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 Philip III, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun

First Name John
Last Name Salm-Dhaun
Born on January 20, 1724
Died on September 13, 1742 (aged 18)

John Philip III, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun was a German nobleman. He was the ruling Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun from 1733 until his death. He was the son of Wild- and Rhinegrave Charles and his wife Louise, a daughter of Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler.

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John Martin

First Name John
Last Name Martin
Born on November 30, 1804
Died on March 7, 1880 (aged 75)

John Martin was a British Whig politician.

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John Graysmark

First Name John
Last Name Graysmark
Born on March 26, 1935
Died on October 10, 2010 (aged 75)

John Graysmark was a British production designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.

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John W. Thompson

First Name John
Last Name Thompson
Born on April 24, 1949 (age 77)

John Wendell Thompson is an American technology executive who served as the Chair of Microsoft from 2014 until June 2021 and Chair of Illumina since 2021. He is a former chief executive of Virtual Instruments, a Vice-President at IBM and the former chief executive of Symantec. Thompson later became an independent Director on the Board of Microsoft, and on February 4, 2014, he was named the Chairman of the Board. He led the search for Microsoft's next CEO; as a result, Satya Nadella was selected.

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John Cotton

First Name John
Last Name Cotton
Born on October 30, 1970 (age 56)

John Cotton is an American former professional baseball player and an Olympic gold medalist in baseball. Cotton has played 15 seasons in minor league baseball, his last coming in 2003. Over his career, he has played in the Cleveland Indians organization (1989–1993), the San Diego Padres organization (1994–1995), the Detroit Tigers organization (1996), the Chicago White Sox organization (1997), the Chicago Cubs organization (1998), the Colorado Rockies organization (1999–2000), the Montreal Expos organization (2001), the Los Angeles Dodgers organization (2001), the Pittsburgh Pirates organization (2001), and independent league baseball (2002–2003). During the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Cotton won a gold medal as a member of the United States national baseball team. Cotton has batted .256 with 1361 hits, 237 doubles, 59 triples and 190 home runs in 1530 minor league games. On the defensive side, Cotton has played 457 career games at second base, 570 in the outfield, 162 games at third base, 191 at first base, 35 games at shortstop and one game at catcher.

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John F. Warren

First Name John
Last Name Warren
Born on May 1, 1909
Died on August 8, 2000 (aged 91)

John F. Warren was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Cinematography for the film The Country Girl. Warren died in August 2000 in Camarillo, California, at the age of 91.

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John Lindsay, 3rd Lord Lindsay of the Byres

First Name John
Last Name Byres
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John Dugger

First Name John
Last Name Dugger
Born on January 1, 1948 (age 78)
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John C. Howard

First Name John
Last Name Howard
Born on July 1, 1930
Died on May 28, 1983 (aged 52)

John C. Howard was an American film editor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for the film Blazing Saddles (1974). He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1970, which he shared with Richard C. Meyer.

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John FitzGerald Mahon

First Name John
Last Name Mahon
Born on January 20, 1858
Died on November 5, 1942 (aged 84)
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