John Aird (John Aird Junior) (1655–1730) was a Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow five times (ten years in total).
In 1692 Aird appears as a Bailie in Glasgow Town Council and from 1695 he appears as Dean of Guild in the Council.
[4] In the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 Aird and the city sided strongly with the new government, rather than the Jacobite "rebels", and Aird raised an army of 600 volunteers to defend the city against Jacobite capture.
One of his main trades appears to have been in selling geese.
Aird's portrait in frock-coat and wig is held in the Merchant's House on George Square in Glasgow.