John Wilson
John Wilson may refer to:
Politicians
Canada
- John Wilson (Lieutenant Governor of Quebec) (died 1819), Canadian viceroy in 1816
- John Wilson (Ontario politician) (1807–1869), lawyer, judge and political figure in Ontario, Canada
- John Henry Wilson (1834–1912), physician, professor and political figure in Ontario, Canada
- John Wilson (British Columbia politician) (born 1944), member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada
United Kingdom
- John Wilson (MP for Castle Rising), member of English parliament in 1621
- John Wilson (governor) (1780–1856), acting Governor of British Ceylon in 1811–12 and 1831
- Sir John Wilson, 1st Baronet (1844–1918), Member of parliament for Falkirk
- John Wilson (Edinburgh MP) (1830–after 1886), member of parliament for Edinburgh
- John Wilson (Govan MP) (1828–1905), member of parliament for Govan, 1889–1900
- John Wilson (Mid Durham MP) (1837–1915), miner, trade unionist and Liberal-Labour politician
- John Wilson (Glasgow St Rollox MP) (1837–1928), member of parliament for Glasgow St Rollox, 1900–1906
- John Wilson, Lord Ashmore (1857–1932), Scottish lawyer, parliamentary candidate, sheriff principal and judge
- John William Wilson (1858–1932), Member of Parliament for Worcestershire North 1895–1918 and Stourbridge 1918–1922
- John Charles Wilson (1892–1968), Northern Irish politician, member of parliament 1933–38
- John Wilson, 2nd Baron Moran (1924–2014), soldier and diplomat
- John Wilson (London politician) (born c. 1941), leader of Greater London Council in 1984
- John Wilson (Scottish politician) (born 1956), member of the Scottish Parliament
- John Gray Wilson (1915–1968), Scottish advocate, writer and Liberal Party politician
- John Wilson (broadcaster), British journalist and broadcaster
United States
- John Wilson (South Carolina) (1773–1828), member of the U.S. House of Representatives
- John Wilson (Massachusetts) (1777–1848), member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1813
- John Lyde Wilson (1784–1849), governor of South Carolina, 1822–1824
- John Thomas Wilson (1811–1891), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
- John Frank Wilson (1846–1911), delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Arizona Territory
- John Henry Wilson (Kentucky) (1846–1923), lawyer and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1889–1893
- John L. Wilson (1850–1912), U.S. Senator from Washington State
- John Haden Wilson (1867–1946), Pennsylvania politician
- John H. Wilson (Arizona politician), member of the Arizona House of Representatives 1949-50
- John H. Wilson (Hawaii politician) (1871–1956), mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii
- John A. Wilson (politician) (1943–1993), member of the Council of the District of Columbia
- John Wilson (Kansas politician) (born 1983), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
- John J. Wilson (1926–2015), member of the New Jersey General Assembly
Other countries
- John Bowie Wilson (1820–1883), politician in colonial New South Wales
- John Nathanial Wilson (died 1897), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
- John P. Wilson (1923–2007), Irish politician
Sports figures
- John Wilson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1940), former Australian rules football player for Richmond
- John Wilson (basketball) (born 1985), Filipino basketball player
- John Wilson (angler) (born 1943), British angler
- John Wilson (cyclist) (1876–1957), British Olympic road racing cyclist and rugby league administrator
- John Wilson (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1914), Scottish football half back
- John Wilson (footballer, born 1914) (1914–1988), English football (soccer) player, 1930s inside right for Port Vale
- John Wilson (footballer, born 1934), English football (soccer) player, 1950s full back for Nowich and Chesterfield
- John Wilson (footballer, born 1952), English football (soccer) player, 1970s midfielder for Darlington
- John Wilson (Australian rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby player who represented France
- John Wilson (New Zealand rugby league) (active 1972–1977), New Zealand rugby international
- John Skinner Wilson (rugby union) (1884–1916), Trinidad-born rugby player who represented Scotland
- John Wilson (soccer) (born 1977), American soccer player
- John Parker Wilson (born 1985), American football player
- John Wilson (1910s pitcher) (1890–1954), MLB pitcher for the Washington Senators
- John Wilson (1920s pitcher) (1903–1980), MLB pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
- John Wilson (sport shooter) (1879–1940), Dutch sport shooter
- John Wilson (Tasmania cricketer) (1868–1906), Australian cricketer
- John Wilson (New South Wales cricketer) (born 1947), Australian cricketer
- John Wilson (Yorkshire cricketer) (1857–1931), English cricketer
- John Wilson (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1957), New Zealand cricketer
- Jack Wilson (Australian cricketer) (1921–1985), Australian cricketer
- John Howard Wilson (1930–2015), retired former rugby union player for Scotland
- Jocky Wilson (John Thomas Wilson, 1950–2012), darts player
- John "Weenie" Wilson (active 1933–1968), American football player and multi-sport coach
- John Wilson (golfer) (born 1959), American professional golfer
- John Wilson (speedway rider) (born 1941), motorcycle speedway rider
Literary figures
- John Wilson (historian) (1799–1870), author of Our Israelitish Origin (1840), a founding text of British Israelism
- John Wilson (Canadian writer) (born 1951), children's writer, winner of the Norma Fleck Award
- John Wilson (playwright) (1626–1696), English playwright
- John Wilson (Scottish writer) (1785–1854), Scottish writer, pen name Christopher North
- John Burgess Wilson (1917–1993), British author, pen name Anthony Burgess
- John Cook Wilson (1849–1915), English philosopher
- John Marius Wilson (1805–1885), author of Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (published 1870–1872)
- J. Dover Wilson (John Dover Wilson, 1881–1969), professor and scholar of Renaissance literature
- John S. Wilson (music critic) (1913–2002), American music critic and jazz radio host
- John Mackay Wilson (1804–1835), Scottish writer
- John H. Wilson (judge), American judge from New York; author of 2006 children's book Hot House Flowers
Musicians
- John Wilson (composer) (1595–1674), composer and lutenist
- John Wilson (singer) (1800–1849), Scottish tenor
- John Wilson (drummer) (born 1947), musician from Northern Ireland
- John Carl David Wilson (1955–2006), known as Back Alley John, Canadian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player
- John Wilson (conductor) (born 1972), orchestral conductor
- Real (and occasional working), name of Willie Wilson (drummer) (born 1947), member of Quiver
Scientists and academics
- John Wilson (mathematician) (1741–1793), English mathematician
- John Wilson (industrial chemist) (1890–1976), British chemist
- John Wilson (Professor of Public Policy) (21st century), professor of public policy and management at Glasgow Caledonian University
- John A. Wilson (Egyptologist) (1899–1976), American Egyptologist
- John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993), Canadian geophysicist
- John T. Wilson (1914–1990), president of the University of Chicago, 1975–1978
- John Wilson Jr., professor of English in Japan before and during WWII
- John S. Wilson (economist) (born 1956), economist at the World Bank
- John Long Wilson (1914–2001), medical professor and university administrator
- John Silvanus Wilson, Jr., Morehouse College president
Engineers
- John Wilson (architect) (1782–1866), Clerk of Works for Board of Ordnance and architect in Guernsey
- John Moulder Wilson (1837–1919), Union Army engineer
- John A. Wilson (topographical engineer) (1789–1833), chief engineer on the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad.
Police and military
- John Wilson (Garda) (born 1962/63), Irish former Garda officer
- John Williams Wilson (1798–1857), English sailor
- John Wilson (Royal Navy officer) (1834–1885), British admiral
- John Wilson (Captain) (1851–1899), Swedish sailor
- Jock Wilson (British Army soldier) (John Nicholson Wilson, 1903–2008), Scottish soldier and centenarian
- Jock Wilson (police officer) (1922–1993), British police officer
Clergymen and missionaries
- John Wilson (minister) (1591–1667), Puritan minister of the Boston Church in Massachusetts
- John Wilson (Dean of Ripon), Anglican priest and Dean of Ripon Minster 1624–1634
- John Wilson (missionary) (1804–1875), Scottish missionary, educationalist; a founding father of Modern Mumbai (Bombay)
- John Marius Wilson (1805–1885), Scottish clergyman and writer
- John Wilson (Caddo) (1840–1901), leader in the Native American Church movement of the late 19th century
- John Wilson (priest) (1849–1926), Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh
- John Wilson (Chaplain of the Fleet) (1890–1949), Anglican priest and Chaplain of the Fleet, 1943–1948
- John Leonard Wilson (1897–1970), former Anglican Bishop of Singapore
- John Leighton Wilson (1809–1885), missionary to West Africa
Others
- John Wilson, an alias of John Smith (c. 1661–after 1727), English housebreaker
- John Wilson (painter) (1774–1855), Scottish painter
- John James Wilson (c. 1818–1875), painter, son of John Wilson (1774–1855)
- John Wilson (bureaucrat) (1807–1876), official in the United States Department of the Treasury and United States Department of the Interior
- John Cracroft Wilson (1808–1881), British-educated civil servant in India, farmer and politician in New Zealand
- John Wilson (philanthropist) (1826–1900), Irish-born pioneer of the American West
- John Wilson (businessman) (1829–1909), New Zealand farmer, soldier, public servant, judge and businessman
- John G. Wilson (1842–1892), UK patent agent
- John Appleton Wilson (1851–1927), American architect
- John A. Wilson (sculptor) (1877–1954), Canadian sculptor in Nova Scotia
- J. S. Wilson (John Skinner Wilson, 1888–1969), Scottish scouting organizer
- Sir John Wilson, 2nd Baronet (1898–1975), Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection
- John C. Wilson (1899–1961), Broadway producer and director
- John Wilson (blind activist) (1919–1999), founder, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
- John David Wilson (1919–2013), English artist, animator and producer
- John Wilson (trade unionist) (1920–1996), trade union general secretary
- John J. B. Wilson (born 1954), founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards, 1980
- John William Wilson (architect) (1829–1915), architect in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
- John Wilson (broadcaster) (born 1965), British journalist and broadcaster
- John West Wilson (1816–1889), businessman and arts patron
- John Woodrow Wilson (1922–2015), American lithographer, sculptor and art teacher
- John Macaulay Wilson, African king, and one of the first Africans to receive a European medical training
Other uses
- John W. Wilson, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive on Great Western Railway in 1891–1915; renamed Walter Robinson in 1901
- John Wilson Orchestra, formed by British conductor John Wilson in 1994
- John Wilson (ice skating company), a British company
See also
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