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 Duff

First Name John
Last Name Duff
Born on January 1, 1689
Died on January 1, 1751 (aged 62)
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John II of Oldenburg

First Name John
Last Name Oldenburg
Born on November 30, 1269
Died on November 30, 1315 (aged 46)

John II of Oldenburg was Count of Oldenburg from 1275 until around 1301.

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John Pitcairn

First Name John
Last Name Pitcairn
Born on December 28, 1722
Died on June 17, 1775 (aged 52)

Major John Pitcairn was a British Marine officer who was stationed in Boston, Massachusetts, at the start of the American War of Independence.

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John Vesey

First Name John
Last Name Vesey
Died on March 28, 1716

John Vesey was a Church of Ireland clergyman.

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John Sinclair, 4th of Barrock

First Name John
Last Name Barrock
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John Frankenheimer

First Name John
Last Name Frankenheimer
Born on February 19, 1930
Died on July 6, 2002 (aged 72)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits were Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), The Train (1964), Seconds (1966), Grand Prix (1966), French Connection II (1975), Black Sunday (1977), Ronin (1998), and Reindeer Games (2000).

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John III, Count of Holstein-Plön

First Name John
Last Name Holstein-Plön
Born on January 1, 1297
Died on September 27, 1359 (aged 62)

John III of Holstein-Plön, called John the Mild, was a Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Kiel, ruling Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Kiel (1316–1359). Together with Count Gerhard III of Holstein-Rendsburg, John III was the lord ruling in guardianship the Danish Duchy of Schleswig 1332–1340. He was known as “John the Mild”.

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John Handcock Townsend

First Name John
Last Name Townsend
Born on October 20, 1829
Died on October 26, 1889 (aged 60)
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John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken

First Name John
Born on October 20, 1472
Died on June 4, 1545 (aged 72)
Born in Germany, Saarland

Count John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken was the posthumous son of Count John II and his second wife, Elisabeth of Württemberg-Urach.

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John Pomeroy, 4th Viscount Harberton

First Name John
Last Name Harberton
Born on January 1, 1758
Died on January 1, 1833 (aged 75)
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