John Baird

John Baird may refer to:

• John Baird (Canadian politician) (born 1969), Canadian politician
• John Baird (judge) (1620–1698)
• John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (1874–1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia
• John Baird, founder of the Create a Comic Project
• John Logie Baird (1888–1946), Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system
• John Wallace Baird (1869–1919), Canadian psychologist

British MPs

• Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet (1686–1745), Scottish Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire
• John Baird (North West Lanarkshire MP) (1852–1900), Member of Parliament, 1885–1886
• John Baird (Wolverhampton MP) (1906–1965), British Labour Party Member of Parliament, 1945–1964
• John George Alexander Baird (1854–1917), Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central

Divines

• John Baird (Irish divine) (died 1804)
• John Baird (Scottish divine) (1799–1861)

Military officers

• John Baird (revolutionary) (1790–1820), Scottish commander in the "Radical War" of 1820
• John Baird (Royal Navy officer) (1832–1908), Victorian British Admiral
• John Baird (educator) (1795–1858), Irish-born British Army instructor
• John Baird (RAF officer), British physician and retired Royal Air Force medical officer

Sports

• John Baird (American football), All-American football player
• John Baird (Australian footballer) (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
• John Baird (cyclist), former racing cyclist from New Zealand
• John Baird (footballer) (born 1985), Scottish footballer playing for Raith Rovers F.C.
• John Campbell Baird, 19th century Scottish footballer
• John Washington Baird (born 1852), American chess master