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John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt (Lowick, 18 June 1626 – 5 June 1675) was an English royalist, the second son of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough and Elizabeth Howard (d. 1671), daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham.
John Morden Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet (13 August 1623 – 6 September 1708) was a successful English merchant and philanthropist who also served briefly as an MP. He established Morden College in Blackheath, south-east London as a home for retired merchants; as a charity, it continues to provide residential care over 300 years later.
John Morlar John Frederick Morlar (born 1921) is a fictional character in the novel and film The Medusa Touch. The novel was written by Peter Van Greenaway and published in 1973; the film was released in 1978, starring Richard Burton as Morlar.
John Morrill John Francis Morrill (February 19 1855 - April 2 1932), nicknamed "Honest John," was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who played from 1876-1890. Over the years he played all positions.
John Morrill (historian) John Morrill is a British historian who specialises in the political, religious, social and cultural histories of early-modern Britain. He is Professor of British and Irish history at Cambridge University, Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the British Academy.
John Morris (actor) John Morris is an American actor best known for his role as Andy Davis in the films Toy Story and its sequel Toy Story 2. Before his role in Toy Story, he has appeared in The Nightmare Before Christmas as various minor voices in 1993, the video game Lego Island, and Death Machine as Deputy Sheriff Poyer.
John Morris (musician) John Morris is a Santa Cruz based musician, the creator of Rhythmboxx, as well as The Broadway Blues Band. He has been playing guitar and singing vocals since he was 15, and has been expanding his craft for the past 35 years.
John Morris (rugby league footballer) John Morris (born July 29, 1980) is an Australian rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League competition. He played for the Newcastle Knights from 2001 to 2002, before switching to Parramatta for the 2003 season.
John Morrison (British Intelligence Official) John Noble Lennox Morrison (born July 14, 1943) joined the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) in 1967 as a desk-level intelligence analyst. During his Ministry of Defence (MoD) career he occupied a wide range of analytical and management positions in the DIS and elsewhere, including three tours in the Cabinet Office, culminating as Secretary to the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC).
John Morrison (musician) John Morrison, hailing from Moseley Birmingham, played bass guitar in indie band L Cage which also featured Dean O'Loughlin from Big Brother and Ernest Valentino Hendricks (owner of Birmingham record label Fortune And Glory). John went on to play bass in the bands Bromide, Rhatigan, Hefner and The French.
John Morrison (Montana politician) John Morrison (born 1961) was elected as state Auditor in Montana in November 2000, and re-elected in 2004. In April 2005, he became the first person to announce a candidacy in the Democratic primary for the 2006 US Senate election for the seat which was then held by Republican Conrad Burns.
John Morse (British politician) John Morse was a leading figure in the British National Party under John Tyndall, serving alongside Richard Edmonds as Tyndall's closest ally in the party. Morse served as editor of the party newpaper British Nationalist and in 1986 was jailed, along with Tyndall, for publishing material relating to racial hatred [http://www.
John Mortimore (footballer) John Mortimore (born 23 September 1934) is a retired English footballer who played in midfield for Chelsea between 1956 & 1965. He played 279 games, scoring 10 goals and winning the League Cup with the club in 1965.
John Morton (politician) John Morton (1724-1777) from Ridley Township, in Delaware County, Pennsylvania was the delegate who cast the deciding vote in favor of the United States Declaration of Independence. According to legend, he was late to the meeting, and everyone else had already voted.
John Moschitta, Jr. John Moschitta (b. 1954 in New York City), better known as the "Micro Machines man" or fast talking FedEx guy, is a famous speed-talker used in a wide variety of TV shows, movies, and commercials for his distinctive rapid-delivery of speech.
John Mossman John Mossman (1817-1890) was one of a number of English sculptors who dominated the production and teaching of sculpture in Glasgow for 50 years after his arrival with his father and brothers from his native London in 1828.
John Motley Morehead III John Motley Morehead III (November 3, 1870 – January 7, 1965) was a chemist whose work provided much of the foundation for the business of Union Carbide Corporation. He was a noted philanthropist who made major gifts to his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
John Mott John Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the YMCA and the World Student Christian Federation(WSCF). He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 for his work in establishing and strengthening international Christian student organizations that worked to promote peace.
John Moulder Wilson John Moulder Wilson (October 8, 1837 – February 1, 1919) was born in Olympia, Washington. He was a Union Army engineer and later served as Chief of Engineers as well as serving as superintendent of West Point from 1889-1893.
John Mousinho John Mousinho (born 30 April 1986 in Isleworth) is an English footballer currently playing for Brentford in England's Football League One. Mousinho was signed by then Brentford manager Martin Allen during the 2005-6, after returning from America where he was studying and playing at the University of Notre Dame.
John Moyer John Moyer born (November 30, 1973) is the current bassist for and partial member of the Nu-Metal/Hard Rock band Disturbed, replacing their former bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak, and published their latest album Ten Thousand Fists. Formerly of Texas hard rock act The Union Underground.
John Moyney John Moyney (8 January 1895- 10 November 1980) was born in Rathdowney, County Laois, Republic of Ireland and was an Irish 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 Moyse Private John Moyse was a soldier of the 3rd (East Kent) Regiment who was captured by Chinese soldiers during the Second Opium War and was later executed for refusing to kow-tow to a local mandarin. His act of defiance was later immortalised in "The Private of the Buffs", a poem by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle.
John Muckler John "Mucks" Muckler (born April 3, 1934) is the General Manager of the Ottawa Senators NHL ice hockey Club. A five-time Stanley Cup winner, Muckler has more than 50 years of professional hockey experience as a part owner, general manager, director of player personnel, director of hockey operations, head coach, assistant coach and player.
John Muir John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was one of the earliest modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wild life, especially in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, were read by millions and are still popular today.
John Muir Country Park The John Muir Country Park is an area of woodland, grassland and coastline near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. It is named after John Muir, a famous naturalist and geologist who was born in Dunbar and later emigrated to the USA where he developed his ideas.
John Muir National Historic Site The John Muir National Historic Site, located in Martinez, California, preserves the 14-room mansion where the naturalist and writer John Muir lived, as well as a nearby 325-acre tract of oak woodland and grassland historically owned by the Muir family. The main site is on the edge of town, in the shadow of California State Route 4, also known as the "John Muir Parkway".
John Muir Trail The John Muir Trail (JMT) is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, running 211 miles (340 km) from the Happy Isles trailhead in Yosemite Valley south to the summit of Mt. Whitney on the border of Sequoia National Park and Inyo National Forest.
John Muir Trust The John Muir Trust (JMT), is a Scottish charity, established in 1983 to conserve and protect wild places with their indigenous animals, plants and soils for the benefit of present and future generations. The JMT is named after John Muir, the Scot who was the first person to call for practical action to safeguard and cherish the world's wild places.
John Muir Wilderness The John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California, USA for approximately 100 miles (150 km), in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act, and named for naturalist John Muir, it contains 581,000 acres (2350 km2).
John Muirhead Macfarlane John Muirhead Macfarlane (1855–1943) was a Scottish botanist. He was born and educated in Scotland, where he occupied several different academic positions at the University of Edinburgh before emigrating to the United States to assume a professorial chair at the University of Pennsylvania in 1893.
John Munch Detective John Munch is a fictional police detective played by actor Richard Belzer. First appearing in Homicide: Life on the Street, when that show ended the character was transplanted into Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the first spin-off of the popular Law & Order franchise.
John Munro (d.1696) Sir John Munro of Foulis, 25th Chief of the Clan Munro and fourth baronet of Foulis, was such a strenuous supporter of Presbyterianism, that, being of a large frame, he was known as "the Presbyterian mortar-piece."
John Murphy (Australian politician) John Paul Murphy (born 31 May 1950), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Lowe, New South Wales. He was born in Dunedoo, New South Wales, and was a public servant before entering politics.
John Murphy (composer) John Murphy is a prominent British film composer from the city of Liverpool. He is a self taught multi-instrumental musician who began his career in the 1980s working notably with Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) and Heaven 17.
John Murphy (economist) John Murphy is a leader in the field of technical analysis; that of forecasting financial markets through observations on price charts. He has done more to bring the subject to a wider audience than any other analyst, through his books and daily web based commentary.
John Murphy (musician) John Murphy (born 1959), sometimes credited as "Jonh Murphy", is an Australian drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumental session musician who has played in numerous Australian and British post-punk, ambient and industrial music groups.
John Murphy (swimmer) John Joseph Murphy (born July 19, 1953) is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. At the same tournament, the 19-year old also collected a bronze medal in the 100m Backstroke.
John Murphy Award for Excellence in Copy Editing The John Murphy Award for Excellence in Copy Editing is given annually by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association (TDNA). Consideration is given only to submissions by Texas daily newspapers that are members of TDNA.
John Murray (archbishop) John Gregory Murray (February 26, 1877 - October 11, 1956) was the third Archbishop and fifth Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul (Minnesota). He was installed in the archepiscopal office on January 27, 1932 and remained in it until his death.
John Murray (minister) John Murray (1741–1815) though sometimes recalled as founder of the Universalist denomination in the United States, might more fairly be described as a pioneer minister and an inspirational figure, as his theological legacy to the later Universalist denomination was minimal.
John Murray (theologian) John Murray (October 14, 1898–May 8, 1975) was a Scottish-born Reformed theologian who taught at Princeton Seminary and then left to help found Westminster Theological Seminary, where he taught for many years.
John Murray (VC) John Murray (February 1837- 7 November 1911) was born Birr, County Offaly and was an Irish 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 Murray Forbes John Murray Forbes (February 23 1813 – October 12 1898) was president of both the Michigan Central railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in the 1850s. He was one of three brothers sent by their uncle to Canton.
John Murray v. United Kingdom John Murray v. United Kingdom was a legal case heard by the European Court of Human Rights in 1996 regarding the right to silence in the United Kingdom, especially the legality of the reduction in the right so as to allow for adverse inferences to be made.
John Murray VC John Murray (VC), (born Whigsboro, Ireland, February 1839 - died Derrinlough, County Offaly, 8 April 1912), was a 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 Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl John Murray, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl of Atholl KT (May 2 1631–May 6 1703) was a leading Scottish royalist and defender of the Stuarts during the English Civil War of the 1640s, until after the rise to power of William and Mary in 1689.
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 – February 25, 1809) was the British governor of the Province of New York from 1770 to 1771 and the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. During his term as Virginia's colonial governor, he directed a series of campaigns against the Indians known as Lord Dunmore's War.
John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl, (26 June 1778–14 September 1846) was the second child of the 4th duke and Jane Cathcart. His older brother died early, leaving him to inherit the title upon his father's death in 1830.
John Musacha John Musacha was a Queens, NY friend of the more-famous Jerky Boys who recorded underground demo tapes with them before they got famous in 1992. He released his own album in 1994, entitled the "Musacha Tapes," featuring his early collaborations with the Jerky Boys.
John Myres Sir John Linton Myres (July 3, 1869 in Preston – March 6, 1954 in Oxford) was a British archaeologist. He became the first Wykeham Professor of Ancient History, at the University of Oxford, in 1910, having been Gladstone Professor of Greek and Lecturer in Ancient Geography, University of Liverpool from 1907.
John N. Bahcall John Norris Bahcall (December 30 1934 – August 17 2005) was an American astrophysicist. He is best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem and the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
John N. Luff John Nicholas Luff (November 16, 1860 - August 23, 1938) was one of the important philatelists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notable as an early user of scientific methods in the study of postage stamps. The Luff Award of the American Philatelic Society is named after him.
John N. Mitchell John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the first United States Attorney General ever to be convicted of illegal activities and imprisoned. He also served as campaign director for the Committee to Re-elect the President, which engineered the Watergate first break-in and employed Watergate burglar James W.
John Nairne Lieutenant-Colonel John Nairne (March 1, 1731 – July 14, 1802) was a Scottish-Canadian soldier and seigneur. Nairne came to Canada in 1758 as a lieutenant, and participated in the captures of Louisbourg and Quebec City.
John Napier John Napier of Merchistoun (1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchistoun, was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer/astrologer and 8th Laird of Merchistoun. He is most remembered as the inventor of logarithms and Napier's bones, and for popularizing the use of the decimal point.
John Napoleon Norton John Norton (John Napoleon Norton; January 25, 1858 - April 9, 1916), was an English-born Australian journalist, editor and Member of the New South Wales Parliament. Four times the immigrant Norton sat as a Member of the Parliament of New South Wales (serving nearly 12 years in total), and three times as a Sydney alderman.
John Nathan John Nathan (1940 - ) is the translator of Japanese works for such famous authors such as Yukio Mishima and Kenzaburo Oe, Emmy-award winning director of several documentaries, and author of numerous works on Japan.
John Nathan-Turner John Nathan-Turner (born Jonathan Turner August 12, 1947–May 1, 2002) was the ninth producer for the long-running BBC science fiction series, Doctor Who, from 1980 until it was put on hiatus in 1989. He was the longest-serving, and at the time, the most widely known Doctor Who producer.
John Naughton John Naughton is a control engineer and journalist. He is Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University and writes a weekly column on technology for the Business and Media section of The Observer.
John Neihardt Johnathan (John) Gneisenau Neihardt (January 8, 1881 – November 24, 1973) was an American author of poetry and prose, an amateur historian and ethnographer, and a philosopher of the Great Plains. Born at the end of the American settlement of the Plains, his attention was nevertheless drawn to the experiences and memories of those who had been a part of the European migration as well as the American Indian cultures they displaced.
John Neil McGilp John Neil McGilp OBE (30 October 1881-1963) was a South Australian pastoralist and amateur ornithologist. He was a foundation member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), and served as President of the organisation in 1938-1939.
John Neill The Most Reverend John Robert Winder Neill (born December 17 1945) is Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough and Primate of Ireland. He is the fourth generation of his family to become a clergyman.
John Nelson (conductor) John (Wilton) Nelson is a distinguished American conductor. He is particularly noted as a great interpreter of large Romantic works, for his performances of opera – in particular the operas of Berlioz – and for his vibrant and stylish performances of Baroque music.
John Nemechek John Nemechek (March 12, 1970—March 21, 1997, born in Lakeland, Florida), was a race car driver. The younger brother of five-time NEXTEL Cup winner Joe Nemechek, John followed his brother into racing, running his first race at the age of twelve in an 80 class dirtbike race.
John Nessel John Steve Nessel is a former professional American football player. Nessel was an All-American guard at Penn State University in 1974 and was the 4th-round draft pick (#81 overall) of the Atlanta Falcons in the 1975 NFL Draft.
John Neumann Saint John Nepomucene Neumann, Johannes Nepomuk Neumann, or Jan Nepomuk Neumann (properly pronounced "Noi-man" as opposed to "New-man") (March 28 1811 – January 5 1860) was the first American bishop to be canonized.
John Nevil Maskelyne John Nevil Maskelyne (1839 - 1917) was a British stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet as well as many other important victorian inventions. In the 19th century, Maskelyne invented a lock for London toilets which required a penny to operate hence the euphemism "spend a penny".
John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny John Nevill, 3rd Earl of Abergavenny (25 December 1789 – 12 April 1845) was an English peer. The eldest surviving son of Sir Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father.
John Neville Wheeler John Neville "Jack" Wheeler (April 11, 1886-October 13, 1973) was an American newspaperman, publishing executive, magazine editor, and author. He was born in Yonkers, New York, graduated Columbia University (which holds a collection of his papers), was a veteran of World War I serving in France as a field artillery lieutenant, began his newspaper career at the New York Herald, and became managing editor of Liberty Magazine.
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (~1431 – April 14, 1471) was a Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses, best-known for eliminating Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV of England.
John Nevins Andrews John Nevins Andrews (1829 - 1883), was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, missionary, writer, editor, and scholar. Born in Poland, Maine in 1829, Andrews was converted in February 1843 and began to observe the seventh-day Sabbath in 1845.
John Nevison John Nevison (1639 – 4 May 1684) (also known as William Nevison) was one of Britain's most notorious highwaymen, a gentleman-rogue supposedly nicknamed Swift Nick by King Charles II after a renowned dash from Kent to York (often wrongly attributed to Dick Turpin, though there are suggestions that the feat was actually undertaken by one Samuel Nicks. Turpin performs the ride in Harrison Ainsworth's novel Rookwood.
John Newbrough John Ballou Newbrough (born in Springfield, Ohio, June 5, 1828; died in 1891), wrote several books of religious philosophy from the 1880s until his death, most notably Oahspe published in 1882. By trade, he was a dentist in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
John Newland Maffitt (privateer) John Newland Maffitt (February 22, 1819–May 15, 1886) was an officer in the Confederate States Navy who was nicknamed the "Prince of Privateers" due to his remarkable success as a blockade runner and commerce raider in the U.S.
John Newlove John Newlove (June 13, 1938 - December 23, 2003) was a Canadian poet who was considered to be one of the dominant voices of prairie poetry, though he lived most of his adult life in British Columbia and Ontario.
John Newman (Australian politician) John Paul Newman, born John Naumenko, (December 8, 1946 - September 5, 1994) was a member of the New South Wales state parliament and Member for the seat of Cabramatta. He was the first politician to be assassinated in Australia since the 1977 murder of Griffith councillor Donald Mackay.
John Newton John Newton (July 24, 1725 – December 21, 1807) was an English slaveship master who became an Anglican clergyman after his conversion to Christianity. He is also well-known as the author of the hymn Amazing Grace .
John Niemeyer Findlay John Niemeyer Findlay (1903-1987) was a professor of philosophy at Kings College in London, Yale, the University of Texas at Austin, and Boston University. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1955 to 1956.
John Nichols (American writer) John Nichols (born July 23, 1940 Berkeley, California) is the author of the New Mexico trilogy, a series about the complex relationship between history, race and ethnicity, and land and water rights in the fictional Chamisaville County, New Mexico. The trilogy consists of The Milagro Beanfield War (which became a movie by Robert Redford), The Magic Journey, and The Nirvana Blues.
John Noakes John Noakes (born 6 March 1934, in Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire, England) is a British actor, presenter and television personality, best known for co-presenting the BBC children's magazine programme Blue Peter in the 1960s and 1970s. He remains the show's longest-serving presenter, with a stint that lasted 12 years and 6 months.
John Nobili John Nobili, born Giovanni Pietro Antonio Nobili, (28 April, 1812 – March 1, 1856) was an Italian priest of the Society of Jesus. He was a missionary in the Oregon Territory and later founded Santa Clara College.
John Noble Goodwin John Noble Goodwin (October 18, 1824 – April 29, 1887) was a United States politician. He is one of a select few to serve in the United States House of Representatives from two different states, having been a Representative from Maine and a Delegate from the Territory of Arizona.
John Norden John Norden (1548- 1625) was an English topographer, He was the first Englishman who designed a complete series of county histories and geographies. His earliest known work of importance was the Speculum Britanniae, first part Middlesex (1593); the MS.
John Norman John Norman, pen name of John Frederick Lange, Jr. (born June 3, 1931), is the author of the Gor series, which was popular in the 1970s and early 1980s with millions of copies sold, and still has many fans today.
John Norreys Sir John Norreys frequently referred to as John Norris (1547?–1597) was a skillful and courageous English soldier of a Berkshire family of court gentry, son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norreys a life-long friend of Queen Elizabeth.
John Northampton John Northampton was a reformist Lord Mayor of London in the 1380s, during dissention in favor of reform of its Common Council in the early years of Richard II's reign. When the oligarchic leaders of London were able to engineer the overthrow of his faction, even the book of records of reform legislation was burned.
John Norton (Mohawk chief) The Mohawk chief Major John Norton (Teyoninhokovrawen) played a prominent role in the War of 1812, leading Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) warriors from Grand River into battle against American invaders at Queenston Heights, Stoney Creek, and Chippawa.
John Notman [Notman (1810-1865), a well known American Architect, was born in Scotland and educated at the Royal Scottish Academy]. In 1831, John Notman emigrated to the United States settling in the city of Philadelphia working in the office of [[William Henry Playfair.
John Nott Sir John William Frederic Nott (born February 1, 1932 in Bideford, Devon) was a British Conservative Party politician prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He featured heavily in the public eye as Secretary of State for Defence during the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands and the subsequent Falklands War.
John Nott-Bower Sir John Reginald Hornby Nott-Bower KCVO KPM OStJ (March 1892–3 October 1972) was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1953 to 1958. He was the first career police officer to hold this post.
John Nyathi Pokela John Nyathi "Poks" Pokela (1922 or 1923–June 1985) was a South African political activist and Chairman of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). Born in Herschel in the Transkei region, he was educated at Healdtown Comprehensive School and the University of Fort Hare.
John o' Groats John o' Groats (Taigh Iain Ghròt in Scottish Gaelic) () is a village in the traditional county of Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland, and is usually regarded as the most northerly settlement on the mainland of Great Britain. The actual location of the most northerly point, however, is at nearby Dunnet Head ().
John of Antioch John of Antioch was Patriarch of Antioch (429-441) and led a group of moderate Eastern bishops during the Nestorian controversy. He is sometimes confused with John Chrysostom, who is occasionally also referred to as John of Antioch.
John of Artois, Count of Eu John of Artois (September 29, 1321 – 1387), called "sans Terre" (Lackland), was the son of Robert III of Artois and Jeanne of Valois. The confiscation of his father's goods for attempted fraud in 1331 had left him without an inheritance.
John of Austria John of Austria (February 24, 1547 – October 1, 1578), also known as Don John of Austria, Don Juan de Austria, and Juan de Austria, was an illegitimate son of King Charles I of Spain (Holy Roman Emperor Charles V). John was a military leader whose most famous victory was in the naval Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
John of Biclaro John of Biclaro (ca 540 - after 621) was a chronicler, a Visigoth born at Santarem, Lusitania (Portugal) who must have been from a Catholic family, to judge from his name. He was educated at Constantinople, where he devoted between seven and seventeen years to the study of Latin and Greek.
John of Bridlington Saint John of Bridlington (John Thwing, John of Thwing, John Twenge, John Thwing of Bridlington) (1319-1379) is an English saint of the 14th century. Born John Twenge in 1319 in the village of Thwing on the Yorkshire Wolds, about nine miles west of Bridlington, he was of the Yorkshire family Twenge, which family in Reformation days supplied two priest-martyrs and was also instrumental in establishing the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Bar Convent, York.
John of Cappadocia John or Joannes II, surnamed Cappadox or Cappadocia, less commonly known as John the Cappadocian, Patriarch of Constantinople, (517 - 520), appointed by Anastasius after an enforced condemnation of the Council of Chalcedon. His short patriarchate is memorable for the celebrated Acclamations of Constantinople, and the reunion of East and West after a schism of 34 years.
John of Eschenden John of Eschenden Known also as Joannes Eschuid, Joannis Eschuid, Johannes Eschuid, Johannes Eschuidus, John Eschuid, John Eschenden, Giovanni di Eschenden was a fourteenth century English astrologer. He was supposed to have predicted the onset of the Black Death.

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