John Simpson (disambiguation)
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Politicians
- John Simpson (Parliamentarian), politician of the post-English Civil War period, see Thomas KelseyThomas KelseyThomas Kelsey rose from obscurity as a "London tradesman" to become an important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell.Kelsey enlisted in the New Model Army and fought on the side of Parliament during the English Civil War, displaying a zeal that led him to become a Major-General in 1645. He...
- John Simpson (Kentucky), American Congressman-elect from Kentucky, who died before the start of the 13th Congress in 1813, see Kentucky in the War of 1812Kentucky in the War of 1812During the War of 1812, Kentucky supplied numerous troops and supplies to the war effort.Because Kentucky did not have to commit manpower to defending fortifications, most Kentucky troops campaigned actively against the enemy...
- John Simpson (Quebec politician)John Simpson (Quebec politician)John Simpson was a government official and political figure in Canada West.He was born in England in 1788 and came to Augusta Township in Upper Canada in 1815. In 1819, he became a private secretary for Lord Dalhousie. He was appointed customs inspector at Coteau-du-Lac in 1822...
(1788–1873), government official and politician in Quebec - John Simpson (Canada West politician)John Simpson (Canada West politician)John Simpson was a businessman and political figure in Canada West.He was born in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England in 1807 and came to Niagara in Upper Canada in 1835 where he entered business as a bookseller. With George Menzies as a partner, he began publishing the Niagara Chronicle in 1837...
(1807–1878), Canadian businessman and politician - John Simpson (Ontario politician)John Simpson (Ontario politician)John Simpson was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1885....
(1812–1885), Ontario banker and member of the Senate of Canada - John A. SimpsonJohn A. SimpsonJohn Adrian Simpson was a Canadian politician and businessman. Born in Peel County, Ontario, he came west in 1890 and eventually settled in Innisfail, where he opened a lumberyard...
(1854–1916), Canadian politician - John Thomas SimpsonJohn Thomas SimpsonJohn Thomas Simpson was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Waverley, Ontario and became a farmer and a municipal politician....
(1870–1965), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons - John Simpson (MP)John Simpson (MP)John Simpson of Babworth Hall, Nottinghamshire was born John Bridgeman, a younger son of Sir Henry Bridgeman, later 1st Baron Bridgeman...
(1763–1850), English politician, Member of Parliament for Wenlock
Cultural figures
- John Simpson, bassist in the American R&B band The SOS BandThe SOS BandThe SOS Band is an American musical ensemble, founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977. Originally known as Santa Monica, the 'SOS' initialism in the band's name stands for Sounds of Success.-History:...
- John Simpson (actor/producer), Canadian actor
- Sir John William Simpson (architect)John William Simpson (architect)Sir John William Simpson KBE, FRIBA was an English architect and was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1919 to 1921.- Background and early life :...
(1858–1933) - John Simpson (architect)John Simpson (architect)John Simpson CVO BSC ARCH DIP RIBA is a British architect.Simpson studied architecture at University College London. He is principal of practice at John Simpsons and Partners. Chartered Architects and Urban Designers, London...
(born 1954), British modern-day classical architect - John Palgrave SimpsonJohn Palgrave SimpsonJohn Palgrave Simpson was a Victorian playwright. He wrote more than fifty pieces in a variety of genres, including dramas, comedies, operas, and spectacles, between 1850 and 1885. Simpson also published novels, travel books and journalistic commentaries...
(1807–1887), Victorian playwright
Academic figures
- John B. SimpsonJohn B. SimpsonJohn Barclay Simpson is a former president of the University at Buffalo, part of the State University of New York system. He assumed this position on January 1, 2004, after leaving his position as executive vice chancellor and provost of the University of California, Santa Cruz. On August 30,...
, former president of the University at Buffalo - John Wistar SimpsonJohn Wistar SimpsonJohn Wistar Simpson was an electrical engineer, who made significant contributions to the development of the nuclear energy. -Biography:He was born in 1914 in Glenn Springs, South Carolina...
(1914–2007), American electrical engineer - John Simpson (lexicographer)John Simpson (lexicographer)John Andrew Simpson is a British lexicographer and senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary . Simpson was co-editor of the second edition, which ran to 20 volumes published in 1989, a combination of the original text with several supplemental volumes that had followed...
(born 1953), current editor of the OED - John Alexander SimpsonJohn Alexander SimpsonJohn Alexander Simpson worked as an experimental nuclear, and cosmic ray physicist who was deeply committed to educating the public and political leaders about science and its implications. The year he died, his instruments in space had been sending data back for nearly 40 years...
(1916–2000), physicist
Sports figures
- Jack SimpsonJack SimpsonJack Simpson was a Scottish golfer.Simpson was born Earlsferry, Fife, and was one of six golfing brothers. He played his golf out of Carnoustie. He was a powerful but erratic player. He won the 1884 Open Championship at Prestwick with a score of 160 for 36 holes, despite taking a nine at his...
(1858–1895), Scottish golfer - Jock SimpsonJock SimpsonJohn 'Jock' Simpson was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right in the 1900s and 1910s. He was born in Pendleton, Lancashire, but he moved to Scotland as a child....
(1886–1959), England and Blackburn Rovers footballer - John Simpson (footballer born 1918)John Simpson (footballer born 1918)John Simpson was an English-born footballer who played as a left back in The Football League in the 1940s and 1950s.He started his league career with Huddersfield Town and then moved to York City, first playing for them in 1947–48...
(1918–2000), English footballer, played for Huddersfield Town and York City - John Simpson (footballer born 1933)John Simpson (footballer born 1933)John Lionel Simpson was an English football goalkeeper. He spent fifteen years playing for Gillingham, for whom he holds the all-time record for the most matches played in the Football League....
(1933–1993), English footballer, played for Lincoln City and Gillingham - Jackie Simpson (defensive back)Jackie Simpson (defensive back)John Marlin "Jackie" Simpson is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the National Football League for five seasons during the late 1950s and early 1960s...
(born 1934), American football player - Jackie Simpson (linebacker) (1936–1983), linebacker
- John Simpson (boxer)John Simpson (boxer)John Simpson , is a professional boxer. He is a featherweight, and current British Featherweight Champion. He is also the Former Commonwealth champion.-Professional career:...
(born 1983), Scottish featherweight boxer - John Simpson (cricketer)John Simpson (cricketer)John Andrew Simpson is a cricketer who played for England in the 2006 U-19's World Cup in Sri Lanka and is currently with Middlesex County Cricket Club....
(born 1988), English cricketer - John Simpson (fencer)John Simpson (fencer)John Simpson is an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:...
(born 1927), Australian Olympic fencer - John Simpson (basketball)John Simpson (basketball)John Simpson is a professional basketball player who played in the British Basketball League.Guard Simpson joined the Liverpool based Everton Tigers from local-rivals Cheshire Jets during the summer of 2007, ending a three year spell at the club. In March 2010 he tested positive for marijuana and...
, professional basketball player - Johnny SimpsonJohnny SimpsonJohn George "Johnny" Simpson was a New Zealand rugby union player. During his career he played as a prop.-Rugby league career:...
(1922–2010), New Zealand rugby union player
Military figures
- John Simpson (soldier)John Simpson (soldier)Major John Simpson was an American Revolutionary War soldier from Deerfield, New Hampshire. He is one of several men traditionally described as having fired the first shot on the American side at the Battle of Bunker Hill....
(1748–1825), American Revolutionary War soldier at the Battle of Bunker Hill - John Simpson (VC)John Simpson (VC)Major John Simpson VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1826–1884), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross - John Simpson KirkpatrickJohn Simpson KirkpatrickJohn 'Jack' Simpson Kirkpatrick , who served under the name John Simpson, was a stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I...
(1892–1915), Australian World War I war hero (who enlisted as "John Simpson") - John Herbert Thomas SimpsonJohn Herbert Thomas SimpsonAir Commodore John Herbert Thomas Simpson DSO AFC RAF R’td was a bomber pilot during the Second World War and a senior RAF staff officer during the 1950s....
(1907–1967), senior RAF officer in the mid 1950s and eighth Commandant Royal Observer Corps
Miscellaneous figures
- John Simpson (journalist/consumer advocate)John Simpson (journalist/consumer advocate)John M. Simpson is an American consumer rights advocate and former journalist. Since 2005, he has worked for Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group, as the lead researcher on Inside Google, the group's effort to educate the public about Google's dominance over the...
(born 1948) - John Simpson (martyr), one of the Marian martyrMarian PersecutionsThe Marian Persecutions were carried out against religious reformers, Protestants, and other dissenters for their heretical beliefs during the reign of Mary I of England. The excesses of this period were mythologized in the historical record of Foxe's Book of Martyrs...
s - Rev. John Simpson (Presbyterian)John Simpson (Presbyterian)The Reverend John Simpson , was a Presbyterian minister, Whig leader and Patriot in the American Revolution.-Life:Of Scotch-Irish descent, Simpson married Mary Remer in 1765 in New Jersey...
(1740–1808), of South Carolina, in the American Revolutionary War - Rev. John Simpson (Unitarian)John Simpson (Unitarian)John Simpson was an English Unitarian minister and religious writer, known as a biblical critic. Some of his essays were very well known in the nineteenth century....
(1746–1812), of Bath, author of a book denying the existence of the devil - John Woodruff Simpson (1850–1920), American lawyer and founding partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
- Sir John Hope SimpsonJohn Hope SimpsonSir John Hope Simpson was a British Liberal politician who served as a Member of Parliament and later in the Government of Newfoundland....
(1868–1961), English administrator in India - John D. Simpson (1901–1988), Canadian businessman in the Canadian Mining Hall of FameCanadian Mining Hall of FameThe Canadian Mining Hall of Fame aims to recognize the accomplishments of leaders in the mining industry.It was conceived by Maurice R. Brown as a way to recognize and honor the legendary mine finders and builders of this Canadian industry. The Hall was established in 1988...
- John Milton Bryan SimpsonJohn Milton Bryan SimpsonJohn Milton Bryan Simpson was an American lawyer and judge.Simpson was born in Kissimmee, Florida, in 1903. He graduated from the University of Florida College of Law with an LL.B...
(1903–1987), American judge - John Simpson (police official)John Simpson (police official)Mark John Richard Simpson was the first U.S. Interpol President and former director of the United States Secret Service .-Notes:...
(born 1932), former director of US Secret Service and Interpol - John Simpson (journalist) (born 1944), BBC journalist and world affairs editor
- John Arthur SimpsonJohn Arthur SimpsonJohn Arthur Simpson OBE is a retired Anglican priest.Simpson was educated at Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1959. After curacies in Leyton and Orpington he was a tutor at Oak Hill Theological College from 1962 to 1972. He was then Vicar of Ridge, Hertfordshire until 1981 when he began his...
(born 1933), Anglican clergyman - John Baird SimpsonJohn Baird SimpsonJohn Baird Simpson , was a Scottish geologist.Simpson was born at Glenferness, Ardclach, Nairnshire, Scotland. After schooling at Nairn Academy, he went to the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated with a BSc in Agriculture, in 1914. He joined the Royal Engineers that same year, and was then...
(1894–1960), Scottish geologist
Characters
- John Chandler Simpson, a fictional character in Eric Flint's alternate history book series 1632