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), British physician and retired Royal Air Force medical officer
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