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 Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis

First Name John
Last Name Cassilis
Born on January 1, 1601
Died on March 31, 1668 (aged 67)

John Kennedy, 6th Earl of Cassilis, PC was a Scottish peer, the grandson of Gilbert Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassilis, and nephew of John Kennedy, 5th Earl of Cassilis. He succeeded to the titles of 8th Lord Kennedy and 6th Earl of Cassilis on 25 July 1616. He was a non-sitting member of Cromwell's House of Lords, and was invested as a Privy Counsellor of Scotland on 13 February 1660/61. He held the office of Justice-general 1649-1651 and of an Extraordinary Lord of Session for Scotland June 1661-July 1662.

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John Grattan Guinness

First Name John
Last Name Guinness
Born on January 1, 1783
Died on January 1, 1850 (aged 67)
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John III of Pernstein

First Name John
Last Name Pernstein
Born on November 14, 1487
Died on September 8, 1548 (aged 60)

Jan IV of Pernštejn was a Moravian-Bohemian nobleman. He was high treasurer of Moravia in 1506–1516 and Landeshauptmann of Moravia in 1515–1519 and in 1526–1528 and governor of Moravia in 1530–1532. In 1537–1548, he was Count of Kladsko and pledge lord of the County of Kladsko.

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John Colville, 6th Lord Colville of Culross

First Name John
Last Name Culross
Born on January 1, 1690
Died on April 20, 1741 (aged 51)
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John Blood

First Name John
Last Name Blood
Born on January 1, 1721
Died on January 16, 1799 (aged 78)
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John Frederick Lewis

First Name John
Last Name Lewis
Born on December 30, 1938 (age 87)
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John Egerton

First Name John
Last Name Egerton
Born on November 30, 1721
Died on June 18, 1787 (aged 65)

John Egerton was a Church of England clergyman from the Egerton family who eventually rose to be Bishop of Durham. As a young man he was associated with the beginning of tourism down the River Wye and later with the controversial appointment of an English monoglot to a Welsh-speaking parish in Anglesey.

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John Henry Eustace Hart

First Name John
Last Name Hart
Born on November 30, 1832
Died on November 30, 1913 (aged 81)
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John MacLeod of MacLeod, younger

First Name John
Last Name Younger
Born on April 30, 1730
Died on January 7, 1767 (aged 36)
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John Cuffe, 1st Baron Desart

First Name John
Last Name Desart
Died on January 1, 1749
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