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- From: jmcd@cea.berkeley.edu (John McDonald)
- Newsgroups: soc.history
- Subject: Johns List
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 00:25:16 GMT
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- Thanks to everyone who replied. The below list includes some
- repetition, and some repetition has been removed as well. A
- couple of people responded by promising long long lists and
- only came through with a few. I know there are lots more Johns
- throughout history, but here is my compiled list:
- ________________________________________________________________
- >>From: eng10511@nusunix1.nus.sg (RAM VIKASH TIWARY)
-
- John Dalton - 19th century English chemist
- John Lennon - no intro needed
-
- >>From: katherim@fraser.sfu.ca (Katherine Merle Mason)
-
- Prince John king after Richard the Lionheart.
- John Dickenson antagonist of John Adams
- John Graham of Claverhouse Viscount Dundee (aka Bonnie Dundee) who
- liberate Scotland from the clutches of the English (still hasn't
- been done).
- John Diefenbaker Canadian Prime Minister from Western Canada.
-
- >>From: gpalo@digi.lonestar.org (Gerry Palo)
-
- John The Evangelist
- John Chrysostum
- John of the Cross
- John de Mollay (Jacques)
- Prester John (Grail legend)
- John I (King of England, you know, Magna Charta etc.)
- John Tauler (Johannes - mystic)
- John Tetzel (enemy of Martin Luther)
- John Don (Giovani, Juan)
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johannes Brahms
- Juan Pissaro (Juan)
- Johnny Appleseed
- Jean Paul Sartre
- Jacques Cousteau
- Juan Valdez
- Jean Sans Peur
- Jean Valjean
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Ian Fleming
-
- >>From: lindam@tardigrade.Eng.Sun.COM (Linda McAllister)
-
- John Q. Public
- John Doe
-
- Johannes Kepler
-
- >>From: ceb@dbrus.unify.com (Caroline E. Bryan)
-
- St. John the evangelist (or the divine)
- Jean de Brienne (Jean is French for John), King of Jerusalem in the 1200's
- St. John Borromeo
- St. John Neumann
- John Cage, composer
- Johnny Appleseed
- Don Juan Tenorio, Spain's answer to Casanova
- King John of England, signer of the Magna Carta
- King John I of Portugal
- King John II of Portugal
- King John III of Portugal
- King John IV of Portugal
- King John V of Portugal
- King John I of Poland
- King John II of Poland
- King John III of Poland
- Pope St. John I
- Pope John II
- Pope John III
- Pope John IV
- Pope John V
- Pope John VI
- Pope John VII
- Pope John VIII
- Pope John IX
- Pope John X
- Pope John XI
- Pope John XII
- Pope John XIII
- Pope John XIV
- Pope John XV
- Pope John XVI
- Pope John XVII
- Pope John XVIII
- Pope John IXX
- Pope John XX
- Pope John XXI
- Pope John XXII
- Pope John XXIII
- Pope John Paul I
- Pope John Paul II
- John Arbuthnot, author of "History of John Bull"
- John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence
- John of Gaunt
- John Paul Jones
- John Donne, poet
- John Brown, abolitionist
- John Milton, poet
- Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a.k.a. Moliere, writer
- John Everett Millais, painter
- John Macdonald, prime minister of Canada
-
- >>From: J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@Dartmouth.EDU (J. Theodore Schuerzinger)
-
- John Foster Dulles
- John Calvin Coolidge
- Jan Hus
- John Wycliffe
- Jean Chretien
- John Smith
- John Glenn
- John Kerry
-
- >>From: creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Stephen A. Creps)
-
- US PRESIDENTS
- John Adams (might already have that one)
- John Quincy Adams
- John F. Kennedy
-
- KINGS
- Juan Carlos of Spain
-
- COMPOSERS
- John Phillip Sousa
- Johann (I think) Nepomuk(sp?) Hummel
- Giovanni Battista(sp?) Pergolesi
-
- RELIGIOUS
- St. John the Baptist
- St. John the Apostle
- St. John the Evangelist (if not the same person as the Apostle)
- Popes John I-XXIII
- Popes John Paul I-II
- St. John Chrysostum (sp?)
- Juan Diego (Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to him)
- Jean Calvin
-
- OTHER
- John Brown (abolitionist)
- Jean Lafitte (pirate?)
-
- Also, here is what "webster John" gives me:
-
- John \'ja^:n\ n
- [LL Johannes, fr. Gk Io^-anne^-s, fr. Heb Yo^-ha^-na^-n]
- 1: a Jewish prophet who according to Gospel accounts foretold Jesus's
- messianic ministry and baptized him -- called also John the Baptist
- 2: an apostle who according to various Christian traditions wrote the
- fourth Gospel, the three Johannine Epistles, and the Book of Revelation
- 3: the fourth Gospel in the New Testament -- see BIBLE table
- 4: any of three short didactic letters addressed to early Christians
- and included in the New Testament -- see BIBLE table
-
- Biographical Names
- Cotton
- John
- 1585-1652 Eng. Puritan clergyman in America
-
- Biographical Names
- John \'ja^:n\
- name of 21 popes: esp. XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881-1963 (pope 195863)
-
- Biographical Names
- John
- 1167-1216 John Lack.land \'lak-,land\ king of England (1199-1216)
-
- Biographical Names
- John
- Augustus Edwin 1878-1961 Brit. painter & etcher
-
- Biographical Names
- Pope
- John
- 1822-1892 Am. gen.
-
- Biographical Names
- Randolph
- John
- 1773-1833 John Randolph of Roanoke Am. statesman
-
- Biographical Names
- Russell
- John
- 1792-1878 1st Erl Russell of Kingston Russell Brit. statesman
-
- Biographical Names
- Selden
- John
- 1584-1654 Eng. jurist & antiquarian
-
- Biographical Names
- Sullivan
- John
- 1740-1795 Am. Revolutionary gen.
-
- Biographical Names
- Watson
- John
- 1850-1907 pseud. Ian Mac-lar-en \me-'klar-en\ Scot. clergyman
- & author
-
- Biographical Names
- Webster
- John
- ca1580-ca1625 Eng. dram.
-
- Biographical Names
- Wesley
- John
- 1703-1791 Eng. theol., evangelist, & founder of Methodism
-
- Biographical Names
- Wilkes
- John
- 1725-1797 Eng. polit.
-
- Biographical Names
- Wilson
- John
- 1785-1854 pseud. Christopher North Scot. author
-
- Biographical Names
- Winthrop
- John
- 1606-1676 son of prec. gov. of Connecticut colony
-
- Biographical Names
- Winthrop
- John
- 1638-1707 son of prec. gov. of Connecticut colony
-
- >>From: tom@flood.com (Tom Chatt)
-
- John Locke
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- John Stuart Mill
-
- John Jay U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
- John Marshall U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
- John Marshall Harlan U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
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