John Hope

John Hope may refer to:

  • John Hope (died c.1599), MP for Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Sir John Bruce Hope, 7th Baronet, MP for Kinross, 1727–1734, 1741–1747
  • John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun (1704–1781)
  • John Hope (botanist) (1725–1786), Scottish surgeon and botanist
  • Jan Hope (1737–1784), also called John Hope, Dutch banker and owner of Groenendaal park
  • John Hope (writer) (1739–1785), British politician and writer
  • John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1765–1823), Scottish soldier and politician
  • Sir John Hope (British Army officer) (1765–1836), British Army officer
  • John Hope (Scottish judge) (1794–1858)
  • Sir John Hope, 11th Baronet (1781–1853), MP for Midlothian, 1845–1853
  • John C. Hope (1806–1879), Lutheran scholar, priest and politician from South Carolina
  • John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow (1860–1908), first Governor-General of Australia
  • John Deans Hope (1860–1949), Scottish Liberal politician
  • John Hope (educator) (1868–1936), American educator
  • Sir John Hope, 16th Baronet (1869–1924), MP for Midlothian, 1912–1918, and Midlothian North and Peebles, 1918–1922
  • John Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon (1912–1996), Scottish Tory politician
  • John Hope (meteorologist) (1919–2002), American meteorologist and hurricane forecaster
  • John Hope (baseball) (born 1970), American baseball pitcher

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