John Davidson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

John Davidson (poet) John Davidson (11 April 1857 – 23 March 1909) was a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist, best known for his ballads. He also did translations from French. In 1909, financial difficulties, as well as physical and mental health problems, led ...

(1857–1909), Scottish poet and playwright *

John Davidson (actor, born 1886) John Davidson (December 25, 1886 – January 16, 1968) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1915 to 1963. He was born in New York City, and he died in Los Angeles, California.''Silent Film Necrology'', ...

(1886–1968), American actor *

John Davidson (entertainer) John Hamilton Davidson (born December 13, 1941) is an American actor, singer, and game show host known for hosting ''That's Incredible!,'' '' Time Machine,'' and ''Hollywood Squares'' in the 1980s, and a revival of '' The $100,000 Pyramid'' in ...

(born 1941), American television actor and game show host

Military

John Davidson (Royal Navy officer) John Davidson (died 31 January 1881) was an English surgeon who served as Inspector-General of the Royal Navy and was Honorary Physician to Queen Victoria. Career Davidson joined the Royal Navy as an assistant surgeon on 29 July 1839, serving ...

(c. 1818–1881), English naval surgeon *

John Wynn Davidson John Wynn Davidson (August 14, 1825 – June 26, 1881) was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and an American Indian fighter. In 1850, he co-led the Bloody Island massacre of 60-200 Pomo old men, women ...

(1825–1881), U.S. Army major general * John F. Davidson (1908–1989), U.S. Navy admiral

Politics and law

* John Davidson (Lower Canada politician) (died 1838), Canadian merchant, civil servant and politician * John S. Davidson (1846–1894), American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate * John Andrew Davidson (1852–1903), Canadian politician * John Davidson (British Army officer) (1876–1954), British major general and politician * J. C. C. Davidson (1889–1970), British politician * John James Davidson (1898–1976), British MP, 1935–1945 *

John Davidson (Illinois politician) John A. Davidson (August 31, 1924 – August 21, 2012) was an American politician. Born in West Point, Mississippi, Davidson graduated from Petersburg, Illinois High School. Davidson served in the Illinois Senate 1973–1993. He served in t ...

(1924–2012), American politician *John

Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson John Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson (22 December 1928 – 20 July 2012), was a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician. Regarded as a safe pair of hands, he became deputy chief whip in the House of Lords. Background and ed ...

(1928–2012), British politician

Religion

John Davidson (reformer) John Davidson (c.1549–1603) was born in Dunfermline, where his parents owned property in houses and lands. He entered St Leonard's College, St Andrews, in 1567, and after graduating, became a regent of the college, pursuing the study of t ...

(1549–1603) Scottish Presbyterian minister during the Scottish Reformation *

John Davidson (minister) John Davidson (1834 – 22 July 1881) was a Presbyterian minister and academic. Life Davidson was born in Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland, and was educated for the ministry. Having gained a considerable reputation as a preacher, he was invited to assume ...

(1834–1881), Scottish Presbyterian minister and academic * John Davidson (British writer) (born 1944), English writer on mysticism and Christian origins * John Davidson (priest), Canadian Anglican priest

Sports

* John Davidson (cricketer, born 1804) (1804–1898), English cricketer *

John Davidson (rugby union) John Davidson (3 September 1851 – 19 September 1919) was a Scottish international rugby union player who played for RIE College RFC in Surrey, England. Born in Banchory in 1851, Davidson played as a Forward. Davidson played in two early rug ...

(1851–1919), Scottish rugby union player *

John Davidson (ice hockey) John Arthur Davidson (born February 27, 1953) is a Canadian–American professional ice hockey executive and former player who serves as a senior advisor and alternate governor for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). As ...

(born 1953), Canadian NHL hockey player and executive * John Davidson (rugby league) (born 1961), Australian rugby player * John Davidson (cricketer, born 1964), Welsh cricketer

Others

* John Davidson (antiquarian) (1725–1797), Scottish lawyer, publisher and antiquarian * John Davidson (traveller) (1797–1836), English traveler in Africa *

John Ewen Davidson John Ewen Davidson (2 March 1841 in London – 2 September 1923 in Oxford) was a colonist sugar planter, slave owner, murderer, and miller in Queensland. Life and career John Ewen Davidson was born as the son of a Scottish merchant. He was ed ...

(1841–1923), English pioneer sugar planter and miller in Queensland *

John Davidson (botanist) John Davidson (1878 – 1970) was a notable Scottish-Canadian botanist. Biography He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. He worked at the University of Aberdeen from 1893 to 1911. He later moved to Canada in the hopes of securing a professors ...

(1878–1970), Scottish-Canadian botanist * John Ogilvie Davidson (1892–1972), Canadian surveyor * John Davidson (chemical engineer) (1926–2019), British chemical engineer awarded a Royal Medal in 1999 *

John Davidson (activist) John Davidson MBE (born 1 June 1971) is a Scottish campaigner for Tourette syndrome, who lives in Galashiels. At age 16, Davidson was the subject of the BBC TV documentary '' John's Not Mad'' (1989) about the manifestations of Tourette syndrome ...