'''John''', '''Johnny''', or '''Jock Simpson''' may refer to:
{{TOC right}} ==Politicians== *John Simpson (Parliamentarian), politician of the post-English Civil War period, see Thomas Kelsey *John Simpson (Kentucky politician) (died 1813), American attorney and politician *John Simpson (MP for Wenlock) (1763–1850), English member of parliament for Wenlock *John Simpson (Lower Canada politician) (1788–1873), government official and politician in Quebec *John Simpson (Niagara politician) (1807–1878), Canadian businessman and politician *John Simpson (Ontario politician) (1812–1885), Ontario banker and member of the Senate of Canada *Sir John Hope Simpson (1868–1961), British Liberal politician and administrator in India *John A. Simpson (1854–1916), Canadian politician *John Thomas Simpson (1870–1965), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons *John Simpson (died 1803), British member of parliament for Mitchell *John Simpson (Kansas politician) (born 1934), former Kansas state senator
==Cultural figures== *John Simpson, bassist in the American R&B band The S.O.S. Band *John Simpson (artist) (1782–1847), British painter who painted ''The Captive Slave'' *John Simpson (actor/producer), Canadian actor *Sir John William Simpson (1858–1933), English architect *John Simpson (architect) (born 1954), British modern-day classical architect *John Palgrave Simpson (1807–1887), Victorian playwright *John L. Simpson (born 1963), Australian film and theatre producer, writer and distributor *John Simpson (journalist) (born 1944), BBC journalist, foreign correspondent and author
==Academic figures== *John Simpson (silversmith) (1925–2025), British-born New Zealand teacher and silversmith *John Baird Simpson (1894–1960), Scottish geologist *John B. Simpson (born 1947), former president of the University at Buffalo *John Wistar Simpson (1914–2007), American electrical engineer *John Simpson (lexicographer) (born 1953) *John Alexander Simpson (1916–2000), physicist *John Simpson (British nuclear physicist) (born 1958)
==Sports figures== *Jock Simpson (1886–1959), England and Blackburn Rovers footballer *John Simpson (footballer, born 1918) (1918–2000), English footballer, played for Huddersfield Town and York City *John Simpson (footballer, born 1933) (1933–1993), English footballer, played for Lincoln City and Gillingham *John Simpson (boxer) (born 1983), Scottish featherweight boxer *John Simpson (English cricketer) (born 1988), Sussex County Cricket Club *John Simpson (New Zealand cricketer) (1907–1980), Auckland cricket team *John Simpson (fencer) (1927–2016), Australian Olympic fencer *John Simpson (basketball), professional basketball player *John Simpson (American football) (born 1997), American football offensive lineman *Johnny Simpson (1922–2010), New Zealand rugby union player *John Simpson (rugby union) (1872–1921), Scottish rugby union player
==Military figures== *John Simpson (soldier) (1748–1825), American Revolutionary War soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill *John Simpson (VC) (1826–1884), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross *John Simpson Kirkpatrick (1892–1915), Australian World War I war hero (who enlisted as "John Simpson") *John Frederick Simpson (1905–1942), Australian corporal who was executed in the Ration Truck massacre *John Simpson (RAF officer) (1907–1967), senior RAF officer in the mid-1950s and eighth Commandant Royal Observer Corps *John Simpson (British Army officer) (1927–2007), British Army officer and director of the SAS
==Miscellaneous figures== *John Simpson (journalist/consumer advocate) (born 1948), American consumer rights advocate and former journalist *John Simpson (Presbyterian) (1740–1808), of South Carolina, in the American Revolutionary War *John Simpson (Unitarian) (1746–1812), of Bath, English Unitarian minister and religious writer *John Woodruff Simpson (1850–1920), American lawyer and founding partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett *John D. Simpson (1901–1988), Canadian businessman in the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame *John Milton Bryan Simpson (1903–1987), American judge *John Simpson (police official) (1932–2017), director of the U.S. Secret Service and Interpol *John Simpson (priest) (1933–2019), Anglican clergyman
==See also== *John Simson (1668–1740), Scottish theologian *Jack Simpson (disambiguation) *Jackie Simpson (disambiguation)
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