John Ross is the name of:

People

Australia

• John Ross (explorer) (1871-1903), explorer of Central Australia
• John Ross (New South Wales politician) (1891-1973), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• John Campbell Ross (1899-2009), at the time of his death Australia's oldest man and the last Australian veteran of the First World War
• Jack Ross (Australian footballer) (born 1911), Australian rules footballer

Canada

• John Ross (Canadian politician) (1818-1871), Canadian Senator
• John Sylvester Ross (1821-1882), miller and political figure in Ontario
• John Ross (Nova Scotia politician) (born 1822)
• John Jones Ross (1831-1901), Canadian politician from Quebec
• J.K.L. Ross (1876-1951), Canadian industrialist
• John A. Ross (horse trainer)

New Zealand

• Jack Ross (writer) (born 1962), poet and novelist

United Kingdom

• John Ross, 1st Lord Ross (died 1501), Scottish nobleman
• John Lockhart-Ross (1721-1790), admiral of the British Royal Navy
• John Ross (Arctic explorer) (1777-1856), British naval officer
• John Ross (British Army officer) (died 1843), Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
• John Ross (VC) (1822-1879), Scottish corporal of the British Army during the Crimean War
• John Ross (businessman) (1840-1876), Scottish retail businessman
• John Ross (missionary) (1842-1915), Scottish missionary to Northeast China
• Sir John Ross, 1st Baronet (1853-1935), Irish barrister, judge and Unionist politician
• John Ross (socialist), former Trotskyite and economic advisor to Ken Livingstone
• Jack Ross (born 1976), Scottish professional footballer
• John Ross (artist), British comic book artist

United States

• John Ross (American patriot) (1726-1800), figure in the American Revolution
• John Ross (representative) (1770-1834), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
• John Ross (Cherokee chief) (1790-1866), principal chief of the Cherokee people
• John W. Ross (Iowa architect), architect in Davenport, Iowa
• John W. Ross (North Dakota architect) (1848-1914), architect in Grand Forks, North Dakota
• John William Ross (1878-1925), U.S. federal judge
• John Rolly Ross (1899-1963), U.S. federal judge
• John Ross (chemist) (born 1926), American physical chemist
• John Ross (activist) (1938-2011), American author, journalist, and activist
• John R. Ross (born 1938), American linguist
• John Andrew Ross (born 1954), Missouri judge and nominee to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
• John Ross (author) (born 1957), American author of the 1996 novel Unintended Consequences

South Africa

• Alias of Charles Rawden Maclean (1815-1880), Stranded in Port Natal 1825-9; walked 600 km to Delagoa Bay to fetch medicines, later a sea captain and opponent of slavery

Ireland

• John N. Ross (1920-2011), Irish solicitor and politician

Characters

• John Ross (Shannara), in Terry Brooks' Word/Void trilogy
• John Ross Ewing III, in the TV series Dallas

[ Source: Wikipedia ]