John Dobson may refer to:
People John Dobson (academic) (1690–1724), warden of New College, Oxford John Dobson (architect) (1787–1865), British architect John Dobson (amateur astronomer) (1915–2014), popularizer of astronomy and the Dobsonian telescope John Dobson (Canadian politician) (1824–1907), Canadian senator John Dobson (Northern Ireland politician) (1929–2009), Northern Irish politician John Dobson (priest) (born 1964), British priest and Dean of Ripon John Dobson (rugby union, born 1886) (1886–1936), Scotland international rugby union player John Dobson (rugby union coach), South African rugby union coach
Places John Dobson and McFadden Parks, a combined park system in Chehalis, Washington