John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dawson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

*John Dawson (actor) (1919–1984), played Mr. Mumford in ''

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John Dawson (musician) John Collins Dawson IV (June 16, 1945 – July 21, 2009), nicknamed "Marmaduke", was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. He sang l ...

(1945–2009), American singer and guitarist with the New Riders of the Purple Sage

Politics and law

John Dawson (1762–1814) John Dawson (1762March 31, 1814) was a Virginian lawyer, soldier and politician who served in the War of 1812 and a term in the Continental Congress as well as seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1797 until his death in office ...

, American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia *

John Dawson Jr. John Dawson Jr. (July 8, 1765 – June 3, 1823) was the sixteenth intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two terms from 1806 to 1808. Early life Dawson was born on July 8, 1765, to John Dawson and Joanna Broughton Monck. Car ...

(1765–1823), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina *

John Bennett Dawson John Bennett Dawson (March 17, 1798 – June 26, 1845) was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana. Early life Born near Nashville, Tennessee on March 17, 1798, he ...

(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 John Shaw Dawson (June 10, 1869 – February 9, 1960) was a Scottish-born Kansas attorney who served as Kansas Attorney General, and as a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from January 11, 1915, to January 11, 1937, and chief justice from Januar ...

(1869–1960), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court *John R. Dawson (1950–2003),

United States Ambassador to Peru The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Peru. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently ''Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.'' List of re ...

*John Dawson (), candidate in the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

Science and medicine

* John Dawson (surgeon) (1734–1820), British mathematician and surgeon * John Frederic Dawson (1802–1870), English entomologist and taxonomist *

John William Dawson Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899) was a Canadian geologist and university administrator. Life and work John William Dawson was born on 13 October 1820 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where he attended and graduated from Pictou Academy. Of Sco ...

(1820–1899), Canadian geologist *

John Dawson (botanist) John Wyndham Dawson (1 February 1928 – 11 March 2019) was a New Zealand botanist. Early life and education Dawson was born in Eketāhuna on 1 February 1928 to Walter and Winifred Dawson, and was the youngest of 4 sons. He was educated at Eket ...

(1928–2019), New Zealand botanist *

John M. Dawson John Myrick Dawson (30 September 1930 in Champaign, Illinois – 17 November 2001 in Los Angeles) was an American Computational physics, computational physicist and the father of plasma acceleration, plasma-based acceleration techniques. D ...

(1930–2001), American computational physicist *

John Leonard Dawson John Leonard Dawson (30 September 1932 – 16 May 1999) was an English surgeon particularly known for his work in the field of liver disease. He pioneered several surgical techniques, including radical tumour resection, injection sclerotherapy a ...

(1932–1999), British physician, Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Household * John W. Dawson Jr. (born 1944), American mathematician

Sports

John Dawson (cricketer, born 1871) John Miles Dawson (3 November 1871 – 3 December 1948) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of John Miles of Tadcaster, he was born at Wighill in November 1871. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Trinity College, Camb ...

(1871–1948), English cricketer *

Johnny Dawson John W. Dawson (December 20, 1902 – January 6, 1986) was an American amateur golfer and golf course architect. Career Dawson was born in Chicago, Illinois. Although he was a lifelong amateur golfer, his amateur status was rescinded by the Un ...

(1902–1986), American amateur golfer * Johnnie Dawson (1914–1984), American Negro leagues baseball player * Peter Dawson (cricketer) (John Peter Dawson, 1946–2012), English cricketer

Others

John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

(1744–1798), Irish peer *

John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington Colonel John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington (26February 178128December 1845) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Family He was the son of John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington (1744–1798) who had been created Earl ...

(1781–1845), Irish peer *

John Dawson (slave trader) John Dawson (died 1812) was a Liverpool slave trader and captain. Between 1783 and 1792, Dawson and his business partner Peter Baker were the largest slave traders in Great Britain. Slave trade In 1790, Dawson owned 19 slave ships, with an ave ...

(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

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