John Boyd may refer to:
Politicians
British Sir John Boyd, 1st Baronet (1718–1800), English sugar merchant Sir John Boyd, 2nd Baronet (1750–1815), son of the first baronet Boyd Sir John Boyd (diplomat) (1936–2019), British ambassador and former master of Churchill College, Cambridge John Boyd (Irish politician) (1789–1862), UK MP for the Irish constituency of Coleraine, 1842–1852 and 1857–1862 Sir John Boyd of Maxpoffle (1826–1895), Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1888 to 1891
American John Boyd (Wisconsin assemblyman) (1824–1882), English-born American politician in Wisconsin and Kansas John Boyd (Connecticut politician) (1799–1881), Connecticut state legislator and Secretary of State John Boyd (Texas politician) (1796–1873), American early settler in Texas and state senator John Frank Boyd (1853–1945), Nebraska judge and representative John H. Boyd (politician) (1799–1868), U.S. Representative from New York John W. Boyd (Tennessee politician) ( 1851–1932), Tennessee assemblyman and attorney John W. Boyd (Wisconsin politician) (1811–1892), Wisconsin state senator
Canadian John Boyd (Canadian politician) (1826–1893), Senator and lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick Sir John Alexander Boyd (1837–1916), Canadian lawyer and judge John Boyd (Canadian communist) (1913—2021), Canadian journalist, editor and Communist activist
Military figures John Boyd (military strategist) (1927–1997), US Air Force colonel and fighter pilot John Covert Boyd (1850–1924), Naval surgeon and fraternity founder John Parker Boyd (1764–1830), American general John McNeil Boyd (1812–1861), Royal Navy captain of HMS Ajax, died in the "Boyd disaster" 1861
Artists John Boyd (photographer) (1865–1941), Canadian amateur photographer and railway official John H. Boyd (photographer) (1898–1971), photographer based in Toronto, Ontario John Boyd (author) (1919–2013), science fiction author John Boyd (milliner) (1925–2018), fashion designer John Boyd (sound engineer), American sound engineer John Boyd (actor) (born 1981), American actor John Boyd (playwright) (1912–2002), Irish radio producer and playwright
Association football Jackie Boyd (1926–2007), American soccer player John Boyd (footballer, born 1881) (1881–1927), Scottish footballer John Allan Boyd (1929–2019), Scottish footballer (1948 Great Britain Olympic team) John Boyd (footballer, born 1969), Scottish footballer (Dumbarton FC, St Mirren)
Science and medicine John Boyd (bacteriologist) (1891–1981), bacteriologist and Royal Army Medical Corps officer John Morton Boyd (1925–1998), Scottish zoologist and writer John St. Clair Boyd (1858–1918), Irish gynaecologist and surgeon
Other John Boyd (Bahamas), free person of color in the 19th century John Boyd (farmer) (born 1965), African American farmer and civil rights leader John Boyd (pastor) (1679–1708), Presbyterian minister in the United States John Boyd (police officer) (1933–2024), HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland John Boyd (trade unionist) (1917–1989), Scottish trade unionist
See also John Boyd Orr (1880–1971), Nobel peace laureate Boyd (surname)