Schofield, John McAllister (1831–1906), a United States army officer and for seven years commanding general of the U.S. Army. He was born in Gerry, New York, and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1853.

Schofield served at garrisons in the South and as a professor at West Point until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he was made a brigadier general of volunteers. During General Sherman's Georgia campaign, in which he was a corps commander, his forces routed General Hood's army in the battle of Franklin. Schofield was made a brigadier general in the regular army, and later brevet major general. He served as secretary of war, 1868–69, and as superintendent of West Point, 1876–81. His recommendations formed the basis for the acquisition of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a naval base. In 1888 Schofield was given command of the U.S. Army. He retired in 1895 with the rank of lieutenant general.