John Lawson
John Lawson is the name of the following people:
- John Lawson (naval officer) (~ 1615–1665), British Vice-Admiral
- John Lawson (Explorer) (1674-1711), English explorer and writer
- John Lawson (physicist) (1923-2008), British physicist
- John Cuthbert Lawson (1874 – after 1919), British scholar
- John D. Lawson (1816-1896), American politician
- John Howard Lawson (1894–1977), American playwright and screenwriter
- John Rhea Lawson , real name of Yank Lawson (1911–1995), American jazz trumpeter
- John W. Lawson (1837–1905), American politician
