# John Scott

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 (1807–1879), American president of Washington College
* John Scott (medical school dean) (1851–1914), New Zealand professor, artist, and medical school dean
* John Scott (sociologist) (born 1949), British sociologist
* John R. Scott Sr. (1840/41–1929), president of Edward Waters College, minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Florida legislator, father of John R. Scott Jr.
* John R. Scott Jr., president of Edward Waters College, minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Florida legislator, son of John R. Scott Sr.
* John Paul Scott (geneticist) (1909–2000), American behavior geneticist and comparative psychologist

## Arts and entertainment

* John Scott (engraver) (1774–1827), English engraver
* John Scott (1849–1919), English artist
* John Beldon Scott, 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 (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), founder of the Irish Modern Dance Theatre, now John Scott Dance
* John Stuart Scott (born 1966), American television director
* John Scott (Fringe), character played by Mark Valley in the TV series Fringe
* John Alden Scott (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) (1950–2022), 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 (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 (born 1939), Missouri state senator and president pro tem
* John P. Scott (1933–2010), New Jersey Senate member
* John Morin Scott (1730–1784), New York Continental congressman, general
* John Morin Scott (mayor) (1789–1858), mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* John Scott (Ohio politician), Ohio House of Representatives
* John Roger Kirkpatrick Scott (1873–1945), US Representative from Pennsylvania
* John Scott (representative) (1784–1850), US Representative from Pennsylvania
* John Scott (Pennsylvania politician, born 1824) (1824–1896), US Senator from Pennsylvania
* John B. Scott (New York politician) (1789–1854), American lawyer and politician from New York
* John L. Scott Jr. (1953–2023), American politician in the South Carolina Senate
* John B. Scott (Texas politician), Texas Secretary of State
* John R. Scott (Iowa politician) (born 1944), Iowa state senator
* John T. Scott (Indiana judge) (1831–1891), Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court

### Kingdom of England

* John Scott (MP for Hastings), 1385–1393, MP for Hastings
* John Scott (died 1485) (c. 1423–1485), English Yorkist during the Wars of the Roses, Warden of the Cinque Ports
* John Scott (died 1533) (1480s–1533), MP for New Romney, England
* John Scott (MP for Ripon) (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), (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
* John Scott (Scottish judge), a Senator of the College of Justice

### 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), MP for Boroughbridge 1799–1806
* John Scott-Waring (1747–1819), English political agent and Member of Parliament
* John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838), Lord High Chancellor of Britain

### United Kingdom

* John Scott, 2nd Earl of Eldon (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) (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) (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) (1823–1888), English entomologist
* John Scott (botanist) (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) (1931–2015), New Zealand scientist and medic
* Jack Scott (meteorologist) (1923–2008), British television weatherman
* John Scott (physician, died 1846), English surgeon
* John Scott (physician, died 1859) (1797–1859), Scottish surgeon and physician in Scotland to Queen Victoria

## Sports
### Association football

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

### Baseball

* John Scott (1970s outfielder) (born 1952), American professional baseball outfielder
* John Scott (1940s outfielder) (1913–1967), American Negro leagues baseball player
* John William Scott (1887–1962), American professional baseball shortstop, also known as Jim Scott

### Other sports

* John Scott Jr. (born 1975), American football coach and former player
* John Scott (rugby union, born 1935), English international rugby union player
* John Scott (rugby union, born 1954), English international rugby union player
* John A. R. Scott, first basketball head coach of Syracuse University
* John Scott (cricket and rugby league) (1888–1964), Australian cricketer and Test umpire
* John Scott (English cricketer) (1888–1946), English cricketer
* John Scott (horseman) (1794–1871), British thoroughbred racehorse trainer
* John Scott (ice hockey, born 1928), Canadian professional ice hockey winger
* John Scott (ice hockey, born 1982), Canadian professional ice hockey winger/defenseman
* John Scott (sailor) (1934–1993), Australian competitive sailor

## Other

* John Scott (adventurer) (c. 1634–1696), Captain John Scott, Long Island founder, explorer, royal advisor
* John Scott (banker) (1757–1832), English evangelical and pacifist
* John Scott (Royal Navy officer) (died 1805), warrant officer in the Royal Navy, friend and secretary to Lord Nelson
* John Paul Scott (1927–1987), American Alcatraz escapee who reached San Francisco by swimming
* John Walter Scott (1845–1919), English-American stamp dealer
* John Scott, founder of Montgomery, Alabama
* John L. Scott, real estate company in Seattle
* John Maurice Scott (1948–2001), Director General of the Fiji Red Cross, murdered in 2001
* John Corse Scott (died 1840), surgeon, naturalist, and Scottish landowner
* John Wallace Scott (1832–1903), American soldier who fought in the American Civil War
* John Scott (archdeacon of Dromore) (born 1946), Irish Anglican priest
* John Scott (dean of Lismore) (died 1828), Irish Anglican priest
* John Scott (1777–1834), English priest, biographer on his father Thomas Scott