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 Clervaux Chaytor

First Name John
Last Name Chaytor
Born on January 28, 1836
Died on April 2, 1920 (aged 84)
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John Evelyn

First Name John
Last Name Evelyn
Died on February 27, 1706

John Evelyn was an English writer, gardener and diarist.

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John Alves Arbuthnot

First Name John
Last Name Arbuthnot
Born on January 1, 1802
Died on January 1, 1875 (aged 73)

John Alves Arbuthnot (1802–1875) was a British banker, co-founder of Arbuthnot Latham, a private bank.

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John Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker

First Name John
Last Name Henniker
Born on November 7, 1842
Died on June 27, 1902 (aged 59)

John Major Henniker-Major, 5th Baron Henniker VD DL, was a British peer and Conservative politician.

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John Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa

First Name John
Last Name Tremorfa
Born on April 12, 1927
Died on March 4, 2016 (aged 88)

John Edward "Jack" Brooks, Baron Brooks of Tremorfa DL was a Welsh politician and boxing functionary.

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John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset

First Name John
Last Name Somerset
Born on November 30, 1403
Died on May 27, 1444 (aged 40)

John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.

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John Patricius Chaworth-Musters

First Name John
Last Name Chaworth-Musters
Born on January 1, 1860
Died on December 12, 1921 (aged 61)
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John I of Aragon

First Name John
Last Name Aragon
Born on December 27, 1350
Died on May 19, 1396 (aged 45)
Born in France, Occitania

John I, called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance, but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of Aragon from 1387 until his death.

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John Bevan

First Name John
Last Name Bevan
Died on January 1, 1893
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John Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone

First Name John
Last Name Mottistone
Died on November 7, 1947

John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, was a British Army general and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1924. He was Secretary of State for War for the two years prior to the First World War, before being forced to resign as a result of the Curragh Incident. As General Jack Seely, he led one of the last great cavalry charges in history at the Battle of Moreuil Wood on his war horse Warrior in March 1918. Seely was a great friend of Winston Churchill and the only former cabinet minister to go to the front in 1914 and still be there four years later.

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