title: John Cotton
text: # John Cotton
  
  John Cotton may refer to:
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * John Cotton (fl. 1379–88), MP for Cambridge 1379–1388
  * John Cotton (MP died 1593) (1513–1593), MP for Cambridgeshire 1553, 1554
  * John Cotton (MP died 1620/21) (1543–1620/21), MP for Cambridgeshire 1593
  * Sir John Cotton, 2nd Baronet, MP for Cambridge 1689–90, 1696, 1705
  * John Cotton (1671–1736), MP for Westminster 1722
  * Sir John Hynde Cotton, 3rd Baronet (1686–1752), English Jacobite MP for Cambridge 1708–22,1727–41, for Cambridgeshire 1722–27, and for Marlborough 1741–52
  * Sir John Cotton, 3rd Baronet, of Connington (1621–1702), MP for Huntingdon 1661 and Huntingdonshire 1685
  * Sir John Hynde Cotton, 4th Baronet (c. 1717–1795), MP for St Germans 1741–47, Marlborough 1752–61, and Cambridgeshire 1764–80
  * Sir John Cotton, 4th Baronet, of Connington (c. 1680–1731), MP for Huntingdon 1705 and Huntingdonshire 1710–13
  
  ## Sportsmen
  
  * John Cotton (baseball) (born 1970), retired professional baseball player
  * John Cotton (cricketer) (born 1940), English cricketer
  * John Cotton (footballer) (1930–2015), footballer for Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City
  
  ## Others
  
  * Johannes Cotto or John Cotton (12th century), author of a treatise on music
  * John Cotton (minister) (1585–1652), American religious leader
  * John Cotton (ornithologist) (1801–1849), British and Australian artist and ornithologist
  * John Cotton (author), author of a treatise on music
  * John G. Cotton (born 1951), US Navy admiral
  * Jack Cotton (1903–1964), British entrepreneur
  * John Cotton (architect) (1844–1934), British architect to whom Frank Worthington Simon was articled
  