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 Buscema

Giovanni Natale Buscema
First Name John
Last Name Buscema
Born on December 11, 1927
Died on January 10, 2002 (aged 74)

John Buscema was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop-culture conglomerate. His younger brother Sal Buscema is also a comic book artist.

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John Wombwell

First Name John
Last Name Wombwell
Born on January 1, 1672 (age 354)
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John Riddell

First Name John
Last Name Riddell
Born on August 28, 1703
Died on June 19, 1768 (aged 64)
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John Flaxman Jr.

First Name John
Last Name Jr.
Born on July 6, 1755
Died on December 7, 1826 (aged 71)

John Flaxman was a British sculptor and draughtsman, and a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several years in Rome, where he produced his first book illustrations. He was a prolific maker of funerary monuments.

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John Gore

First Name John
Last Name Gore
Died on August 3, 1763
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John Harvey

First Name John
Last Name Harvey
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John Compron Aymer Whitworth

First Name John
Last Name Whitworth
Born on November 30, 1913
Died on August 23, 2006 (aged 92)
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John Haughton

First Name John
Last Name Haughton
Born on January 1, 1732
Died on July 21, 1765 (aged 33)
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John Pople

John Anthony Pople
First Name John
Last Name Pople
Born on October 31, 1925
Died on March 15, 2004 (aged 78)

Sir John Anthony Pople was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Walter Kohn in 1998 for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry.

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John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir

First Name John
Last Name Tweedsmuir
Born on November 25, 1911
Died on June 20, 1996 (aged 84)

John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir CBE, CD, FRSE, FRSA, commonly called Johnnie Buchan, was a Scottish peer and the son of the novelist John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. He was a colonial administrator, naturalist, and adventurer. He has been described as a "brilliant fisherman and naturalist, a gallant soldier and fine writer of English, an explorer, colonial administrator and man of business."

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