John Parsons

John Parsons may refer to:

  • John Parsons (Lord Mayor of London)
  • John Parsons (bishop) (1761–1819), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
  • John Parsons (missionary) (d.1869), reviser of the Hindi Bible
  • John T. Parsons (1913–2007), pioneer in Numerical control for machine tools
  • John Parsons (musician), member of Acoustic Alchemy
  • John Parsons (politician) (1868–1949), Canadian mariner, merchant and politician
  • John Parsons (footballer) (born 1950), Welsh footballer
  • John Parsons (criminal) (born 1971), American FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive who has been captured
  • Jack Parsons (cricketer) (1890–1981), English cricketer also known as John Parsons
  • Johnny Parsons (born 1944), American racecar driver
  • John Denham Parsons (1861–?), writer
  • John Whiteside Parsons (1914–1952), American rocket propulsion researcher at the California Institute of Technology
  • John Langdon Parsons (1837–1903), Cornish Australian politician
  • John Meeson Parsons (1798–1870), art collector
  • John Edward Parsons (1829–1915), lawyer in New York City
  • John Parsons (organist)

Famous quotes containing the word parsons:

    “Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one other—only in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.”
    —Talcott Parsons (1902–1979)