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 Chancellor

First Name John

Last Name Chancellor

Died on January 1, 1816

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John Massy

First Name John

Last Name Massy

Died on April 30, 1812

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John Wilfred Watson

First Name John

Last Name Watson

Born on February 3, 1952 (age 74)

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John Louis Emil Dreyer

First Name John

Last Name Dreyer

Born on February 13, 1852

Died on September 14, 1926 (aged 74)

Born in Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark, Capital Region of Denmark

John Louis Emil Dreyer was a Danish/British astronomer.

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John de Grey, 9th Baron Walsingham

First Name John

Last Name Walsingham

Born on February 21, 1925 (age 101)

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John Finch

First Name John

Last Name Finch

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John Breckinridge

First Name John

Last Name Breckinridge

Born on December 2, 1760

Died on December 14, 1806 (aged 46)

Born in United States of America, Virginia

John Breckinridge was a lawyer, slave-owning planter, soldier and politician in the U.S. states of Virginia and Kentucky. He served several terms each in the state legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky before legislators elected him to the U.S. Senate. He also served as United States Attorney General during the second term of President Thomas Jefferson. He is the progenitor of Kentucky's Breckinridge political family and the namesake of Breckinridge County, Kentucky.

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John Greene

First Name John

Last Name Greene

Born on January 1, 1801

Died on October 31, 1870 (aged 69)

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John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton

First Name John

Last Name Bretton

Born on October 18, 1825

Died on May 25, 1897 (aged 71)

John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton, PC, known before 1884 as John George Dodson, was a British Liberal politician. He was Chairman of Ways and Means between 1865 and 1872 and later held office under William Ewart Gladstone as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, President of the Local Government Board and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1884 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Monk Bretton.

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John Leland Maquay

First Name John

Last Name Maquay

Born on January 1, 1791

Died on January 1, 1868 (aged 77)

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