Entertainment
* John Shaw (actor), American actor who portrayed Mr. Huff in ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules'' * John Shaw (baritone) (1924–2003), operatic baritone * John Shaw (broadcaster) (1957–2013), English radio broadcaster * John Shaw (painter) (1948–2019), American/Canadian artist * John Shaw (photographer) (born 1944), American nature photographer * John Shaw (stone carver) (born 1952), of Saxby, Lincolnshire * John K. Shaw (born 1968), Scottish chess playerPolitics
* John Shaw (died 1690) (1617–1690), English politician * Sir John Shaw, 1st Baronet (1615–1680), English merchant and politician * Sir John Shaw, 3rd Baronet (c. 1679–1752), Scottish Whig politician * John Shaw (Canadian politician) (1837–1917), Canadian politician and lawyer * John Shaw (public servant) (1902–1983), New South Wales public servant * John A. Shaw (1939-2020), U.S. government official * John G. Shaw (1859–1932), U.S. Representative from North Carolina * John Valentine Wistar Shaw (1894–1982), British colonial administratorReligion
* John Shawe or Shaw (1608–1672), English Puritan minister * John Shaw (bishop) (1863–1934), American Roman Catholic archbishop * John Luis Shaw (1870–1952), Seventh-day Adventist leader * Jerome Shaw (John Robert Shaw, born 1946), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of RussiaSports
* John Shaw (field hockey) (born 1962), England/GB field hockey international * John Shaw (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1916), English footballer for Sunderland * Jack Shaw (footballer, born 1916) (1916–1973), English footballer for Birmingham * Jack Shaw (footballer, born 1924) (1924–2011), English footballer for Rotherham United and Sheffield Wednesday * John Shaw (footballer, born 1954), Scottish footballer for Bristol City and Exeter City * John Shaw (hurler) (born 1982), Irish hurler * John Shaw (Kent cricketer) (1832–1912), English cricketer * John Shaw (rugby league) (1934–2010), rugby league footballer for Great Britain and Halifax RLFC * John Shaw (rugby union) (born 1968), Scottish rugby union player, coach and referee * John Shaw (sailor) (1937–1995), Australian sailor and Olympic champion * John Shaw (Victoria cricketer) (1931–2018), Australian cricketer * Jack F. Shaw (1938–2009), Western Michigan University track & cross-country coach * Jock Shaw (1912–2000), Scottish footballer for Airdrieonians and RangersOther
* John Shaw (cabinetmaker) (1745–1829), Annapolis cabinetmaker * John Shaw (naval officer) (1773–1823), U.S. Navy captain * John Shaw (oil driller), American oil driller, businessman and photographer * John Shaw (slave trader), English slave trader and mayor of Liverpool * John Shaw Sr. (1776–1832), English architect * John Shaw (physician) (1792–1827), Scottish surgeon and anatomist * John Shaw Jr. (1803–1870), English architect * John Shaw, killed in the Canyon Diablo shootout in 1905, and subject of a famous postmortem photograph * John Shaw, accomplice of English murderer Geoffrey Evans * John Cargyll Shaw (1845–1900), neurologist * John E. Shaw, U.S. Space Force general * John James McIntosh Shaw, Scottish military surgeon * John MacKay Shaw (1897–1984), business executive, bibliophile, philanthropist, and writer * John Malach Shaw (1931–1999), U.S. federal judge * John S. Shaw, chairman of Sonat Inc., namesake of the '' Transocean John Shaw'' * Sir Jack Shaw (accountant) (John Calman Shaw, 1932–2021), Scottish banker and academic * '' Transocean John Shaw'', a 1982 semi-submersible drilling rigSee also
* John Shawe (disambiguation) * John Shore (disambiguation) * Jonathan Shaw (disambiguation) {{human name disambiguation, Shaw, John