John Nixon

John Nixon

John Nixon is the name of:

* John Nixon (MP), Member of the Long Parliament in England, representing Oxford City 1646-1648
* John Nixon (Massachusetts) (1724–1815), Continental Army general from Massachusetts during the American Revolution
* John Nixon (financier) (1733–1808), Philadelphia merchant and militia officer during the American Revolution
* John Nixon (mining engineer) (1815–1899), English mining engineer
* John Nixon (British general) (1857–1921), lieutenant general in the British Indian Army
* John Nixon (equestrian), Canadian jockey and horse trainer
* John B. Nixon (1928–2005), murderer in Mississippi, USA
* John T. Nixon (1820 - 1889), a U.S. Representative from New Jersey
* John William Nixon (1880 - 1949), Unionist politician in Northern Ireland


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