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John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (March 6 1340 – February 3 1399) was the third surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. He gained his name "John of Gaunt" because he was born at Ghent in 1340.
John of Hauville John of Hauville (also known as Johannes de Hauvilla, Johannes de Altavilla, John of Hauteville and Jean de Hauteville) was a moralist and satirical poet of the 12th century (flourished about 1184). Little is known of his life, but he was probably French.
John of Hildesheim John of Hildesheim or Johannes de Hildesheim (died 1375) was a writer and Carmelite monk from the German town of Hildesheim. As a Carmelite, he travelled through Germany, France, and Italy, and his broad literary opus includes works of philosophy, theology, and poetry.
John of Ibelin (jurist) John of Ibelin (1215 – December 1266), count of Jaffa and Ascalon, was a noted jurist and the author of the longest legal treatise from the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He was the son of Philip of Ibelin, bailli of the Kingdom of Cyprus, and Alice of Montbéliard, and was the nephew of John of Ibelin, the "Old Lord of Beirut".
John of Kolno John of Kolno (also known as Jan z Kolna, Johannes Scolnus, Ioannis Scolvenius or Iohannes Scolvus Polonus) (1435–1484)—a semi-legendary Polish sailor and navigator serving for the court of Denmark. According to various sources he was one of the first Europeans to reach the shores of the Americas prior to Columbus in 1476 as steersman of Didrik Pining.
John of Kronstadt Saint Ioann of Kronstadt (Russian: Иоанн Кронштадтский) (October 19, 1829, Sura, Arkhangelsk - December 20, 1908, Kronstadt) was a Russian Orthodox archpriest and member of the synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (20 June 1389 – 14 September 1435), also known as John Plantagenet, was the third surviving son of King Henry IV of England by Mary de Bohun, and acted as Regent of England for his nephew, King Henry VI.
John of Montecorvino John of Montecorvino, or Giovanni Da/di Montecorvino in Italian, also spelled Monte Corvino, was a Franciscan missionary, traveller and statesman, founder of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in India and China, and archbishop of Peking.
John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk or John Nepomucene (Czech: Jan Nepomucký, German: Johann von Nepomuk) (1340 – March 20, 1393) is a national saint of Bohemia. In his fully developed legend he was the confessor of the Queen of Bohemia and refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional.
John of NikiĂ» John of NikiĂ» was an Egyptian Coptic bishop of NikiĂ»/Pashati in the Egyptian Delta and appointed general administrator of the monasteries of Upper Egypt in 696. He was author of a Chronicle extending from Adam to the end of the Muslim conquest of Egypt which contains important historical details otherwise unknown.
John of Patmos John of Patmos is the name given to the author of the Book of Revelation (or Book of the Apocalypse) in the New Testament. According to the text of Revelation, the author, who gives his name as "John", is living in exile on the Greek island of Patmos.
John of Procida John of Procida (Italian: Giovanni da Procida) (1210 – 1298) was born at Salerno, educated in the Schola Medica as a physician, and rose the diplomatic ranks in the Hohenstaufen Kingdom of Sicily. He was actually John III, son of John II of Procida and Clemenza Logoteta, of the family of the lords of the island of Procida.
John of Rila Saint John of Rila or Saint Ivan Rilski (Bulgarian: свети Иван Рилски, sveti Ivan Rilski) (876 – circa 946) was the first Bulgarian hermit and the founder of the Rila Monastery. He is today honoured as the patron of Bulgarian people and one of the most important saints of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
John of Rokycan John of Rokycan, also known as Jan of Rokycany, in Czech language Jan Rokycana, Jan z Rokycana and Jan z Rokycan (c. 1396 in Rokycany - February 21, 1471 in Prague) was a Hussite theologian, archbishop of Prague and a key figure in Bohemian church history.
John of Scotland John, King of Scots (1248-1314) is usually known as John Balliol or, correctly, John de Balliol.He was born in 1248, probably at Barnard Castle, the son of Dervorguilla of Galloway, daughter of Alan, 5th Lord of Galloway, and John, 5th Baron de Balliol, Lord of Barnard Castle and founder of Balliol College in the University of Oxford, one of the first colleges founded in Oxford.
John of Seville John of Seville (Latin: Johannes Hispalensis or Johannes Hispaniensis) was a twelfth-century translator, perhaps however working at Galician Limia (Ourense), for he signed himself "Johannes Hispalensis atque Limiensis", during the Reconquista, the Christian campaign to regain the Iberian Peninsula. His three translations, the Secretum Secretorum dedicated to a Queen T[arasia?
John of Shanghai and San Francisco Saint John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco was a noted Eastern Orthodox ascetic and hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) who was active in the mid-20th century. He was a pastor and spiritual father of high reputation, a Fool-for-Christ, and a reputed wonderworker to whom was attributed great powers of prophecy, clairvoyance and healing.
John of the Cross Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz) (June 24, 1542 – December 14, 1591) was a major figure in the Catholic Reformation, a Spanish mystic and Carmelite friar born at Fontiveros, a small village near Ávila.
John of Tobolsk Saint John of Tobolsk was born in 1651 in Uman, in the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine. He was the only one of the seven sons of Maxim Vasilkovsky Maximovitch to choose a career in the Eastern Orthodox Church, in which service he was appointed Ekonom of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra by 1678.
John of Wallingford John of Wallingford, also known as John de Cella, was abbot of St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England from 1195 to his death in 1214. He was previously prior of Holy Trinity Priory at Wallingford, a cell of St Albans.
John O'Donnell John O'Donnell (1964- ) is a long standing, passionate member of the Australian music industry. Starting as freelance writer, he eventually became the editor of Rolling Stone Australia before leaving to co-found and edit Juice Magazine.
John O'Donovan (scholar) John O'Donovan (25 July 1806–10 December 1861), from Atateemore, County Kilkenny, and educated at Hunt's Academy, Waterford, is recognised as one of Ireland's greatest ever Irish scholars and first historic topographer. His early career may have been inspired by his uncle Parick O'Donovan.
John O'Gaunt The John O'Gaunt was an English automobile manufactured in Lancaster from 1901 until 1904. Built by William Atkinson & Sons, the 4 hp vehicle was "made to meet the requirements of people who do not require a high-priced car".
John O'Kea John Righteo O'Kea (Born June 21 1941) is a former rally driver who only participated in two rallys. He recorded a memorable debut victory in 1967 in the Gower rally in Wales where in his highly un-competitive Renault Daulphine narrowly beat Llewellyn Thomas a highly regarded driver of his time (winner of the Gower rally three times 1959,1963,1966).
John O'Keefe (British writer) John O'Keefe (1747 - 1833), dramatist, wrote a number of farces and amusing dramatic pieces, many of which had great success. Among these are Tony Lumpkin in Town (1778), Wild Oats, Love in a Camp, and Omai – A Voyage ‘round the World (1785), an account of the voyages of the Tahitian explorer Omai.
John O'Leary (Wexford politician) John O'Leary (aka Johnny Leary) (born 1st September 1894–21st June 1959) was a Irish Labour Party party politician who served in the Oireachtas for nearly twenty years, first as TD for Wexford and then as a Senator.
John O'Mill Jan van der Meulen (1915–?), better known by his pseudonym John O'Mill (a transliteration of his given name), is a Dutch author mostly known for his wordplay and limericks, and for using a combination of Dutch and English words and sentence structures he called "Double Dutch".
John O'Neill (footballer) John Patrick O'Neill, (born 11 March 1958 in Derry), is a former footballer who played for Northern Ireland, winning 39 caps, and scoring 2 goals. At club level, he played for Leicester City, QPR, and Norwich City.
John O'Neill (musician) John O'Neill (1926-1999) was a professional musician from County Durham, England famous for his whistling abilities. He had a hit in 1967 with the song I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman, was a regular on the Black and White Minstrel Show and also worked as a session singer on many television programmes such as Monty Python's Flying Circus and the Morecambe and Wise Show.
John O'Neill (VC) John O'Neill (also spelt O'Niell) (VC, MM) (February 10, 1897 - October 16, 1942) 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 O'Shaugnessey John O'Shaugnessey (born 1965 in Chester, England) is a convicted British murderer. He raped and murdered his nine-year-old neighbour Kayleigh Ward on 19 December 1996, and dumped her body in the River Dee, where it was found 2 months later.
John O. Pastore John Orlando Pastore (1907-2000) was a Rhode Island Democratic Party politician who was a United States Senator from Rhode Island (1950 until 1976) and the Governor of Rhode Island (1945 until 1950), and was the first Italian American to hold either position.
John O. Simonds John Ormsbee Simonds (1913-2005) was a visionary landscape architect, planner, educator, and environmentalist. Simonds was an original modernist landscape architect and one of the most influential and well-known of his time.
John Offerdahl John Offerdahl (born August 17, 1964 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin) is an American former professional football player who played his entire eight year career with the Miami Dolphins from 1986 to 1993. He played college football for Western Michigan University and was drafted in the second round in the 1986 NFL Draft.
John Ogbu John Uzo Ogbu (May 9 1939 – 20 August 2003) was an American anthropology professor known for theories on observed phenomena involving race and intelligence, especially how race and ethnic differences played out in educational and economic achievement. He suggested that being a "caste-like minority" affects motivation and achievement, depressing IQ scores.
John Ogilby John Ogilby (November 1600 – September 4, 1676) was a Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer. He is known best for his Britannia Atlas of 1675, which was perhaps the first British road atlas, and set the standard for those that followed (for example, in the use of 1760 yards for the mile, which was not then standard, and in his use of the scale of one inch to the mile (1/63360)).
John Ogrodnick John Ogrodnick (born June 20, 1959 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey left wing who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1979-80 until 1992-93. He played for the Detroit Red Wings and the NY Rangers.
John Olerud John Garrett Olerud (born August 5, 1968 in Seattle, Washington) is a retired American first baseman in Major League Baseball. Olerud played with the Toronto Blue Jays (1989-96), New York Mets (1997-99), Seattle Mariners (2000-2004), New York Yankees (2004) and Boston Red Sox (2005).
John Oliver (comedian) John Oliver (born 1977) is a British comedian currently serving as a correspondent on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. His previous credits include The Department with Chris Addison and Andy Zaltzman, Political Animal, Fighting Talk, and Mock the Week.
John Oliver Secondary School John Oliver Secondary School, located in South Vancouver, Canada, at East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street, is between the Vancouver neighbourhoods of Kensington-Cedar Cottage, Riley Park-Little Mountain and Sunset. It is named after John Oliver, the Premier of British Columbia from 1918-1927.
John Olsen (artist) John Olsen born 1928, is an Australian artist. Olsen's primary subject of work is landscape, however he has been labeled an abstract artist which he rejects "I have never painted an abstract painting in my life".
John Olver John Walter Olver (born September 3 1936), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing the First District of Massachusetts, a primarily rural district that makes up most of Western Massachusetts.
John Ono Lennon II John Ono Lennon II was the unborn baby of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, miscarried by Ono on November 21 of that year. Lennon stated the baby had been due in February 1969; the implication is that the child was conceived almost immediately upon the beginning of his and Ono's relationship (late May, 1968).
John Orchard John Orchard (born November 15, 1928 - November 3, 1995) played anesthesiologist Ugly John Black in the earlier episodes of M*A*S*H. Married to Carol Randall, father to Sarah Orchard, grandfather to Kayleigh and Jason Pennington.
John Ormsby John Ormsby (1829-1895) was a nineteenth-century British translator. He is most famous for his 1885 English translation of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, perhaps the most scholarly and accurate English translation of the novel up to that time.
John Ormsby Evelyn Vandeleur Brigadier General John Ormsby Evelyn 'JOE' Vandeleur DSO and Bar, ON (14 November 1903 in Nowshera, India (now Pakistan)–4 August 1988 in Maidenhead, England) was a British Army officer who served in the Second World War.
John Orsino John Joseph Orsino (born April 22, 1938 in Teaneck, New Jersey) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He was signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent before the 1957 season, and played for the San Francisco Giants (1961-1962), Baltimore Orioles (1963-1965), and Washington Senators (1966-1967).
John Ortega Seaman John Ortega (born 1840), born in Spain, was the first Hispanic sailor to be awarded the United States' highest military decoration for valor in combat — the Medal of Honor — for having distinguished himself during the South Atlantic Blockade by the Union Naval forces during the American Civil War.
John Osborn Williams John Osborn Williams (28 March 1886 - 6 July 1963) was born at 46 George Street, Cardiff, Wales, his parents’ home, the youngest son of Silas and Mary Williams. He was one of eight children and known as “Jack” within the family.
John Ostashek John Ostashek (born May 10, 1936) is a former Yukon politician. An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory in the fall 1992 election in which he also won a seat in the legislature for the first time.
John Ostell John Ostell (7 August 1813 – 6 April 1892) architectJohn Ostell, architect, surveyor 1985 Ellen James, was born in London England and emigrated to Canada in 1834, where he apprenticed himself to a Montreal surveyor André Trudeau to learn French methods of surveying. In 1837 he married Eleonore Gauvin a member of a prominent French Catholic family in the city.
John Ostrom John H. Ostrom (February 18, 1928 – July 16, 2005) was an American paleontologist who revolutionized modern understanding of dinosaurs in the 1960s, when he demonstrated that dinosaurs are more like big non-flying birds than they are like lizards (or "saurians"), an idea first proposed by Thomas Henry Huxley in the 1860s, but which had garnered few supporters.
John Oswald (composer) John Oswald (born May 30, 1953 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian composer, saxophonist, photographer, and dancer. His best known project is Plunderphonics, the practice of making new music out of previously existing recordings (see sound collage and musical montage).
John Otto (radio personality) John Otto (1929 - 1999) was a radio talk show host in western New York. He began his broadcasting career in the 1940s, and hosted programming at WBNY, WGR, and WWKB until the late 1990s, when his health declined.
John Otway John Otway, (born 2 October 1952, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England) is a self-confessed unsuccessful singer-songwriter, who built a large cult audience through unrelenting touring, a surreal sense of humour and a winning underdog personality.
John Overall (Bishop) John Overall (1559—1619) was Bishop of Norwich, England from 1618 until his death one year later. He had previously served as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (from 1614), as Dean of St Pauls Cathedral from 1601, as Master of Catharine Hall (under protest) from 1598, and as Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University from 1596.
John Owen Dominis John Owen Dominis, Prince Consort of Hawaii, Royal Governor of Oahu and Maui (10 March 1832 – 27 August 1891) was an American-born statesman, Prince Consort of the Kingdom of Hawaii and royal governor of the islands of Oahu and Maui in the present-day United States. Dominis was married to Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii.
John Owen-Jones John Owen-Jones is a British musical theatre actor, best known for his portrayals of The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and of Jean Valjean in Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg's Les Misérables. He is currently appearing as Jean Valjean in the West End production of Les Misérables.
John Owens John Owens (1790–1846), English merchant, was born in Manchester, England in 1790, the son of a prosperous merchant. Early in life he became a partner in his father's business and was soon noted for his ability as a cotton buyer.
John Oxenham William Arthur Dunkerley (November 12 1852 - January 23 1941) was a prolific British journalist, novelist and poet. He was born in Manchester and later moved to Worthing in Sussex, where he became the town's mayor.
John P. Cochran John Price Cochran (February 7 1809 – December 27 1898) was an American farmer and politician from Middletown, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Governor of Delaware.
John P. Daley John P. Daley is the 11th Ward Democratic Commiteeman in Chicago, Illinois, a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (11th District), and the Chair of the Cook County Board Audit and Finance Committee.
John P. Fardy John Peter Fardy (1922-1945) was a United States Marine who was killed in action during World War II. His heroic action, resulting in mortal wounds, on May 6, 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa were recognized with the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest honor.
John P. Hale John Parker Hale (March 31, 1806 – November 19, 1873) was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865.
John P. Kennedy John Pendleton Kennedy (October 25, 1795 – August 18, 1870) served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852 to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore, and as a Congressman from the fourth district of Maryland. He was the brother of senator Anthony Kennedy.
John P. Marquand John Phillips Marquand (November 10, 1893 – July 16, 1960 ) was a 20th-century American novelist. He achieved broad popular success and considerable critical respect, though there were critics who harshly attacked him.
John P. O'Neill John Patrick O'Neill (February 6, 1952–September 11, 2001) was a top American anti-terrorism expert who worked as a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation until late 2001. In 1995, O'Neill began to intensely study the roots of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing after he assisted in the capture of Ramzi Yousef, who was the leader of that plot.
John P. Slough John Potts Slough (February 1 1829 – December 17 1867) was an American politician, lawyer, Union general and Chief Justice of New Mexico. He is famous for commanding the Union forces at the Battle of Glorieta Pass.
John P. Snyder John Parr Snyder (12 April 1926–28 April 1997) was an American cartographer most known for his work on map projections for the USGS. Educated as a chemist, he had a lifetime interest in map projections as a hobby, but found the calculations tedious without the benefit of expensive calculators or computers.
John P. Washington John P. Washington (18 July 1908 - 3 February 1943) was a Roman Catholic priest and a lieutenant in the United States Army who found posthumous fame as one of the Four Chaplains who died administering to their soldiers on the sinking USAT Dorchester during the Second World War.
John Pacella John Lewis Pacella (born September 15, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1977 to 1986 for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Detroit Tigers. Pacella had such an unusual delivery that at times his cap would fall off after a pitch.
John Painter John Painter (Tennessee, September 20, 1888 - March 1, 2001) died aged 112 years and 162 days. At his death he was (posthumously) recognized as the oldest American veteran, as a result of the USA's SSA supercentenarian study.
John Paizs John Paizs (born in 1958) is a director, writer and porn actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 1985 his much-celebrated independent comedy Crime Wave was presented at the Toronto International Film Festival.
John Palmer (Rockaway, Queens landowner) John Palmer was an Englishman who purchased the land comprising much of the neighborhood now known as Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens in New York City in 1685 from the Native American chief Tackapousha for 31 English pounds. Palmer sold most of the land to Richard Cornell in 1687.
John Palmer (TV journalist) John Spencer Palmer (born September 10, 1935, in Kingsport, Tennessee) is a former news correspondent for NBC News. He worked for the network over the course of 40 years, first from 1962 to 1990; and again from 1994 until his retirement in 2002.
John Papillon John Ashton Papillon (19th century) was a British photographer and Royal Engineer who was commissioned to accompany and photographically document the Anglo-French military expedition to northern China during the Second Opium War in 1860. Papillon produced images taken from between Canton and the Taku Forts but became ill and was evacuated on 29 September 1860 before completing his mission.
John Park John Park (1835-18 May 1863) was born in Derry City, County Londonderry 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 Parker (cricketer) John Morton Parker (born 21 February 1951, Dannevirke) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 36 Test matches and 24 ODIs for New Zealand, also serving as interim captain in the third Test against Pakistan in 1976/77.
John Parker (Captain) John Parker (July 13, 1729 – September 17, 1775) was an American farmer, mechanic, and soldier who commanded the Massachusetts militia at Lexington during the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. Parker was born in Lexington and his experience as a soldier in the French and Indian War (Seven Years War) at the Siege of Louisbourg and conquest of Quebec most likely led to his election as militia captain by the men of the town.
John Parker Boyd John Parker Boyd (1764 – 1830) was an officer in the United States Army, from various periods from the American War of Independence to the end of the War of 1812. He commanded the troops defeated at the Battle of Crysler's Farm in late 1813.
John Parricida John Parricida, or John the Parricide, also called John of Swabi (born ca. 1290, died December 13, 1312 or 1313, probably in Pisa) was a son of Duke Rudolph II of Austria from the Habsburg family and Agnes, daughter of Ottakar II, King of Bohemia.
John Partridge (astrologer) John Partridge was one of the foremost English astrologers of his time, some say perhaps the last major representative of the living astrological tradition in England, indeed in the Western world. However, he was not a first-class exponent, leaving enough room for Swift to get away with calling him a fraud and a quack.
John Pasco John Pasco (1774-1853) served in the Royal Navy between 1784 and 1853, eventually rising to the rank of Rear Admiral. He acted as signal officer on board HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar and notably advised on the wording of Nelson's famous signal "England expects that every man will do his duty".
John Pascoe John Henry Pascoe, AO is Chief Federal Magistrate of Australia and Deputy Chancellor of the University of New South Wales. Previous positions he has held have included Chairman and CEO of George Weston Foods, Chairman of Centrelink, Deputy Chairman of Aristocrat Leisure Limited and Managing Director of the Insurance and Risk Management Division of Phillips Fox.
John Pascoe Fawkner John Pascoe Fawkner (20 October 1792 - 4 September 1869) was an early pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania), to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize.
John Passmore Edwards John Passmore Edwards (March 24 1823 - 1911) was a Victorian journalist and philanthropist. He was born in Blackwater, a small village, situated between Redruth and Truro, in Cornwall, the son of a carpenter.
John Pasta John R. Pasta (1918–1984) was a computer scientist who is remembered today for the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam experiment, a result much discussed among physicists and researchers in dynamical systems and chaos theory, and as the head of the department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1964 to 1970.
John Patler John Patler, formerly Yanacki Patsalos (born circa 1938), is the man best known as the assassin of American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell. Patler was from a poor immigrant Greek family and grew up in New York City.
John Paton (general) Major General John Paton CMG, CB (18 November 1867 – 21 November 1943) was an Australian general who served in World War I. Paton was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and joined the New South Wales Military Forces in December 1887 as a second lieutenant in the 4th Infantry.
John Paton (VC) John Paton (23 December 1833 – 1 April 1914) 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 Patrick Crecine John Patrick Crecine (Pat) (born August 22, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan) was an American educator. After receiving his early education in Lansing, Michigan, Michigan public schools, he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial management, and master's and doctoral degrees in industrial administration at Carnegie Mellon University.
John Patrick Gillese John Patrick Gillese (March 7 1926 – 23 October 1999) was an Irish-born Canadian author whose prolific career spanned six decades from the early 1940s to the late 1990s. During this period he authored over 5,000 pieces including novels, short stories, and information columns that were published in many English-speaking countries.
John Patrick Hamilton John Patrick Hamilton (29 January 1896- 27 February 1961) was an Australian 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 Patrick Hopkins John Patrick Hopkins (October 29, 1858 – October 13, 1918) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1893-1895) for the Democratic Party. John Patrick Hopkins was the first of nine Irish-American Catholic mayors of Chicago.
John Patrick Kenneally John Patrick Kenneally (15 March, 1921–27 September, 2000) 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 Patrick Looney John Looney was a gangster in the town of Rock Island, Illinois, USA during prohibition. Looney appeared to be a successful citizen practicing law and running a newspaper in Rock Island, but in reality was a bootlegger, extortionist, and all-around criminal.
John Patrick Lowrie John Patrick Lowrie is an American voice actor who mostly performs additional voices in video games like The Suffering, The Suffering: The Ties That Bind, Total Annihilation, both No One Lives Forever games, and upcoming Half-Life 2 expansion packs.
John Patrick Treacy John Patrick Treacy (July 23, 1891 – October 11, 1964) was an American Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Marlboro, Massachusetts, and was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on December 8, 1918 for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio.
John Patten (representative) Major John Patten (April 26, 1746 – December 26, 1800) was an American farmer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was an officer of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, a Continental Congressman from Delaware, and a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.
John Patten, Baron Patten John Haggitt Charles Patten, Baron Patten, PC (born July 17, 1945) was a Conservative party Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons. He was raised Roman Catholic, and educated by the Jesuits at Wimbledon College.

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