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John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is a 200 acre National Wildlife Refuge spanning Philadelphia and Delaware counties in Pennsylvania. Located in Tinicum Township, the refuge is adjacent to the Philadelphia International Airport.
John Heisman John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a prominent American football player and college football coach in the early era of the sport and is the namesake of the Heisman Trophy awarded annually to the season's best college football player.
John Helder Wedge John Helder Wedge (1793-1872) was an early Australian colonist noted for his surveying in Van Diemen’s Land in the 1820s and early 1830s and his involvement in the founding of Melbourne and the settlement of the Port Phillip District.
John Helt John Helt (born December 29, 1959) is a Danish former football (soccer) player in the midfielder position. He made his first team debut in 1978 with Lyngby Boldklub, with whom he won the 1983 Danish championship and 1984 Danish Cup trophies.
John Hely-Hutchinson John Hely-Hutchinson (1724 – September 4, 1794), Irish lawyer, statesman, and Provost of Trinity College, Dublin,born at Gortroe, Mallow, son of Francis Hely, a gentleman of County Cork, was educated at Trinity College (BA 1744), Dublin, and was called to the Irish bar in 1748.
John Heminges John Heminges (sometimes spelled Hemminge or Hemings) (About 1556 - 1630) was an English Renaissance actor. Most famous now as one of the editors of Shakespeare's 1623 First Folio, Heminges served in his time as an actor and financial manager for the King's Men.
John Hencken John Frederick Hencken (born May 29 1954 in Culver City, California) is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won five Olympic medals during his career, including three golds. The first one came at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, the other two four years later in Montreal, Canada.
John Henderson (British Classicist) John Henderson is Professor of Classics at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. He has written widely on all aspects of Latin Literature and is commonly regarded as one of the most subversive and idiosyncratic Latinists of his generation.
John Henderson (Mayor of Ludington) John Henderson was elected mayor of Ludington, Michigan in 2002 defeating incumbent Mayor Carol Pomorski. During his tenure, Henderson has created a Youth Advisory Council and made it a priority to revitalize downtown Ludington.
John Hendrie John Hendrie (born October 24, 1963) is a former Scottish footballer, although he is best remembered for his achievements in English football. After failing to get a chance at Coventry City, he signed for Bradford City and became a crowd favourite for several seasons with committed and excellent wing play.
John Hench John Hench (June 29, 1908 – February 5, 2004) was an employee of The Walt Disney Company for more than sixty five years, an exceptionally long tenure which saw the rise of nearly every Disney animated feature and theme park.
John Henni John Martin Henni (15 June 1805 in Misanenga, Switzerland - 7 September 1881 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1875 to 1881. He was ordained to the priesthood on February 2, 1829 in Bardstown, Kentucky.
John Henningham John Henningham is an Australian journalist and journalism educator. He is founder and director of the journalism college Jschool: Journalism Education & Training based in Brisbane, capital of the state of Queensland, Australia.
John Henrik Clarke John Henrik Clarke (January 1, 1915 - July 16, 1998), born John Henry Clark in Union Springs, Alabama to John (a sharecropper) and Willie Ella (Mays) Clarke (a washer woman), was a Nationalist, Pan-Africanist, author, poet, historian, and Afrocentric lecturer and teacher. Clarke was one of the most significant influences on the search for identity known as the Afrocentric movement.
John Henry (horse) John Henry, born in 1975, is an American Thoroughbred race horse named after the folk hero John Henry. As a youngster, the equine John Henry had a habit of tearing steel water and feed buckets off stall walls and stomping them flat.
John Henry (novel) John Henry is a 1931 novel by Roark Bradford, based on the African-American folk hero of the same name. It was made into a Broadway play and later a musical featuring Paul Robeson in the title role and Ruby Elzy as Julie Anne.
John Henry (toxicologist) John Henry is a professor specializing in toxicology in the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. He has done research on the health effects of cannabis, cocaine and other recreational drugs.
John Henry Anderson John Henry Anderson (1814 – 1874) was a professional magician, born in The Mearns, Scotland. Anderson is credited with helping bring the art of magic from street performances into theatres and presenting magic performances for the purpose to entertain and delight the audience.
John Henry Baker John Henry Baker, III (born October 20, 1934), is a semiretired farmer and landholder from Franklin Parish who was active in the rebirth of the Republican Party in Louisiana in the 1970s and 1980s. Baker was his party's nominee for the District 22 seat in the Louisiana state Senate in 1972 and for the former position of state elections commissioner in 1979.
John Henry Boalt John Henry Boalt (March 29, 1837 in Norwalk, Ohio - May 9, 1901 in Cloverdale, California) was an attorney who resided in Oakland, California in the late 19th century. His widow, Elizabeth Josselyn Boalt, donated funds to the University of California in 1906 to construct the original Boalt Hall on the Berkeley campus.
John Henry Bowen John Henry Bowen was American politician who represted Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Washington County, Virginia in September 1780 and attended school in Lexington, Kentucky.
John Henry Bremridge Sir John Henry Bremridge (彭勵治 爵士), KBE, JP, MAUniversity of Oxford Gazette, retrieved 6th May 2006 (1926 - 1994) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1986. He was the first Financial Secretary who was not a civil servant.
John Henry Carless John Henry Carless (November 11, 1896 - November 17, 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Henry Cound Brunt John Henry Cound Brunt (VC, MC) (6 December 1922-10 December 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Henry Faulk John Henry Faulk (August 21, 1913–April 9, 1990) from Austin, Texas was a storyteller and radio show host. His successful lawsuit against McCarthyite blacklisters of the entertainment industry helped to bring an end to the Hollywood blacklist.
John Henry Hobart Haws John Henry Hobart Haws (1809 - January 27, 1858) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City in 1809, he graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1827; he studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice.
John Henry Irons John Henry Irons is the third hero known as Steel, a fictional superhero in the DC Universe. He is also known as the Man of Steel, and he was created by Louise Simonson and artist Jon Bogdanove in Adventures of Superman #500 (June, 1993).
John Henry Kinkead John Henry Kinkead (December 10 1826–August 15 1904) was an American Republican politician who was the Governor of Nevada from 1879 to 1883, and the first Governor of the District of Alaska from 1884 to 1885. He was also the treasurer of Nevada Territory, from 1862 to 1864.
John Henry Kirby John Henry Kirby (1860-1940) was a businessman whose ventures made him arguably the largest lumber manufacturer in Texas and the Southern United States. In addition to serving two terms in the Texas Legislature, he would also establish the Kirby Petroleum Company.
John Henry Kirby State Forest The John Henry Kirby State Forest is a is a 626-acre forest reserve located in Tyler County, Texas. Located just fourteen miles south of Woodville, it is used primarily for research by Texas A&M University.
John Henry Lloyd John Henry "Pop" Lloyd (April 25 1884 - March 19 1965) was an American baseball player and manager in the Negro Leagues. He is generally considered the greatest shortstop in Negro League history, and both Babe Ruth and Ted Harlow, a noted sportswriter, reportedly believed Lloyd to be the greatest baseball player ever.
John Henry Newman The Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman (February 21 1801 – August 11 1890) was an English convert to Roman Catholicism, later made a cardinal. In early life he was a major figure in the Oxford Movement to bring the Church of England back to its Catholic roots.
John Henry of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 10th Prince of Kohary Johannes Henry Frederick Werner Conrad Rainer Maria of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary, Prince of Kohary and Duke of Saxony, in Slovak: Ján Hanrich, in Hungarian: Janos Henrik, in German: Johann Heinrich Friedrich Werner Konrad Rainer Maria von Sachsen-Coburg-Kohary (b. Innsbruck, 28 March 1931), is the 10th and current Head of the princely house of Kohary and a (former) Hungarian magnate, being also a prince from the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
John Henry Patterson (NCR owner) John Henry Patterson (December_13, 1844-May_14, 1922) was an industrialist and founder of the National Cash Register Company. He was a business innovator, sales genius, social progressive, patriot, and benevolent tyrant.
John Henry Patterson's (author) John Henry Patterson was an Irish born Lieutenant Colonel from the British Army who was hired in 1898 to build a bridge to complete the Uganda-Mombassa railway in Tsavo, Kenya. While living in Africa he encountered a pair of terrible Man eating Lions that terrorized the camp.
John Henry Reynolds John Henry Reynolds (February 8, 1842 - July 17, 1927) was a British educationist and administrator, particularly associated with the development of the Manchester educational institution that was to go on to become UMIST.
John Henry Schwarz John Henry Schwarz (born 1941) is an American theoretical physicist. Along with Yoichiro Nambu, Gabriele Veneziano, Michael Green, Leonard Susskind, and Edward Witten, he is regarded as one of the fathers of string theory.
John Henry Smith John Henry Smith (September 18, 1848–October 13, 1911) born in Carbunca, Iowa, was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from October 27, 1880 until April 7, 1910. He also served as First Counselor to President Joseph F.
John Henry Stephen Dimmer John Henry Stephen Dimmer (VC, MC) (9 October 1883-21 March 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Henry Taylor John Henry Taylor (March 19, 1871 Devon – February 10, 1963) was an English golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. He was a member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the sport in his day, along with Harry Vardon and James Braid, and he won The Open Championship five times.
John Henry Twachtman John Henry Twachtman (August 4 1853 - August 8 1902) was an American painter best-known for his impressionist landscapes, though his painting style varied widely through his career. Art historians consider Twachtman's style of impressionism to be among the more personal and experimental of his generation.
John Henry Whitley John Henry Whitley (1866 – 1935) was a respected and successful British politician whose life and career spanned a period of significant social change, from roots in the heart of the Industrial Revolution through to the inter-war period.
John Henry Wilson John Henry Wilson (14 February, 1834 – 3 July, 1912) was a Canadian physician, professor, and parliamentarian. A Liberal, he served two terms as a Member of Parliament representing the electoral district of Elgin East in the province of Ontario.
John Henshaw John Henshaw (born 1951) is a British actor famed for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops. He is sometimes associated with playing "hard men".
John Herbert Bowes-Lyon John Herbert Bowes-Lyon (1 April 1886-7 February 1930) was the second son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne and a brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the future, Queen Elizabeth and later the Queen Mother).
John Herbert Claiborne Dr. John Herbert Claiborne (March 16, 1828 – 1905) was a prominent Virginia politician and a leading medical administrator commanding a series of hospitals serving wounded Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.
John Herbert White John Herbert White (February 22, 1880 - November 18, 1920, London, England) was co-author with Richard Clewin Griffith of the famous chess opening book, Modern Chess Openings, which has gone into many editions up to the 1990s.
John Heron John Heron (b. 1928) is a pioneer in the creation of a participatory research method in the social sciences, called co-operative inquiry, originally based on his experiences and training in Re-evaluation Counselling, which has been applied by practitioners in many fields of professional and personal development.
John Hersey John Richard Hersey (June 17, 1914 – March 24, 1993) was an American writer and journalist. Born in Tientsin, China, to missionaries Roscoe and Grace Baird Hersey, his family returned to the United States when he was ten years old.
John Hersey High School John Hersey High School, or Hersey, is a public four-year high school located in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, Prospect High School, Rolling Meadows High School, and Wheeling High School.
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey (October 13, 1696 – August 5, 1743), English courtier and political writer and memoirist, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second marriage. He was known by the title Lord Hervey from birth, but never received the Earldom of Bristol, as he predeceased his father.
John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol (Frederick William) John Augustus Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol (15 September 1954 – 10 January 1999) succeeded his father, Victor Hervey, the 6th Marquess. He was the half-brother of Lady Victoria Hervey and her younger sister Lady Isabella Hervey, both models and actresses who appear in the pages of tabloid newspapers and society magazines.
John Hewer John Hewer (born on 13 January 1922 in Leyton, UK) is a British actor. He has appeared in occasional films and TV programmes, but is best known for portraying Captain Birdseye in scores of British TV commercials from the 1960s, as well as host of the 1970s Canadian CTV variety series, The Pig and Whistle.
John Heydon Stokes Sir John Heydon Romaine Stokes, KBE (23 July 1917 – 27 June 2003), was a British politician, a Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), and a long-standing member of both the Conservative Monday Club, and the Primrose League.
John Heysham Gibbon John Heysham Gibbon Jr., AB, MD, (September 29, 1903 - February 5, 1973) a surgeon who is famous for inventing the heart-lung machine and performing the first open heart surgery (a repair of an atrial septal defect).
John Hiatt John Hiatt (born August 20, 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including New Wave, blues and country.
John Hick Professor John Hick (born 1922) is an important and influential philosopher of religion and theologian. In philosophical theology, he has made major contributions to theodicy, eschatology, and Christology, while in the philosophy of religion he has had great influence on epistemology of religion and religious pluralism.
John Hicklenton John Hicklenton (aka John Deadstock) is a British comic artist best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship 2000 AD characters like Judge Dredd (in particular Heavy Metal Dredd) and Nemesis the Warlock during the eighties and nineties.
John Hicks Sir John Richard Hicks (April 8, 1904 – May 20, 1989) was one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. His most familiar contributions in the field of economics were the IS/LM model, which summarised the Keynesian view of macroeconomics, and his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics.
John Hiemenga John Hiemenga (1877]-[[1974) Born in Arum, Friesland, the Netherlands, Heimenga emigrated with his family to Borculo, Michigan in 1889. Hiemenga graduated from Calvin Theological Seminary in 1905 and served as the pastor of six Christian Reformed congregations in Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Indiana during his 42 years in the active ministry.
John Hill (Australian politician) John Hill (born 1949), Australian politician, is the current South Australian Minister for Health, Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts in the Rann Government. He also represents the electoral district of Kaurna in the South Australian House of Assembly and is a member of the Australian Labor Party.
John Hill (UK politician) John Edward Bernard Hill (born 13 November 1912) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for South Norfolk from 1955 to 1974, and from 1973-74 as one of the UK's first MEPs.
John Hill Hewitt John Hill Hewitt (July 11, 1801, New York City—October 7, 1890, Baltimore) was an American songwriter, playwright, and poet. He is best known for his songs about the American South, including "A Minstrel's Return from the War", "The Soldier's Farewell", "The Stonewall Quickstep", and "Somebody's Darling".
John Hiller John Frederick Hiller (born April 8 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Detroit Tigers. After suffering a heart attack in 1971, he returned to the team and recorded 38 saves in 1973 – a major league record until 1983, and a team record until 2000.
John Hillyard Cameron John Hillyard Cameron (April 14 1817-November 14 1876) was an Ontario lawyer, businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Peel from 1867 to 1872 and Cardwell from 1872 until his death.
John Hirschbeck John Francis Hirschbeck (born September 7 1954 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the American League from 1984 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000; he is currently a crew chief. On February 28, 2000, Hirschbeck was elected as the first president of the newly certified World Umpires Association.
John Hobbs John Nelson Hobbs (1920-1990) was a career police officer and amateur ornithologist. After serving with the Metropolitan Police Force in London, he emigrated to Australia in 1952 and joined the NSW Police Force in which he served until 1980, mainly in country towns across New South Wales, where he made detailed studies of local birdlife.
John Hobbs Medal The John Hobbs Medal may be awarded annually by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union for major contributions to ornithology as an amateur. It commemorates John Hobbs (1920-1990) and was first awarded in 1995.
John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, PC (27 June 1786–3 June 1869), known as Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bt from 1831 to 1851, was the eldest son of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, born at Redland near Bristol, educated at Westminster School and at Cambridge, where he became intimate with Lord Byron, and accompanied him in his journeys in the Peninsula, Greece, and Turkey, and acted as his "best man". In 1816 he was with him after his separation from his wife, and contributed notes to the fourth canto of Childe Harold, which was dedicated to him.
John Hogan (accused murderer) John Hogan (b. 1974) of Bradley Stoke near Bristol, was on holiday in Crete in August 2006 when he fell 50 feet from a hotel balcony with his two children and then faced a possible murder charge after his son, Liam, six, died in the fall.
John Hogan (VC) John Hogan (8 April 1884–6 October 1943) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Holborow John Holborow (b. 4 February 1967) is the Managing Director of Beggars Banquet Recordsthe largest independent record label] in the UK, a group of labels which includes [[XL Recordingsand 4AD]Since joining the company in 1989 Holborow has overseen ten chart topping albums in the UK in a career that has seen the label group achieve dramatic growth in the UK and overseas with the release of albums from a range of genre defining artists including [[The Cult][[The Charlatans]Prodigy]The [[Pixies], [[The White StripesDizzee Rascal][[Basement Jaxx][[Thom Yorke], and [[Dead Can Dance.
John Holl John Myrie Holl (died 1869) was a Prince Edward Island politician. He was born in England and likely immigrated to island in 1836 acquiring several hundred acres of property which he named "Kenwith" after his family's estate in Devon, England.
John Holland Rose John Holland Rose (1855-1942) was an influential English historian who wrote a famous biography of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and also wrote a history of Europe, entitled The Development of the European Nations. Rose was the basis for C.
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (c. 1352 – January 16, 1400), also Earl of Huntingdon, was an English nobleman, primarily remembered for helping cause the downfall of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester and then for conspiring against Henry IV.
John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare (13 June 1595 – 2 January 1666 was an English nobleman. He was born in Haughton, Nottinghamshire, the eldest son of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare and Anne Stanhope, and the brother of Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles.
John Holliday John James Holliday (18 September 1819, Pike County, Missouri - 18 September 1881, St. Louis) His father was a major, who had fought in the War of 1812, and was later commissioned to lay out the seat of Monroe County, Kentucky.
John Hollington Grayburn John Hollington Grayburn (30 January 1918 - 20 September 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John Hollingworth John Harold Hollingworth (born 11 July 1930) has been a British Conservative politician. In the Conservative landslide election of 1959, Hollingworth was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham All Saint's, a constituency that normally elected Labour MPs.
John Holloway (economist) John Holloway (born 1947) is a lawyer, Marxist economist and philosopher, whose work is closely associated with the Zapatista movement in Mexico, his home since 1991. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Edinburgh.
John Holloway (governor) John Holloway (15 January 1744 – 26 June 1826), Governor (1807-1809), was born on January 15 1744 at Wells, Somerset, England. He joined the Royal Navy in 1760, and visited Newfoundland with Governor Thomas Graves the next year.
John Holloway (poet) John Holloway (died 29 August 1999 at the age of 79) was an English poet, critic and academic. Born in South London and educated at the University of Oxford (New College), he served in the artillery and intelligence during the Second World War and then pursued an academic career at the Universities of Oxford, Aberdeen and Cambridge, where he became a fellow of Queens' College and eventually a professor.
John Holmes (actor) John Curtis Estes (August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988) better known as John Holmes, John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character in a series of related films), was one of the most famous male porn stars of all time, appearing in about 2,500 adult loops, stag films, and porno feature movies in the 1970s and 1980s, including at least one gay feature film and a handful of gay loops.
John Holmes (British diplomat) Sir John Holmes, GCVO, KBE, CMG, was born in Preston, in the north of England, in April 1951. Following his education at Preston Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford, he entered the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1973.
John Holmstrom John Holmstrom is an American underground cartoonist and writer. As the co-founder of Punk Magazine with Legs McNeil at the age of 21 in late 1975, Holmstrom's work became the visual representation of the Punk era.
John Holt Duncan John Holt Duncan (1820-1896)was one of eight founders of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity founded at Miami University in 1839 and was its first president. He made a career in law as a lawyer and judge in Houston & Bexar County, Texas.
John Home Robertson John Home Robertson (born December 5, 1948) is a Labour politician in Scotland. He is currently a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for East Lothian after having served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1978 to 2001.
John Honey John Honey (1781-1813) became famous as a nineteen-year-old student of the University of St Andrews. On January 3, 1800, he was attending a service at St Salvator's Chapel when the congregation received news that a small ship, the Janet of Macduff, had run aground east of the town harbour.
John Hood Dr John Hood has been the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 5 October 2004. He is the first to be elected from outside Oxford's academic body; he was previously Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland.
John Hope Bryant John Hope Bryant (born February 6, 1966) is an American financial literacy and poverty eradication activist, founder of Operation HOPE, author, and the first African-American in history to be knighted by German nobility and the royal House of Lippe.
John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin (born January 2, 1915) is a United States historian and past president of the American Historical Association. Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, he is best known for his work From Slavery to Freedom, first published in 1947, and continuously updated.
John Hope Simpson Sir John Hope Simpson (July 23 1868 – April 10 1961) was a British Commissioner of Natural Resources and Acting-Commissioner of Justice 1934 - 36 for The Commission of Government of Newfoundland 1934 - 49. He is known for his work on the question of refugees.
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, 25 September 1860 - 29 February 1908), known as Viscount Aithrie before 1873 and as The Earl of Hopetoun between 1873 and 1902, was the first Governor-General of Australia.
John Hopoate John Hopoate (born 16 January 1974 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga) was a rugby league player for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Wests Tigers and the Northern Eagles in the National Rugby League competition, he has also played for the Australian national team as well as the New South Wales State of Origin side. His position of choice for the vast majority of his career was at wing.
John Horbury Hunt John Horbury Hunt (1838-1904) was a Canadian born, Boston-trained architect who worked in Sydney, Australia and rural New South Wales from 1863. Hunt designed and built cathedrals, churches, chapels, houses, homesteads, stables and schools.
John Horgan (Australian politician) John William Horgan (15 July 1834–8 July 1907) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1888–89. He is remembered most for his aggressive election campaigns in which he characterised six of the most prominent families in colonial Western Australia as the "six hungry families".
John Hornby John Hornby (1880-1927) was an explorer best known for his expeditions in the Arctic region, notably in the "barren lands" in the Northwest Territory of Canada. Hornby was born to a wealthy family in England and migrated to Canada in 1904.
John Horne Blackmore John Horne Blackmore (March 27, 1890 - May 2, 1971) a school teacher and principal by training, was the first leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada, a political party in Canada that promoted the social credit theories of monetary reform.
John Horton Conway John Horton Conway (born December 26, 1937, Liverpool, England) is a prolific mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He has also contributed to many branches of recreational mathematics.
John Hoskins Stone John Hoskins Stone (1750–October 5, 1804) was an American planter, soldier, and politician from Charles County, Maryland. During the Revolutionary War he led the 1st Maryland Regiment of the Continental Army.

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