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John Adams Whipple John Adams Whipple (September 10 1822–1891) was an American inventor and early photographer. He was the first in the United States to manufacture the chemicals used for daguerreotypes; he pioneered astronomical and night photography; he was a prize-winner for his extraordinary early photographs of the moon; and he was the first to produce images of stars other than the sun (the star Vega and the double star Castor and Pollux).
John Adamson John Adamson was the Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 1623 until his death in 1652. He was succeeded by Robert Leighton, who did not take office until 1653 due to a problem with the originally elected choice, William Colvill, taking up the position.
John Addenbrooke John Addenbrooke (1680-1719) was an English medical doctor who left more than ÂŁ4,500 in his will for the founding of a hospital for the poor. Addenbrooke's Hospital, which has expanded significantly since its beginnings, is now a major teaching hospital in Cambridge, England.
John Addington Symonds John Addington Symonds (October 5 1840 - April 19, 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of male love which included for him pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, and which he would refer to as l'amour de l'impossible.
John Addison Thomas John Addison Thomas (1811 – March 26, 1858) was born in Tennessee in 1811. He graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1833 and was assigned to the 3rd artillery, served in garrison and as assistant instructor of infantry tactics and became 2nd lieutenant on December 1, 1835 and 1st lieutenant on June 30, 1837.
John Adler John Herbert Adler (born August 23, 1959) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey State Senate since 1992, where he represents the 6th Legislative District. He has served as Assistant Minority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman, and currently serves as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
John Adriano Acea John Adriano Acea (born September 11 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - died July 25 1963) is an American jazz pianist. Born to Cuban parents who migrated to the United States, Acea had rheumatic fever and was expected to die during his first decade of life.
John Adshead John Adshead (born 27 March 1942) is an England-born former head coach of New Zealand's national football team the All Whites, whom he led to their one and only World Cup appearance in the 1982 tournament. Most recently he was the coach of the Australian A-League club the New Zealand Knights in the inaugural season of the competition.
John Africa John Africa (born Vincent Leaphart) was the founder of MOVE, a radical communal activist organization based in West Philadelphia that came to nationwide prominence after a botched Philadelphia Police Department raid on the organization's Osage Avenue headquarters on May 13, 1985, in which Africa himself was killed. He also played a peripheral role in the legal proceedings involving the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 killing of PPD officer Daniel Faulkner, in which he briefly served as his legal counsel.
John Agard John Agard (born June 21, 1949) is a playwright, poet, and children's writer from British Guiana, who moved to England in 1977. He worked for the Commonwealth Institute from 1978 to 1985, travelling throughout the United Kingdom as a touring reader promoting the Caribbean culture to over 2000 schools.
John Achterberg John Achterberg (born July 8, 1971 in Utrecht) is a Dutch footballer currently goalkeeper for Tranmere Rovers in England. He is Tranmere's longest serving player and has become something of a legend amongst Tranmere's fans.
John Aidan Liddell John Aidan Liddell, VC (3 August, 1888 – 31 August, 1915) was an English pilot and 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 Aimers John Lathrop Aimers (born in Dublin, Ireland in 1951) is co-founder and former long-time Dominion Chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada. He is an educator by profession and has most recently been a debating coach and part-time teacher of English at Toronto French School from 1998 until 2006.
John Aird (engineer) Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet (3 December 1833 - 6 January 1911) was a notable English civil engineering contractor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also served as Conservative MP for Paddington North from 1887 to 1906, was the first Mayor of Paddington in 1900, and became an enthusiastic collector of British art.
John Albano John Albano was a writer who worked in the comics industry. He was recognized for his work with the Shazam Award for Best Writer (Humor Division) in 1971, and the Shazam Award for Best Individual Short Story (Dramatic) in 1972 for "The Demon Within" in House of Mystery #201 (with Jim Aparo).
John Albert Vasa John Albert Vasa (Jan Albert Waza) (June 25, 1612 – December 29, 1634), is a Polish cardinal, and bishop of Warmia and Kraków. He was the son of Swedish and Polish King Sigismund III Vasa and Austrian archduchess Constance of Austria Habsburg.
John Alcindor John Alcindor (1873—1924) was a physician who was instrumental in the formation of the African Progress Union (APU). He was born in Trinidad and attended St Mary's College, a private school, in Port of Spain.
John Alcock (aviator) Sir John William Alcock (November 5, 1892 – 18 December 1919) was a Captain in the Royal Air Force who, together with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first successful non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Connemara, Ireland.
John Alcock (producer) John Alcock is a British record producer. He has worked with artists including Thin Lizzy, Alice Cooper, The Runaways, Ventilator, Crisis, Alexis Korner, The Yardbirds, John Entwistle (of The Who), Jim Diamond, Mandalaband, and Danny Spanos.
John Alcott John Alcott (1931-1986) was an Oscar winning cinematographer best known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), for which he took over as lighting camerman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), the film for which he won his Oscar, and The Shining (1980).
John Alexander (Ireland) John Alexander was born in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland (date unknown), died 24 September 1857, and was by birth an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was a Private in the 90th Perthshire Light Infantry (later known as The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ), British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:
John Alexander (minister) John Alexander (1736 – 29 December 1765), a young writer of very promising talents, was born in Dublin in 1736, where his father, a dissenting teacher at Stratford upon Avon, had removed; and from whence, on his death, the widow and family returned to England. After grammar school, John was sent to the dissenting academy at Daventry, where he prosecuted his studies with commendable diligence, and was afterwards put under the tuition of Dr.
John Alexander Ahl John Alexander Ahl (August 16, 1813-April 25, 1882) was a surgeon, real estate developer, paper mill and iron furnace operator, railroad executive and United States Congressman from Pennsylvania. He was born in Strasburg, Pennsylvania in 1813.
John Alexander Forrest John Alexander Forrest (born 24 August 1949), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Mallee in Victoria. He was born in Mildura, Victoria, and was educated at Melbourne University and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
John Alexander Frances MacDougall John Alexander Frances MacDougall (born April 20, 1947 in Port Hood, Nova Scotia) is a former Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Timiskaming in the Canadian House of Commons from 1982 to 1993, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
John Alexander French John Alexander French (15 July 1914 - 4 September 1942) 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 Alexander Christie John Alexander Christie (May 14, 1885 - September 10, 1967) 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 Alexander Mathieson John Alexander Mathieson (May 19, 1863 – January 7, 1947) was a Prince Edward Island politician and jurist. He was a schoolmaster and lawyer before entering politics with his election to the province's legislature as a Conservative in 1900.
John Alexander Reina Newlands John Alexander Reina Newlands (November 26, 1838 – July 29, 1898) was an English analytical chemist who prepared in 1863 the first periodic table of the elements arranged in order of relative atomic masses, and pointed out in 1865 the 'law of octaves' whereby every eighth element has similar properties. This came from a musical background.
John Alexander Sinclair Sir John Alexander Sinclair, KCMG, CB, OBE (1897–1977) of the British army and head of Military Intelligence. Following his retirement from the military in 1952, as a major-general, he was appointed head of the UK Secret Intelligence Service from 1953 to 1956.
John Alexander Sinton John Alexander Sinton (VC, OBE, FRS) (2 December 1884–25 March 1956) was born in Canada into a family of Quaker linen manufacturers, however lived all of his life, and was educated in, Northern Ireland, he 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 Alford (actor) John Alford is an English actor best known for his appearances in Grange Hill and London's Burning.He made an early TV appearance in Not The Nine O Clock News in 1980 at one point joining in a song about a strike-breaking train driver.
John Alfred "Jack" Webb John Alfred "Jack" Webb (1916-) was a mystery writer who often featured the detective team of Sammy Golden and Father Shanley. He should not be confused with Jack Webb (1920-1982), creator and star of Dragnet.
John Allan (Australian politician) John Allan (27 March 1866 - 22 February 1936), Australian politician, was the 29th Premier of Victoria. He was born near Lancefield, where his father was a farmer of Scottish origin, and educated at state schools.
John Allan Cameron John Allan Cameron CM (16 December 1938 - 22 November, 2006) was a Canadian folk singer, known as "The Godfather of Celtic Music" in Canada. He was noted for performing traditional music on his twelve string guitar.
John Allen (cricketer) John Wallace Allen (born 17 February 1921 in Londonderry; died 10 September 1987 in Londonderry) was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played in one first-class match for Ireland against the MCC in 1948.
John Allen (Connecticut) John Allen (June 12, 1763 – July 31, 1812) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he attended the common schools and studied at the Litchfield Law School.
John Allen Borgman John Allen Borgman (December 6, 1866 - January 15, 1937) was a United States Postmaster of Jonesboro, Arkansas in the early 1900's. John was born in Attica, Indiana and was the son of Francis John Borgman and Frances Jane Beauchamp and had a twin brother named George M.
John Allen Paulos John Allen Paulos is a professor of mathematics at Temple University in Philadelphia who has gained fame as a writer and speaker, usually on the topic of mathematics and the importance of mathematical literacy, although he is also drawn to other subjects, such as the mathematical basis of humor.
John Allen Wilcox John Allen Wilcox (April 18, 1819 – February 7, 1864) was a politician from Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives in the early 1850s and then in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen Captain John Allen, 1st Viscount Allen PC (13 February 1660/61–8 November 1726) was an Irish peer, the son of Sir Joshua Allen. He was created 1st Baron Allen of Stillorgan, County Dublin, and 1st Viscount Allen, County Kildare on 28 August 1717.
John Allerton John Allerton was a passenger aboard the Mayflower, sailing with the Pilgrims from England in 1620, in order to settle in North America. He was listed as a hired man but was apparently related to one of the Pilgrim families onboard, Isaac Allerton's, who all came from Leiden.
John Aloisi John Aloisi (born February 5, 1976 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Deportivo Alavés in the Spanish Segunda División and for his national team. John is the younger brother of Adelaide United midfielder Ross Aloisi.
John Alton Johann Altmann (October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996), photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period. He started out in Los Angeles as a lab technician in the 1920s, later becoming a cameraman.
John Alvbåge John Alvbåge [jɔn 'ɑlvboːgɛ] (born 10 August, 1982 in Torslanda, Gothenburg) is a Swedish professional football player, who is a goalkeeper for Viborg FF in the Danish Superliga. He has played two matches for the Sweden national football team and was selected for the Swedish squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
John Alvheim John Ingolf Alvheim (May 21, 1930, Øygarden, Hordaland - December 5 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. By education a nurse anesthetist, he represented Telemark in parliament from 1989 - 2005, and led the Health Committee from 1997 - 2005.
John Amadu Bangura Brigadier John Amadu Bangura was the acting Governor-General of Sierra Leone from 18 April 1968 until 22 April 1968. He was the leader of a coup d'etat that successfully reinstated civilian rule led by Siaka Stevens to the country.
John Amery John Amery (14 March, 1912 – 19 December, 1945) was a British fascist who proposed to Hitler the forming of a British volunteer force (which subsequently became the British Free Corps), made recruitment efforts and propaganda broadcasts for Nazi Germany. He was executed for treason after the war.
John Ames Mitchell Publisher, architect, artist, novelist, mystic, mystery: John Ames Mitchell (1844-1918) was a Renaissance man who kept to himself but influenced many. A Harvard educated architect who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris Mr.
John Amis John Amis is a broadcaster, classical music critic, and writer. He writes for The Guardian, and was a team member (replacing David Franklin) from 1974 to 1993 on the BBC Radio 4 panel show, My Music, where he was known as the 'Symphony Man'.
John Ammonds John Ammonds (born 1924) is a British television producer of light entertainment programmes. He produced shows in the 1960s and 1970s for such performers as Val Doonican, Lulu, Frankie Howerd, Marti Caine, Les Dawson and (perhaps most memorably) Morecambe and Wise.
John Ancrum Winslow Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow (1811 – 29 September 1873) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. He was in command of the steam sloop of war USS Kearsarge during her historic 1864 action with the Confederate ship Alabama.
John Anderson (actor) John Anderson (October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992) was an American actor and director born in Clayton, Illinois. He was known for several roles, including his recurring role in MacGyver as Harry Jackson, the title character's grandfather.
John Anderson (Australian politician) John Duncan Anderson (born 14 November 1956) is an Australian politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the rural-based National Party of Australia from July 1999 to July 2005.
John Anderson (baseball) John Joseph Anderson (December 14, 1873-July 23, 1949) was a former baseball outfielder and first baseman. Nicknamed "Honest John", Anderson played for 6 seasons in the National League from 1894 to 1899 and then in the American League from 1900 to 1908.
John Anderson (ice hockey) John Murray Anderson (Born - March 28, 1957 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger and chef who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers.
John Anderson (New Zealand businessman) Sir John Anderson KBE was the Chief Executive and Director of ANZ National Bank Limited and, will become the next chair of Television New Zealand as of April 2006 . He was awarded the NZ Commemoration Medal in 1990 and was knighted in 1994.
John Anderson (Newfoundland politician) John Anderson (January 27, 1855 – November 8, 1930) businessman, politician a member of St. John's city council and member of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland was instrumental in the passing of the Daylight Saving Act of 1917.
John André John André (May 2, 1750 – October 2, 1780) was a British officer hanged as a spy during the American Revolutionary War. This was due to an incident in which he assisted Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British.
John Andretti John Andretti is a NASCAR Busch Series driver from Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the nephew of open-wheel racing legend Mario Andretti, cousin of Mario's son Michael, and godson of four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.
John Andrew Davidson John Andrew Davidson (August 19, 1852 – November 14, 1903) was a Manitoba politician. He was briefly the leader of Manitoba's Conservative parliamentary caucus in 1894, and later served as a cabinet minister in the government of Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond P.
John Andrews Dr John Andrews is the Senior Minister of Rotherham New Life Christian Centre, in South Yorkshire, England, taking up the post in September 1997. From September 2006, he also takes on the role Director of Training at Mattersey Hall and serves on the Senior Leadership Team.
John Andrews (1746-1813) John Andrews (April 4, 1746-March 29, 1813) was an American minister and academic. He was one of the leaders of the group which separated the American Episcopal Church from the Anglican Church, and later advocated the union of the Episcopal and Methodist churches.
John Anglin John William Anglin (May 2, 1930 - presumed dead June 11, 1962?) was an American criminal who escaped from Alcatraz along with his brother Clarence and Frank Morris on June 11 1962 and then was never heard from again.
John Angus John Angus (born March 3, 1943 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a city councillor in Winnipeg from 1977 to 1988, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990.
John Anstis, younger John Anstis (17 November 1708 – 5 December 1754) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Anstis was born in St Clement Danes, Westminster and was the seventh child and eldest son of John Anstis and his wife, Elizabeth.
John Antill (General) John MacQuarie Antill, CB, CMG (26 January 1866 – 1 March 1937) was an Australian Army Major General in World War I. Antill is best known for his rejection of a request to end the attack at The Nek during the Gallipoli Campaign.
John Antoine Nau John Antoine Nau (true name Eugene Leon Édouard Joseph Torquet, born November 19, 1860 in San Francisco, United States- died on May 17, 1918 in Trebol, France) was a French writer. He was the first winner of Goncourt Prize in 1903, for his novel Force ennemie (Enemy force).
John Anton Mallin John Anton Mallin was a mural and fresco painter in the Chicago area in the 20th century. He painted many church interiors for the Archdiocese of Chicago, often working after the architect and builder Henry Schlacks completed the structure of a church.
John Appleton John Appleton (February 11, 1815 – August 22, 1864) was born in Beverly, Massachusetts and raised in Cumberland County, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1834, also studied at Cambridge Law School, and was admitted to the Cumberland County bar in 1837, commencing practice in Portland, Maine.
John Aprea John Aprea (born March 4, 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actor, best known for in movies for his role as "Young Sal Tessio" in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and on television as "Lucas Castigliano" on the soap opera Another World, from 1989 to 1992. As of 2006, he is currently filming a new soap opera in Southern California called, "The Heiress", which can be found on The Internet Movie Data Base.
John Arbour John Arbour (born September 28, 1945 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in both the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association. A stocky, physical defender, Arbour also developed an offensive dimension to his game later in his career.
John Arderne Sir John Arderne (1307-1392) was an English surgeon, and one of the first of his time to devise workable cures. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery, and many of his treatments are still in use today.
John Ardoin John Ardoin, (born January 8, 1935, Alexandria, Louisiana – died March 18, 2001, San José, Costa Rica), was best known as the music critic of The Dallas Morning News for thirty-two years and especially for his friendship with and encyclopedic knowledge of the work of the famous opera soprano, Maria Callas, about whom he wrote four books. But his influence stretched much further than Dallas, and he knew many of the most important figures in classical music of the postwar era.
John Argyropulus John Argryopulus, or Argyropulo, (c. 1416-1486), Greek humanist, one of the earliest promoters of the revival of learning in the West, was born in Constantinople, and became a teacher there, Constantine Lascaris being his pupil.
John Archer (British politician) John Richard Archer (8 June, 1863—July, 1932) was a British race and political activist. In November 1906, he and Sylvester Williams became the first people of African descent to be elected to public office in Britain, with Archer becoming a councillor and later Mayor in Battersea.
John Armstrong John Armstrong (October 13, 1717 – March 9, 1795) was an American civil engineer and soldier who served as a major general in the Revolutionary War. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Pennsylvania.
John Armstrong (Australian politician) John Ignatius Armstrong (July 10 1908 - March 10 1977) was an Australian political leader. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales and was elected to the national Senate for a term from 1937 to 1962.
John Armstrong (footballer) John Armstrong (born 19 July 1988, in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional football player currently playing for Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Premier League. Primarily a central defender, he is also capable of playing as a defensive midfielder.
John Arnold John Arnold (born 1736 in Bodmin, Cornwall; died 1799 in London) was a watchmaker who developed and patented escapement and balance spring designs. He is known to have lived for a period at Well Hall House in Eltham, southeast London.
John Arnold Austin John Arnold Austin (30 August 1905 - 7 December 1941) was a United States Navy sailor in World War II, who received the Navy Cross (awarded posthumously) for his actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
John Arthur John William Arthur, OBE, MD (born Glasgow, 1881, died Edinburgh, 1952) was a medical missionary and Church of Scotland minister who served in British East Africa (Kenya) from 1907 to 1937. He was known simply as "Doctor Arthur" to generations of Africans.
John Arthur Spenkelink John Arthur Spenkelink (born March 29, 1949 San Diego, California - died May 25, 1979 Raiford, Florida) was the first man to be executed in the electric chair after the reintroduction of the death penalty in the United States in 1976 (last before that was carried out in 1966 in Oklahoma). He struggled violently as he was being brought to his death.
John Asfour John Asfour (Arabic: جون عصفور) (born in Aitaneat, Lebanon) is a Lebanese-Canadian blind poet, writer, and teacher. In 1958, when he was 14 years old, a grenade exploded in his face injuring his eyes during the Lebanon crisis, which caused him to be blind.
John Ashley (actor) John Ashley (December 25, 1934 – October 3, 1997) was an actor who appeared in many films, most notably the American International Pictures' "Beach Party" films. He was married to beach actress Deborah Walley from 1964–1966.
John Aspinwall Roosevelt John Aspinwall Roosevelt (born Washington DC March 13 1916 - died New York City April 27 1981) was the 6th and last child of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.
John Astin John Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows, but is best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family television series and similarly eccentric comedic characters.
John Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever DL (May 20, 1886–July 19, 1971), was a military officer, statesman, a newspaper proprietor, and a member of the prominent Astor family. Note: Standard genealogies of the Astor family consider this man to also be known as John Jacob Astor V.
John Atkinson (rugby league footballer) John Atkinson was an English rugby league player for Leeds Rugby League Football Club (now known as Leeds Rhinos) in the English Super League competition, his position of choice was on the left Wing. Atkinson also represented Great Britain and England on many occasions, playing in four Rugby League World Cups (1968, 1970, 1972, 1975) and scoring six tries.
John Atkinson Grimshaw John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) was a Victorian-era painter, born in Leeds, England. At the age of 24, to the dismay of his parents, he departed from his first job as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway to pursue a career in art.
John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson John Atkinson, Baron Atkinson, (13 December, 1844 – March 13, 1931) was born at Drogheda, County Louth, the eldest son of Edward Atkinson, a physician, of Glenwilliam Castle, County Limerick and Skea House, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, and his wife Rosetta. He died at 39 Hyde Park Gate, London.
John Auer John Auer (March 30, 1875 – 1948) was an American physiologist and pharmacologist. He was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University Medical School (1902), and was son-in-law to physiologist Samuel James Meltzer (1851-1920), who he worked with closely at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
John Augustine Washington John Augustine Washington (1736-1787) was the brother of George Washington and the third son of Mary Ball Washington and Augustine Washington. He was a member of the County Committee of Safety at the Revolutionary War.
John Augustus Conolly John Augustus Conolly VC, (May 30,1829-December 23,1888), was born Cliff, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, 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 Augustus Wood John Augustus Wood (June 10, 1818-January 23, 1878) 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 Ausonius John Ausonius (born Wolfgang Alexander Zaugg on July 12, 1953), also known in the media as Lasermannen ("the Laser Man") is a Swedish convicted murderer, bank robber, and attempted serial killer. From August 1991 to February 1992 he shot eleven people in the Stockholm and Uppsala area, all of whom were immigrants, killing one and made serious injuries to the others.
John Austin (politician) John Eric Austin, formerly known as 'John Austin-Walker', (born August 21, 1944, in Blaby, Leicestershire) is a British Member of Parliament, first elected for Woolwich 1992-7, then for Erith and Thamesmead from 1997-present after boundary changes. He is a member of the Labour Party.
John Avery (football player) John Avery (born November 1, 1976 in Richmond, Virginia) is a professional Canadian football player with the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, and is a former professional American football player with the NFL (Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, Dallas Cowboys, and Minnesota Vikings) and the XFL (Chicago Enforcers).
John Avery Whittaker John Avery Whittaker, known to most friends and fans as "Whit", is the main fictional character of Adventures in Odyssey and the namesake of Odyssey's most famous attraction, "Whit's End". He was originally voiced by Hal Smith; after Smith's death in 1994, the character of Whit left Odyssey to lead an archaeological mission in Israel for the "Universal Press Foundation".
John Axon John Axon GC (4 December 1900 – 9 February 1957) was an English train driver from Stockport (Edgeley Depot) who died while trying to stop runaway freight train on a 1 in 58 gradient near Buxton in Derbyshire after a brake failure. The train consisted of an ex-LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 No.

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