John Wilson may refer to:

Academics

John Wilson (mathematician) John Wilson (6 August 1741, Applethwaite, Westmorland – 18 October 1793, Kendal, Westmorland) Robinson (2003), p. 50 was an English mathematician and judge. Wilson's theorem is named after him. Wilson attended school in Staveley, Cum ...

(1741–1793), English mathematician and judge *

John Wilson (historian) John Wilson (8 June 1799, Kilmarnock district, Scotland – 22 January 1870, Brighton, England ) was one of the ideological architects of the British Israelite movement, along with Edward Wheler Bird and Edward Hine. Wilson was a self educated m ...

(1799–1870), author of ''Our Israelitish Origin'' (1840), a founding text of British Israelism * John Wilson (Scottish mathematician) (1847−1896) * John Cook Wilson (1849–1915), English philosopher *

John Hardie Wilson John Hardie Wilson FRSE (1858–1920) was a 19th/20th-century Scottish botanist and photographer. He specialised in the disease resistance of crops and fruits, with a particular interest in disease-resistant potatoes. As a potato breeder he cr ...

(1858−1920), Scottish botanist *

J. Dover Wilson John Dover Wilson CH (13 July 1881 – 15 January 1969) was a professor and scholar of Renaissance drama, focusing particularly on the work of William Shakespeare. Born at Mortlake (then in Surrey, now in Greater London), he attended Lancing ...

(John Dover Wilson, 1881–1969), British professor and scholar of Renaissance literature *

John A. Wilson (Egyptologist) John Albert Wilson (September 12, 1899 – August 30, 1976) was an American Egyptologist who was the Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. After graduating from Princeton University in 1920 he taught English ...

(1899–1976), American Egyptologist * John Wilson (industrial chemist) (1890–1976), British chemist *

John Long Wilson John Long Wilson (1914–2001) was a medical professor and administrator at American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and at Stanford University. He was the author of a manuscript on the history of the Stanford medical school. Personal Wilson was ...

(1914–2001), American medical professor and university administrator * John T. Wilson (1914–1990), president of the University of Chicago, 1975–1978 * John Silvanus Wilson, president of Morehouse College * John Wilson (public policy expert), professor of public policy and management at Glasgow Caledonian University *

John Wilson Jr. ''Sweden v. Yamaguchi'', otherwise known as ''in the matter of Marianne Wilson'', or ''in the matter of Mary Ann Vaughn'', is a highly complex decision in international family law which touches on questions in law still unresolved over fifty years l ...

, American professor of English in Japan before and during World War II * John Matthias Wilson (1814–?), Oxford 1 December 1881), Oxford college head *

John Stuart Wilson John Stuart Wilson (born 5 April 1944) is a British mathematician and former professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge and an Honorary Professor of the University of Leipzig. He specialise ...

(born 1944), British mathematician *

John Wilson (agriculturalist) John Wilson FRSE FGS FCS LLD (1812–1888) was a 19th-century British agriculturalist. Life He was born in London in November 1812, the son of John Wilson and his wife, Matilda. He studied at University College, London, with postgraduate stu ...

(1812–1888), British agriculturalist

Architecture and engineering

* John Wilson (English architect) (1781–1866), British Board of Ordnance clerk of works and architect in Guernsey *

John A. Wilson (topographical engineer) John A Wilson (March 9, 1789 – February 27, 1833) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer in the 19th century. His son, W. Hasell Wilson (1811–1902), was a civil engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Early life and works Wils ...

(1789–1833), American chief engineer on the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad *

John William Wilson (architect) John William Wilson was an architect and builder in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. A number of his buildings are now heritage-listed. Early life Wilson had been born in Banff, Scotland in 1829. He migrated to Victoria where he became fo ...

(1829–1915), architect in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia * John Moulder Wilson (1837–1919), Union and United States Army engineer * John Appleton Wilson (1851–1927), American architect *

John Wilson (Scottish architect) John Wilson OBE FRSE FRIBA FISA (1877–1959) was a 20th-century Scottish architect who influenced the design of state-subsidised local authority housing in Scotland after 1917 and as Chief Architect advised the Scottish Department of Health o ...

(1877−1959), hospital architect and author *

John Tuzo Wilson John Tuzo Wilson (October 24, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. ''Plate tectonics'' is the scientific theory that the rigi ...

(1908–1993), Canadian geophysicist *

John Armistead Wilson John Armistead Wilson CBE (November 2, 1879 – October 10, 1954) was a Scottish-born Canadian engineer and aviation pioneer. Along with Major Clare C. MacLaurin, he was responsible for the formulation of Canada's aviation policy following the First ...

, Scottish-born Canadian engineer and aviation pioneer

Entertainment

Art

John Wilson (painter, born 1774) John H. "Jock" Wilson (1774 in Ayr – 1855 in Folkestone) was a Scottish landscape and marine painter, president of the Royal Society of British Artists, Society of British Artists in 1827. Wilson was apprenticed at age thirteen to a decorator ...

(1774–1855), Scottish painter *

John James Wilson John James Wilson (1818–1875) was the son of John Wilson who was a Scottish landscape and marine painter. The son exhibited similar works to his father's and from the same London address until 1847. Most were landscapes until 1849 and marine ...

(1818–1875), painter, son of John Wilson *

John A. Wilson (sculptor) John Albert Wilson (1877 – December 8, 1954) was a Canadian sculptor who produced public art for commissions throughout North America. He was a professor in the School of Architecture at Harvard University for 32 years. He is most famous for hi ...

(1877–1954), Canadian sculptor in Nova Scotia * John David Wilson (1919–2013), English artist, animator and producer * John Woodrow Wilson (1922–2015), American lithographer, sculptor and art teacher

Film

* John Wilson (filmmaker) (born 1986), American documentary filmmaker

Music

John Wilson (composer) John Wilson (5 April 1595 – 22 February 1674) was an English composer, lutenist and teacher. Born in Faversham, Kent, he moved to London by 1614, where he succeeded Robert Johnson as principal composer for the King's Men, and entered the Ki ...

(1595–1674), English composer and lutenist *

John Wilson (singer) John Wilson (1800–1849) was a Scottish singer. Life The son of John Wilson, a coach-driver, he was born in Edinburgh on 25 December 1800. The family lived at 4 South Princes Street (later rebuilt as the Balmoral Hotel). At the age of ten ...

(1800–1849), Scottish tenor * John Wilson (drummer) (born 1947), drummer from Northern Ireland * Willie Wilson (drummer) (John Andrew Wilson, born 1947), English drummer, member of Quiver *

Back Alley John John Carl David WilsonNicole Wilson www.calgarybluesfest.com. Profile in relation to receipt of Calgary Blues Music Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award, 2008. Nicole Wilson is identified as Back Alley John's niece. Retrieved 2014-08-18. (Febr ...

(John Carl David Wilson, 1955–2006), Canadian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player *

John Wilson (conductor) John Wilson (born 1972) is a British conductor, arranger and musicologist, who conducts orchestras and operas, as well as big band jazz. He is the creator of the John Wilson Orchestra and Associate Guest Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony ...

(born 1972), British orchestral conductor

Writing

John Wilson (playwright) John Wilson (1626–1696) was an English playwright and lawyer. Life and work He was son of Aaron Wilson, a royalist divine, and was born in London in 1626. He matriculated from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1644, and entered Lincoln's Inn two ...

(1626–1696), English playwright * John Wilson (Scottish writer) (1785–1854), Scottish writer, pen name Christopher North *

John Mackay Wilson John Mackay Wilson (15 August 1804 – 2 October 1835) was a Scottish writer famous for the eponymous "''Wilson's'' ''Tales of The Borders (and of Scotland)"'' He was born in Tweedmouth, on the border between Scotland and England. He gave many ta ...

(1804–1835), Scottish writer * John Marius Wilson (1805–1885), author of the ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' (published 1870–1872) *

John S. Wilson (music critic) John Steuart Wilson (January 6, 1913 – August 27, 2002) was an American music critic and jazz radio host. He worked as a music critic for ''The New York Times'' for four decades, and was that paper's first critic to write regularly on jazz and ...

(1913–2002), American music critic and jazz radio host *

John Burgess Wilson John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his dystopian satire ''A Clockwork O ...

(1917–1993), British author, pen name Anthony Burgess *

John Wilson (Canadian writer) John Wilson (born Edinburgh, Scotland, 1951) is a Canadian author. Biography Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 3, 1951. He grew up on the Island of Skye, and in Paisley. After university, where he obtained a degree in Geolo ...

(born 1951), children's writer, winner of the Norma Fleck Award *

John J. B. Wilson John J. B. Wilson (born May 24, 1954) is an American copywriter and publicist. He majored in film and television at University of California, Los Angeles, and after graduation worked on film marketing campaigns. Wilson is the co-founder of th ...

(born 1954), founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards, 1980 * John Morgan Wilson (born 1945), American journalist and author

Law

John G. Wilson 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 ...

(1842–1892), British patent agent * John Wilson, Lord Ashmore (1857–1932), Scottish lawyer, parliamentary candidate, sheriff principal and judge *

John H. Wilson (judge) John Wilson may refer to: Academics * John Wilson (mathematician) (1741–1793), English mathematician and judge * John Wilson (historian) (1799–1870), author of ''Our Israelitish Origin'' (1840), a founding text of British Israelism * John Wil ...

, American judge from New York, author of the 2006 children's book '' Hot House Flowers''

Military

John Wilson (British Army officer, died 1819) John Wilson (c.1765–1819) was Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada in 1816. Life A career army officer initially in the West Indies, Wilson was ensign in the 48th Foot in 1782. He was captain in the 55th Foot in 1794, and lieutenant-colonel i ...

(c. 1765–1819), British general, Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada in 1816 * Sir John Wilson (British Army officer, died 1856) (1780–1856), British general, acting Governor of British Ceylon in 1811–12 and 1831 *

John Williams Wilson John Williams Wilson (1798–1857), also known as Juan Guillermos, was an English- Chilean sailor and politician. Born in Bristol, he entered the newly founded Chilean navy in 1824 and rose to the rank of commander. He was appointed governor of ...

(1798–1857), English sailor *

John Wilson (Royal Navy officer) Rear-Admiral John Crawford Wilson (1834 – 4 July 1885) was a Royal Navy officer who was appointed Commodore in command of the Australia Station. Early life Wilson was born in 1834 to James Wilson, Chief Justice of Mauritius, and Margaret C ...

(1834–1885), British admiral * John Moulder Wilson (1837–1919), U.S. Army general and Medal of Honor recipient * John Wilson (Medal of Honor, born 1839), recipient of the Medal of Honor in the American Civil War * John A. Wilson (Medal of Honor) (1833–1904), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor * John Wilson (Swedish sailor) (1851–1899), Swedish naval officer * Jock Wilson (British Army soldier) (John Nicholson Wilson, 1903–2008), Scottish soldier and centenarian * John Wilson (Garda) (born 1962/63), Irish Garda officer and whistleblower

Politics

Canada

* John Wilson (Ontario politician, born 1807) (1807–1869), lawyer, judge and politician in Ontario, Canada * John Henry Wilson (Canadian politician) (1834–1912), physician, professor and politician in Ontario, Canada * John Wilson (British Columbia politician) (born 1944), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada * John Wilson (New Brunswick politician) (1861–1935), member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

United Kingdom

* John Wilson (Castle Rising MP), member of parliament in 1621 *

John Wilson (Mid Durham MP) John Wilson (1837 – 24 March 1915) was an English coal miner, trade unionist, and a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for more than 25 years. Early life Born at Greatham, near Hartlepool, his mother Hannah died when he was four. After ...

(1837–1915), miner, trade unionist and Liberal-Labour politician * John William Wilson (1858–1932), Liberal member of parliament for Worcestershire North, 1895–1918, and Stourbridge, 1918–1922 *

John Charles Wilson John Charles Wilson (1892–1968) was a Northern Irish physician and Ulster Unionist Party politician. Wilson was educated at Queen's University of Belfast, and qualified as a physician. He served in World War I, from 1914 to 1918, in the RAMC. ...

(1892–1968), Northern Irish politician, Ulster Unionist member of parliament for Iveagh, 1933–1938 * John Wilson (London politician) (born 1941), leader of Greater London Council in 1984 * John Wilson, 2nd Baron Moran (1924–2014), British diplomat

Scotland

John Wilson (Govan MP) John Wilson (1828 – 29 December 1905) was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland. He was elected as member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In ...

(1828–1905), Liberal member of parliament for Govan, 1889–1900 *

John Wilson (Edinburgh MP) John Wilson (born 1830, year of death unknown) was a politician in Scotland. He was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliament (MP) for Edinburgh Central (UK Parliament constituency), Edinburgh Central from 1885 to 1886, having b ...

(1830–?), Independent Liberal member of parliament for Edinburgh Central, 1885–1886 * John Wilson (Glasgow St Rollox MP) (1837–1928), member of parliament for Glasgow St Rollox, 1900–1906 * Sir John Wilson, 1st Baronet (1844–1918), Unionist member of parliament for Falkirk Burghs *

John Gray Wilson John Gray Wilson Queen's Counsel, QC (10 October 1915 – 28 September 1968) was a Scottish advocate, writer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Background Wilson was the son of Alexander Robertson Wilson, writer (or solicitor) and ...

(1915–1968), Scottish advocate, sheriff, writer and Liberal Party politician * John Wilson (trade unionist, born 1920) (1920–1996), trade union general secretary *

John Wilson (Scottish Green politician) John Gordon Wilson (born 28 November 1956) is a Scottish politician. He was formerly a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region from 2007 until 2016. He sat as a Scottish National Party (SNP) member and then as an ...

(born 1956), member of the Scottish Parliament

United States

John Wilson (South Carolina politician, born 1773) John Wilson (August 11, 1773August 13, 1828) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born at Wilson's Ferry in the Province of South Carolina, Wilson attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Anderson County ...

(1773–1828), member of the U.S. House of Representatives *

John Wilson (Massachusetts politician) John Wilson (January 10, 1777 – August 9, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, Wilson graduated from Harvard University in 1799. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1802 at Peterb ...

(1777–1848), member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1813 *

John Lyde Wilson John Lyde Wilson (May 24, 1784February 12, 1849) was the 49th Governor of South Carolina from 1822 to 1824 and an ardent supporter of dueling. Early life and career Born in Marlboro County, Wilson studied law in Baltimore and was admitted to t ...

(1784–1849), governor of South Carolina, 1822–1824 *

John Wilson (bureaucrat) John Wilson (1807 – January 10, 1876) was an immigrant from Ireland to the United States who held positions in the United States Department of the Treasury and United States Department of the Interior. Biography John Wilson was born in Irel ...

(1807–1876), official in the Department of the Treasury and Department of the Interior *

John Thomas Wilson John Thomas Wilson (April 16, 1811October 6, 1891) was a soldier, attorney and U.S. Representative from Ohio, serving three terms from 1867 to 1873. Biography Wilson was born in the village of Bell in rural Highland County, Ohio. As a child, h ...

(1811–1891), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio * John Frank Wilson (1846–1911), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona Territory * John Henry Wilson (Kentucky politician) (1846–1923), lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1889–1893 *

John L. Wilson John Lockwood Wilson (August 7, 1850November 6, 1912) was an Law of the United States, American lawyer and Politics of the United States, politician from the U.S. states of Indiana and Washington (U.S. state), Washington. He served in the United ...

(1850–1912), U.S. Senator from Washington State *

John Haden Wilson John Haden Wilson (August 20, 1867 – January 28, 1946) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Wilson was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He moved with his parents to Harmony, Pennsylvania, the same yea ...

(1867–1946), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania *

John H. Wilson (Hawaii politician) John Henry Wilson (December 15, 1871 – July 3, 1956), was a civil engineer, insurgent, co-founder of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii three times: from 1920 to 1927, from 1929 to 1931, and from 1946 to 1954. Ea ...

(1871–1956), mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii * John H. Wilson (Arizona politician), member of the Arizona House of Representatives, 1949–1950 *

John J. Wilson John Joseph "Jack" Wilson (May 28, 1926 – May 4, 2015) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1958 to 1964. He was a graduate of Saint Benedict's Preparat ...

(1926–2015), member of the New Jersey General Assembly *

John A. Wilson (politician) John A. Wilson (September 29, 1943 – May 19, 1993) was an American politician. He served as the first Councilmember of the D.C. Council from the District of Columbia's Ward 2, as well as Chairman of the D.C. Council. The John A. Wilson Buil ...

(1943–1993), member of the Council of the District of Columbia *

John Wilson (Kansas politician) John Wilson (born October 24, 1983) was a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives representing the 10th district, which encompasses parts of Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Techno ...

(born 1983), member of the Kansas House of Representatives

Other countries

* John Bowie Wilson (1820–1883), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *

John Cracroft Wilson Sir John Cracroft Wilson (21 May 1808 – 2 March 1881), also known as Nabob Wilson, was a British-educated civil servant in India, farmer and politician in New Zealand. Early life John Cracroft Wilson was born in Onamore, India, the son of Al ...

(1808–1881), British civil servant in India, farmer and politician in New Zealand * John Nathaniel Wilson (died 1897), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council *

John Wilson (Irish politician) John Patrick Wilson (8 July 1923 – 9 July 2007) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Tánaiste from 1990 to 1993, Minister for Defence and Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1992 to 1993, Minister for the Marine from 1989 to 199 ...

(1923–2007), Irish politician * John N. Wilson, Indian politician

Religion

* John Wilson (Dean of Ripon) (1586–1635), Anglican priest and Dean of Ripon Minster, 1624–1634 *

John Wilson (Puritan minister) John Wilson (c. 1588 – 1667) was a Puritan clergyman in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the minister of the First Church of Boston from its beginnings in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Charlestown in 1630 until his death in 1667 ...

(1591–1667), Puritan minister of the Boston Church in Massachusetts *

John Wilson (Scottish missionary) John Wilson FRS (11 December 1804 – 1 December 1875) was a Scottish Christian missionary, orientalist and educator in the Bombay presidency, British India. In 1828, he married Margaret Bayne and together they went as Christian missionaries ...

(1804–1875), Scottish missionary, educationalist, a founding father of Bombay * John Marius Wilson (1805–1885), Scottish clergyman and writer *

John Leighton Wilson John Leighton Wilson, an alumnus of Columbia Theological Seminary, and his wife Jane Bayard Wilson were the first missionaries to West Africa by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Life Leighton Wilson was born in Sumter, S ...

(1809–1885), American missionary to West Africa *

John Wilson (Caddo) "John Wilson the Revealer of Peyote" (c.1845–1901) was a Caddo medicine man who introduced the Peyote plant into a religion, became a major leader in the Ghost Dance, and introduced a new peyote ceremony with teachings of Christ. John Wilson ...

(1840–1901), leader in the Native American Church movement of the late 19th century * John Wilson (Scottish priest) (1849–1926), Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh * John Wilson (Royal Navy chaplain) (1890–1949), Anglican priest and Chaplain of the Fleet, 1943–1948 * John

Leonard Wilson John Leonard Wilson (23 November 189722 July 1970) was an Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Singapore from 1941 to 1949 during the time of Japanese occupation and subsequently Dean of Manchester and Bishop of Birmingham. Education Wilson was bo ...

(1897–1970), Anglican bishop of Singapore *

John Wilson (bishop) John Wilson (born 4 July 1968) is an English prelate of the Catholic Church, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark. He had previously served as an Auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Westminster (2016–2019). Early life Wilson was ...

(born 1968), Roman Catholic archbishop of Southwark, England * John Alexander Wilson (missionary) (1809–1887), Anglican missionary

Sports

Baseball

* John Wilson (1910s pitcher) (1890–1954), Washington Senators *

John Wilson (1920s pitcher) John Samuel Wilson (April 25, 1903 – August 27, 1980) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1927 and 1928, for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at , 164 lb., Wilson batted and threw right-handed ...

(1903–1980), Boston Red Sox

Cricket

John Wilson (Yorkshire cricketer) John Wilson (30 June 1857 – 11 November 1931) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played in four matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1887 and 1888. Born in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England, Wilson was a right arm slo ...

(1857–1931), English cricketer *

John Wilson (Tasmania cricketer) John Wilson (27 November 1868 – 24 July 1906) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class cricket, first-class match for Tasmania cricket team, Tasmania in 1889. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers Reference ...

(1868–1906), Australian cricketer * John Wilson (New South Wales cricketer) (born 1947), Australian cricketer * John Wilson (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1957), New Zealand cricketer

Football

* John Wilson (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1914), Scottish footballer * John Wilson (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1988), English footballer, 1930s inside right for Port Vale * John "Weenie" Wilson (fl. 1933–1968), American football player and multi-sport coach * John Wilson (footballer, born 1934), English footballer, 1950s full back for Norwich and Chesterfield * John Wilson (Australian footballer) (born 1940), Australian rules footballer for Richmond * John Wilson (footballer, born 1952), English footballer, 1970s midfielder for Darlington *

John Wilson (soccer) John Wilson (born October 26, 1977 in Seneca, South Carolina) is an American former professional soccer player who spent the majority of his career with the Charleston Battery, playing mostly as a left fullback. Wilson finished his career with ...

(born 1977), American soccer player *

John Parker Wilson John Parker Wilson (born October 17, 1985) is a former American football quarterback. Wilson played college football at the University of Alabama. He went undrafted during the 2009 NFL Draft before signing with the Atlanta Falcons. College caree ...

(born 1985), American football player

Rugby

John Skinner Wilson (rugby union) Lieutenant-Commander John Skinner Wilson (10 March 1884 – 31 May 1916) was a Trinidad-born rugby player, who represented , United Services RFC and London Scottish FC. He enrolled in the Royal Navy in 1898. He was killed in World War I in the ...

(1884–1916), Trinidad-born rugby player who represented Scotland *

John Howard Wilson John Howard Wilson (3 March 1930 – 10 March 2015) was a Scottish and British sportsman who played international rugby union for Scotland. He also played representative rugby union for Edinburgh and the British Army of the Rhine. Early life Ho ...

(1930–2015), Scottish rugby union player * John Wilson (New Zealand rugby league) (fl. 1972–1977), New Zealand rugby league international * John Wilson (rugby league, born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer

Other sports

John Wilson (cyclist) John Wilson (17 November 1876 – 24 November 1957) was a Scottish rugby league administrator and road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Wilson was born in Muirden, Aberdeenshire. In 1912 he was a member of the Scotland c ...

(1876–1957), British Olympic road racing cyclist and rugby league administrator *

John Wilson (sport shooter) John Waterloo Wilson (1 September 1879 – 15 March 1940) was a Dutch sport shooter who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bennebroek and died in Amsterdam. In 1908 he finished fourth with the Dutch team in the team tra ...

(1879–1940), Dutch sport shooter *

John Wilson (angler) John Dennis Wilson (1943 – 13 November 2018) was a British angler who had been involved with angling television production for over twenty years featuring on Channel 4 Television and more recently on the digital TV channel, Discovery Real Tim ...

(1943–2018), British angler * John Wilson (speedway rider) (born 1941), motorcycle speedway rider *

Jocky Wilson John Thomas "Jocky" Wilson (22 March 1950 – 24 March 2012) was a Scottish professional darts player. After turning pro in 1979, he quickly rose to the top of the game, winning the World Professional Darts Championship in 1982, then again ...

(John Thomas Wilson, 1950–2012), Scottish darts player *

John Wilson (golfer) John Wilson (born February 23, 1959) is an American professional golfer. Wilson was born in Ceres, California. He turned professional in 1987. Wilson played on the Nationwide Tour in 1992 and from 1998 to 2001, winning twice: the 1998 Nike L ...

(born 1959), American professional golfer *

John Wilson (basketball) John Marion Raymundo Wilson (born January 18, 1987) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Davao Occidental Tigers of the Pilipinas Super League (PSL). Professional career Wilson was drafted by Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, Barangay ...

(born 1987), Filipino basketball player *

John Wilson (athlete) John Alan Wilson (born 1948), is a former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with Alan Pascoe, Andy Carter and Bill Hartley, at the 1974 British Commonwe ...

(born 1948), English sprinter

Other

* John Wilson, an alias of

John Smith (housebreaker) John Smith (''c''. 1661 – after 1727), also known by the alias John Wilson, was a London housebreaker, most notable for his three evasions of execution. His first evasion earned him the nickname of Half-hanged Smith. Biography Early life ...

(c. 1661–after 1727), English housebreaker *

John Macaulay Wilson John Macaulay Wilson was an African people, African King, and one of the first Africans to receive a European medical training. He was sent from Sierra Leone to Kingdom of Great Britain, Britain for medical training in either 1794 or 1796. He retur ...

(fl. 1794–1827), African king and doctor *

John W. Wilson John Waterloo Wilson (May 16, 1815 – August 12, 1883) was a Belgian art collector who lived many years in Haarlem. Wilson was born in Brussels as the son of the British industrialist Thomas Wilson, whose factory in Ukkel-Stalle had been damag ...

(1815–1883), Belgian art collector and businessman * John West Wilson (1816–1889), British/Swedish businessman and arts patron *

John Wilson (philanthropist) John Wilson (c. 1826 – September 15, 1900) was an Irish-born pioneer of the American West, a successful businessman in Portland, Oregon, United States, where he was a prominent civic leader, an avid collector of books, and a philanthropist. ...

(1826–1900), Irish-born pioneer of the American West *

John Wilson (businessman) John Alexander Wilson (21 April 1829 – 28 April 1909) was a notable New Zealand farmer, soldier, public servant, judge and businessman. He was born in Condé-sur-Noireau, France in 1829. He was the son of Anne Wilson and the Rev. John Alex ...

(1829–1909), New Zealand farmer, soldier, judge *

J. S. Wilson Colonel John Skinner "Belge" Wilson (1888–1969) was a Scottish scouting luminary and friend and contemporary of General Baden-Powell, recruited by him to head the International Bureau, later to become the World Bureau of the World Organiz ...

(John Skinner Wilson, 1888–1969), Scottish scouting organizer *

Sir John Wilson, 2nd Baronet Sir John Mitchell Harvey Wilson, 2nd Baronet (10 October 1898Bateman, Robert. ''Stamp collectors' who's who''. London: Stanley Gibbons, 1960, p. 94. – 6 February 1975) was a British philatelist and Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection fr ...

(1898–1975), Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection *

John C. Wilson John C. Wilson (August 19, 1899 – October 29, 1961) was an American theatre director and producer. Early life Born in Trenton, New Jersey Wilson started out his working life as a stockbroker. He married Natalia Pavlovna Paley on September 8, 193 ...

(1899–1961), Broadway producer and director * Sir John Wilson (civil servant) (1915–1993), British civil servant * John Wilson (blind activist) (1919–1999), founder of International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness *

Jock Wilson (police officer) John Spark Wilson CBE (9 May 1922 – 15 September 1993), known as Jock Wilson, was a British police officer in the London Metropolitan Police. Wilson was brought up in Dundee. He joined the Metropolitan Police as a Constable in 1946 and ...

(John Spark Wilson, 1922–1993), British police officer *

John S. Wilson (economist) John Sullivan Wilson is a former Lead Economist (retired) of the World Bank. He directed and managed research on transparency, trade facilitation, regulation, and economic development. Mr. Wilson served in the Development Research Group of the ...

(born 1956), American economist at the World Bank *

John Wilson (broadcaster) John Richard Wilson (born 2 August 1965) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the son of Bob Wilson, former Arsenal goalkeeper and television sports presenter. Life and career John Wilson was born in London in 1965. He attended Chan ...

(born 1965), British journalist and broadcaster

Other uses

John Wilson (ice skating company) John Wilson is a British company that is engaged in the design, development, manufacturing and selling of figure skating blades since 1696. John Wilson is owned by parent company HD Sports who also owns MK Blades. The company is headquartered in ...

, a British company * John Wilson Orchestra, formed by British conductor John Wilson in 1994 * ''John W. Wilson'', a

GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...

locomotive on the Great Western Railway in 1891–1915, renamed ''Walter Robinson'' in 1901