John Duport (died 1617) was an English scholar and translator.
Dr John Duport was born in Shepshed in Leicestershire. He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in 1574. [1] In 1583 he became rector of Fulham, and in 1585 precentor of St Paul's Cathedral. In 1590 he was appointed Master of Jesus College. [1] He served as Director of the "Second Cambridge Company" charged by James I of England with translating parts the Apocrypha for the King James Version of the Bible. [2] In 1609 he added the prebendary of Ely to his income.
Duport married Rachel Cox, daughter of Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely. [1] Their son, James Duport, a child when John Duport died, also became a scholar, and Master of Magdalene College. [2]