Senate of Canada *Sir

John Hope Simpson Sir John Hope Simpson OBJ (23 July 1868 – 10 April 1961) was a British Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and later in the Government of the Dominion of Newfoundland. Hope Simpson was born in Wes ...

(1868–1961), British Liberal politician and administrator in India * John A. Simpson (1854–1916), Canadian politician *

John Thomas Simpson John Thomas Simpson (27 October 1870 – 13 December 1965) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Waverley, Ontario and became a farmer and a municipal politician. Simpson attended schools in Simcoe Co ...

(1870–1965), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons * John Simpson (died 1803), British member of parliament for Mitchell *

John Simpson (Kansas politician) John M. Simpson (born July 30, 1934) is a former politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Kansas. He served as a Republican in the Kansas State Senate from 1972 to 1979, before switching parties and unsuccessfully running as a Democrat in th ...

(born 1934), former Kansas State Senator

Cultural figures

*John Simpson, bassist in the American R&B band

The S.O.S. Band The S.O.S. Band (sometimes written as S.O.S. Band; abbreviation for Sounds of Success) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B and Boogie (genre), electro-funk musical ensemble, group who gained fame in the 1980s. They are best known for the songs ...

John Simpson (artist) John Philip Simpson (1782–1847) was a British painter, known for his portraits. Early life and education Simpson was born in London in 1782 and was a student at the Royal Academy and for some years an assistant to Sir Thomas Lawrence, PRA. ...

(1782–1847), British painter who painted ''The Captive Slave'' * John Simpson (actor/producer), Canadian actor *Sir

John William Simpson Sir John William Simpson KBE FRIBA (9 August 1858 – 30 March 1933) was a British architect and President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1919 to 1921. Background and early life Simpson was the eldest son of the Bri ...

(1858–1933), English architect *

John Simpson (architect) John Simpson (born 9 November 1954), is a British architect, well known for being one of the few modern-day architects designing New Classical architecture. Education and career Simpson studied architecture at University College London. Sim ...

(born 1954), British modern-day classical architect *

John Palgrave Simpson John Palgrave Simpson (1807–1887), commonly referred to as "Palgrave Simpson", was a Victorian playwright. He wrote more than fifty pieces in a variety of genres, including dramas, comedies, operas, and spectacles, between 1850 and 1885. Sim ...

(1807–1887), Victorian playwright * John L. Simpson (born 1963), Australian film and theatre producer, writer and distributor *

John Simpson (journalist) John Cody Fidler-Simpson (born 9 August 1944) is an English foreign correspondent and world affairs editor of BBC News. He has spent all his working life with the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, a ...

(born 1944), BBC journalist, foreign correspondent and author

Academic figures

* John Simpson (fine arts academic), former head of the School of Fine Arts at the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

John Baird Simpson Dr John Baird Simpson FRSE FGS (January 14, 1894 – June 28, 1960), was a Scottish geologist. He was President of the Edinburgh Geological Society 1950-52 and was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London in 1954. Life Sim ...

(1894–1960), Scottish geologist *

John B. Simpson John Barclay Simpson (born June 8, 1947) is a former president of the University at Buffalo (UB), part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

(born 1947), former president of the University at Buffalo *

John Wistar Simpson John Wistar Simpson (25 September 1914 – January 4, 2007) was an electrical engineer, who made significant contributions to the development of the nuclear energy. Biography He was born in 1914 in Glenn Springs, South Carolina. He joined Wes ...

(1914–2007), American electrical engineer *

John Simpson (lexicographer) John Simpson (born 13 October 1953) is an English lexicographer and was Chief Editor of the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED'') from 1993 to 2013. Life John Simpson was born in Cheltenham, where his father was employed at GCHQ, and attended ...

(born 1953) *

John Alexander Simpson John Alexander Simpson (November 3, 1916 – August 31, 2000) was an American physicist and science educator. He was deeply committed to educating the public and political leaders about science and its implications, most notably as a principal fou ...

(1916–2000), physicist * John Simpson (British nuclear physicist) (born 1958)

Sports figures

Jock Simpson John Robert Simpson (25 December 1886 – 4 January 1959) was a footballer who played as an outside right in the 1900s and 1910s. Career Club Simpson's footballing career began with Laurieston Villa, and after a trial with Rangers, he signed f ...

(1886–1959), England and Blackburn Rovers footballer *

John Simpson (footballer, born 1918) John Simpson (27 October 1918 – 21 June 2000) was an English-born association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football)#Full back, left back in The Football League in the 1940s and 1950s. After playing as an amateur ...

(1918–2000), English footballer, played for Huddersfield Town and York City *

John Simpson (footballer, born 1933) John Lionel Simpson (5 October 1933 – 7 December 1993) was an English football goalkeeper. He spent fifteen years playing for Gillingham, for whom he holds the all-time record for the most matches played in the Football League. Career Simps ...

(1933–1993), English footballer, played for Lincoln City and Gillingham *

John Simpson (boxer) John Simpson (born 26 July 1983) is a Scottish former professional boxer who competed from 2002 to 2015. He held the British featherweight title twice between 2006 and 2010 and the Commonwealth featherweight title from 2009 to 2010. Professio ...

(born 1983), Scottish featherweight boxer *

John Simpson (English cricketer) John Andrew Simpson (born 13 July 1988) is an English cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club. Simpson is a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman who won the Denis Compton Award in 2004 at Lancashire, and 2011 at Middlesex. He ma ...

(born 1988), Middlesex County Cricket Club * John Simpson (New Zealand cricketer) (1907–1980), Auckland cricket team * John Simpson (fencer) (1927–2016), Australian Olympic fencer * John Simpson (basketball), professional basketball player *

John Simpson (American football) John Simpson (born August 19, 1997) is an American football offensive guard for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson. Early life and high school Simpson grew up in the Dorchester-Wayl ...

(born 1997), American football offensive lineman * Johnny Simpson (1922–2010), New Zealand rugby union player * John Simpson (rugby union) (1872–1921), Scottish rugby union player

Military figures

John Simpson (soldier) Major John Simpson (December 1, 1748 – October 28, 1825) was an American Revolutionary War soldier from Deerfield, New Hampshire. He is one of several men traditionally described as having fired the first shot on the American side at the Batt ...

(1748–1825), American Revolutionary War soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill * John Simpson (VC) (1826–1884), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross *

John Simpson Kirkpatrick John Kirkpatrick (enlisted as John Simpson; 6 July 1892 – 19 May 1915) was a stretcher bearer with the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance brigade during the Gallipoli campaign – the Allied attempt to capture Constantinople, ca ...

(1892–1915), Australian World War I war hero (who enlisted as "John Simpson") * John Simpson (RAF officer) (1907–1967), senior RAF officer in the mid-1950s and eighth Commandant Royal Observer Corps *

John Simpson (British Army officer) Brigadier John James Hope Simpson, (10 October 1927 – 7 March 2007) was a British Army officer who served as Director SAS from 1972 to 1975. Military career Educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad, Simpson enlisted in the Coldstream Gua ...

(1927–2007), British Army officer and Director SAS

Miscellaneous figures

* John Simpson (journalist/consumer advocate) (born 1948), American consumer rights advocate and former journalist * John Simpson (martyr), one of the Marian martyrs *

John Simpson (Presbyterian) The Reverend John Simpson (1740–1808), was a Presbyterian minister and Whig leader in the American Revolution. Life Of Scotch-Irish descent, Simpson married Mary Remer (1743-1812) in 1765 in New Jersey. He graduated Princeton College with ...

(1740–1808), of South Carolina, in the American Revolutionary War *

John Simpson (Unitarian) :''To be distinguished from John Simpson (Presbyterian) (1740–1808), active in the American War of Independence.'' John Simpson (1746–1812) was an English Unitarian minister and religious writer, known as a biblical critic. Some of his essay ...

(1746–1812), of Bath, English Unitarian minister and religious writer * John Woodruff Simpson (1850–1920), American lawyer and founding partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett * John D. Simpson (1901–1988), Canadian businessman in the

Canadian Mining Hall of Fame The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame was conceived by Maurice R. Brown as a way to honor Canada's mine finders and builders, in recognition of accomplishments by leaders in the Canadian mining industry. The Hall was established in 1988; in 2022 it ha ...

John Milton Bryan Simpson John Milton Bryan Simpson (May 30, 1903 – August 22, 1987) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and previously was a United ...