John Wilson may refer to: Academics John Wilson (mathematician) (1741–1793), English mathematician and judge John Wilson (historian) (1799–1870), author of Our Israelitish Origin (1840), a founding text of British Israelism John Wilson (Scottish mathematician) (1847−1896) John Cook Wilson (1849–1915), English philosopher John Hardie Wilson (1858−1920), Scottish botanist J. Dover Wilson (John Dover Wilson, 1881–1969), British professor and scholar of Renaissance literature John A. Wilson (Egyptologist) (1899–1976), American Egyptologist John Wilson (industrial chemist) (1890–1976), British chemist John Long Wilson (1914–2001), American medical professor and university administrator John T. Wilson (1914–1990), president of the University of Chicago, 1975–1978 John Silvanus Wilson, president of Morehouse College John Wilson (public policy expert), professor of public policy and management at Glasgow Caledonian University John Wilson Jr., American professor of English in Japan before and during World War II John Matthias Wilson (1814–?), Oxford 1 December 1881), Oxford college head John Stuart Wilson (born 1944), British mathematician John Wilson (agriculturalist) (1812–1888), British agriculturalist Architecture and engineering John Wilson (English architect) (1781–1866), British Board of Ordnance clerk of works and architect in Guernsey John A. Wilson (topographical engineer) (1789–1833), American chief engineer on the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad John William Wilson (architect) (1829–1915), architect in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia John Moulder Wilson (1837–1919), Union and United States Army engineer John Appleton Wilson (1851–1927), American architect John Wilson (Scottish architect) (1877−1959), hospital architect and author John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993), Canadian geophysicist John Armistead Wilson, Scottish-born Canadian engineer and aviation pioneer Entertainment Art John Wilson (painter, born 1774) (1774–1855), Scottish painter John James Wilson (1818–1875), painter, son of John Wilson John A. Wilson (sculptor) (1877–1954), Canadian sculptor in Nova Scotia John David Wilson (1919–2013), English artist, animator and producer John Woodrow Wilson (1922–2015), American lithographer, sculptor and art teacher Film John Wilson (filmmaker) (born 1986), American documentary filmmaker Music John Wilson (composer) (1595–1674), English composer and lutenist John Wilson (singer) (1800–1849), Scottish tenor John Wilson (drummer) (born 1947), drummer from Northern Ireland Willie Wilson (drummer) (John Andrew Wilson, born 1947), English drummer, member of Quiver Back Alley John (John Carl David Wilson, 1955–2006), Canadian blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player John Wilson (conductor) (born 1972), British orchestral conductor Writing John Wilson (playwright) (1626–1696), English playwright John Wilson (Scottish writer) (1785–1854), Scottish writer, pen name Christopher North John Mackay Wilson (1804–1835), Scottish writer John Marius Wilson (1805–1885), author of the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (published 1870–1872) John S. Wilson