John Campbell

John Campbell is the name of:

British political figures

• John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (1598–1661), Lord Chancellor of Scotland, President of the Privy Council
• John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1678–1743), Scottish soldier, Lord Steward, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey
• John Campbell of Cawdor (1695–1777), British MP for Pembrokeshire
• John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll (1723–1806), Scottish MP for Glasgow Burghs and for Dover, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire
• John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861), English MP for Stafford, Dudley and Edinburgh, Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor of England
• John Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll (1777–1847), Scottish MP for Argyllshire 1799–1820, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
• John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845–1914), Scottish MP for Argyllshire 1868–1878 and Manchester South, Governor General of Canada
• John Campbell (Scottish politician) (c. 1660–1729), MP for Dunbartonshire, 1708–1722 and 1725–1727
• John Campbell (Northern Irish politician) (1862–1929), Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament
• John Campbell (Irish politician) (born 1870), Member of the United Kingdom Parliament from Ireland
• John Campbell (1798–1830), MP for Dunbartonshire, 1826–1830
• John Dermot Campbell (1898–1945), Northern Irish businessman and Ulster Unionist MP
• John Ross Campbell (1894–1969), Scottish communist activist and newspaper editor
• John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1636–1717), Scottish MP for Argyllshire 1669–1674
• John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1662–1752), Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire, Chief Justice in Eyre
• John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1696–1782), Scottish MP for Saltash and Ordford, Master of the Jewel Office, Vice-Admiral of Scotland
• John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane (1762–1834), also 4th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland
• John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane (1796–1862), English MP for Okehampton and for Perthshire, Lord Chamberlain of the Household
• John Campbell, 6th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1824–1871)
• John Campbell, 10th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1919–1995)
• John Gordon Drummond Campbell (1864–1935), British Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Thames, 1918–1922

British military and naval personnel

• John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun (1705–1782), General in North America
• John Campbell, of Strachur (1727–1806), General at Pensacola
• John Campbell of Stonefield (1753–1784), Lieutenant-Colonel at Mangalore
• Sir John Campbell, of Ava, 2nd Baronet (1807–1855), Major-General, killed in attack upon the Redan
• Sir John William Campbell (1836–1915), 1st Baronet (1836–1915), Major-General, R.A., served in Crimea, China, Afghan War, Zhob Valley
• John Vaughan Campbell (1876–1944), Brigadier-General, First World War, ADC to the King 1919–1938
• John Charles Campbell (1894–1942), Major-General, known by the nickname Jock, Victoria Cross recipient

United States political figures

• John Campbell (Kentucky) (c. 1735–1799), Kentucky state senator
• John Campbell (1765–1828), United States congressman from Maryland
• John Campbell (U.S. Treasurer), Treasurer of the United States
• John Campbell (1795–1845), United States congressman from South Carolina
• John Campbell (diplomat) (born 1944), American diplomat
• John Archibald Campbell (1811–1889), United States Supreme Court justice
• John Hull Campbell (1800–1886), United States congressman from Pennsylvania
• John G. Campbell (1827–1903), United States territorial delegate from Arizona
• John P. Campbell, Jr. (1820–1888), United States congressman from Kentucky
• John B. T. Campbell III (born 1955), United States congressman from California
• John Allen Campbell (1835–1880), U.S. politician
• John Wilson Campbell (1782–1833), U.S. federal judge, congressman from Ohio

Canadian political figures

• John Campbell (Nova Scotia politician) (1849–1887), 19th Century Conservative member of the Canadian Parliament from Nova Scotia of Digby
• John Campbell (Quebec politician) (born 1936), 20th Century Liberal member of the Canadian Parliament from Quebec
• John Campbell (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1720–1790), Commodore Governor for Newfoundland
• John Campbell (Upper Canada politician) (1789–1834), politician in Upper Canada
• John A. Campbell (Manitoba politician) (1872–1963), Manitoba politician
• John Murray Campbell former Alberta MLA

Athletes

• John Campbell (athlete) (born 1949), New Zealand athlete
• John Campbell (footballer born 1870) (1870–1906), Sunderland and Newcastle United forward
• John Campbell (footballer born 1871) (1871–1947), Celtic and Aston Villa forward
• John Campbell (footballer born 1877) (1877–1919), Blackburn Rovers and Rangers forward
• Johnny Campbell (1923–1968), Fulham wing forward
• Johnny Campbell (footballer born 1910) (1910–1999), Leicester City and Lincoln City forward
• Johnny Campbell (footballer born 1928), Gateshead winger
• John Campbell (American football) (born 1938), American football player
• John Campbell (harness racing) (born 1955), Canadian harness racing driver
• John Campbell (rower) (1899–1939), British rower and Olympic silver medalist
• John Campbell (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
• John Campbell (baseball) (1907–1995), Washington Senators pitcher

Other people

• John Campbell (architect) (1857–1942), practised in New Zealand
• John Campbell (author) (1708–1775), Scottish author
• John Campbell (bassist) (born 1972), American musician, bassist for Lamb of God
• John Campbell (biographer), British political biographer
• John Campbell (blues guitarist) (1952–1993), American blues guitarist
• John Campbell (broadcaster) (born 1964), television personality in New Zealand
• John Campbell (Falkirk) (born 1834), Scottish baron and businessman who settled in Falkirk
• John Campbell (jazz pianist) (born 1955), American jazz pianist
• John Campbell (philosopher) (born 1956), Professor of Philosophy at the University of California
• John Campbell (London clergyman) (1795–1867), mid-19th century minister of Whitefield's Tabernacle, Moorfields, London
• John Campbell (missionary) (1766–1840), Scottish missionary in South Africa
• John Campbell (snooker player) (born 1953), Australian snooker player
• Sir John Campbell, 7th Baronet (1807–1853), Lt-Governor of St Vincent 1845–1853
• John A. Campbell (lumber executive) (1941–2008), timber executive who served as president of the Pacific Lumber Company in the 1990s.
• John C. Campbell (1867–1919), American educator known for surveying life in the Appalachians
• John Edward Campbell (1862–1924), mathematician credited for the Campbell-Hausdorff formula
• John Francis Campbell (1821—1885), scholar of Celtic folklore and language, inventor
• Sir John Logan Campbell (1817–1912), prominent figure in the history of Auckland, New Zealand
• John R. Campbell, 20th century American academic
• John W. Campbell (New York) (1880–1957), American financier
• John W. Campbell (1910–1971), editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact
• John Y. Campbell (born 1958), professor of economics at Harvard University
• John Campbell, author of the webcomic pictures for sad children
• Sir John Campbell (Northern Irish politician) (1862–1929), consultant surgeon and a Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament
• Constable John Campbell, awarded the George Medal for his part in foiling the Linwood bank robbery
• John William Wallace Campbell, known as Wal Campbell (1906–1979), Australian anti-Catholic journalist

See also

• Jack Campbell (disambiguation)
• Jon Campbell, American musician and songwriter
• Jonathan Campbell (born 1964), British theologian