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 Gaspard Gubbins

First Name John
Last Name Gubbins
Born on November 30, 1876
Died on January 1, 1935 (aged 58)

John Gaspard Gubbins was an Africana collector and writer. He was the son of a rector Richard Shard Gubbins and Ellen Rolls who were married on 21 November 1865.

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John Maxwell

First Name John
Last Name Maxwell
Born on July 11, 1859
Died on February 21, 1929 (aged 69)

General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell, was a British Army officer and colonial governor. He served in the Mahdist War in the Sudan, the Second Boer War, and in the First World War. As military governor in Ireland, he played a key part in the response to the 1916 Irish Easter Rising, including ordering the execution of the leaders of the rising. He retired in 1922.

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John Leslie Wingfield

First Name John
Last Name Wingfield
Born on September 26, 1853
Died on July 10, 1931 (aged 77)
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John Fenton

First Name John
Last Name Fenton
Died on February 28, 1782
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John Richard Frederick Rowley

First Name John
Last Name Rowley
Born on August 16, 1864
Died on January 1, 1921 (aged 56)
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John Chideocke

First Name John
Last Name Chideocke
Died on November 30, 1389
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John Bush

First Name John
Last Name Bush
Born on August 24, 1963 (age 63)

John Bush is an American heavy metal singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the 1980s as the lead singer and lyricist of Armored Saint, a heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. In 1992, he joined thrash metal band Anthrax, with whom he remained until 2005 and briefly rejoined in 2009–2010. Bush has also been active with the reformed Armored Saint intermittently from 1999 to the present.

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John Sinclair of Brabster

First Name John
Last Name Brabster
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John Peter Rangabé Studholme

First Name John
Last Name Studholme
Born on January 3, 1964 (age 62)
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John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke

First Name John
Last Name Revelstoke
Died on April 19, 1929

John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke was senior partner of Barings Bank from the 1890s until his death. John was the eldest surviving son of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, and a great-grandson of the firm’s founder, Sir Francis Baring.

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