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 Atholl Duncan

First Name John
Last Name Duncan
Born on February 17, 1918
Died on May 19, 1983 (aged 65)
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John Hemings

First Name John
Last Name Hemings
Born on January 1, 1776
Died on January 1, 1830 (aged 54)

John Hemmings was born into slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello as a member of the large mixed-race Hemings family. He trained in the Monticello Joinery and became a highly skilled carpenter and woodworker, making furniture and crafting the fine woodwork of the interiors at Monticello and Poplar Forest.

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John Horsley-Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies

First Name John
Last Name Decies
Born on January 20, 1773
Died on March 1, 1865 (aged 92)

John Horsley-Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies was an Anglo-Irish clergyman and peer.

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John Hamilton, 1st Lord Belhaven and Stenton

First Name John
Last Name Stenton
Born on November 30, 1649
Died on June 17, 1679 (aged 29)

John Hamilton, 1st Lord Belhaven and Stenton, known as Sir John Hamilton, 2nd Baronet from circa 1645 to 1647, was a Scottish peer.

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John I of Nassau, Bishop-Elect of Utrecht

First Name John
Last Name Utrecht
Died on July 13, 1309

John of Nassau, German: Johann von Nassau, Dutch: Jan van Nassau was a clergyman from the House of Nassau. From 1267 to 1290 he was Bishop-Elect of the Bishopric of Utrecht as John I. He did not care much for his spiritual functions, and his government also failed due to his weak political and poor financial management. During his reign, the influence of the County of Holland in the Bishopric greatly increased. John's government was one of the worst the Bishopric had to endure; without talent and energy, slavishly surrendering to all sensual pleasures, it was never possible for him to maintain the inner peace, under which the Nedersticht in particular suffered greatly.

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John Fortescue Armstrong

First Name John
Last Name Armstrong
Born on February 28, 1936 (age 90)
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John Anthony Aylmer

First Name John
Last Name Aylmer
Born on October 7, 1925 (age 100)
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John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth

First Name John
Last Name Portsmouth
Born on April 15, 1690
Died on November 22, 1762 (aged 72)

John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth, of Hurstbourne Park, near Whitchurch and Farleigh Wallop, Hampshire, known as John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington from 1720 to 1743, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1720, when he vacated his seat on being raised to the peerage as Viscount Lymington and Baron Wallop.

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John Sinclair of Ulbster

First Name John
Last Name Ulbster
Died on January 1, 1736
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John Aylmer

First Name John
Last Name Aylmer
Died on June 26, 1632
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