Jock (given name)

Jock is a Scottish diminutive form of the forename "John"; it corresponds to Jack in England. It is also a nickname.

The name may refer to:

In sports

• Jock Aird (born 1930), Scottish retired footballer
• Jock Archibald (1895–?), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Blackwood (1899-c. 1979), Australian rugby union player
• Jacques "Jock" Boyer (born 1955), American former cyclist, first American to compete in the Tour de France
• John Jock Butterfield (1932-2004), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• William Jock Callander (born 1961), Canadian ice hockey player
• Horace Jock Cameron (1905-1935), South African cricketer
• John Jock Cameron (footballer), Scottish football player and managers in the 1900s and 1910s
• James Jock Campbell (footballer) (1922-1983), Scottish footballer
• Jock Carter (1910–1992), English footballer
• Jock Climie, Canadian sportscaster and retired Canadian Football League player
• John Jock Collier (1897–1940), Scottish footballer and manager
• James Jock Cordner (1910-1996), Australian rules footballer
• Jock Cumberford, footballer who played in Australia's first three full international matches in 1922
• John Jock Davie (1913-1994), Scottish footballer
• Ephraim Jock Dodds (1915-2007), Scottish footballer
• Jock Doherty (1894–1957), Australian rules footballer
• John Jock Drummond (1870-1935), Scottish footballer
• Jock Edward, Scottish footballer in the 1920s
• Graham Jock Edwards (born 1955), New Zealand former cricketer
• John Jock Espie (1868-?), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Ewart (1891–1943), Scottish football goalkeeper
• Jack Jock Ferguson (1887-1973), Scottish-born American soccer player
• Jock Govan (1923–1999), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Grieve (1887–1955), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Hamilton (1869-1931), Scottish footballer
• Connor Jock Hanvey (1882–1935), American college football player and coach
• John Jock Henderson (footballer, born 1871) (1871–1930), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Henderson (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1957), Scottish footballer
• John Henebry (1918–2007), United States Air Force major general
• Michael James Jock Hobbs (1960-2012), New Zealand rugby union player and All Blacks captain
• Jock Hutcheson, Scottish professional footballer in the 1870s and '80s
• Jack Jock Hutchison (1884-1977), Scottish-American golfer
• John Jock Hutton (1898-?), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Kirton (1916-1996), Scottish footballer
• Jock Landale (born 1995), Australian basketball player
• John Jock Leckie (1906-1977), Scottish football goalkeeper
• Jock Lineen (born 1928), former Australian rules footballer
• Leonard Jock Livingston (1920-1998), Australian cricketer
• Jock McAvoy, ring name of British boxer Joseph Patrick Bamford (1908-1971)
• John Jock McCorkell (1918-1987), Australian rules footballer
• Jock McDougall (1901-1973), Scottish footballer
• James Jock McHale (1882-1953), Australian rules football player and coach
• Jock McKenzie (1911-1989), Australian rules footballer
• Richard John Jock McKenzie (rugby union) (1892-1968), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• John Jock McNab (1894-1949), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Menefee (1868-1953), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Ambrose Jock Mulraney (1916-2001), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Newall (1917–2004), New Zealand footballer
• Jock O'Brien (footballer born 1909) (1909–1985), Australian rules footballer
• Jock O'Brien (footballer born 1937), Australian rules footballer
• John Jock Paterson (1926-2000), English footballer
• John Jock Porter (1894-1952), Scottish motorcycle racer
• James Jock Robertson (1898-1970), English footballer
• John Jock Robson (1899–1995), Scottish football goalkeeper
• John Jock Rutherford (1884-1963), English footballer
• Jock Sanders (born 1988), American football player in the Canadian Football League
• John Jock Scott (footballer) (1906-1981), Scottish footballer
• Jock Shaw (1912-2000), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Shearer (1917–1979), Scottish football player and coach
• John Jock Simpson (1886–1959), English footballer
• John Jock Somerlott (1882-1965), American Major League Baseball player
• Thomas Jock Spencer (1928–2003), Australian rules footballer
• John Jock Stein (1922-1985), Scottish football player and manager
• William Stewart (cyclist) (1883-1950), British Olympic cyclist
• Alexander Jock Sturrock (1915-1997), Australian yachtsman
• John Jock Sutherland (1889-1948), American college football player and Hall-of-Fame coach and National Football League coach
• Charles Jock Sutherland (basketball) (born 1928), American basketball coach
• John Jock Taylor (1954–1982), Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer
• John Jock Taylor (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1916), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Taylor (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1964), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Thomson (1906–1979), Scottish football player and manager
• John Jock Turner (born 1943), Scottish former rugby union player
• John Jock Wadley (1914–1981), English sports journalist
• John Jock Wallace, Jr. (1935-1996), Scottish football player and manager, son of Jock Wallace, Sr.
• Jock Wallace, Sr. (1911-1978), Scottish football goalkeeper
• John Jock Walker (1882–1968), Scottish footballer (Swindon Town, Middlesbrough, Reading, Scotland)
• Jock Waters, Scottish rugby union player in the 1930s
• John Jock West (1909-2004), British motorcycle racer
• John Jock White (1897-1986), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Whyte (1921-1998), Scottish footballer
• John Jock Wightman (1912–1964), Scottish footballer
• Jack Jock Wilson (footballer) (1870–after 1900), Scottish footballer
• Jock Young (canoeist), British slalom canoeist, 1981 world champion in the C-2 team event

Soldiers

• John Jock Campbell (British Army officer) (1894-1942), British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Joseph Jock Cunningham (1902-1969), British lieutenant colonel in the Spanish Civil War
• Major C.J.D Jock Haswell, (1919-) British military and intelligence author and former British intelligence officer.
• John Jock Lewes (1913-1941), British Army lieutenant, inventor of the Lewes bomb and founding principal training officer of the Special Air Service
• John Jock Slater (born 1938), retired Royal Navy admiral, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
• Graham Jock Stirrup (born 1949), retired Royal Air Force marshal
• John Jock Wilson (British Army soldier) (1903–2008), British serviceman and oldest D-Day veteran

Politicians and diplomats

• Harold Jock Barnes (1907-2000), New Zealand trade unionist and syndicalist
• John Jock Bruce-Gardyne (1930-1990), British politician
• John Jock Colville (1915-1987), British civil servant
• John Jock Ferguson (1946–2010), Scottish-born Australian politician
• James Jock Haston (1913–1986), British Trotskyist politician
• Frederick James Jock Granter (1921–2012), Australian politician
• John R. McKernan Jr. (born 1948), American politician, twice Governor of Maine
• John Jock Mathison (1901–1982), New Zealand politician and cabinet minister
• John Jock Nelson (1908-1991), Australian politician
• John Jock Scott (1947-2009), American politician, lawyer and professor
• John Jock Taylor (diplomat) (1924-2002), British diplomat and ambassador to several countries
• Arthur Jock Tiffin (1896–1955), British union and Labour Party official
• Joseph Yablonski (1910-1969), American murdered labor leader

Artists and entertainers

• Jock Bartley, American rock guitarist
• Jock Gaynor (1929-1998), American actor, producer, and writer
• Jock Macdonald (1897-1960), Scottish-born Canadian painter
• Jock McFadyen (born 1950), British painter
• Jock Mahoney (1919-1989), American actor and stuntman
• George Jock Purdon (1925-1998), British poet and songwriter
• Jock Soto (born c. 1965), American former ballet dancer and current instructor
• Jock Sturges (born 1947), American photographer

Other

• Jock R. Anderson (born 1941), Australian agricultural economist
• John Jock Brown (born 1946), Scottish solicitor and freelance football commentator
• Henry John Jock Delves Broughton (1883-1942), British aristocrat acquitted of murder
• John Jock Campbell, Baron Campbell of Eskan (1912-1994), British businessman
• Jock Carroll (1919-1995), Canadian writer, journalist and photographer
• Gerard Davison (c. 1967-2015), a commander of the Provisional IRA from Northern Ireland
• Richard Jock Kinneir (1917-1994), British typographer and graphic designer who, with Margaret Calvert, designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom
• Jock D. Mackinlay (born 1952), American information visualization expert
• John Jock McKeen (born 1946), Canadian physician, acupuncturist, author and lecturer
• Alan John Jock Marshall (1911-1967), Australian writer, academic and ornithologist
• John Jock Phillips (born 1947), New Zealand historian, author and encyclopedist
• Robert Leslie Stewart (1918–1989), Scottish hangman
• John Hay Whitney (1904-1982), American businessman, philanthropist and ambassador
• John Jock Wilson (police officer) (1922–1993), British police officer
• Jock Young (1942–2013), British sociologist and criminologist

See also

• Joc Pederson (born 1992), American Major League Baseball player