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 Hoskyns

First Name John
Last Name Hoskyns
Born on January 1, 1836
Died on January 1, 1926 (aged 90)
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John Robartes, 4th Earl of Radnor

First Name John
Last Name Radnor
Born on January 1, 1686
Died on July 15, 1757 (aged 71)

John Robartes was the 4th Earl of Radnor and contemporary and neighbour of Alexander Pope and Horace Walpole.

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John Engels

First Name John
Last Name Engels
Born on May 13, 1935 (age 91)
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John Joseph Cockin

First Name John
Last Name Cockin
Born on January 6, 1970 (age 56)
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John Richardson

First Name John
Last Name Richardson
Died on January 1, 1821
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John J. Carty

John Joseph Carty
First Name John
Last Name Carty
Born on April 14, 1861
Died on December 27, 1932 (aged 71)

John Joseph Carty was an American electrical engineer and a major contributor to the development of telephone wires and related technology. He was a recipient of the Edison Medal. As Chief Engineer of AT&T, he was instrumental in the development of the first transcontinental telephone line. Carty was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers from 1915 to 1916.

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John Jolliffe Tufnell

First Name John
Last Name Tufnell
Born on September 21, 1778
Died on July 18, 1864 (aged 85)
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John Kerr

First Name John
Last Name Kerr
Born on January 24, 1934 (age 92)

John Foxton Ross Kerr is an Australian pathologist. He was the first to describe the ultrastructural changes in apoptosis, and could show that they differ significantly from the changes that occur in necrosis, another form of programmed cell death. For the first time, he placed the roles of cell death in normal adult mammals, and in disease, into scientific focus.

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John Blair of that Ilk

First Name John
Last Name Ilk
Died on March 31, 1662
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John Christian

First Name John
Last Name Christian
Born on January 1, 1659
Died on July 28, 1711 (aged 52)
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