John Hawkins may refer to: Public officials John Hawkins (naval commander) (1532–1595), English admiral John Hawkins (17th century diplomat), ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France, 1626–1627 John Hawkins (MP) (c. 1611–?), English politician John Hawkins (burgess), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses John Heywood Hawkins (1802–1877), British politician John Parker Hawkins (1830–1914), U.S. Civil War brigadier general John Joseph Hawkins (1840–1916), politician in Ontario, Canada John A. Hawkins (New York politician) (1864–1941), New York politician John J. Hawkins (1855–1935), American jurist and politician in the Arizona Territory John Clifford Hawkins (1879–?), African American lawyer and political figure John Hawkins (diplomat) (born 1960), British ambassador to Qatar John D. Hawkins (born 1968), South Carolina politician Writers John Hawkins (grammarian) (c. 1587–c. 1641), English physician, grammarian and translator John Hawkins (author) (1719–1789), English music historian John Sidney Hawkins (baptised 1758–1842), English antiquarian, son of the music historian John Hawkins (geologist) (1761–1841), English geologist and writer John A. Hawkins (linguist) (born 1950), English linguist Musicians John Hawkins (English composer), co-composed 1964's Canterbury Tales John Hawkins (Canadian composer) (1944–2007), Canadian classical composer Big Hawk, American rapper whose real name was John Hawkins (1969–2006) Other John Hawkins (archdeacon of Totnes) (1903–1965), Anglican priest John Hawkins (archdeacon of Hampstead) (born 1963) John Isaac Hawkins (1772–1855), engineer and inventor of the upright piano, a mechanical pencil and a letter copying machine (the polygraph) John Hawkins (athlete) (born 1949), Canadian high jumper John Hawkins (rower), Australian rower John Hawkins (Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge), Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1728–1733 TSS Sir John Hawkins (1929), passenger tender vessel See also Jack Hawkins (disambiguation) John Hawkin, MP John Hawkins Hagarty (1816–1900), Canadian lawyer, teacher, and judge