List of Famous people named John

Name John is among the most common names in USA, England, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Johann, Johannes. Similar names: Johann, Johannes, Jon, Johnny, Jonny, Jonah, Johnnie, Joni, Jona, Johny, Jhon, Jone, Jonna, Jonnie, Joon, Jono, Jonni, Jhoon, Jonne, Johnne. Here are some famous Johns:

John Anster Fitzgerald

First Name John
Last Name Fitzgerald
Born on September 19, 1819
Died on January 1, 1906 (aged 86)

John Anster Christian Fitzgerald was a Victorian era fairy painter and portrait artist. He was nicknamed "Fairy Fitzgerald" for his main genre. Many of his fairy paintings are dark and contain images of ghouls, demons, and references to drug use; his work has been compared to the surreal nightmare-scapes of Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Brueghel.

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John Frederic Bateman

John Frederick La Trobe Bateman
First Name John
Last Name Bateman
Died on June 10, 1889

John Frederick La Trobe Bateman FRSE FRS MICE FRGS FGS FSA was an English civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more than 50 years from 1835 he designed and constructed reservoirs and waterworks. His largest project was the Longdendale Chain system that has supplied Manchester with much of its water since the 19th century. The construction of what was in its day the largest chain of reservoirs in the world began in 1848 and was completed in 1877. Bateman became "the greatest dam-builder of his generation".

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John Hutton Balfour

First Name John
Last Name Balfour
Born on September 15, 1808
Died on February 11, 1884 (aged 75)

John Hutton Balfour was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in 1845. He held these posts until his retirement in 1879. He was nicknamed Woody Fibre.

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John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket

First Name John
Last Name Plunket
Born on July 10, 1793
Died on April 16, 1871 (aged 77)

John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket of Newtown, County Cork was an Irish peer and Queen's Counsel. He was the second son of William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, and Catherine MacAusland. He succeeded his brother Thomas Plunket, 2nd Baron Plunket in 1866. He married Charlotte, daughter of the eminent judge Charles Kendal Bushe and his wife Anne (Nancy) Crampton.

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John Charles

First Name John
Last Name Charles
Born on October 17, 1638
Died on February 21, 1704 (aged 65)
Born in France, Grand Est

John Charles, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld at Gelnhausen, was a German prince and ancestor of the cadet branch of the royal family of Bavaria known, from the early 19th century, as Dukes in Bavaria. He took Gelnhausen as the name of his branch of the family after acquiring that estate in 1669.

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John Young

First Name John
Last Name Young
Born on November 30, 1826
Died on January 1, 1915 (aged 88)
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John DeLuca

First Name John
Last Name DeLuca
Born on April 25, 1986 (age 40)

John "Johnny" DeLuca is an American actor and singer who is known for his role as Butchy in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Teen Beach Movie, as well as its sequel Teen Beach 2, and as Anthony in coming-of-age comedy Staten Island Summer. He also guest starred with Maia Mitchell on an episode of Disney Channel's show, Jessie, along with a guest appearance on Wizards of Waverly Place.

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John I of Nassau-Weilburg

First Name John
Last Name Nassau-Weilburg
Born on November 30, 1308
Died on September 20, 1371 (aged 62)

John I of Nassau-Weilburg (1309–1371) was Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1355 to 1371.

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John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun

First Name John
Last Name Hopetoun
Born on September 7, 1704
Died on February 12, 1781 (aged 76)

John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun was the son of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun and Lady Henrietta Johnstone.

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John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg

First Name John
Last Name Anhalt-Dornburg
Born on May 4, 1656
Died on November 1, 1704 (aged 48)

John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg, was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Dornburg.

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