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• 1653 CEJohann PachelbelJohann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel; baptised 11 September [O.S. 1 September] 1653 – buried 9 March 1706) was a…
• 1848 CEJohann PalisaJohann Palisa (6 December 1848 – 2 May 1925) was an Austrian astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of…
• 1360 CEJohann ParlerJohann Parler the Younger (Czech: Jan Parléř, German: Johann Parler der Jüngere, [ˈjan ˈparlɛːr̝̊]; c. 1359 –…
• 1805 CEJohann Peter Gustav Lejeune DirichletJohann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (German: [ləˈʒœn diʁiˈkleː]; 13 February 1805 – 5 May 1859) was a…
• 1760 CEJohann Peter HebelJohann Peter Hebel (10 May 1760 – 22 September 1826) was a German short story writer, dialectal poet…
• 1834 CEJohann Philipp ReisJohann Philipp Reis (German: [ʁaɪs]; 7 January 1834 – 14 January 1874) was a self-taught German scientist and…
• 1729 CEJohann Reinhold ForsterJohann Reinhold Forster (German: [ˈfɔʁstɐ]; 22 October 1729 – 9 December 1798) was a German Reformed pastor…
• 1455 CEJohann ReuchlinJohann Reuchlin (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈʁɔʏçlɪn]; 29 January 1455 – 30 June 1522), sometimes called Johannes, was…
• 1604 CEJohann Rudolf GlauberJohann Rudolf Glauber (10 March 1604 – 16 March 1670) was a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist. Some…
• 1825 CEJohann Strauss IIJohann Baptist Strauss II (German: [ˈjoːhan bapˈtɪst ˈʃtʁaʊs]; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as…
• 1465 CEJohann TetzelJohann Tetzel (c. 1465 – 11 August 1519) was a German Dominican friar and preacher. He was appointed…
• 1496 CEJohann WalterJohann Walter, also known as Johann Walther or Johannes Walter (original name: Johann Blankenmüller; 1496 –…
• 1776 CEJohann Wilhelm RitterJohann Wilhelm Ritter (16 December 1776 – 23 January 1810) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher.…
• 1780 CEJohann Wolfgang DöbereinerJohann Wolfgang Döbereiner (13 December 1780 – 24 March 1849) was a German chemist who is known best for work…
• 1733 CEJohann ZoffanyJohan / Johann Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a…
• 1991 CEJohanna KontaJohanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British-Australian former professional tennis player. Konta won four…
• 1827 CEJohanna SpyriJohanna Spyri (Swiss Standard German: [joˈhana ˈʃpiːri]; née Heusser [ˈhɔʏsər]; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901)…
• 1880 CEJohannes AavikJohannes Aavik (8 December [O.S. 26 November] 1880 – 18 March 1973) was an Estonian linguist and innovator of…
• 1769 CEJohannes Baptista von AlbertiniJohannes Baptista von Albertini (17 February 1769 – 6 December 1831) was a German botanist, mycologist and…
• 1833 CEJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms (German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms]; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and…
• 1400 CEJohannes BrassartJohannes Brassart (also known as Jehan Brassart or Jean Brassart) (c. 1400 – before 22 October 1455) was a…
• 1370 CEJohannes CiconiaJohannes Ciconia (c. 1370 – between 10 June and 13 July 1412) was an important Franco-Flemish composer and…
• 1420 CEJohannes CrastonisJohannes Crastonis (Crastonus; Crastone) was an Italian renaissance humanist and scholar. Crastonus was…
• 1837 CEJohannes Diderik van der WaalsJohannes Diderik van der Waals (Dutch: [joːˈɦɑnəz ˈdidərɪk fɑn dər ˈʋaːls]; 23 November 1837 – 8 March 1923)…
• 1867 CEJohannes FibigerJohannes Andreas Grib Fibiger (23 April 1867 – 30 January 1928) was a Danish physician and professor of…
• 1400 CEJohannes GutenbergJohannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. 1393–1406 – 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who…
• 1907 CEJohannes Hans Daniel JensenJohannes Hans Daniel Jensen (German: [ˈhans ˈjɛnzn̩]; 25 June 1907 – 11 February 1973) was a German…
• 1410 CEJohannes HartliebJohannes Hartlieb (c. 1410 – 18 May 1468) was a physician of Late Medieval Bavaria, probably of a family from…
• 1611 CEJohannes HeveliusJohannes Hevelius (in German also known as Hevel; Polish: Jan Heweliusz; (1611-01-28)28 January 1611 – 28…
• 1888 CEJohannes IttenJohannes Itten (11 November 1888 – 25 March 1967) was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher…
• 1572 CEJohannes KeplerJohannes Kepler (27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German polymath who was an astronomer…
• 1440 CEJohannes MartiniJohannes Martini (c. 1440 – late 1497 or early 1498) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance.
• 1410 CEJohannes OckeghemJohannes Ockeghem (c. 1410 – 6 February 1497) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of early Renaissance…
• 1801 CEJohannes Peter MüllerJohannes Peter Müller (14 July 1801 – 28 April 1858) was a German physiologist, comparative anatomist…
• 1931 CEJohannes RauJohannes Rau (German: [joˈhanəs ˈʁaʊ]; 16 January 1931 – 27 January 2006) was a German politician who served…
• 1425 CEJohannes RegisJohannes Regis (French: Jehan Leroy; c. 1425 – c. 1496) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He…
• 1460 CEJohannes RuyschJohannes Ruysch (c. 1470–1533) was a Dutch cartographer, explorer, painter, and Benedictine monk from…
• 1854 CEJohannes RydbergJohannes (Janne) Robert Rydberg (Swedish: [ˈrŷːdbærj]; 8 November 1854 – 28 December 1919) was a Swedish…
• 1843 CEJohannes SchmidtJohannes Friedrich Heinrich Schmidt (29 July 1843 – 4 July 1901) was a German linguist. He developed the…
• 1477 CEJohannes SchönerJohannes Schöner (16 January 1477, in Karlstadt am Main – 16 January 1547, in the Free Imperial City of…
• 800 CEJohannes Scotus EriugenaJohn Scotus Eriugena, also known as Johannes Scotus Erigena, John the Scot or John the Irish-born (c. 800 –…
• 1450 CEJohannes StabiusJohannes Stabius (Johann Stab) (1450–1522) was an Austrian cartographer and astronomer of Vienna who…
• 1874 CEJohannes StarkJohannes Stark (German: [joˈhanəs ˈʃtaʁk]; 15 April 1874 – 21 June 1957) was a German physicist who received…
• 1435 CEJohannes TinctorisJehan le Taintenier or Jean Teinturier (Latinised as Johannes Tinctoris; also Jean de Vaerwere; c. 1435 –…
• 1462 CEJohannes TrithemiusJohannes Trithemius (1 February 1462 – 13 December 1516), born Johann Heidenberg, was a German Benedictine…
• 1873 CEJohannes V. JensenJohannes Vilhelm Jensen (Danish pronunciation: [joˈhænˀəs ˈvilhelˀm ˈjensn̩]; 20 January 1873 – 25 November…
• 1632 CEJohannes VermeerJohannes Vermeer ( vər-MEER, vər-MAIR, Dutch: [joːˈɦɑnəs fərˈmeːr]; see below; also known as Jan Vermeer…
• 1468 CEJohannes WernerJohann(es) Werner (Latin: Ioannes Vernerus; February 14, 1468 – May 1522) was a German mathematician. He was…
• 1462 CEJohannes WidmannJohannes Widmann (c. 1460 – after 1498) was a German mathematician. The + and - symbols first appeared in…
• 1300 CEJohannes de MurisJohannes de Muris (c. 1290–1295 – 1344), or John of Murs, was a French mathematician, astronomer, and music…
• 1195 CEJohannes de SacroboscoJohannes de Sacrobosco, also written Ioannes de Sacro Bosco, later called John of Holywood or John of…
• 1735 CEJohn AdamsJohn Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the second president of the United…
• 1849 CEJohn Ambrose FlemingSir John Ambrose Fleming (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) was an English electrical engineer and physicist.…
• 1592 CEJohn Amos ComeniusJohn Amos Comenius (Czech: Jan Amos Komenský; German: Johann Amos Comenius; Polish: Jan Amos Komeński…
• 1626 CEJohn AubreyJohn Aubrey (12 March 1626 – 7 June 1697) was an English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer. He was a…
• 1087 CEJohn AxouchJohn Axouchos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἀξοῦχος, romanized: Iōánnēs Axoûchos, Greek pronunciation: [ioˈanis aˈksu.xos]…
• 1922 CEJohn B. GoodenoughJohn Bannister Goodenough ( GUUD-in-uf; July 25, 1922 – June 25, 2023) was an American materials scientist, a…
• 1924 CEJohn BackusJohn Warner Backus (December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American computer scientist. He led the team…
• 1861 CEJohn Bagnell BuryJohn Bagnell Bury (16 October 1861 – 1 June 1927) was an Anglo-Irish historian, classical scholar, Medieval…
• 1488 CEJohn BakerSir John Baker (1488 – 23 December 1558) was an English politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer…
• 1908 CEJohn BardeenJohn Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist. He is the only person to be awarded…
• 1952 CEJohn BarrowJohn David Barrow (29 November 1952 – 26 September 2020) was an English cosmologist, theoretical physicist…
• 1933 CEJohn BarryJohn Barry Prendergast OBE (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film…
• 1885 CEJohn BeazleySir John Davidson Beazley (13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art…
• 1926 CEJohn BergerJohn Peter Berger ( BUR-jər; 5 November 1926 – 2 January 2017) was an English art critic, novelist, painter…
• 1948 CEJohn BoltonJohn Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant, and…
• 1815 CEJohn BoscoJohn Melchior Bosco, SDB (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August…
• 1467 CEJohn Bourchier, 2nd Baron BernersJohn Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467 – 19 March 1533) was an English soldier, statesman and translator.
• 1792 CEJohn BowringSir John Bowring, or Phrayā Siam Mānukūlakicca Siammitra Mahāyaśa (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was a…
• 1840 CEJohn Boyd DunlopJohn Boyd Dunlop (5 February 1840 – 23 October 1921) was a Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon who spent…
• 1880 CEJohn Boyd OrrJohn Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, (23 September 1880 – 25 June 1971), styled Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to…
• 1855 CEJohn BrowningJohn Moses Browning (January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designer who developed…
• 1875 CEJohn BuchanJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian…
• 1628 CEJohn BunyanJohn Bunyan (1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and nonconformist preacher. He is best remembered…
• 1821 CEJohn C. BreckinridgeJohn Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 14th…
• 1782 CEJohn C. CalhounJohn Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who…
• 1946 CEJohn C. MatherJohn Cromwell Mather (born August 7, 1946) is an American astrophysicist and cosmologist. He shared the 2006…
• 1912 CEJohn CageJohn Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer, artist, and music…
• 1942 CEJohn CaleJohn Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh singer, musician, composer, record producer and arranger. He…
• 1509 CEJohn CalvinJohn Calvin (Middle French: Jehan Cauvin; French: Jean Calvin [ʒɑ̃ kalvɛ̃]; 10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564) was a…
• 1390 CEJohn CantiusJohn Cantius (Latin: Joannes Cantius; Polish: Jan z Kęt or Jan Kanty; 23 June 1390 – 24 December 1473) was a…
• 1903 CEJohn Carew EcclesSir John Carew Eccles (27 January 1903 – 2 May 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher who…
• 360 CEJohn CassianJohn Cassian (c. AD 360 – c. 435), also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman, was a Christian…
• 1863 CEJohn Charles FieldsJohn Charles Fields, FRS, FRSC (May 14, 1863 – August 9, 1932) was a Canadian mathematician and the founder…
• 1821 CEJohn ChivingtonJohn Milton Chivington (January 27, 1821 – October 4, 1894) was a Methodist pastor and Mason who served as a…
• 349 CEJohn ChrysostomJohn Chrysostom (Koine Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος, romanized: Iōánnēs ho Chrysóstomos, IPA: [i.oˈannis o…
• 1650 CEJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of MarlboroughGeneral John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of…
• 1793 CEJohn ClareJohn Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for…
• 579 CEJohn ClimacusJohn Climacus (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης τῆς Κλίμακος; Latin: Ioannes Climacus; Arabic: يوحنا السلمي, romanized…
• 1897 CEJohn CockcroftSir John Douglas Cockcroft (27 May 1897 – 18 September 1967) was a British experimental physicist who shared…
• 1467 CEJohn ColetJohn Colet (January 1467 – 16 September 1519) was an English Catholic priest, and educational pioneer. Colet…
• 1850 CEJohn CollierJohn Maler Collier (27 January 1850 – 11 April 1934) was an English painter and writer. He was one of the…
• 1776 CEJohn ConstableJohn Constable (11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.…
• 1917 CEJohn CornforthSir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., (7 September 1917 – 8 December 2013) was an Australian–British chemist who won…
• 1819 CEJohn Couch AdamsJohn Couch Adams ( KOOTCH; 5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. He was…
• 1839 CEJohn D. RockefellerJohn Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He…
• 1874 CEJohn D. Rockefeller Jr.John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American financier and philanthropist.…
• 1834 CEJohn Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron ActonJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, (10 January 1834 – 19 June…
• 1766 CEJohn DaltonJohn Dalton (5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist, and meteorologist whose…
• 1951 CEJohn DeaconJohn Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the…
• 1527 CEJohn DeeJohn Dee (13 July 1527 – December 1608 or March 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher…
• 1920 CEJohn DemjanjukJohn Demjanjuk (born Ivan Mykolaiovych Demjanjuk 3 April 1920 – 17 March 2012), was a Trawniki and guard at…
• 1943 CEJohn DenverHenry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was…
• 1901 CEJohn Desmond BernalJohn Desmond Bernal (10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray…
• 1859 CEJohn DeweyJohn Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational…
• 1572 CEJohn DonneJohn Donne ( DUN; 1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into…
• 1896 CEJohn Dos PassosJohn Roderigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 – September 28, 1970) was an American novelist, most notable for…
• 1631 CEJohn DrydenJohn Dryden (19 August [O.S. 9 August] 1631 – 12 May [O.S. 1 May] 1700) was an English poet, literary critic…
• 1390 CEJohn DunstapleJohn Dunstaple (or Dunstable; c. 1390 – 24 December 1453) was an English composer whose music helped…
• 1941 CEJohn E. WalkerSir John Ernest Walker (born 7 January 1941) is a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in…
• 1823 CEJohn EvansSir John Evans (17 November 1823 – 31 May 1908) was an English antiquarian, geologist and founder of…
• 1944 CEJohn Evans Atta MillsJohn Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who…
• 1620 CEJohn EvelynJohn Evelyn (31 October 1620 – 27 February 1706), an English writer, landowner, gardener, courtier and minor…
• 1829 CEJohn Everett MillaisSir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet ( MIL-ay; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and…
• 1917 CEJohn F. KennedyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the…
• 1917 CEJohn FennJohn Bennett Fenn (June 15, 1917 – December 10, 2010) was an American analytical chemist who was awarded a…
• 1469 CEJohn FisherJohn Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 – 22 June 1535) was an English Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of…
• 1646 CEJohn FlamsteedJohn Flamsteed (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal.…
• 1553 CEJohn FlorioGiovanni Florio (1552 or 1553 – 1625), known as John Florio, was an English humanist, linguist, writer…
• 1928 CEJohn Forbes NashJohn Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015), known and published as John Nash, was an American…
• 1894 CEJohn FordJohn Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film…
• 1918 CEJohn ForsytheJohn Lincoln Forsythe (né Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television…
• 1394 CEJohn FortescueSir John Fortescue (c. 1394 – December 1479), of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, was Chief Justice of the…
• 1926 CEJohn FowlesJohn Robert Fowles (31 March 1926 – 5 November 2005) was an English novelist, critically positioned between…
• 1786 CEJohn FranklinRear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and…
• 1897 CEJohn Franklin EndersJohn Franklin Enders (February 10, 1897 – September 8, 1985) was an American biomedical scientist and Nobel…
• 1790 CEJohn Frederic DaniellJohn Frederic Daniell (12 March 1790 – 13 March 1845) was an English chemist and physicist.
• 1792 CEJohn Frederick William HerschelSir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English polymath active…
• 1932 CEJohn G. ThompsonJohn Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932) is an American mathematician at the University of Florida noted…
• 1867 CEJohn GalsworthyJohn Galsworthy (14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. He is best known…
• 1797 CEJohn Gardner WilkinsonSir John Gardner Wilkinson (5 October 1797 – 29 October 1875) was an English traveller, writer and pioneer…
• 1876 CEJohn GarstangJohn Garstang (5 May 1876 – 12 September 1956) was a British archaeologist of the Ancient Near East…
• 935 CEJohn GeometresJohn Geometres or Kyriotes (Greek: Ιωάννης Γεωμέτρης/Κυριώτης, fl. 2nd half of 10th century), was a Byzantine…
• 1921 CEJohn GlennJohn Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut…
• 1764 CEJohn GoodrickeJohn Goodricke FRS (17 September 1764 – 20 April 1786) was an English amateur astronomer. He is best known…
• 1802 CEJohn GorrieJohn B. Gorrie (October 3, 1803 – June 29, 1855) was a Saint Kitts and Nevis-born American medical doctor and…
• 1804 CEJohn GouldJohn Gould (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on…
• 1866 CEJohn GrayVery Reverend Canon John Gray (2 March 1866 – 14 June 1934) was an English poet and Catholic priest whose…
• 1977 CEJohn GreenJohn Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTuber. His books have more than 50…
• 1955 CEJohn GrishamJohn Ray Grisham Jr. ( GRISH-əm; born February 8, 1955) is an American writer, lawyer, and former politician…
• 1933 CEJohn GurdonSir John Bertrand Gurdon (2 October 1933 – 7 October 2025) was a British developmental biologist, best known…
• 1827 CEJohn Hanning SpekeJohn Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and army officer who made three…
• 1693 CEJohn HarrisonJohn Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693 – 24 March 1776) was an English joiner and clockmaker who…
• 1607 CEJohn HarvardJohn Harvard (1607–1638) was an English Puritan minister in colonial New England whose deathbed bequest to…
• 1852 CEJohn Harvey KelloggJohn Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was an American businessman, inventor, physician…
• 1899 CEJohn Hasbrouck Van VleckJohn Hasbrouck Van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist and mathematician who…
• 1891 CEJohn HeartfieldJohn Heartfield (born Helmut Herzfeld; 19 June 1891 – 26 April 1968) was a German visual artist who pioneered…
• 1929 CEJohn Henry HollandJohn Henry Holland (February 2, 1929 – August 9, 2015) was an American scientist and professor of electrical…
• 1801 CEJohn Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic…
• 1957 CEJohn HoevenJohn Henry Hoeven III ( HOH-vən; born March 13, 1957) is an American politician and banker serving as the…
• 1937 CEJohn Horton ConwayJohn Horton Conway (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician. He was active in the…
• 1931 CEJohn HoughtonSir John Theodore Houghton (30 December 1931 – 15 April 2020) was a Welsh atmospheric physicist who was the…
• 1939 CEJohn HowardJohn Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime…
• 1891 CEJohn Howard NorthropJohn Howard Northrop (July 5, 1891 – May 27, 1987) was an American biochemist who, with James Batcheller…
• 470 CEJohn IPope John I (Latin: Ioannes I; died 18 May 526) was the bishop of Rome from 13 August 523 to his death on 18…
• 1300 CEJohn I OrsiniJohn I Orsini (Italian: Giovanni Orsini) was the count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos from 1303 or 1304…
• 925 CEJohn I TzimiskesJohn I Tzimiskes (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Τζιμισκής, romanized: Iōánnēs ho Tzimiskēs; c. 925 – 10 January 976) was…
• 1214 CEJohn I of TrebizondJohn I Komnenos Axouch (Greek: Ιωάννης Κομνηνός Ἀξούχος, romanized: Iōannēs Komnēnos Axouchos) was the…
• 356 CEJohn IIJohn II (Greek: Ἰωάννης Β΄; c. 356 – 10 January 417) was bishop of Jerusalem from AD 387 to AD 417. John II…
• 470 CEJohn IIPope John II (Latin: Ioannes II; c. 475 – 8 May 535), born Mercurius, was the Bishop of Rome from 2 January…
• 1609 CEJohn II Casimir VasaJohn II Casimir Vasa (Polish: Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Lithuanian: Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16…
• 1087 CEJohn II KomnenosJohn II Komnenos or Comnenus (Greek: Ἱωάννης Κομνηνός, romanized: Iōánnēs Komnēnós; 13 September 1087 – 8…
• 1405 CEJohn II of CastileJohn II of Castile (Juan; 6 March 1405 – 20 July 1454) was King of Castile and León from 1406 to 1454. He…
• 1192 CEJohn III Doukas VatatzesJohn III Doukas Vatatzes, Latinized as Ducas Vatatzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Γ´ Δούκας Βατάτζης, romanized: Iōánnēs…
• 1629 CEJohn III SobieskiJohn III Sobieski (Polish: Jan III Sobieski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtʂɛt͡ɕi sɔˈbʲɛskʲi]); Lithuanian…
• 1537 CEJohn III of SwedenJohn III (Swedish: Johan III; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his…
• 600 CEJohn IVPope John IV (Latin: Ioannes IV; died 12 October 642) was the bishop of Rome from 24 December 640 to his…
• 1251 CEJohn IV LaskarisJohn IV Doukas Laskaris (or Ducas Lascaris) (Greek: Ἰωάννης Δούκας Λάσκαρις, romanized: Iōánnēs Doúkās…
• 1604 CEJohn IV of PortugalDom John IV (19 March 1604 – 6 November 1656), was King of Portugal from 1640 until his death in 1656. The…
• 1404 CEJohn IV of TrebizondJohn IV Megas Komnenos (Greek: Ιωάννης Μέγας Κομνηνός, Iōannēs Megas Komnēnos) (died April 1460) was Emperor…
• 840 CEJohn IXPope John IX (Latin: Ioannes IX; c. 825 – January 900) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States…
• 1985 CEJohn IsnerJohn Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as…
• 1860 CEJohn J. PershingJohn Joseph Pershing (13 September 1860 – 15 July 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army…
• 1864 CEJohn Jacob Astor IVJohn Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer…
• 1785 CEJohn James AudubonJohn James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin, April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American artist…
• 1876 CEJohn James Rickard MacleodJohn James Rickard Macleod (6 September 1876 – 16 March 1935), was a Scottish biochemist and physiologist. He…
• 1952 CEJohn KasichJohn Richard Kasich Jr. ( KAY-sik; born May 13, 1952) is an American politician and author who was the 69th…
• 1795 CEJohn KeatsJohn Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic…
• 1792 CEJohn KebleJohn Keble (25 April 1792 – 29 March 1866) was an English Anglican priest and poet who was one of the leaders…
• 1917 CEJohn KendrewSir John Cowdery Kendrew, (24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997) was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and…
• 1937 CEJohn Kennedy TooleJohn Kennedy Toole (December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana…
• 1908 CEJohn Kenneth GalbraithJohn Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith…
• 1943 CEJohn KerryJohn Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and former naval…
• 1514 CEJohn KnoxJohn Knox (c. 1514 – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a…
• 1132 CEJohn Komnenos VatatzesJohn Komnenos Vatatzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνὸς Βατάτζης, Iōannēs Komnēnos Vatatzēs), or simply John Komnenos…
• 1280 CEJohn KoukouzelesJohn Koukouzeles Papadopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Κουκουζέλης Παπαδόπουλος, romanized: Ioannis Koukouzeles…
• 1938 CEJohn KufuorJohn Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the tenth President of…
• 1934 CEJohn L. HallJohn Lewis "Jan" Hall (born August 21, 1934) is an American physicist. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in…
• 1911 CEJohn Langshaw AustinJohn Langshaw Austin (26 March 1911 – 8 February 1960) was an English philosopher of language and leading…
• 1740 CEJohn LathamJohn Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English medical doctor, naturalist and author. His main…
• 1671 CEJohn LawJohn Law (pronounced [lɑs] in French in the traditional approximation of Laws, the colloquial Scottish form…
• 1917 CEJohn Lee HookerJohn Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and…
• 1964 CEJohn LeguizamoJohn Alberto Leguizamo Peláez (LEG-wih-ZAH-moh; Colombian Spanish: [leɣiˈsamo]; born July 22, 1960 or 1964)…
• 1940 CEJohn LennonJohn Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician…
• 1766 CEJohn LeslieSir John Leslie, FRSE KH (10 April 1766 – 3 November 1832) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best…
• 1735 CEJohn LightfootThe Reverend John Lightfoot (9 December 1735 – 20 February 1788) was an English parson-naturalist, spending…
• 1805 CEJohn Lloyd StephensJohn Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805 – October 13, 1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. He…
• 1632 CEJohn LockeJohn Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as…
• 1888 CEJohn Logie BairdJohn Logie Baird (13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer and innovator…
• 1756 CEJohn Loudon McAdamJohn Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He…