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 Wesley Fletcher

First Name John
Last Name Fletcher
Born on January 24, 1940
Died on June 21, 1996 (aged 56)

John Wesley Fletcher was an American defrocked Assemblies of God pastor, known for his role in the PTL scandal involving Jessica Hahn and Jim Bakker.

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John Hammergren

First Name John
Last Name Hammergren
Born on February 20, 1959 (age 67)

John H. Hammergren is an American businessman. He is best known for his role as Chairman and CEO of McKesson Corporation since 1999. On November 1, 2018 Hammergren announced his plan to retire. On April 1, 2019, he officially retired from McKesson. He was succeeded by Brian Tyler.

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John Cooper

First Name John
Last Name Cooper
Born on October 15, 1956 (age 69)

John Cooper is an American politician and businessman who is the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee. A Democrat, he served as a councilman at-large on the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County from 2015 until 2019. He is the brother of U.S. Representative Jim Cooper, who represents Tennessee's 5th congressional district, which is based in Nashville.

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John Bannon

First Name John
Last Name Bannon
Born on May 7, 1943
Died on December 13, 2015 (aged 72)
Born in Australia, Victoria

John Charles Bannon was an Australian politician and academic. He was the 39th Premier of South Australia, leading the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party from a single term in opposition back to government at the 1982 election.

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John Payne

First Name John
Last Name Payne
Died on December 6, 1989 (aged 19)

John Howard Payne was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the NBC Western television series The Restless Gun.

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John Melendez

First Name John
Last Name Melendez
Born on October 4, 1965 (age 60)

John Edward Melendez, also known as "Stuttering John," is an American radio personality, comedian, actor, television writer, announcer, and podcast host.

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John Ridsdel

First Name John
Last Name Ridsdel
Born on September 9, 1947
Died on April 25, 2016 (aged 68)

John Bramwell Ridsdel was an English-born Canadian businessman from Calgary, Alberta; kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines on 21 September 2015, and beheaded on 25 April 2016. He was 68 years old.

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John Stapp

First Name John
Last Name Stapp
Born on July 11, 1910
Died on November 13, 1999 (aged 89)
Born in Brazil

Colonel John Paul Stapp, M.D., Ph.D., was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces on humans. He was a colleague and contemporary of Chuck Yeager, and became known as "the fastest man on earth". His work on Project Manhigh pioneered many developments for the US space program.

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John McNally

First Name John
Last Name McNally
Born on October 18, 1998 (age 27)

John McNally is an American tennis player.

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John Ottman

First Name John
Last Name Ottman
Born on July 6, 1964 (age 61)

John Ottman is an American film composer and editor. He is best known for collaborating with director Bryan Singer, composing and/or editing many of his films, including Public Access (1993), The Usual Suspects (1995), Superman Returns (2006), Valkyrie (2008) and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), as well as the X-Men film series. For his work on Singer's 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Ottman won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.

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