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John McGuinness (motorcycle racer) John McGuinness is a motorcycle racer, from Morecambe, England. McGuinness races for the HM Plant Honda team in road races like the Isle of Man TT, and the North West 200 and on the short tracks in the British Superstock series.
John McGuire John McGuire (October 22, 1910 - September 30, 1980) was a film actor of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In many of his early films he was a leading man, however later in his career he was forced to play bit parts.
John McKay (director) John McKay is a British film director and television director. From Scotland, his initial career was as a playwright, before he began his film career by directing the short films Doom and Gloom (1996) and Wet and Dry (1997).
John McKay (mathematician) John McKay (born 1939) is a mathematician at Concordia University in Canada, known for his discovery of monstrous moonshine, his joint construction of some sporadic simple groups, and for the McKay correspondence relating certain finite groups to Lie groups.
John McKee John McKee (1771 – August 12, 1832) was an American politician who served as the first Representative of Alabama's 2nd District from 1823 to 1829. McKee was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia (then part of Augusta County), and attended Liberty Hall Academy in Lexington.
John McKeithen John Julian McKeithen (May 28, 1918 -- June 4, 1999), a Democrat from the tiny town of Columbia, the seat of Caldwell Parish in northeastern Louisiana, was the first governor of his state to serve two consecutive terms. His tenure ran from 1964-1972.
John McKinly John McKinly (February 21 1721 – August 21 1796) was an American physician and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of the French and Indian War, served in the Delaware General Assembly, was the first elected President of Delaware, and for a time was a member of the Federalist Party.
John McKissick John McKissick (September 25, 1926 in Greenwood, South Carolina) is the football coach of Summerville High School in Summerville, South Carolina. In 2004, he became the first American football coach in to win 500 career games.
John McLaren (baseball) John McLaren (born September 29, 1951 in Galveston, Texas) is the current bench coach for the Seattle Mariners for manager Mike Hargrove. Previously, he served in the same capacity from 1998-2003 for the Mariners and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays under Lou Piniella.
John McLaughlin (host) John McLaughlin (born March 29 1927) is the creator, executive producer, and host of The McLaughlin Group, a weekly public affairs television program broadcast in the United States since 1982, and of McLaughlin's One on One, an interview program. In the group program, the current format involves a group of four respected commentators discussing current political issues at the host's direction and tends to become a little heated, although remaining good-humored.
John McLaughlin (musician) John McLaughlin (born January 4, 1942), also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitar player from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with Miles Davis' electric jazz-fusion groups from the late 1960s.
John McLean (athlete) John Frederick McLean (born January 10, 1878) was an American athlete who competed in the early twentieth century. He specialized in the 110 metre hurdles and won a silver medal in Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris with a time of 15.
John McLeod John McLeod (born 1795 - died sometime after 1842) was a Scottish-born explorer of Canada, in his capacity as a fur trader with the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company. He is remembered primarily for his explorations of several major rivers of the southwestern Northwest Territories, southern Yukon Territory, and northern British Columbia.
John McLeod (politician) John McLeod (September 20 1833 – ) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Durham West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1871 and from 1872 to 1879.
John McLoughlin Dr. John McLoughlin, baptised Jean-Baptist McLoughlin, (October 19, 1784 – September 3, 1857), the "Father of Oregon", was a fur trader and early settler in the Oregon Country in the Pacific Northwest.
John McLusky John McLusky (1923 - September 5, 2006) is a former cartoonist best known as the original artist of Ian Fleming's James Bond for the Daily Express. From 1958 to 1966, McLusky adapted 13 of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels or short stories.
John McMurtry Professor John McMurtry, FRSC is a moral philosopher and ethicist who works at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He is a strong advocate of monetary reform and vocal in the anti-globalization movement.
John McNally (boxer) John McNally (born November 3, 1932 in Belfast, Northern Ireland} is a former boxer. McNally is most noted for winning a silver medal for Ireland at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki in the Bantamweight division.
John McNamara (baseball) John Francis McNamara (born June 4, 1932 in Sacramento, California) is a former manager and coach in Major League Baseball. He managed six major league teams, directing the 1986 Boston Red Sox to the American League pennant, only to experience an excruciating defeat in that season's World Series at the hands of the New York Mets.
John McNamara (VC) John McNamara (28 October 1887 -16 October 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 McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is a writer widely considered one of the pioneers of literary non-fiction. Like Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson, he helped kick-start the "new journalism" which, in the 1960s, revolutionized nonfiction by incorporating techniques from novels and other forms of fiction.
John McSherry John Patrick McSherry (September 11 1944 — April 1 1996) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked his entire 25-year career in the National League from 1971 to 1996. Although McSherry originally wore uniform #9 when he entered the National League, he switched to #10 in 1979 when the league reorganized the umpires' numbers and he wore that number for the rest of his career.
John McSherry (musician) John McSherry is an Irish musician who plays the Uilleann pipes and tin whistle. He is known for being a founding member of Lunasa and has performed on recordings by a number of well-known artists in Irish traditional music.
John McSweeney John McSweeney is a musician and recording artist who has achieved relative popularity in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. His album sales have netted him a Double Platinum, a Double Gold, and a Gold award.
John McVay John McVay (born 1931) was an American football coach who rose through the coaching ranks from high school, through the college level, and to the NFL. Born in Bellaire, Ohio, he played college football at Miami University, starring as an offensive lineman.
John McVie John Graham McVie (born November 26, 1945) is best known as the bass guitarist in the rock group Fleetwood Mac. He joined Fleetwood Mac shortly after its formation by guitarist Peter Green in 1967, and, along with Mick Fleetwood, is the only original member still with the band.
John McWhorter John H. McWhorter (1965- ), was associate professor of linguistics at University of California, Berkeley until 2003, and is now a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute think tank and a columnist for the New York Sun.
John Mead Howells John Mead Howells (August 14, 1868 - September 22, 1959) was an American architect. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts as the son of author William Dean Howells, he studied architecture at Harvard and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he met his future partners, I.
John Medley Wood John Medley Wood 1 December 1827 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England - 26 August 1915 Durban, was a South African botanist who contributed greatly to the knowledge of Natal ferns, is generally credited with the establishment of Uba sugar cane in Natal and for his extensive collection of Natal plants.
John Medora John Medora (born May 28, 1936 in Philadelphia), also known as Johnny Madara, was an American singer and songwriter, who teamed up with David White and Arthur Singer to write the 1957 hit "At the Hop".
John Megna John Megna (November 9, 1952 - September 5, 1995) was an American actor whose Broadway success at the age of seven in 1960's All the Way Home led to his being cast as Charles Baker 'Dill' Harris, the toothy young summer visitor in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. According to Mockingbird author, Harper Lee, the character was based on her childhood friend, writer Truman Capote.
John Mehler John Mehler, born August 27, 1948 in Long Beach, CA, drummer for Love Song, Spirit of Creation, Noah and other bands. Love Song is considered one of the pioneers of Christian rock music, now known as Contemporary Christian Music (CCM).
John Meikle John Meikle (VC, MM) (11 September 1898- 20 July 1918) was a Scottish 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 Meldrum Sir John Meldrum (died 1645) was a soldier of Scottish origin who spent 36 years in the service of the Stuart kings of Scotland and England, James VI and I and Charles I. In 1642, he found himself opposed to the policies of Charles' government and supported the Parliamentarian cause in the Civil War.
John Melcher John Melcher (born September 6 1924) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and as a United States Senator from 1977 until 1989.
John Mellencamp John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including "Jack and Diane", "Pink Houses" and others, and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event.
John Mellor (politician) Sir John Serocold Paget Mellor, 2nd Baronet (6 July 1893 – 15 July 1986) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament from 1935 until 1955, for constituencies in the West Midlands.
John Melville John Melville (August 25 1902 - December 8 1986) was an English surrealist artist, described by Michel Remy in his book Surrealism in Britain as one of the "harbingers of surrealism" in Great Britain.
John Melville Turner John Melville Turner (September 24, 1922—) is a former politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1975, and again from 1977 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
John Merriam (military lawyer) Captain John Merriam is an United States military officer and lawyer. After returning from a year-long deployment to Iraq as a military prosecutor, he was appointed to defend Omar Khadr before the Guantanamo military commission.
John Merrick (insurance) John Merrick (1859-1919) was an African-American entrepreneur born in Clinton, North Carolina;Sampson County who founded the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Merrick was born into slavery and raised by a single mother.
John Merrow John Merrow is the executive producer, host and president of Learning Matters, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that creates television, radio and online segments and documentaries focusing primarily on education, and which also trains young individuals to produce their own public service messages.
John Meston John Meston (born July 30, 1914 in Pueblo, Colorado; died March 24, 1979) was an American radio and television writer best known for creating, along with Norman MacDonnell, the long-running radio and TV series, Gunsmoke.
John Metcalf (civil engineer) John Metcalf, or as he was more popularly known, Blind Jack Metcalf (August 15, 1717 – April 26, 1810) was the first of the professional road builders to emerge during the Industrial Revolution. Although made blind from smallpox at the age of six, John had an eventful life, which was well documented by his own account just before his death.
John Meyendorff John Meyendorff (1926-1992) was a leading Orthodox theologian, writer and teacher. His birth name was Baron Ivan Feofilovich von Meyendorff (Иван Феофилович барон фон Мейендорф) and he was known as Jean Meyendorff during his life in France.
John McHale John Joseph McHale (born September 21, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former player and executive in Major League Baseball. McHale served as the general manager of three teams: the Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Braves, and Montreal Expos.
John Miceli John Miceli is a Rock drummer for Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express. He has been appearing with Meat Loaf since 1994 and he still appears with Meat Loaf today at every concert however, Miceli has only appeared on the Couldn't Have Said It Better studio album.
John Middendorf John Middendorf (born 1959 in New York City) is a big wall rock climber, who achieved world-wide recognition in the rock climbing world when he climbed the East Face of Great Trango Tower in Pakistan with Xaver Bongard in 1992. As a lightweight, two man team, they were the first to climb the 5000 foot vertical rock face of Great Trango Tower to the summit and make it down alive.
John Middleton (actor) John Middleton (born September 7, 1953 in Bradford) is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as Reverend Ashley Thomas. He has also appeared in many other TV programmes, most notably as John Hargreaves in Coronation Street, the man who knocked down and killed Lisa Duckworth.
John Mieremet John Mieremet (Born 1961 - Died 2 November 2005) - Mieremet was a Dutch underworld figure associated with the Willem Endstra extortion and assassination. Mieremet's former lawyer Evert Hingst was gunned down on Monday October 31st, 2005.
John Michael Clancy John Michael Clancy (May 7, 1837 - July 25, 1903) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in County Laois, Ireland, he immigrated with his parents to the United States and settled in New York City.
John Michael Cullen Professor John Michael Cullen (1927-2001) was an Australian ornithologist. Of English origin, he began his academic career by studying mathematics at Wadham College, Oxford, but later switched to zoology, spending time at the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology while investigating the ecology of Marsh Tits.
John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams John Michael Geoffrey Manningham Adams (1931 - 1985) known better as "Tom" Adams, he was the only son of Grantley Adams (a lawyer and the first and only Prime Minister of the Federation of the British West Indies) and Grace née Thorne.
John Michael Hearne John Michael Hearne is a Scottish music publisher, composer, conductor and singer. He was the first Chairman of the Scottish Society of Composers, and was the Chairman of the Scottish Music Advisory Committee of the BBC from 1986 to 1990.
John Michael Higgins John Michael Higgins (born February 12, 1963, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor whose film credits include Christopher Guest's mockumentaries and the role of David Letterman in HBO's The Late Shift.
John Michael McConnell John Michael "Mike" McConnell, born July 26, 1943, in Greenville, South Carolina, is a retired Vice Admiral of the United States Navy, and was the director of the National Security Agency between May 1992 and January 1996.
John Michael Wallace John Michael Wallace is a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, as well as the former director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)--a joint research venture between the University of Washington and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). His research concerns understanding global climate and its variations using observations and covers the quasi biennial oscillation, Pacific decadal oscillation and the annular modes of the Arctic oscillation and the Antarctic oscillation, and the dominant spatial patterns in month-to-month and year-to-year climate variability, including the one through which El Niño phenomenon in the tropical Pacific influences climate over North America.
John Michell John Michell (1724 – April 29, 1793) was an English natural philosopher and geologist, whose work spanned a wide range of subjects, from astronomy to geology, optics, and gravitation. He was both a theorist and an experimenter.
John Milbank John Milbank is a controversial Christian theologian who is Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics at the University of Nottingham. He previously taught at the University of Virginia and before that at the University of Cambridge.
John Miller (artist) John Miller (1931-2002) was an English artist born in London who became famous for his idyllic representation of beach scenes in his home county of Cornwall. Most of his paintings were of the West Penwith peninsula and Tresco in the Isles of Scilly.
John Miller (politician) John Ripin Miller (born 23 May 1938), an American politician, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican.
John Millington Synge John Millington Synge (April 16, 1871 - March 24, 1909) was an Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre.
John Millott Ellis John Millott Ellis (March 27, 1831 – 1894) was a 19th century Abolitionist minister and intellectual who served as acting President of Oberlin College in 1871. He was a Professor of Philosophy at Oberlin from 1866 to 1896.
John Milloy John Christopher Milloy, BA, MA, PhD (born June 29, 1965 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Kitchener Centre for the Liberal Party.
John Mills Allen ALLEN, John Mills, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tishomingo County, Miss., July 8, 1846; attended the common schools; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army and served throughout the war; attended the law school of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.
John Milner John David Milner (December 28, 1949 - January 4, 2000), also nicknamed "The Hammer", was a left fielder/first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets (1971-77), Pittsburgh Pirates (1978-81, 1982) and Montreal Expos (1981-82). He batted and threw left handed.
John Milnor John Willard Milnor (b. February 20, 1931 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, and for his influential books, which are widely considered to be examples of fine mathematical writing.
John Milton Elliott John Milton Elliott (May 20, 1820 – March 26, 1879) was an American lawyer and politician from Prestonsburg, Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 until 1857 and served in the First Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
John Milton Thayer John Milton Thayer (January 24, 1820 – March 19, 1906) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska, as well as the governor of both Wyoming Territory and Nebraska.
John Minko John Minko is one of the "20/20 sports anchors" on the radio station WFAN in New York. He, along with full-time anchors Bob Heussler, Jerry Recco and Harris Allen, update listeners with up-to-the-minute breaking sports news on the air.
John Minnion John Minnion is an English illustrator. His distinctive black and white drawings have appeared in publications such as Financial Times, The Guardian, and especially The Times, where for six years he illustrated Lynne Truss's column on television criticism.
John Minor Maury John Minor Maury (1795 – 23 June 1828) was an officer in the United States Navy. He was the older brother of oceanographer and naval officer Matthew Fontaine Maury, who served first in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate Navy.
John Minor Wisdom John Minor Wisdom (May 17, 1905 - May 15, 1999), one of the "Fifth Circuit Four", and a liberal Republican from Louisiana, was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit during the 1950s and 1960s, when that court became known for a series of decisions crucial in advancing the civil rights of African-Americans. At that time, the Fifth Circuit included not only Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas (its jurisdiction since October 1, 1981), but also Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Panama Canal Zone.
John Minto John Minto is a New Zealand based political activist known for his involvement in various left-wing groups and causes, most notably Halt All Racist Tours. A 2005 documentary on New Zealands top 100 history makers listed him as number 89.
John Mitchel John Mitchel (November 3, 1815 – March 20, 1875) was an Irish nationalist activist and political journalist, and also became a public voice for the pro-slavery viewpoint in the United States in the 1850s and 1860s before ending up elected to the British House of Commons, only to be disqualified because he was a convicted felon. His Jail Journal is one of Irish nationalism's most famous texts.
John Mitchell (rugby player) John Eric Paul Mitchell, was born on 23 March 1964 in Hawera, New Zealand. A noted rugby union player and coach for the New Zealand All Blacks, Mitchell's rugby career blossomed with the club side Fraser-Tech after he moved from King Country in 1984 and was soon elected Waikato Colts captain.
John Mobley John Ulysses Mobley (born October 10, 1973 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is a former American Football linebacker who played eight seasons for the Denver Broncos from 1996 through 2003 in the National Football League.
John Moffatt John Moffatt was an associate producer of Full House on ABC from 1994 to 1995. He set the World Record for distance traveled on a Personal Watercraft (pwc) in the summer of 2000 on a 12' Yamaha after traveling 5,604 miles, completing the American Great Circle Route.
John Moffitt John Moffitt (born December 12, 1980) is an American track and field athlete who competes mainly in long jump. His breakthrough came in 2004 when he became NCAA indoor and outdoor champion, improved his personal best by 45 centimetres and thereby won the silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics behind teammate Dwight Phillips.
John Mojecki John Mojecki – (November 12 1865 at Kożuszkowo (Poland) , December 30 1951 in New York City) was a Polish-American businessman and community activisy who emigrated to the United States in 1883 . His first location was Mauch Chunk , Pennsylvania (now known as Jim Thrope) In 1888 he settled on Staten Island.
John Mollica John Mollica is an accomplished Hudson County, New Jersey based musician and filmmaker. He is currently a teacher of film at Memorial High School, in his hometown of West New York, New Jersey and plays every Saturday night at Cole's Street Cafe in Jersey City, New Jersey.
John Molson School of Business The John Molson School of Business, formerly the Faculty of Commerce and Administration at Concordia University, boasts 5,500 undergraduate students, 300 graduate students and 35,000 alumni. The business school offers 18 different programs from 5 different departments, with the 2 most important being the Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) and the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) programs.
John Molyneux John Molyneux (VC, Croix de Guere (Belgium)) (22 November 1890 - 25 March 1972) 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 Molyneux (politician) John Molyneux is a British Trotskyist and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party and former central committee member. He is a senior lecturer in Historical and Theoretical Studies at the School of Art, Design and Media, University of Portsmouth.
John Monckton (financier) John Victor Monckton (October 13, 1955-November 29, 2004) was a successful City financier who was tragically murdered in his own house in November 2004, by Damien Hanson, whilst the latter was on probation serving half his 12 year sentence for attempted murder.
John Monckton (swimmer) John James Monckton (born October 28 1938), was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 1950s, who won a silver medal in the 100m backstroke at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Although he set multiple world records, he never won an Olympic gold medal.
John Moncur John Moncur (born on September 22, 1966 in Mile End) is a retired football player who used to play in midfield for Tottenham Hotspur, Swindon Town and West Ham United. While at White Hart Lane he went on loan to Doncaster Rovers, Cambridge United, Portsmouth, Brentford and Ipswich Town.
John Monks John Monks (born 5 August 1945 in Manchester) was the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the UK from 1993 until 2003, when he became the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
John Monroe John Monroe (Moira, County Down, 1839 – September 1899, Dalkey, County Dublin), was an Irish lawyer. He was educated at Queens College Galway, where he was auditor of the college's Literary and Debating Society for two years, from 1860 to 1862, and at the King's Inns, where he was auditor of the Law Students' Debating Society of Ireland for the 1862–1863 session.
John Montagu (Trinity) John Montagu (cir 1655–1728) was a son of the famous admiral, Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, killed at the Battle of Solebay. John may have been provided with the mastership (1683–1699) of Trinity College, Cambridge, as a reward for his father's service.
John Montefusco John Joseph Montefusco Jr. (born May 25, 1950 in Long Branch, New Jersey) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1974 to 1986 for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, and New York Yankees.
John Monteith John Lennox Monteith DSc, FRS, born September 31929 in Ayrshire, Scotland, is a leading authority in the related fields of water management for agricultural production, soil physics, micrometeorology, transpiration, and the influence of the natural environment on field crops, horticultural crops, forestry, and animal production.
John Moore (anarchist) John Moore (1957 - October 27, 2002) was a British anarchist author, teacher and organiser. He died after collapsing on his way to work as a creative writing lecturer at the University of Luton (now the University of Bedfordshire).
John Moore (artist) John Mark Moore is a South African artist whose passion for wildlife and natural heritage visually fuses themes of spirituality and mysticism. John is a Master Printmaker and has also held teaching positions at Crawford College in Lonehill, Wits Technikon, St.
John Moore (author) John Moore is an American engineer and author of light, humorous fantasy novels and short stories whose work has been compared to that of Terry Pratchett and Robert Asprin. He lives and works in Houston, Texas.
John Moore (Australian jurist) Sir John Moore is an Australian jurist, and since 1973 has been the presiding judge of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission. Under the Australian system, this commission serves as both an arbitrator in labour disputes and as a court for the enforcement of certain provisions of the commonwealth's Labour Laws.
John Moore (footballer) John Moore was an English football player (274 appearances, 13 goals) and manager who took Luton Town to a club-best seventh place in the original First Division in his only season as a manager - 1986-87. He resigned after just one season in management because he did not feel that it was the right career for him, although he later returned to Luton as a coach.
John Moore (human patent) A man named John Moore underwent treatment for cancer of the spleen at the University of California, Los Angeles hospital when he was diagnosed with hairy cell leukemia after he was told that local hospitals were unable to treat him. His physician, Dr.
John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh John Edward Michael Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, PC (born November 26, 1937), is a British politician who was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central, and under Margaret Thatcher was a cabinet minister. For a time he was considered a rising star of the Conservative Party and a potential leadership contender.
John Moores Alumni Association The John Moores University Alumni Association of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK was originally created in 1991 and has seen recent proactive changes due to a revival in alumni activity. Paul Twigger was recently elected the Chairperson of the LJMU Alumni Board.

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