John Lawson may refer to:
Military John Lawson (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1615–1665), English naval officer and republican John Lawson (Medal of Honor) (1837–1919), American Civil War Union Navy sailor John K. Lawson (1886–1941), senior Canadian officer during the Battle of Hong Kong, World War II
Politics John D. Lawson (politician) (1816–1896), U.S. Representative from New York John W. Lawson (1837–1905), U.S. Representative from Virginia Sir John Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Knavesmire Lodge (1856–1919), British Unionist politician John Lawson (Australian politician) (1897–1956)
Sports John Lawson (cyclist) (1872–1902), Swedish cycling champion John Lawson (baseball) (1887–1964), American baseball player Ivor Lawson (John Ballantyne Lawson, 1883–1958), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood, St Kilda and Richmond John Lawson (footballer) (1925–1990), English footballer John Lawson (runner) (born 1943), American middle- and long-distance runner, 1965 and 1966 NCAA runner-up for the Kansas Jayhawks track and field team
Others John Lawson (explorer) (1674–1711), English explorer in colony of North Carolina John Lawson (theologian) (1709–1759), Irish academic John Parker Lawson (died 1852), clergyman of the Episcopal Church of Scotland and historian John Lawson (actor) (1865–1920), English actor known as "Humanity" Lawson John Howard Lawson (1894–1977), American writer John R. Lawson (died 1945), Colorado union leader John Lawson (children's author) (1923–1993), also known as John S. "Jack" Lawson, of New York and Virginia John D. Lawson (scientist) (1923–2008), British engineer and physicist John K. Lawson (artist) (born 1962), British-American artist
See also Jack Lawson (1881–1965), British trade unionist and Labour politician Jack Lawson (Blue Heelers), a character from the Australian TV series Blue Heelers