# John Simpson

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'''John''', '''Johnny''', or '''Jock Simpson''' may refer to:

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==Politicians==
*[John Simpson (Parliamentarian)](/source/John_Simpson_(Parliamentarian)), politician of the post-English Civil War period, see [Thomas Kelsey](/source/Thomas_Kelsey)
*[John Simpson (Kentucky politician)](/source/John_Simpson_(Kentucky_politician)) (died 1813), American attorney and politician
*[John Simpson (MP for Wenlock)](/source/John_Simpson_(MP_for_Wenlock)) (1763–1850), English member of parliament for Wenlock
*[John Simpson (Lower Canada politician)](/source/John_Simpson_(Lower_Canada_politician)) (1788–1873), government official and politician in Quebec
*[John Simpson (Niagara politician)](/source/John_Simpson_(Niagara_politician)) (1807–1878), Canadian businessman and politician
*[John Simpson (Ontario politician)](/source/John_Simpson_(Ontario_politician)) (1812–1885), Ontario banker and member of the Senate of Canada
*Sir [John Hope Simpson](/source/John_Hope_Simpson) (1868–1961), British Liberal politician and administrator in India
*[John A. Simpson](/source/John_A._Simpson) (1854–1916), Canadian politician
*[John Thomas Simpson](/source/John_Thomas_Simpson) (1870–1965), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
*[John Simpson (died 1803)](/source/John_Simpson_(died_1803)), British member of parliament for Mitchell
*[John Simpson (Kansas politician)](/source/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](/source/The_S.O.S._Band)
*[John Simpson (artist)](/source/John_Simpson_(artist)) (1782–1847),  British painter who painted ''The Captive Slave''
*[John Simpson (actor/producer)](/source/John_Simpson_(actor%2Fproducer)), Canadian actor
*Sir [John William Simpson](/source/John_William_Simpson) (1858–1933), English architect
*[John Simpson (architect)](/source/John_Simpson_(architect)) (born 1954), British modern-day classical architect
*[John Palgrave Simpson](/source/John_Palgrave_Simpson) (1807–1887), Victorian playwright
*[John L. Simpson](/source/John_L._Simpson) (born 1963), Australian film and theatre producer, writer and distributor
*[John Simpson (journalist)](/source/John_Simpson_(journalist)) (born 1944), BBC journalist, foreign correspondent and author

==Academic figures==
*[John Simpson (silversmith)](/source/John_Simpson_(silversmith)) (1925–2025), British-born New Zealand teacher and silversmith
*[John Baird Simpson](/source/John_Baird_Simpson) (1894–1960), Scottish geologist
*[John B. Simpson](/source/John_B._Simpson) (born 1947), former president of the University at Buffalo
*[John Wistar Simpson](/source/John_Wistar_Simpson) (1914–2007), American electrical engineer
*[John Simpson (lexicographer)](/source/John_Simpson_(lexicographer)) (born 1953)
*[John Alexander Simpson](/source/John_Alexander_Simpson) (1916–2000), physicist
*[John Simpson (British nuclear physicist)](/source/John_Simpson_(British_nuclear_physicist)) (born 1958)

==Sports figures==
*[Jock Simpson](/source/Jock_Simpson) (1886–1959), England and Blackburn Rovers footballer
*[John Simpson (footballer, born 1918)](/source/John_Simpson_(footballer%2C_born_1918)) (1918–2000), English footballer, played for Huddersfield Town and York City
*[John Simpson (footballer, born 1933)](/source/John_Simpson_(footballer%2C_born_1933)) (1933–1993), English footballer, played for Lincoln City and Gillingham
*[John Simpson (boxer)](/source/John_Simpson_(boxer)) (born 1983), Scottish featherweight boxer
*[John Simpson (English cricketer)](/source/John_Simpson_(English_cricketer)) (born 1988), Sussex County Cricket Club
*[John Simpson (New Zealand cricketer)](/source/John_Simpson_(New_Zealand_cricketer)) (1907–1980), Auckland cricket team
*[John Simpson (fencer)](/source/John_Simpson_(fencer)) (1927–2016), Australian Olympic fencer
*[John Simpson (basketball)](/source/John_Simpson_(basketball)), professional basketball player
*[John Simpson (American football)](/source/John_Simpson_(American_football)) (born 1997), American football offensive lineman
*[Johnny Simpson](/source/Johnny_Simpson) (1922–2010), New Zealand rugby union player
*[John Simpson (rugby union)](/source/John_Simpson_(rugby_union)) (1872–1921), Scottish rugby union player

==Military figures==
*[John Simpson (soldier)](/source/John_Simpson_(soldier)) (1748–1825), American Revolutionary War soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill
*[John Simpson (VC)](/source/John_Simpson_(VC)) (1826–1884), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
*[John Simpson Kirkpatrick](/source/John_Simpson_Kirkpatrick) (1892–1915), Australian World War I war hero (who enlisted as "John Simpson")
*[John Frederick Simpson](/source/Ration_Truck_massacre) (1905–1942), Australian corporal who was executed in the Ration Truck massacre
*[John Simpson (RAF officer)](/source/John_Simpson_(RAF_officer)) (1907–1967), senior RAF officer in the mid-1950s and eighth Commandant Royal Observer Corps
*[John Simpson (British Army officer)](/source/John_Simpson_(British_Army_officer)) (1927–2007), British Army officer and director of the SAS

==Miscellaneous figures==
*[John Simpson (journalist/consumer advocate)](/source/John_Simpson_(journalist%2Fconsumer_advocate)) (born 1948), American consumer rights advocate and former journalist
*[John Simpson (Presbyterian)](/source/John_Simpson_(Presbyterian)) (1740–1808), of South Carolina, in the American Revolutionary War
*[John Simpson (Unitarian)](/source/John_Simpson_(Unitarian)) (1746–1812), of Bath, English Unitarian minister and religious writer
*[John Woodruff Simpson](/source/John_Woodruff_Simpson) (1850–1920), American lawyer and founding partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
*[John D. Simpson](/source/John_D._Simpson) (1901–1988), Canadian businessman in the [Canadian Mining Hall of Fame](/source/Canadian_Mining_Hall_of_Fame)
*[John Milton Bryan Simpson](/source/John_Milton_Bryan_Simpson) (1903–1987), American judge
*[John Simpson (police official)](/source/John_Simpson_(police_official)) (1932–2017), director of the U.S. Secret Service and Interpol
*[John Simpson (priest)](/source/John_Simpson_(priest)) (1933–2019), Anglican clergyman

==See also==
*[John Simson](/source/John_Simson) (1668–1740), Scottish theologian
*[Jack Simpson (disambiguation)](/source/Jack_Simpson_(disambiguation))
*[Jackie Simpson (disambiguation)](/source/Jackie_Simpson_(disambiguation))

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