John Neilson

• John Neilson (colonel), New Jersey officer and member of the New Jersey legislature
• John Neilson (architect), Irish-born American master carpenter, joiner and architect
• John Neilson (Lower Canada politician), a Canadian newspaper editor and politician.
• John Alexander Neilson, Scottish rugby union player
• Shaw Neilson, Australian poet
• John Neilson (footballer, born 1874), Scottish footballer
• John Neilson (footballer, born 1921), Scottish footballer