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John Wilson may refer to:
[edit] 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 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
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