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 Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock

First Name John
Last Name Llangattock
Born on February 19, 1837
Died on September 24, 1912 (aged 75)

John Allan Rolls, 1st Baron Llangattock, was a Victorian landowner, Conservative Party politician, socialite, local benefactor and agriculturalist. He lived at The Hendre, a Victorian country house north of Monmouth.

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John Brabazon Booth

First Name John
Last Name Booth
Born on February 8, 1924 (age 102)
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Prince Johann Adolph of Nassau-Usingen

First Name Prince
Last Name Nassau-Usingen
Born on July 19, 1740
Died on December 10, 1793 (aged 53)
Born in Germany, Hesse, Wiesbaden

John Adolph of Nassau-Usingen was Count of Saarbrücken and Saarwerden and Lord of Lahr, Wiesbaden and Idstein. He served as a colonel in the French army and later in the royal Prussian army as Major-General and as chief of the Fusilier Regiment No. 47.

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John I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

First Name John
Born on November 30, 1349
Died on May 23, 1367 (aged 17)

John I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen was provost of the St. Alexandri Minster in Einbeck.

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John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose

First Name John
Last Name Montrose
Born on January 1, 1548
Died on November 30, 1607 (aged 59)

John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose was a Scottish peer and Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1599 to 1604. He was Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, from 1605 to 1606.

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John Ramsay Maitland

First Name John
Last Name Maitland
Born on October 11, 1924
Died on March 16, 2012 (aged 87)
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John Lee Lee

First Name John
Last Name Lee
Born on December 11, 1802
Died on August 16, 1874 (aged 71)

John Lee Lee of Orleigh Court in the parish of Buckland Brewer in Devon, and of Dillington House, near Ilminster in Somerset, was a British Whig politician who was Member of Parliament for Wells in Somerset between 1830 and 1837. He was Sheriff of Somerset in 1845–6.

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John Folliott Powell

First Name John
Last Name Powell
Born on December 27, 1771
Died on November 9, 1839 (aged 67)
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John Chesshyre

First Name John
Last Name Chesshyre
Born on July 19, 1948 (age 78)
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John Waller de Courcy O'Grady

First Name John
Last Name O'Grady
Born on September 26, 1854
Died on November 2, 1914 (aged 60)
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