John Cotton

John Cotton may refer to:

Politicians

• John Cotton (fl. 1379–88), MP for Cambridge 1379–1388
• John Cotton (MP died 1593) (1513–1593), MP for Cambridgeshire 1553, 1554
• John Cotton (MP died 1620/21) (1543–1620/21), MP for Cambridgeshire 1593
• Sir John Cotton, 2nd Baronet, MP for Cambridge 1689–90, 1696, 1705
• John Cotton (1671–1736), MP for Westminster 1722
• Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet (1686–1752), English Jacobite MP for Cambridge 1708–22,1727–41, for Cambridgeshire 1722–27, and for Marlborough 1741–52
• Sir John Cotton, 3rd Baronet, of Connington (1621–1702), MP for Huntingdon 1661 and Huntingdonshire 1685
• Sir John Hynde Cotton, 4th Baronet (c. 1717–1795), MP for St Germans 1741–47, Marlborough 1752–61, and Cambridgeshire 1764–80
• Sir John Cotton, 4th Baronet, of Connington (c. 1680–1731), MP for Huntingdon 1705 and Huntingdonshire 1710–13

Sportsmen

• John Cotton (baseball) (born 1970), retired professional baseball player
• John Cotton (cricketer) (born 1940), English cricketer
• John Cotton (footballer) (1930–2015), footballer for Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City

Others

• Johannes Cotto or John Cotton (12th century), author of a treatise on music
• John Cotton (minister) (1585–1652), American religious leader
• John Cotton (ornithologist) (1801–1849), British and Australian artist and ornithologist
• John Cotton (author), author of a treatise on music
• John G. Cotton (born 1951), US Navy admiral
• Jack Cotton (1903–1964), British entrepreneur
• John Cotton (architect) (1844–1934), British architect to whom Frank Worthington Simon was articled

See also

• Jon Cotton, record producer
• All pages with titles beginning with John Cotton