John Dawson

John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dawson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

John Dawson (actor) (1919–1984), played Mr. Mumford in Rentaghost
John Dawson (musician) (1945–2009), American singer and guitarist with the New Riders of the Purple Sage
John Dawson (anchor) (born 1969), British television journalist

John Dawson (1762–1814), American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia
John Dawson Jr. (1765–1823), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina
John Bennett Dawson (1798–1845), American politician, U.S. Representative from Louisiana
John Littleton Dawson (1813–1870), American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
John W. Dawson (1820–1877), American politician, governor of Utah Territory
John A. Dawson (Canadian politician) (1826–1902), member of Canadian House of Commons from Pictou
John Dawson (Australian politician) (fl. 1861), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
John Shaw Dawson (1869–1960), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
John R. Dawson (1950–2003), United States Ambassador to Peru
John Dawson (fl. 2010), candidate in the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

John Dawson (surgeon) (1734–1820), British mathematician and surgeon
John Frederic Dawson (1802–1870), English entomologist and taxonomist
John William Dawson (1820–1899), Canadian geologist
John Dawson (botanist) (1928–2019), New Zealand botanist
John M. Dawson (1930–2001), American computational physicist
John Leonard Dawson (1932–1999), British physician, Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Household
John W. Dawson Jr. (born 1944), American mathematician

John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington (1744–1798), Irish peer
John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington (1781–1845), Irish peer
John Dawson (slave trader) (died 1812), British slave trader
John Barkley Dawson (1830–1918), American rancher, namesake of Dawson, New Mexico
John A. Dawson (geographer), British academic in the fields of geography and marketing