John Scott

John Scott may refer to:

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John Scott (Fringe), character played by Mark Valley in the TV series Fringe

John Scott (Canadian politician) (1822–1857), first mayor of Bytown, later Ottawa, Canada
John Scott (Australian politician) (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 (British Army officer) (died 1775), MP 1754–75 for Caithness, Tain Burghs and Fife
John Scott (died 1533), MP for New Romney, England
John Scott (died 1619), MP for Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
John Scott (MP for Hastings), 1385–1393, MP for Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)
John Scott (MP for Ripon) (fl.1572), MP for Ripon, England
John Scott (Scottish politician) (born 1951), Member of the Scottish Parliament
John Scott of Scott's Hall (c. 1423–1485), English Yorkist during the Wars of the Roses, Warden of the Cinque Ports
John Scott (of Scot's Hall) (1570–1616), English Member of Parliament and councillor of the London Company of Virginia
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838), Lord High Chancellor of Britain
John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon (1805–1854), British peer and Tory politician
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch (1923–2007), Scottish peer, politician and landowner
John Scott-Waring (1747–1819), English political agent and Member of Parliament

John Scott (Missouri politician) (1785–1861), Delegate and U.S. Representative
John Scott (representative) (1784–1850), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
John Scott (sheriff), interim sheriff of Los Angeles County, California, U.S., from January 2014
John Scott (Iowa politician) (1824–1903), Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, U.S.
John Scott (lawyer) (d. 1842), served briefly on the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas (U.S.)
John Scott (mayor), first mayor of Cumberland, Maryland, U.S.
John Scott (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, U.S.
John Scott (Pennsylvania) (1824–1896), lawyer, U.S. Senator
John B. Scott (1789–1854), New York politician, U.S.
John E. Scott (born 1939), former Missouri state senator and president pro tem, U.S.
John Guier Scott (1819–1892), U.S. Representative from Missouri
John M. Scott (1824–1898), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois, U.S.
John Morin Scott (1730–1784), Continental Congressman and General, U.S.
John Morin Scott (mayor) (1789–1858), mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
John P. Scott (1933–2010), member of the New Jersey Senate, U.S.
John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873–1945), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
Jock Scott (John Wyeth Scott, 1947–2009), lawyer, professor, and politician in Louisiana, U.S.

Sir John Scott of Scotstarvet (1585–1670), Scottish lawyer remembered as a writer
John A. Scott (born 1948), Australian poet and novelist, now using the name John Scott
John Scott (editor) (1783–1821), editor of the London Magazine killed in a duel in 1821
John Scott (writer) (1912–1976), Office of Strategic Services and Soviet spy during World War II, son of Scott Nearing
John Scott of Amwell (1730–1783), Quaker poet and friend of Samuel Johnson

John Scott (ice hockey) (born 1982), professional ice hockey winger/defenseman
John Scott (baseball) (born 1952), Major League Baseball outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays
John Scott (rugby union) (born 1954), English international rugby union player
John Scott (cricketer, born 1841), English judge, briefly a first-class cricketer
John Scott (English cricketer, born 1888), English cricketer
John Scott (Australian cricketer, born 1888) (1888–1964), Australian cricketer and Test umpire
John Scott (1890s footballer), Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward
John Scott (1920s footballer), Scottish footballer
John Scott (footballer, born 1872) (1872–?), Scottish footballer
John Scott (footballer born 1942), English footballer
John A. R. Scott, first head coach of Syracuse University's men's basketball team
John Scott (sailor) (born 1934), Australian sailor
John Scott (darts player) (born 1981), English darts player

John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell (1739–1798), Irish barrister and judge
John Maurice Scott (1948–2001), Director General of the Fiji Red Cross, murdered in 2001

John Scott (botanist) (1838–1880), Scottish botanist
John Scott (composer) (born 1930), British composer and conductor
John Scott (engraver) (1774–1827), English engraver
John Scott (entomologist) (1823–1888), English entomologist
John Scott (horseman) (1794–1871), horse trainer in British thoroughbred racing
John Scott (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer
John Scott (1850-1919), English artist
John Scott (adventurer) (ca 1634–1696), English soldier and Long Island colonist
John Scott (agricultural engineer) (c.1846–1909), Scottish pioneer of motorised farming
Jack Scott (meteorologist) (1923–2008), British television weatherman
John Scott (organist) (1956–2015), English-born organist of St. Thomas's Church, New York City
John Scott (Royal Navy officer) (died 1805), warrant officer in the Royal Navy, friend and confidant to Lord Nelson
John Scott (shipbuilder) (1830–1903), Scottish engineer and shipbuilder
John Scott (sociologist) (born 1949), British sociologist
John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913), English architect

John Scott (architect) (1924–1992), New Zealand architect
John Scott (medical researcher) (1931–2015), New Zealand scientist and medic
John Halliday Scott (1851–1914), New Zealand professor, artist, and medical school dean

John Scott (Alabama), American founder of Montgomery, Alabama
John Alden Scott (1916–1996), American president of the Gannett Foundation
John Beldon Scott, American art historian
John L. Scott, Seattle-based real estate brokerage, U.S.
John Paul Scott (1927–1987), American and the only Alcatraz prison inmate to reach San Francisco by swimming
John Stuart Scott (born 1966), American television director
John T. Scott (1940–2007), African American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist
John Walter Scott (1845–1919), English-American stamp dealer
John Witherspoon Scott (1800–1892), American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison
John Work Scott (1807–1879), American president of Washington College