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 Oliver George de Trafford

First Name John
Last Name Trafford
Born on January 1, 1976 (age 50)
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John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

First Name John
Last Name Vleck
Born on March 13, 1899
Died on October 27, 1980 (aged 81)

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician. He was co-awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977, for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electrons in magnetic solids.

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John Dewar

First Name John
Last Name Dewar
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John James Strutt

First Name John
Last Name Strutt
Born on October 26, 1881
Died on November 12, 1968 (aged 87)
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John Hamilton, 2nd of Stonehouse

First Name John
Last Name Stonehouse
Died on November 30, 1578
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John Charles Close-Brooks

First Name John
Last Name Close-Brooks
Born on January 1, 1877
Died on October 30, 1914 (aged 37)
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John Hawksworth Armytage

First Name John
Last Name Armytage
Born on May 19, 1873
Died on June 30, 1944 (aged 71)
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John Braithwaite

First Name John
Last Name Braithwaite
Born on July 30, 1951 (age 74)

John Braithwaite is a Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University (ANU). Braithwaite is the recipient of a number of international awards and prizes for his work, including an honorary doctorate at KU Leuven (2008), the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award with Peter Drahos for Ideas Improving World Order (2004), and the Prix Emile Durkheim, International Society of Criminology, for lifetime contributions to criminology (2005).

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John Stuart Hepburn Forbes

First Name John
Last Name Forbes
Born on September 25, 1804
Died on May 27, 1866 (aged 61)

Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes, 8th Baronet, of Monymusk, of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, FRSE (1804–1866) was a Scottish baronet, landowner, advocate and agriculturalist. His name sometimes appears as Hepburn-Forbes.

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John Marshall

First Name John
Last Name Marshall
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