John Balfour

John Balfour is the name of:

  • John Balfour, 3rd Lord Balfour of Burleigh (17th-century–1688), Scottish lord
  • John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross (1837–1905), Scottish lawyer and politician
  • John Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross (1904–1976), Scottish historian and writer
  • John Balfour, 5th of Balbirnie (1738–1833), Scottish nobleman
  • John Balfour (bishop) (died 1488), Bishop of Brechin, 1465–1488
  • John Balfour (diplomat) (1894–1983), British ambassador
  • John Balfour (MP) (1750–1842), British politician
  • John Hutton Balfour (1808–1884), Scottish botanist

Famous quotes containing the word john:

    “Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one.... The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.”
    —Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)