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John William Behnken John William Behnken (March 19 1884 - February 23 1968) was president of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod from 1935 to 1962. He previously served as president of the Synod's Texas District from 1926 to 1929.
John William Bell John William Bell (March 18 1838-July 5 1901) was a farmer and Ontario political figure. He representing Addington in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1891 and from 1896 to 1901.
John William Brown John William Brown (born December 28, 1913, in Athens, Ohio; died October 29, 1993, in Medina, Ohio) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He briefly served as the 58th Governor of Ohio from January 3, 1957 to January 14, 1957 and served as lieutenant governor of Ohio in two separate tenures.
John William Burgon John William BurgonIn modern times, the "g" in Burgon is pronounced like the "g" in "gone", not like the "j" in "just". (August 21, 1813 - August 4, 1888), English divine, was born at Smyrna, the son of a Turkey merchant, who was a skilled numismatist and afterwards became an assistant in the antiquities department of the British Museum.
John William Campbell Sir John William Campbell, Bt, CB was a Major-General in the British Army who served in the Crimean campaign in 1855, in the China campaign in 1860 and in the Afghan War in 1879-80. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1886.
John William Dawson Sir John William Dawson, CMG , FRS , FRSC (October 13 1820 – November 19 1899), was a Canadian geologist, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia. Of Scottish descent, Dawson attended the University of Edinburgh to complete his education, and graduated in 1842, having gained a knowledge of geology and natural history from Robert Jameson.
John William Finn Lieutenant John William Finn (born July 23, 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a retired officer of the United States Navy who was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of heroism and distinguished service during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
John William Fletcher John William Fletcher (September 12, 1729 - August 14, 1785), English divine, was born at Nyon in Switzerland, his original name being de la Flechère. He is the quiz master at THE SOAK in Selly Oak, Birmingham.
John William Friso, Prince of Orange John William Friso (4 August, 1687 -14 July, 1711) was stadholder of Friesland until his untimely death by drowning in the Hollands Diep in 1711. He was the son of Prince Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Diez and a member of the House of Nassau and through the testamentary dispositions of William III became the progenitor of the new line of the house of Orange-Nassau.
John William Godward John William Godward (August 9, 1861 – December 13, 1922) was an English painter from the end of the Pre-Raphaelite / Neo-Classicist era. He was a protégé of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema but his style of painting fell out of favour with the arrival of painters like Picasso.
John William Harper John William Harper (6 August 1916-29 September 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
John William Little Colonel John William Little(JW) was a businessman and mayor of London, Ontario, Canada from 1895 to 1897.He was born in Montreal,Quebec,Canada on June 18 1848,the first-born child of Thomas Little and Rebecca Robinson.
John William Ormsby John William Ormsby (VC, MM) (January 10, 1881 - July 20, 1952) 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 William Ritchie John William Ritchie (26 March 1808 – 13 December 1890) was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Appointed to the Nova Scotia legislative council as Solicitor General in 1864, he was a delegate to the London Conference on Canadian Confederation and as such is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation.
John William Sayer John William Sayer (12 April 1879-18 April 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 William Van Druten John William Van Druten (1 June 1901, London – 19 December 1957, Indio, California) was an English dramatist, best known for writing light comedies. He was born in London to a Dutch father and an English mother.
John William Ward (professor) John William Ward (1922 - 1985), was a Professor of English and History at Princeton University from 1952 to 1964 and a Professor of History and American Studies at Amherst College from 1964 to 1971. In 1971, Ward became the fourteenth President of Amherst College, a position he held until 1979.
John William Waterhouse John William Waterhouse (April 6, 1849 – February 10, 1917) was a British Pre-Raphaelite painter most famous for his paintings of female characters from mythology and literature. He belonged to the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
John William, Baron Ripperda John William, Baron Ripperda, and afterwards duke of Ripperda (March 7 1680/82, Oldehove - Nov 5 1737, TĂ©touan), was a political adventurer and Spanish minister. He was born Johan Willem Ripperda in a small village in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands.
John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is one of the most widely recognized composers of film scores. As of 2007, he has received 45 Academy Award nominations, an accomplishment surpassed only by Walt Disney.
John Williams (archbishop) John Williams (1582–1650) was a British clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln 1621-1641, Keeper of the Great Seal also known as Lord Keeper or Lord Chancellor 1621-1625, and Archbishop of York 1641-1650.
John Williams (archdeacon) John Williams (pseudonym: Ab Ithel) (1811–1862) was an antiquary and Anglican priest. Born in Llangynhafal, Denbighshire Wales in 1811, he graduated from Jesus College, Oxford, in 1835 to become the Anglican curate of Llanfor, Merionethshire, where he married Elizabeth Lloyd Williams.
John Williams (convict) John Williams was a convict transported to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania). He is best known as the man with whom Joseph Johns, later to become the bushranger Moondyne Joe, was arrested and tried for burglary.
John Williams (VC) John Williams (May 24 1857-November 25, 1932), was a Welsh 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 Williams Walker John Williams Walker (August 12 1783 – April 23 1823) was an American politician, who served as the Democratic-Republican United States senator from the state of Alabama, the first senator elected by that state.
John Willis Air Chief Marshal Sir John Willis GBE KCB FRAeS is a retired Royal Air Force officer. He was one of the RAF's most senior commanders, being Air Officer Commanding-in Chief of Support Command and the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence.
John Wilson (British politician) John Wilson was a Labour Party member of the Greater London Council from May 1977 until the council was abolished in 1986. He was Chief Whip of the Labour group in 1984 when Ken Livingstone resigned from the GLC to force a by-election aimed at showing the popularity of the GLC.
John Wilson (Ontario politician) John Wilson (February 5 1807 – June 3 1869) was an Ontario lawyer, judge and political figure. He shot and killed Robert Lyon in what is believed to have been the last duel fought in Ontario and the last fatal duel in Canada.
John Wilson (rugby league footballer) John Wilson (born February 7, 1978 in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales) is an Australian rugby league player for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League competition, he has also previously played for the Parramatta Eels. His position of choice is in the second row.
John Wilson McConnell John Wilson McConnell (July 1, 1877 - November 6, 1963) was an Anglo-Quebecer businessman, newspaper publisher, humanitarian, and the most significant philanthropist in the history of the Province of Quebec, Canada.
John Wilson Murray John Wilson Murray,(25 June, 1840 – 12 June, 1906,) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and came to North America as a young boy. He joined the United States Navy on 5 June 1857 and became a crew member of the USS Michigan.
John Wilson Ruckman John Wilson Ruckman (1858-1921), was born at Deers, Illinois, a flag-station just southeast of the University of Illinois. Biographies, however, usually list his place of birth as Sidney, Illinois (Champaign County).
John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh John Wilson-Patten, 1st Baron Winmarleigh, PC (26 April, 1802-11 July, 1892) was a British Conservative politician. He was the second son of Thomas Wilson (formerly Patten) of Warrington, Lancashire, and Elizabeth Hyde, daughter of Nathan Hyde of Ardwick.
John Winston (actor) John Winston (born October 24, 1933 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is an English actor best known for his appearances as Lieutenant Kyle, the Transporter Chief on Star Trek: The Original Series. Currently, he resides in Los Angeles, and is a barber.
John Winston Foran John Winston Foran (born March 13 1952 in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada) is a New Brunswick politician and retired police officer. He is currently a member of Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Miramichi Centre.
John Wintermeyer John Joseph Wintermeyer (1916 – December 20 1994) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. Wintermeyer was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1955 provincial election, and was chosen leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1958.
John Winthrop Winthrop was extremely religious and subscribed fervently to the Puritan belief that the Anglican Church had to be cleansed of Catholic ritual. Winthrop was convinced that God would punish England for its heresy, and believed that English Puritans needed a shelter away from England where they could remain safe during the time of God's wrath.
John Winthrop (1714-1779) John Winthrop (December 19 1714 – May 3 1779) (not to be confused with his great-great-grandfather John Winthrop, founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony) was the 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College. He was a distinguished mathematician, physicist and astronomer, born in Boston, Mass.
John Wisden John Wisden (5 September 1826 – 5 April, 1884) was an English cricketer who played 190 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex. He is now best known for launching the eponymous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1864, the year after he retired from first-class cricket.
John Wise (clergyman) John Wise (August 1652 — April 8, 1725) was a Congregationalist reverend and political leader in Massachusetts during the American colonial period. Wise was noted for his political activism, specifically his protests against British taxation, for which he was once jailed.
John Wockenfuss Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss (born February 27 1949 Welch, West Virginia - ) was a utility player who had a twelve year career from 1974 to 1985. He played for the Detroit Tigers of the American League and the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League.
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902), English statesman, was born on 7 January 1826, being the eldest son of the Hon. Henry Wodehouse and grandson of the 2nd Baron Wodehouse (the barony dating from 1797), whom he succeeded in 1846.
John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley (May 12, 1924 – May 26, 2002) was the oft-married Earl of Kimberley from 1941 to 2002. He inherited the title when his father, John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley, was killed in an air raid.
John Wojnowski John Wojnowski born 1943 in Warsaw, Poland has maintained a one man protest outside the Vatican embassy in Washington DC since 1998. Wojnowski, a retired ironworker, stands on Massachusetts Avenue during afternoon rush hour holding signs with slogans such as "My life was ruined by a pedophile priest" and "Pedophiles infest Vatican".
John Wolcot John Wolcot (May 9, 1738 - January 14, 1819), satirist, born in Dodbrooke, near Kingsbridge, Devonshire, was educated by an uncle, and studied medicine. In 1767 he went as physician to Sir William Trelawny, Governor of Jamaica, and whom he induced to present him to a Church in the island then vacant, and was ordained in 1769.
John Wolfe-Barry Sir John Wolfe-Barry (December 7, 1836 – January 22, 1918) was an English civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th century. His most famous project was the construction of Tower Bridge over the River Thames in London.
John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden John Frederick Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden, CBE (1906—1985) was a British education figure probably most famous for chairing the Wolfenden report on the legalisation of homosexuality, which was published in 1957.
John Wolff John Wolff (1906-2005) served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center for 44 years until his death on December 7, 2005. In addition to teaching, he worked for the government and was a consultant on Foreign and International Law in Washington, D.
John Woo: Interviews Director John Woo’s life is the stuff motion pictures are made of. He grew up in Hong Kong, spending nearly two years homeless[[ on the street with his family, encountering personal betrayals and particularly trying circumstances.
John Wood, the Younger John Wood, the Younger (February 25, 1728, Bath-June 18, 1782, Batheaston) was an English architect, working principally in the city of Bath, Somerset. He began his work as an assistant for his father, the architect John Wood, the Elder.
John Woodman Higgins John Woodman Higgins (died in 1961) was founder of the Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts. Higgins was the founder and owner of the Worcester Pressed Steel Company and a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
John Woods Whittle John Woods Whittle VC, DCM (3 August 1869–2 March 1946) 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 Wordsworth The Reverend John Wordsworth was born at Harrow-on-the-Hill, to the Reverend Christopher Wordsworth, nephew of the poet William Wordsworth. He was born into a clerical family: his father was Bishop of Lincoln, his uncle, Rev.
John Work Garrett John Work Garrett(1820-1884) began working as a clerk in his father's firm, Robert Garrett and Company, at the age of nineteen. The company's fleet of Conestoga wagons carried food and supplies west over the Cumberland Trail.
John Work House and Mill Site John Work House and Mill Site is a Registered Historic Place just outside Charlestown, Indiana, owned by the Lincoln Heritage Council, (BSA). Prominent features in the park are Fourteen Mile Creek and the Devil's Backbone.
John Worsfold John Worsfold (born September 25, 1968), known affectionately as Woosha, is the current Coach and former Premiership captain of the West Coast Eagles, a team which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL) competition.
John Worthy Chaplin John Worthy Chaplin (July 23, 1840 - August 18, 1920) 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 Wren John Wren (3 April 1871 - 26 October 1953), Australian businessman, has become a legendary figure thanks mainly to a fictionalised account of his life in Frank Hardy's novel Power Without Glory, which was also made into a television series. He exercised considerable influence in Victorian politics and business, but was not as powerful as subsequent legend has suggested.
John Wright (cricketer) John Geoffrey Wright (born July 5, 1954 in Darfield, Canterbury) was an international cricketer representing - and captaining- New Zealand, and, following his retirement in 1993, coaching the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He made his international debut in 1978 against England.
John Writhe John Writhe (died 1504) was a long-serving English officer of arms. He was probably the son of William Writhe, who represented the borough of Cricklade in the Parliament of 1450–51, and is most remembered for being the first Garter King of Arms to preside over the College of Arms.
John Wroe John Wroe (1782 – 1863) was a British evangelist. After a very critical sickness, he gradually recovered and started having visions and trances, which were usually preceded by his being struck blind and dumb.
John Wyatt John Thomas Wyatt (April 19, 1935 – April 6, 1998) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1961 through 1969, he played for the Kansas City Athletics (1961-1966[start]), Boston Red Sox (1966[end]-1968[start]), New York Yankees (1968[mid]), Detroit Tigers (1968[end]) and Oakland Athletics (1969).
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster John Wycliffe Lowes Forster (31 December, 1850 – 24 April 1938) was a Canadian artist specializing in portraits, particularly those relating to Canadian history. Much of his work can be found at the National Gallery of Canada.
John Xantus de Vesey John Xantus de Vesey (born János Xántus) (October 5, 1825 - December 13, 1894) was a Hungarian-born exile and American zoologist. Trained as a lawyer, John Xantus (the aristocratic title de Vesey was an affectation, of which he had several variations) served as an officer in the nationalist uprisings of 1848 in the Hungarian Army.
John Xintavelonis John Xintavelonis (AKA John X) is a Tasmanian actor and comedian, now well known in Australia for his performance as Pumbaa the warthog in the Australian production of the stage musical, The Lion King. He has worked for many Tasmanian production companies including the 10 Days On The Island Festival, Big Monkey, Exit Left, Fifth Wall, Zootango, Theatre Alfresco, Theatre Royal/XWWX, Hills Centre and Old Nick.
John Xiphilinus Joannes Xiphilinus, epitomator of Dio Cassius, lived at Constantinople during the latter half of the 11th century AD. He was a monk and the nephew of Patriarch John VIII of Constatinople, a well-known preacher (Migne, Patrologia Graeca, cxx.
John Y. Brown, Sr. John Young Brown, Sr., (February 1, 1900 on a farm near Geigers Lake, Union County, Kentucky-June 16, 1985 in Lexington from injuries sustained in an automobile accident) was a state representative for nearly three decades, serving one term as speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives and as majority floor leader during the term of Gov.
John Yakabuski John Yakabuski is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the central Ontario riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke for the Progressive Conservative Party.
John Yale John Yale (1913-2000), Swami Vidyatmananda, underwent initiation and training under Swami Prabhavananda at the Vedanta Society of Southern California. He observed brahmacharya, took sannyas in 1964, and was ordained as a monk in the Ramakrishna order, in Belur Math - Calcuta,India.
John Yaremko John Yaremko (1918- ) was the first Ukrainian-Canadian member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He was initially elected in the 1951 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP).
John Yates (artist) John Yates is an English graphic designer, and from 1990 to 1999 was the owner of Allied Records (now defunct). Yates is most well-known for the numerous album covers he has done for bands such as Melvins, Antischism, The Promise Ring, Dead Kennedys, Jawbreaker, Crass, and NoMeansNo, among many others.
John Yen John Yen is a professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University. He is the Professor in Charge of the College of IST, and the Director of the Intelligent Agents Laboratory there.
John Yenn John Yenn (1750-1821),was a notable 18th century English architect. He was a pupil of Sir William Chambers; and also was only the second architect to be elected to the Royal Academy of Arts, the first was James Wyatt.
John Yoo John Choon Yoo (born 1967), is a professor of Law at the Boalt Hall School of Law, the University of California, Berkeley. A Korean-born American, he is best known for his work from 2001 to 2003 in the United States Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.
John Young (Cinematographer) John Young is an Australian cinematographer and naturalist. Young has been consulted n numerous books and magazine articles about wildlifem in particular birds, including: Hawks in Focus by Jack Cupper, Nocturnal Birds of Australia a CSIRO publication, Australia's Cape York Peninsula by Clifford and Dawn Frith and Birds of the Night by Dr.
John Zachariah Laurence John Zachariah Laurence (1829-1874) was an English ophthalmologist who practiced medicine in London. He was the founder of the South London Ophthalmic Hospital in 1857, which later became known as the Royal Eye Clinic.
John Zachary Young John Zachary Young (18 March, 1907 – 4 July, 1997), generally known as 'JZ', was an English zoologist and neurophysiologist, described as "one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century ... He had a huge presence, imposing stature and enormous energy and enthusiasm for his research and for the imaginative understanding and interpretation of the nervous system and brain function.
John Zachman John Zachman is an American computer scientist and is the originator of the Zachman framework, which is gaining acceptance as a framework for developing application architectures world-wide. It has been adopted by the United States Federal Chief Information Officers Council as a part of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework Standard.
John Zandig John Corso (born April 4, 1971 in Sewell, New Jersey) is an American professional wrestler and promoter, better known by his ring name, John Zandig. He is the owner of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based promotion Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW).
John Zarb John Zarb was an Australian Conscientious objector to military service (Conscription) during the Vietnam War. Objecting to the principle of forced drafting for military purposes under the National Service Act (1964) Zarb refused to nominate for conscription.
John Zaritsky John Zaritsky has won more than 30 awards for his documentary films. Some of his major honors include an Academy Award in 1982 for his documentary Just Another Missing Kid, a Cable Ace Award in 1987 for Rapists: Can They be Stopped, a Golden Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for My Husband is Going to Kill Me, a Robert F.
John Zeleznik John Zeleznik is an artist and illustrator who has provided covers and illustrative work for many role-playing games including Shadowrun, Rifts (and other Palladium Books games), and GURPS. He graduated from the Otis/Parsons Institute of Art in Los Angeles with a BFA in Illustration.
John Zerzan John Zerzan (born 1943) is an American anarchist and primitivist philosopher and author. His works criticise (agricultural) civilization as inherently oppressive, and advocate drawing upon the ways of life of prehistoric humans as an inspiration for what a free society should look like.
John Ziegler (talk show host) John Ziegler (born March 28, 1967) is the evening (7-10 PM) host of a radio talk show called The John Ziegler Show on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, California. Describing himself as "more libertarian than conservative, more conservative than liberal, and more cynical and skeptical than anything else", the program discusses not just the traditional political issues of a talk show, but also other issues such as his personal life and his frustration with the world.
John Ziman John Michael Ziman (May 16, 1925 - January 2, 2005) was a physicist and a humanist who worked in the area of condensed matter physics. He was an outstanding spokesman for science, and an accomplished teacher and author.
John Zizioulas Dr. John Zizioulas (born 10 January 1931), titular Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Pergamon, member of the Academy of Athens, is one of the world's leading theologians and a member of the holy synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
John Zogby John Zogby (born 1948) is a noted American political pollster and first senior fellow at The Catholic University of America's Life Cycle Institute. He is known for both his phone polling and interactive, Internet-based polling.
John's Book of Alleged Dances John's Book of Alleged Dances is a composition by John Coolidge Adams for string quartet and recorded prepared piano. The first performance took place November 19, 1994, at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California.
John's first expedition to Ireland The 1185 expedition of the future King John of England to Ireland is one that has attracted quite a deal of historical interest and debate. Much of the debate has arisen due to the lack of government records available on this period, and the subsequent reliance on more opinion laden sources such as the Irish Annals and the writings of Gerald of Wales.
John's Children John's Children, formerly "The Silence", were a Leatherhead, England 1960s proto-punk band featuring future T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan, whose 1967 single "Desdemona" was banned by the BBC for the 'controversial' lyric, "Lift up your skirt and fly".
John-Henri Holmberg John-Henri Holmberg, Swedish author, critic, publisher and translator, and a well-known science fiction fan since the early sixties when he edited Science fiction Forum with Bertil MĂĄrtensson and Mats Linder and published innumerable fanzines of his own, before starting his professional career as editor and critic.
John-Paul Langbroek John-Paul Langbroek (born 31 January 1961, Assen, The Netherlands) is an Australian politician. In 2001 he was elected to Queensland state Parliament and is the member for Surfers Paradise for the Liberal Party of Australia.
John-Paul Wilkins John-Paul Wilkins is a Liberal Democrat politician in the city of Manchester having been elected to the inner-city ward of Fallowfield in 2004. Wilkins lost his seat in May 2006 to the Labour Party candidate Mike Amesbury.
John, canon of the Lateran John, known as canon of the Lateran or deacon of the Lateran, was a medieval Roman deacon, canon and religious chronicler. John lived in the second half of the 12th century, and served as a deacon and canon of the Basilica of St.
John, Count of Angoulême John of Orléans, Count of Angoulême and of Périgord (French: Jean d'Orléans, comte d'Angoulême), 26 June 1400 – 30 April 1467, younger son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans and Valentina Visconti, and a grandson of Charles V of France. He was the younger brother of the noted poet, Charles, Duke of Orléans, and grandfather of Francis I of France.
John, Crown Prince of Portugal Prince JoĂŁo of Portugal (pron. IPA []) (June 3, 1537 - January 2, 1554) (in English: John) was the eighth son of King John III of Portugal by his wife Catarina of Spain (House of Hapsburg), daughter of Philip of Flanders and Joanna of Castile.
John, Duke of Berry John of Valois, the Magnificent, (November 30 1340 – March 15 1416) was Duke of Berry and Auvergne and Count of Poitiers and Montpensier. He was the third son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg; his brothers were Charles V, King of France, Louis I of Anjou, King of Naples and Philip II, Duke of Burgundy.
John, Duke of Ostrogothia John, in Swedish Johan, in Finnish Juhana, (18 April 1589 at Uppsala Castle – 5 March 1618 at Bråborg Castle in Östergötland) was a Swedish royal dynast. He was 1590-1606 titular Duke of Finland and 1606-18 reigning Duke of Ostrogothia.
John, Duke of Randazzo Giovanni d'Aragona (died 1348), infante, duke of Randazzo, Athens, and Neopatria, and regent of Sicily (1342-1348), was the fourth son of Frederick II (III) of Sicily and the most powerful nobleman in Sicily during the reigns of his brother Peter and his nephew Louis, in whose minority he was regent.
John, I'm Only Dancing "John, I’m Only Dancing" is a single by David Bowie, released in September 1972. The song was widely believed to be concerned with a homosexual relationship, the narrator informing his boyfriend not to worry about the girl he's with because he's "only dancing" with her.

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