Famous People with Name John

John Sylvester Aloysius Sinnott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Sylvester Aloysius Sinnott: was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-Ouens, Manitoba and became a farmer and implement agent. He was first elected to Parliament at the Springfield riding in the 1945 general election then re-elected for a second term in 1949. In the 1953 election, Sinnott ran as an Independent Liberal candidate and was defeated by Anton Weselak of the Liberal party.

John Mouat Turner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Mouat Turner: was a Canadian politician. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 federal election representing the Manitoba riding of Springfield as a Liberal. He was re-elected in the 1940 federal election. He was nominated to run in the 1945 federal election but died of a heart attack several months before the election.

John Wesley Greenway            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Wesley Greenway: was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He served as a Member of the Northwest Territories Council beginning in 1921 and also served as Commissioner of Dominion Lands for the Department of the Interior.

John Yeo            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Yeo: was a Canadian farmer, ship builder and parliamentarian. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island representing the district of 2nd Prince in 1859. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1863, 1867, 1871, 1873, 1876, 1879, 1883, and 1886. In the 1890 election, he was elected as a Liberal. Yeo was speaker for the assembly in 1871, served in the Executive Council from 1873 to 1879 as a minister without portfolio and was opposition leader from 1889 to 1890. He resigned in 1891 to run for federal office and was elected to represent Prince County as a Liberal. Yeo was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Prince Edward Island riding of East Prince in the Canadian federal election of 1896. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 19 November 1898 on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and served in that capacity until his death.

John Ferguson Robertson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Ferguson Robertson: was a merchant, ship broker and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 4th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1876 to 1879. In 1869, he married Margaret Heatherington. He served as a member of the province's Executive Council. He also served as provincial auditor. Robertson died in Charlottetown at the age of 64.

Christopher John            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Christopher John: is an American naval aviator and a NASA astronaut. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in 1984, and earned his Master of science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in

Dan John            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dan John: is a strength coach and a track and field coach, is a coach of the John Powell Discus Camp annually, is a competitive Master's throwing athlete and Highland Games competitor, and an RKC kettlebell instructor. He's a writer who covers all aspects of weight

Vincent Saint John            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Vincent Saint John: was an American labor leader and a prominent Wobbly. In 1900 St. John became president of the Western Federation of Miners' Union Local 63 at Telluride. He led the 1901 strike in that mining camp to a successful conclusion, gaining a standard minimum wage

Mary John, Sr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mary John, Sr.: was a leader of the Carrier people of the central interior of British Columbia in Canada. She was known as "Mary John, Sr." to distinguish her from her daughter-in-law, also named Mary John.[1] She became well known both for her political and social activism and as a role model, a person of enormous integrity, strength, and gentleness. John was born at Lheidli (near Prince George, British Columbia) to Anzel Quaw. She grew up in Saik'uz (Stoney Creek) village, raised by her mother and her stepfather Johnny Paul. She was a member of the Tachek clan, whose crests are cariboo and ruffed grouse. She survived the flu epidemic of 1918, during which, only five years old, she had to care for her sick mother. At the age of eight she was sent to the residential school in Fort St James where she learned English. The next year she moved to the newly established Lejac Residential School, which she attended until she was fourteen years old. At the age of sixteen she married Lazare John, with whom she had twelve children.

Jack St. John            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jack St. John: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1958. St. John was also a professional ice hockey player in Kansas City, St. Louis and Buffalo. He played 46 games with the St. Louis Flyers in the 1931-32 season, and achieved three goals, one assist and twenty-two penalty minutes. (He had also played three games for the Kansas City Pla-Mors in the 1930-31 season, scoring no points.) He was elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1953 provincial election, finishing third in the four-member constituency of Winnipeg Centre. He served as a backbench supporter of Douglas Campbell's government during his time in the legislature, and was known for opposing prison reforms.