John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dawson may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• John Dawson (actor) (1919–1984), played Mr. Mumford in Rentaghost
• John Dawson (musician) (1945–2009), American singer and guitarist with the New Riders of the Purple Sage
• John Dawson (anchor) (born 1969), British television journalist

Politics and law

• John Dawson (1762–1814), American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia
• John Dawson Jr. (1765–1823), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina
• John Bennett Dawson (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 (1869–1960), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
• John R. Dawson (1950–2003), United States Ambassador to Peru
• John Dawson ( fl. 2010), 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 (1820–1899), Canadian geologist
• John Dawson (botanist) (1928–2019), New Zealand botanist
• John M. Dawson (1930–2001), American computational physicist
• John Leonard Dawson (1932–1999), British physician, Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Household
• John W. Dawson Jr. (born 1944), American mathematician

Sports

• John Dawson (cricketer, born 1871) (1871–1948), English cricketer
• Johnny Dawson (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 (1744–1798), Irish peer
• John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington (1781–1845), Irish peer
• John Dawson (slave trader) (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

See also

• Jack Dawson (disambiguation)

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