List of Famous people named Jock
Jock Mahoney
Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney, known professionally as Jock Mahoney, was an American actor and stuntman. He starred in two Western television series, The Range Rider and Yancy Derringer. He played Tarzan in two feature films and was associated in various capacities with several other Tarzan productions. He was sometimes credited as Jack O'Mahoney or Jock O'Mahoney. According to step-daughter Sally Field, he was a child molester.
Jock Semple
John Duncan "Jock" Semple was a Scottish-American runner, physical therapist, trainer, and sports official. In 1967, he attained worldwide notoriety as a race official for the Boston Marathon, when he attempted to tear off the bib number from 20 year old marathon runner Kathrine Switzer. Switzer was officially entered in the race in accordance with the Boston Marathon's rule book which at that time made no mention of gender, despite Semple saying that amateur rules banned women racing for more than a mile and a half. He subsequently oversaw implementation of qualifying times in 1970 and, in response to lobbying and rule changes by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), the implementation of a separate women's race in 1972.
Jock Sturges
Jock Sturges is an American photographer, best known for his images of nude adolescents and their families.
Jock Landale
Jock Landale is an Australian professional basketball player who last played for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL).
Jock Zonfrillo
Jock Zonfrillo is a Scottish celebrity chef, television presenter and philanthropist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Zonfrillo owned the now closed Restaurant Orana in Adelaide, Australia, and is the founder of the not-for-profit The Orana Foundation. Zonfrillo is one of the new MasterChef Australia judges alongside Andy Allen and Melissa Leong.
Jock Stein
John "Jock" Stein was a Scottish football player and manager. He was the first manager of a British side to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974.
Jock Hamilton-Baillie
John Robert Edward "Jock" Hamilton-Baillie MC, was a British Royal Engineers officer famed for numerous escapes from German prisoner of war camps during World War II. During his later life he was a founder of the Fortress Study Group, a prominent member of the Concrete Society, and a dedicated fund raiser for the Red Cross.
Jock Bruce-Gardyne
John Bruce-Gardyne, Baron Bruce-Gardyne, was a British Conservative Party politician.
Jock Colville
Sir John Rupert Colville, CB, CVO, known as Jock Colville, was a British civil servant. He is best known for his diaries, which provide an intimate view of number 10 Downing Street during the wartime Premiership of Winston Churchill.
Jock Aird
John Rae Aird was a footballer who played for both the Scotland and New Zealand national sides.