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 S. Martin Jr.

First Name John
Last Name Jr.
Born on January 1, 1935 (age 91)

John S. Martin Jr. is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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John E. Potter

First Name John
Last Name Potter
Born on January 1, 1956 (age 70)

John E. "Jack" Potter is the president and CEO of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority since July 18, 2011. He is the former United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service (USPS), having become the 72nd postmaster general on June 1, 2001. Potter is the second longest-serving postmaster general, following Gideon Granger.

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John Walker

First Name John
Last Name Walker
Born on January 1, 1731
Died on December 31, 1803 (aged 72)

Very Rev Prof John Walker DD MD FRSE (1731–1803) was a Scottish minister and natural historian. He was Regius Professor of Natural history at the University of Edinburgh from 1779 to 1803. He was joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783 and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1790.

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John L. Russell

First Name John
Last Name Russell
Born on May 15, 1905
Died on July 22, 1967 (aged 62)

John Lowell Russell Jr., sometimes credited as Jack Russell, was an American cinematographer who was known for his work on films like Psycho as well as his extensive work on TV.

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John Tu

First Name John
Last Name Tu
Born on November 30, 1939 (age 86)
Net Worth $9.1B

John Tu is a Chinese-American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Kingston Technology.

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John Auden

First Name John
Last Name Auden
Born on August 23, 1894
Died on March 30, 1959 (aged 64)

John Lorimer Auden MC, was an English solicitor, deputy coroner for Staffordshire and a territorial soldier who served in the First World War. He was a collector of natural history.

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John Mott

First Name John
Last Name Mott
Born on May 25, 1865
Died on January 31, 1955 (aged 89)

John Raleigh Mott was an evangelist and long-serving leader of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Protestant Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace. He shared the prize with Emily Balch. From 1895 until 1920 Mott was the General Secretary of the WSCF. Intimately involved in the formation of the World Council of Churches in 1948, that body elected him as a lifelong honorary President. His best-known book, The Evangelization of the World in this Generation, became a missionary slogan in the early 20th century.

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John Townshend

First Name John
Last Name Townshend
Born on November 30, 1492
Died on November 30, 1539 (aged 47)
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John Dolben

First Name John
Last Name Dolben
Born on July 1, 1662
Died on May 29, 1710 (aged 47)

John Dolben, of Epsom, Surrey, was an English barrister and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1707 to 1710. He was deeply involved in the impeachment proceedings against Dr Henry Sacheverell in 1710, and his work on the impeachment is said to have contributed to his early demise.

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John Thornton

First Name John
Last Name Thornton
Born on January 1, 1720
Died on January 1, 1790 (aged 70)

John Thornton (1720–1790) was a British merchant and Christian philanthropist who became immensely wealthy through investment in the North Sea Russia trade, and as a result of his Christian faith, gave much of his money away to a huge number of good causes, in so doing becoming the greatest philanthropist of the eighteenth century. Hugely successful in business, it was said that at the time of his death in 1790, Thornton had become the second most wealthy man in Europe.

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