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 Nassau Greene

First Name John
Last Name Greene
Born on June 3, 1951 (age 75)
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John Herbert Mosley

First Name John
Last Name Mosley
Born on March 14, 1912
Died on January 1, 1986 (aged 73)
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John Tyndall

First Name John
Last Name Tyndall
Born on August 2, 1820
Died on December 4, 1893 (aged 73)
Born in Ireland, Leinster

John Tyndall FRS (; 2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was a prominent 19th-century Irish physicist. His initial scientific fame arose in the 1850s from his study of diamagnetism. Later he made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air, proving the connection between atmospheric CO2 and what is now known as the greenhouse effect in 1859.

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John Lang

First Name John
Last Name Lang
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John W. Hutchinson

First Name John
Last Name Hutchinson
Born on April 10, 1939 (age 87)

John W. Hutchinson is the Abbott and James Lawrence Research Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He works in the field of solid mechanics concerned with a broad range of problems in structures and engineering materials. A brief history of his education and professional experience follows.

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John Campbell, 2nd of Edinample

First Name John
Last Name Edinample
Died on November 30, 1668
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John Seale

First Name John
Last Name Seale
Born on October 5, 1942 (age 83)

John Clement Seale ACS ASC is an Australian cinematographer. He won an Oscar for his work in the 1996 film The English Patient, in addition to a BAFTA and Satellite Award. He is a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

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John Scrymgeour

First Name John
Last Name Scrymgeour
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John A. Williams

First Name John
Last Name Williams
Died on July 3, 2015 (aged 45)

John Alfred Williams was an African-American author, journalist, and academic. His novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967. Also a poet, he won an American Book Award for his 1998 collection Safari West.

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Ioannis Iliopoulos

First Name Ioannis
Born on January 1, 1940 (age 86)

John (Jean) Iliopoulos is a Greek physicist. He is the first person to present the Standard Model of particle physics in a single report. He is best known for his prediction of the charm quark with Sheldon Lee Glashow and Luciano Maiani. Iliopoulos is also known for demonstrating the cancellation of anomalies in the Standard model. He is further known for the Fayet-Iliopoulos D-term formula, which was introduced in 1974. He is currently an honorary member of Laboratory of theoretical physics of École Normale Supérieure, Paris.

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