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John Souther John Souther (March 1 1816 – September 12 1911) was the founder of Globe Locomotive Works, an American steam locomotive manufacturing company. In his obituary published in the Newton, Massachusetts, Town Crier, he is credited with the invention of the steam shovel and steam dredger as well as designing the pattern for the fence around Boston Common.
John Southworth (musician) John Southworth is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter. His style, which draws on diverse influences ranging from cabaret pop to New Wave rock, is frequently compared to contemporaries such as Rufus Wainwright, Eric Matthews and Hawksley Workman.
John Spagnola John Stephen Spagnola (born August 1, 1957 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), was a former American professional football player who was selected by the New England Patriots in the 9th round of the 1979 NFL Draft. A 6'4", 240 lbs.
John Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was a United States politician from Alabama. He was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, where he represented Alabama from 1946 until 1979.
John Sparks John Sparks (August 30, 1843-May 22, 1908) was a two-term Governor of Nevada, and was nicknamed Honest John. Like his predecessor, Reinhold Sadler, Sparks was a cattleman and his rise to political power was evidence of the decline of the mining industry and the rise of the ranching industry in Nevada.
John Sparks Patton John Sparks Patton (September 23, 1894 -- October 30, 1961) was a Louisiana politician and educator who was an early advocate of taxpayer-funded school textbooks and a member of the Long faction of his state's Democratic Party.
John Spearman John J. Spearman, numbered not only among the oldest residents of Mercer County but also among the best and most universally known men of the county, is deserving of more than a passing notice in the history of Mercer county and its prominent people.
John Spellar John Francis Spellar (born 5 August 1947, Bromley) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Labour Member of Parliament for Warley, and served as a junior minister at the Northern Ireland Office, before returning to the backbenches in 2006.
John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough John Albert William Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough (18 September 1897 – 1972) the son of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough and his wife (the former Consuelo Vanderbilt). Before inheriting the dukedom in 1934 he was a Lt.
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (2 June 1822 – 4 July 1883) was an English statesman and nobleman. He was the son of George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough and Lady Jane Stewart.
John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, KG (27 October 1835 – 13 August 1910) (known as the Red Earl because of his distinctive long red beard) was a British Liberal Party politician under and close friend of British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. He was the son of Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer and was educated at Harrow .
John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (Edward) John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (January 24, 1924–March 29, 1992) was born at 24 Sussex Square, London, England, the son of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892–1975) and his wife, the former Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton (1897–1972), daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn.
John Sperling John Sperling (born 1921) is a US billionaire who is credited with leading the contemporary for-profit education movement in the United States. His fortune is based on his founding of the for-profit University of Phoenix for working adults in 1976, which is now part of the publicly traded Apollo Group (NASDAQ:APOL).
John Spilsbury (cricketer) John William Edward Spilsbury (born 27 October 1933 in Worcester) was an English cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman, he played only once at first-class level, when he appeared for Worcestershire against the Combined Services at New Road in 1952.
John Spottiswoode John Spottiswoode (Spottiswood, Spotiswood or Spotswood) (1565 - November 26, 1639), Archbishop of St Andrews and historian of Scotland, eldest son of John Spottiswood, minister of Calder and "superintendent" of Lothian.
John St Square MLR station, Sydney John St Square is a light rail stop located on the northern end of the peninsula in the suburb of Pyrmont, on the Metro Light Rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The station has two platforms, one for services to Lilyfield, the other for services to Central.
John Stacey Air Chief Marshal Sir William John Stacey, usually just John Stacey, (1 December 1924 – 1 January 1981) KCB, CBE, FRAeS, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the 1970s and until his sudden death in 1981.
John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith (March 30, 1750 – September 21, 1836) was an English composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
John Stagliano John Allen Stagliano (born November 29, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois), also known as Buttman, is an American pornographic actor, producer, and director. Stagliano is best known for his Buttman series of films, which are credited with sparking the "gonzo" adult film genre.
John Stainer Sir John Stainer (London, 6 June 1840 – Verona, 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist. His work as choir trainer and organist set standards for Anglican church music which are still influential today.
John Stanhope Collings-Wells John Stanhope Collings-Wells (VC, DSO)(July 19, 1880 - March 27, 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 Stanislaw Kubary John Stanislaw Kubary (born November 13, 1846 in Warsaw, Poland, died October 9, 1896, Pohnpei), also stated as Jan Stanislaw Kubary, Jan Kubary, or Johann Stanislaus Kubary, was a Polish naturalist and ethnographer.
John Stanley Beard John Stanley Beard is a British-born forester and ecologist who now resides in Australia. While working with the Forestry Division in Trinidad and Tobago during the 1940s, Beard developed a system of forest classification for Tropical America and described the forests of Trinidad, Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles; these descriptions remain standard references on the topics.
John Stanley Marshall John Stanley Marshall, better known as John Marshall, born 28 August, 1941 in Isleworth, Middlesex, is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus and has worked with various other jazz and rock bands and musicians, among them J.
John Stanton Fleming Morrison John Stanton Fleming Morrison (April 17, 1892 - January 28, 1961) was a British golf course architect born in Deal, Kent, UK. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, Harry Colt, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd.
John Stapleton John Stapleton (born 24 February 1946 in Oldham, Lancashire, England) is a British television presenter. He joined the BBC current affairs television series Nationwide in 1975 as a reporter and then became one of the main presenters on the programme from 1977 until 1980.
John Stark John Stark (August 28, 1728 – May 8, 1822) was a general who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He became widely known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.
John Stark Ravenscroft John Stark Ravenscroft (1772-1830) was the first Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in North Carolina. Well known for his promotion of the church and its doctrines, Ravenscroft was particularly noted for his opposition to the American Bible Society and the theology of baptism promoted by Baptists in particular.
John Starks (basketball) John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American former basketball player who gained fame while playing at shooting guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association in the 1990s. Starks was listed at 6'5" during his playing career.
John Stauber John Stauber (1953 - ) is a American writer and political activist who co-authored five books about propaganda by governments, private interests and the PR industry. They include one book about industry manipulating science (Trust Us, We're Experts), one about the history and current scope of the public relations industry (Toxic Sludge is Good for You), and one about mad cow disease (Mad Cow USA), which predicted the surfacing of the disease within the United States.
John Steakley John Steakley (born 1951) is an author, best known for his science fiction writing. He has written two major novels, Armor (1984) and Vampire$ (1991), the latter of which became the basis for John Carpenter's Vampires movie.
John Stearns John Hardin Stearns (born August 21, 1951) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets from 1975 to 1984 (he also played a single game for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1974). He was one of the best players on one of the worst franchises of his era, representing the Mets in four All-Star Games while the team flirted with 100 losses all four seasons.
John Stebbins Specialist John Stebbins was an American soldier who fought in the Battle of Mogadishu. Though serving as a clerk for the Army Rangers during the Somalia conflict, he joined the fighting and was awarded the Silver Star for his actions.
John Steele (Canadian politician) John Brian Steele (born 1940) is a political activist in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Communist League's central committee until 2000, and has campaigned for office many times at the municipal and provincial levels.
John Stein John Stein, is a jazz guitarist, born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. His education includes a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he is an assistant professor.
John Stein (Professor of Physiology) Professor John Stein is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, a constituent college of Oxford University. He holds a Professorship of Physiology, and has research interests in the neurological basis of dyslexia.
John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) is one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. A winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, he wrote the novella Of Mice and Men (1937) and his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1940), both of which examine the lives of the working class and the migrant worker during the Great Depression.
John Stenhouse Goldie-Taubman Sir John Stenhouse Goldie-Taubman JP (1838-1898) followed his father, John Taubman Goldie-Taubman, both into the House of Keys and also as Speaker. He was first elected as a Member by the Keys in 1859 and then elected by the voters of Douglas in 1867, when he was chosen as the new Speaker.
John Stephen Bazin Bishop John Stephen (Jean Etienne) Bazin was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Vincennes (now the Archdiocese of Indianapolis). He was born at Duerne, near Lyon, France, October 15, 1796; died at Vincennes, Indiana, U.
John Stephen Cummins John Stephen Cummins (born March 3, 1928 in Oakland, California) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. He is Bishop Emeritus of Oakland, having served as Bishop from June 30, 1977 until his retirement on October 1, 2003.
John Stephens (football player) John Stephens (born February 23, 1966 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a former American professional football player who was selected by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (17th overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft. A 6'1", 220 lbs.
John Sterling (sportscaster) John Sterling is an American sportscaster and the radio play-by-play announcer of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. He has announced Yankees games since 1989, calling 162 games a year, plus pre-season and post-season, without missing one.
John Sterling Rockefeller John Sterling Rockefeller (October 28, 1904 New York City – May 10, 1988 Greenwich, Connecticut) is the fourth son of William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) and Sarah Elizabeth Stillman (1872–1935). Rockefeller is a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder, William Rockefeller (1848–1922).
John Steuart Curry John Steuart Curry (November 14, 1897 - August 29, 1946) was an American painter noted for his pictures depicting life in his home state, Kansas. Along with Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, he was hailed as one of the three great painters of American Regionalism of the first half of the twentieth century.
John Steven McGroarty John Steven McGroarty (August 20 1862 – August 7 1944) was a poet, Los Angeles Times columnist, and author. Born at Buck Mountain, in Foster Township, near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania he was the youngest of 12 children.
John Stevens (drummer) John William Stevens (June 10, 1940 - September 13, 1994, in Ealing, West London) was a British drummer. He was one of the most significant figures in early free improvisation, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME).
John Stevens (immigrant) John Stevens (1682 - 1737), who immigrated to America at age 17, invested in land, married the wealthy Ann Campbell, and became Port Collector at Perth Amboy. He was one of the thirteen original patentees of the Kayaderosseras tract, near Lake George, New York.
John Stevenson (politician) John Stevenson (12 August 1812 – 1 April 1884) was the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from December 27, 1867 to February 15, 1871 and served as Conservative MPP for Lennox. He served from 1867 until he left the legislature in 1871.
John Stewart (comics) John Stewart is a fictional comic book superhero in the DC Universe, and a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps. He was created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Neal Adams, and first appeared in Green Lantern (2nd series) #87 (December 1971/January 1972).
John Stewart (musician) John C. Stewart (born September 5 1939 in San Diego, California, United States) is an American songwriter and singer, best-known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the early and mid 1960s while a member of the Kingston Trio (1961-1967).
John Stewart Bell John Stewart Bell (June 28 1928 – October 1 1990) was a physicist who became well known as the originator of Bell's Theorem, regarded by some in the quantum physics community as one of the most important theorems of the 20th century.
John Stewart McDiarmid The Honourable John Stewart McDiarmid (December 25, 1882-June 7, 1965) was a Manitoba politician. He held senior ministerial positions in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell, and served as the province's Lieutenant-Governor between 1953 and 1960.
John Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th Duke of Atholl KT (August 6 1840–January 20 1917) was a son of the 6th Duke of Atholl and Anne Home-Drummond. He was honourably distinguished for having devoted years of his life to editing the records of the family and the related history.
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair John Stewart, 1st Earl of Traquair (d. 1659) was a Scottish statesman, the son of John Stewart, the younger, of Traquair in Peeblesshire, of a branch, originally illegitimate, of the house of Buchan, and was created Baron Stewart of Traquair in 1628 and earl of Traquair in 1633.
John Stewart, Duke of Albany John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany (1481 or 1484–2 July 1536 in Mirfleur, France) was Regent of the Kingdom of Scotland, Duke of Albany in peerage of Scotland and count-consort of Auvergne and Lauraguais in France.
John Stigall John Stigall is a poet and author who has published 5 books of poetry. John served as a professor of English and Literature at Chattanogoa State Community College from1983-2001, where he was "poet in residence", and faculty founder and editor of the campus' literary magazine, "The Phoenix".
John Stiles John Stiles was born and raised in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the author of the poetry collections, Scouts are Cancelled (Insomniac Press, 2002), and Creamsicle Stick Shivs (Insomniac Press, 2006), as well as a novel, The Insolent Boy (Insomniac Press, 2001).
John Stocco John Stocco (born June 14, 1983 in Richfield, Minnesota) is currently the starting quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers as a senior. In high school, Stocco teamed with wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald at the Academy of Holy Angels in Minnesota.
John Stockham Captain John Stockham (24 July 1765 - 6 February 1814) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, whose career is now obscured to the point that very little of his life is known up until 1805, when he was suddenly and unexpectedly called upon to command the ship of the line HMS Thunderer at the battle of Trafalgar.
John Stoltenberg John Stoltenberg is the managing editor of AARP the Magazine, a bimonthly publication of the United States-based interest group AARP (formerly American Association of Retired Persons), a position he has held since 2004.
John Stone (baseball) John Thomas Stone (October 10, 1905 – November 30, 1955) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played eleven seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Washington Senators. Born in Mulberry, Tennessee, he led the American League in singles with 142 in 1931.
John Stone (comics) John Stone is a fictional character from Wildstorm's comic book, Planetary. He was created by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday and first appeared in Planetary #4 in disguise, but made his second appearance before this revelation in Planetary #11.
John Stone Stone John Stone Stone (September 24, 1869 – May 20, 1943) was an American mathematician, physicist and inventor. He labored as an early telephone engineer, was influential in developing wireless communication technology, and holds dozens of key patents in the field of "space telegraphy".
John Storey (politician) John Storey (May 15, 1869–October 5, 1921) was Premier of New South Wales from April 12, 1920 until his sudden death in Sydney. Born in Jervis Bay, he was the member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for Balmain.
John Storm John Storm (January 3, 1760 - December 13, 1835) is most well known for being one of less than 90 dragoons that fought under Colonel William Washington during the Battle of Cowpens in the American Revolutionary War.Haller, Stephen E.
John Storyk John Storyk is principal/designer for WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group), a Highland, NY-based acoustic design firm. A registered architect, he has provided design and construction supervision services for the professional audio and video recording community since the 1969 completion of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
John Stott John Robert Walmsley Stott, CBE (born 27 April 1921) is a British Christian leader and Anglican clergyman who is noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He is famous as one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974.
John Strachey Sir John Strachey (1823-1907), British Indian civilian, fifth son of Edward Strachey, was born in London on 5 June 1823. After passing through Haileybury, Strachey entered the Bengal civil service in 1842, and served in the North-Western Provinces, occupying many important positions.
John Stringfellow John Stringfellow (1799-1883) was born in Sheffield, England and is known for his work on the Aerial Steam Carriage with William Samuel Henson. He worked in Chard, Somerset, England as a maker of bobbins and carriages for the lace industry.
John Strugnell John Strugnell, born in England in 1930, was the youngest member of the team of scholars led by Roland de Vaux, formed in 1954 to edit the Dead Sea Scrolls in Jerusalem. He was studying Oriental languages at Oxford when G.
John Struthers (biologist) Sir John Struthers, MD, LLD, FRCSE (1823-1899) was Professor of Anatomy at the University of Aberdeen for twenty-six years. He published a number of physiological monographs, and became famous for his dissection of the Tay Whale.
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919) was an English physicist who (with William Ramsay) discovered the element argon, an achievement that earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904. He also discovered the phenomenon now called Rayleigh scattering and predicted the existence of the surface waves now known as Rayleigh waves.
John Stuart (explorer) John Stuart (12 September 1780 – 14 January 1847) was a nineteenth century Canadian fur trader and explorer, employed by the North West Company. Stuart is best known as one of the two clerks (the other being James McDougall) who participated in Simon Fraser's explorations of present-day British Columbia, Canada from 1805 to 1808.
John Stuart Blackie John Stuart Blackie (28 July 1809 - 2 March 1895) was a Scottish scholar and man of letters. He was born in Glasgow, and educated at the New Academy and afterwards at the Marischal College, in Aberdeen, where his father was manager of the Commercial Bank.
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, KG, PC (25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792), styled Lord Mount Stuart before 1723, was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain (1762–1763) under George III.
John Sullivan (football player) John Sullivan (born July 28, 1981) is a Canadian football player. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2004, but he didn't start play with that team until 2005, remaining at Waterloo University for his final year of eligibility.
John Sullivan (Irish lawyer) John Raymond Sullivan first came to prominence in 1966 with a group of fellow Belfast school teachers: Gerry Burns, Finbar Carrolan & Eamonn McGirr, known collectively as The Go Lucky Four, when they soared to the top of the Irish music charts with Up Went Nelson, maintaining the Number One spot for eight consecutive weeks. http://www.
John Sullivan (VC) John Sullivan (VC, CGM)(10 April 1830-28 June 1884) was born in Bantry, County Cork 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 Sullivan (writer) John Sullivan OBE (born December 23 1946 in Balham, London, England) is the writer of several British sitcoms including the immensely popular Only Fools and Horses as well as Citizen Smith, Dear John, Just Good Friends, Roger Roger, and The Green Green Grass. In addition, he also wrote the comedy drama series Micawber for ITV.
John Sumpter Professor John Sumpter is a distinguished professor of the Brunel University, UK. He is an ecotoxicologist, and was amongst the team that first discovered endocrine disruption in fish, and the role of endocrine disrupting chemicals.
John Sung John Sung Shang Chieh (宋尚節 also spelled John Song) (September 29, 1901 – August 18, 1944) was a renowned evangelist. He played an instrumental role in the revival movement among the Chinese in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia during the 1920s and 1930s.
John Surman John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944 in Tavistock, England) is a jazz saxophone, bass clarinet and synthesizer player and composer. He has also composed and performed much music for dance performances and film soundtracks.
John Sutcliffe (designer) The British fashion designer and fetish photographer John Sutcliffe (died 1987) was famous in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s as a designer of clothes for aficionados of leather, rubber and PVC fetishism, with an emphasis on rubber and leather catsuits, cloaks, and gasmasks.
John Sutor John Allan Sutor (1 July 1909 - 2 December 1966) was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Hampshire in the last round of matches in the 1928 County Championship. He did not distinguish himself, being dismissed for 2 and 1, and he never played again.
John Sutter Johann Augustus Sutter (February 23 1803 – June 18 1880) was a Californian famous for his association with the California Gold Rush (in that gold was discovered by James W. Marshall in Sutter's Mill) and for establishing Sutter's Fort in an area that would later become the capital of the U.
John Sutton John Sutton (born November 5, 1984 in Sydney, Australia) is a rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League competition, he has also appeared for the Prime Minister's XIII in 2005. His position of choice is usually at five eighth, though he can also play at lock.
John Sutton (rugby league footballer) John Sutton (born November 5, 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is either at five-eighth or centre.
John Swales John Swales is a linguist known for his work on genre analysis in applied linguistics and ESL. He is a Professor of Linguistics and former Director of the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan.
John Swanwick John Swanwick (1760 - August 1, 1798) was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia and was also interested in literature, having published a volume of poetry.
John Sweeney (labor leader) John Sweeney (born May 5, 1934 in The Bronx, New York) is the president of the AFL-CIO. An AFL-CIO vice president since 1980, he was elected president of the AFL-CIO at the federation's biennial convention in October 1995 and was most recently re-elected in 2005.
John Swett High School John Swett High School is located in Crockett, California, and serves the communities of Crockett, Port Costa, and Rodeo. It is named after John Swett, former California Superintendent of Public Instruction, elected in 1863.
John Swett Unified School District The John Swett Unified School District (JSUSD) is a public school district in Contra Costa County, California. It currently operates one elementary school, one middle school, and one standard high school and another for Continuing and Alternative education.
John Swinburne John Swinburne (born July 4, 1930 in Pennsylvania) is the founder of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party (SSCUP) and currently that party's sole representative in the Scottish Parliament. He is also a director of Motherwell Football Club.
John Swinney John Ramsey Swinney (born April 13, 1964, in Edinburgh) is the former leader (or National Convenor) of the Scottish National Party (SNP). Swinney defeated Alex Neil in a leadership contest in 2000, caused by Alex Salmond's decision to step down as party leader.
John Sykes John Sykes (born July 29 1959 in Reading, Berkshire), is a British heavy metal/hard rock guitarist who has played with Streetfighter, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Badlands, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Blue Murder, and his solo project John Sykes.
John Sykes (UK politician) John David Sykes (born 24 August, 1956), British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough from 1992 until 1997. At the 1997 general election, he stood for the new Scarborough and Whitby constituency, losing to Labour's Lawrie Quinn.
John Sylvester Ross John Sylvester Ross (July 16 1821-July 1 1882) was a miller and political figure in Ontario. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons who represented Dundas from 1867 to 1872 and from 1879 to 1882.
John the Apostle John the Apostle (יוחנן "The LORD is merciful", Standard Hebrew Yoḥanan, Tiberian Hebrew Yôḥānān, Greek Ευαγγελιστής Ιωάννης), was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. Christian tradition proclaims he is the same person who wrote:
John the Baptist John the Baptist (also called John the Baptizer, or Yahya the Baptizer) was a 1st century Jewish preacher and ascetic regarded as a prophet by four religions: Christianity, Islam, Mandaeanism, and the Bahá'í Faith. This is asserted in the Synoptic Gospels, the Qur'an and the Bahá'í Writings.
John the Conqueror John the Conqueroo, also known as High John the Conqueroo, John the Conqueror, or John the Conquer root, refers to a number of roots to which magical powers are ascribed in American folklore, especially among the hoodoo tradition of folk magic among African Americans. The root, in turn, is named after a folk hero called High John the Conqueror.

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