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 Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore

First Name John

Last Name Kintore

Died on January 1, 1714

Sir John Keith, 1st Earl of Kintore PC (Scot), was a Scottish nobleman.

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John Walter Wedderburn

First Name John

Last Name Wedderburn

Born on July 20, 1824

Died on July 20, 1879 (aged 55)

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John Dawnay, 9th Viscount Downe

First Name John

Last Name Downe

Died on January 1, 1931

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John O'Donnell

First Name John

Last Name O'Donnell

Died on January 1, 1655

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John Fergusson

First Name John

Last Name Fergusson

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John Robert Francis Strickland-Constable

First Name John

Last Name Strickland-Constable

Born on April 26, 1949 (age 77)

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John Musgrave Brisco

First Name John

Last Name Brisco

Born on November 30, 1817

Died on November 30, 1898 (aged 81)

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John David Harberton Eales Ogilvy

First Name John

Last Name Ogilvy

Born on February 22, 1934

Died on October 16, 2013 (aged 79)

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John Beyrle

First Name John

Last Name Beyrle

Born on February 11, 1954 (age 72)

Born in United States of America, Michigan

John Ross Beyrle is an American diplomat. A career Foreign Service Officer and specialist in Russian and Eastern European affairs, he served as Ambassador of the United States to the Russian Federation from July 3, 2008 until January 10, 2012, and as Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2005 to 2008.

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John Venn

First Name John

Last Name Venn

Born on August 4, 1834

Died on April 4, 1923 (aged 88)

Born in United Kingdom, England

John Venn, FRS, FSA was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing the Venn diagrams, which are used in logic, set theory, probability, statistics, and computer science. In 1866, Venn published The Logic of Chance, a ground-breaking book which espoused the frequency theory of probability, arguing that probability should be determined by how often something is forecast to occur as opposed to “educated” assumptions. Venn then further developed George Boole's theories in the 1881 work Symbolic Logic, where he highlighted what would become known as Venn diagrams.

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