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)

Born in United Kingdom, England

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)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Groningen

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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)

Born in United States of America, Massachusetts

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)

Born in Australia, New South Wales

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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