John Baird facts for kids

John Baird may refer to:

Sports

• John Baird (American football), All-American football player
• John Baird (Australian footballer) (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
• John Baird (cyclist), former racing cyclist from New Zealand
• John Baird (footballer, born 1870) (1870–1905), Scottish footballer
• John Baird (footballer, born 1985), Scottish footballer playing for Forfar Athletic
• John Campbell Baird (1856–1902), Scottish footballer

Politics and government

• John Baird, Lord Newbyth (1620–1698), Scottish advocate, judge, politician and diplomat
• John Baird (Canadian politician) (born 1969), Canadian politician and former cabinet minister
• John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (1874–1941), eighth Governor-General of Australia
• John Baird (Michigan politician) (1859–1934), Michigan State Representative and Senator

British MPs

• Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet (1686–1745), Scottish Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire
• John Baird (North West Lanarkshire MP) (1852–1900), Member of Parliament, 1885–1886
• John Baird (Wolverhampton MP) (1906–1965), British Labour Party Member of Parliament, 1945–1964
• John George Alexander Baird (1854–1917), Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central

Military officers

• John Baird (revolutionary) (1790–1820), Scottish commander in the "Radical War" of 1820
• John Baird (Royal Navy officer) (1832–1908), Victorian British Admiral
• John Baird (educator) (1795–1858), Irish-born British Army instructor
• John Baird (RAF officer) (born 1937), British physician and retired Royal Air Force medical officer

Divines

• John Baird (Irish divine) (died 1804)
• John Baird (Scottish divine) (1799–1861)

Others

• John Washington Baird (1852–1923), American chess master
• John Baird, founder of the Create a Comic Project
• John Logie Baird (1888–1946), Scottish engineer, invented the first working television system
• John Wallace Baird (1869–1919), Canadian psychologist
• John Baird I (1798–1859), Glasgow architect