John Bishop

John Bishop may refer to:

  • John Bishop (MP) for Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency)
  • John Bishop (academic) (1903–1964), Australian academic and conductor
  • John Bishop (comedian) (born 1966), English comedian
  • John Bishop (19th century), body snatcher, one of the London Burkers
  • John Peale Bishop (1892–1944), American poet
  • John Bishop, founder of US based motorsport sanctioning body, International Motor Sports Association
  • John Bishop, founder of Dreamland Bar-B-Que
  • John Bishop (1946-2011), American soul and jazz guitarist
  • John Bishop, American jazz drummer and founder of Origin Records
  • John Bishop (editor), head of Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 1958–1974
  • John Bishop (screenwriter) (1929–2006), Broadway playwright and director and Hollywood screenwriter
  • J. Michael Bishop (born 1936), American immunologist and microbiologist
  • John Bisshop, MP for Gloucestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

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