John Curtis may refer to: Politics John Curtis (burgess) (fl. 1659–1660), North American colonial British planter and politician John Curtis (Irish politician) (died 1775), Irish politician John Curtis (English politician) (c. 1751–1813), English Member of Parliament for Wells, 1782–1784 and Steyning, 1791–1794 John A. Curtis (1834–1913), member of the Virginia House of Delegates John E. Curtis (1915–1999), American politician from the state of Alaska John Curtis (Utah politician) (born 1960), member of the U.S. House of Representatives and former Mayor of Provo, Utah Sports John Curtis (cricketer) (1887–1972), English cricketer John Curtis (baseball) (born 1948), American Major League Baseball pitcher, 1970–1984 John Curtis (footballer, born 1954), English former professional football player John Curtis (sailor) (born 1967), Canadian Olympic sailor John Curtis (footballer, born 1978), English professional football player Religion John Curtis (bishop) (1880–1962), missionary bishop in China, 1929–1950 Barry Curtis (bishop) (John Barry Curtis, born 1933), retired Anglican bishop in Canada Others John Curtis (painter) (fl. 1790–1797), English landscape painter John Curtis (entomologist) (1791–1862), English entomologist John B. Curtis (1827–1897), inventor of the first chewing gum prototype John Green Curtis (1844–1913), American physiologist John C. Curtis (1845–1917), American Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient John Thomas Curtis (1913–1961), American botanist and plant ecologist John Curtis (games designer), designer of the Rolemaster game systems See also John Curtice (born 1953), British political scientist Jack Curtis (disambiguation) John Curteys (disambiguation)