John Wilson

John Wilson may refer to:

Politicians

• John Wilson (Scottish politician), member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP)
• Sir John Wilson, 1st Baronet (1844–1918), Member of Parliament for Falkirk
• John Wilson (Edinburgh MP), (1830-?) member of Parliament for Edinburgh
• John Wilson (Govan MP) (1828–1905), member of Parliament for Govan, 1889–1900
• John Wilson (Glasgow St. Rollox MP) (1837–1928), member of Parliament for Glasgow St Rollox, 1900–1906
• John Wilson, 2nd Baron Moran (born 1924), British soldier and diplomat
• John Wilson (1837–1915), British miner, trade unionist and Liberal-Labour politician
• John Wilson (Lieutenant Governor of Quebec), Canadian viceroy
• John Wilson (British politician), leader, Greater London Council, 1984
• John Wilson (British Columbia politician) (born 1944), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada
• John Wilson (Massachusetts) (1777–1848), member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1813
• John Wilson (Ontario politician) (1807–1869), lawyer, judge and political figure in Ontario, Canada
• John Wilson (South Carolina) (1773–1828), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
• John A. Wilson (1943–1993), member of the Council of the District of Columbia
• John Charles Wilson, Northern Irish politician
• John Frank Wilson (1846–1911), delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Arizona Territory
• John Haden Wilson (1867–1946), Pennsylvania politician
• John Henry Wilson (1834–1912), physician, professor and political figure in Ontario, Canada
• John Henry Wilson (Kentucky) (1846–1923), lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1889–1893
• John H. Wilson (judge), American judge from New York; author of Hot House Flowers
• John H. Wilson (mayor of Honolulu) (1871–1956), mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii
• John L. Wilson (1850–1912), U.S. Senator from Washington State
• John Lyde Wilson (1784–1849), governor of South Carolina, 1822–1824
• John Nathanial Wilson, Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
• John P. Wilson (1923–2007), Irish politician
• John Thomas Wilson (1811–1891), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
• John William Wilson (1858–1932), Member of Parliament for Worcestershire North 1895–1918 and Stourbridge 1918–1922

Sports figures

• John Wilson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1940)
• John Wilson (basketball player) (born 1987), Filipino basketball player
• John Wilson (angler) (born 1943), British angler
• John Wilson (cyclist) (1876–1957), British Olympic road racing cyclist
• John Wilson (footballer) (1914–1988), English soccer player
• John Wilson (rugby league) (born 1978)
• John Wilson (soccer) (born 1977)
• John Parker Wilson (born 1985), American Footballer
• John Wilson (1910s pitcher) (1903–1980), former MLB pitcher for the Washington Senators
• John Wilson (1920s pitcher), former MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
• John Wilson (sport shooter)
• John Wilson (Yorkshire cricketer) (1857–1931), English cricketer
• Jack Wilson (cricketer) (1921–1985), Australian cricketer
• John Howard Wilson (born 1930) retired former professional rugby player for Scotland
• Jocky Wilson, nickname for John Thomas Wilson (born 1950), darts player
• John "Weenie" Wilson, American football player and multi-sport coach

Literary figures

• John Wilson (historian), author of Our Israelitish Origin (1840), a founding text of British Israelism
• John Wilson (Canadian young adults' writer), children's writer, winner of the Norma Fleck Award
• John Wilson (playwright) (1627–1696), English playwright
• John Wilson (Scottish writer) (1785–1854), Scottish writer
• John Burgess Wilson (1917–1993), British author, pen name Anthony Burgess
• John Cook Wilson (1849–1915), English philosopher
• John Marius Wilson, author of The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
• J. Dover Wilson, John Dover Wilson, (1881–1969), professor and scholar of Renaissance literature
• John S. Wilson (music critic) (died 2002), American music critic and jazz radio host

Others

• Jock Wilson (John Nicholson "Jock" Wilson), Scottish soldier and centenarian
• Jock Wilson (police officer) (1922–1993), British police officer
• John Wilson (broadcaster)
• John Wilson (industrial chemist) 1890-1976, British chemist
• John Wilson (Caddo), leader in the Native American Church movement of the late 19th century
• John Leonard Wilson, former Anglican Bishop of Singapore
• John Wilson (Captain), Swedish sailor
• John Wilson (composer) (1595–1674), composer and lutenist
• John Wilson (conductor), orchestral conductor
• John Wilson (Golden Raspberry), the founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards, 1980
• John Wilson (mathematician) (1741–1793)
• John Wilson (missionary) (1804–1875), Scottish missionary, educationalist; a founding father of Modern Mumbai (Bombay)
• John Wilson (numismatist), winner of the 2007 Farran Zerbe Memorial Award
• John Wilson (philatelist) (1938–1969), Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection
• John Wilson (photographer), Australian photojournalist
• John Wilson Jr. (professor), professor of English in Japan
• John Appleton Wilson, American architect
• John C. Wilson, Broadway producer and director
• John Foster Wilson (1919–1999), founder, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
• John Moulder Wilson (1837–1919), Union Army engineer
• John Tuzo Wilson (1908-1993), Canadian geophysicist
• John T. Wilson, president of the University of Chicago, 1975–1978
• J. S. Wilson (John Skinner Wilson), early Scouting notable
• John S. Wilson (economist)
• John Carl David Wilson (1955–2006), known as Back Alley John, Canadian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player
• John Wilson, an alias of John Smith (housebreaker)
• John Wilson (Royal Navy officer) (died 1885), British admiral

Other uses

• John W. Wilson was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915; renamed Walter Robinson in 1901.
• John Wilson Orchestra

See also

• Jonathan Wilson (disambiguation)
• Johnny Wilson (disambiguation)
• Jack Wilson (disambiguation)