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 Willoughby, 2nd Lord Willoughby

First Name John
Last Name Willoughby
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Lord John Somerset

First Name Lord
Last Name Somerset
Born on August 30, 1787
Died on October 3, 1846 (aged 59)
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John Michael Willis Fleming

First Name John
Last Name Fleming
Born on October 24, 1961 (age 64)
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John Carroll

First Name John
Last Name Carroll
Born on July 17, 1906
Died on April 24, 1979 (aged 72)

John Carroll was an American actor.

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John Kellie Heber-Percy

First Name John
Last Name Heber-Percy
Born on June 13, 1935 (age 91)
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John II, Count of Soissons

First Name John
Last Name Soissons
Born on November 30, 1199
Died on January 1, 1235 (aged 35)

John II, also known as Je(h)an de Nesle and by the sobriquet le Bon et le Bègue, was the tenth Count of Soissons, succeeding his father Ralph the Good, in 1235. He was the son of his father's second wife, Yolande. By marriage he also became Count of Chartres and Lord of Amboise. He was well-connected with the trouvères: his younger brother Raoul was one and he received the dedication of a song by Pierrekin de la Coupele. He was also a cousin by marriage of the historian Jean de Joinville. He is not to be confused with John II of Nesle, the burggrave of Bruges.

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John Pilger

First Name John
Last Name Pilger
Born on October 9, 1939 (age 86)

John Richard Pilger is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962. He is also currently Visiting Professor at Cornell University in New York.

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John Charles Holland

First Name John
Last Name Holland
Born on January 1, 1882
Died on January 1, 1933 (aged 51)
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John Shalikashvili

John Malchase David Shalikashvili
First Name John
Last Name Shalikashvili
Born on June 27, 1936
Died on July 23, 2011 (aged 75)

John Malchase David Shalikashvili was a United States Army general who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1992 to 1993 and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1993 to 1997. He was born in Warsaw, Poland, in the family of émigré Georgian officer Dimitri Shalikashvili and his Polish wife Maria Rüdiger-Belyaeva. In 1996, he was the first recipient of the Naval War College Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award.

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John Kingman

First Name John
Last Name Kingman
Born on August 28, 1939 (age 86)

Sir John Frank Charles Kingman is a British mathematician. He served as N. M. Rothschild and Sons Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of the Isaac Newton Institute at the University of Cambridge from 2001 until 2006, when he was succeeded by David Wallace. He is known for developing the mathematics of the Coalescent theory, a theoretical model of inheritance, which is fundamental to modern population genetics.

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