This time in First Names First it is about John! Being such an old and common name, this list gets to be pretty long. But take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!

King John of Denmark* Aalborghus Castle, Aalborg, Denmark (1455) John of Avila* apostolic preacher/saint – Almodovar del Campo, Spain (1500) John Calvin* theologian – Noyon, France (1509) John Abernethy Sr* minister – Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland (1680) John Michael Rysbrack* sculptor – Antwerp, Belgium (1694) John Adams* politician/2usp – Quincy, MA, British America (1735) John Soane* architect – Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (1753) John Dalton* chemist/meteorologist – Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England (1766) John Quincy Adams* politician/6usp – Braintree, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America (1767) John Walter* newspaper editor at The Times – London, England (1776) John Galt* political novelist/entrepreneur – Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (1779) Johns Hopkins* entrepreneur/ philanthropist – White’s Hall, Maryland, USA (1795) John Keats* poet – Moorgate, London, England (1795) John Brown* abolitionist – Torrington, CT USA (1800) John Deere* blacksmith/inventor – Rutland, VT USA (1804) John Pemberton* pharmacist/developer and founder of Coca-Cola – Knoxville, GA USA (1831) John Singer Sargent* portrait painter – Florence, GD of Tuscany (1856) John Dewey* philosopher/ educational reformer – Burlington, VT USA (1859) John T. Thompson* army officer/inventor of the Thompson submachine gun – Newport, Kentucky, USA (1860) John Steinbeck* author/N – Salinas, CA USA (1902) John Houseman* actor – Bucharest, Romania (1902) John von Neumann* (b Neumann Lajos) Hungarian-American polymath/computer scientist/engineer – Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary (1903) John N. Mitchell* lawyer/attorney general – Detroit, MI USA (1913) John Ireland* actor – Vancouver, BC Canada (1914) John F. Kennedy* politician/35usp – Brookline, MA USA (1917) John Glenn* astronaut/politician – Cambridge, OH USA (1921) John E. Mack* psychiatrist/alien abduction researcher – New York, NY USA (1929) John le Carré* author – Poole, Dorset, England (1931) John Williams* composer/conductor/pianist – Floral Park, NY USA (1932) Johnny Cash* singer/guitarist/actor – Kingsland, AR USA (1932) John Updike* novelist/ poet/art & literary critic - Reading, PA USA (1932) John Saxon* actor/martial artist – Brooklyn, NY USA (1936) John McCain* politician – Coco Solo N.A.S. , Panama Canal USA (1936) John Badham* film director – Luton, Bedfordshire, England (1939) John Cleese* actor/comedian – Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset England (1939) John Hurt* actor – Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (1940) John Lewis* civil rights leader/politician - Troy, AL USA (1940) John Lennon* singer/musician (The Beatles) – Liverpool, England (1940) John Gotti* ganster – The Bronx, NY USA (1940) John Thaw* actor – Longsight, Manchester, England (1942) John Major* politician/PM – St Helier, Surrey, England (1943) John Kerry* politician – Aurora, CO USA (1943) John Denver* singer-songwriter/activist – Roswell, NM USA (1943) John Newcombe* tennis player – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1944) John McCook* actor – Ventura, CA USA (1944) John McAfee* computer programmer – Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England (1945) John McVie* musician (Fleetwood Mac) – Ealing, Middlesex, England (1945) Johnny Petraglia* bowler – Brooklyn, New York USA (1947) John Perry Barlow* poet/essayist/activist – Sublette County, WY USA (1947) John Carpenter* film director/producer – Carthage, NY USA John Ritter* actor – Burbank, CA USA (1948) John Landis* film director/producer – Chicago, IL USA (1950) John Hendricks* founder of Discovery Communications – Matewan, WV USA (1952) John Goodman* actor – St.Louis, MO USA (1952) John Travolta* actor – Englewood, NJ USA (1954) John Blyth Barrymore* actor – Beverly Hills, CA USA (1954) John Grisham* author – Jonesboro, AR USA (1955) John Tortorella* hockey player/coach – Boston, MA USA (1958) John McEnroe* tennis player – Wiesbaden, Germany (1959) John F. Kennedy Jr.* – Washington, D.C. USA (1960) John Hannah* actor – East Kilbride, Scotland (1962) John Dye* actor – Amory, MS USA (1963) Johnny Depp* actor – Owensboro, KY USA (1963) John Krasinski* actor – Boston, MA USA (1979) John David Washington* running back/actor – Los Angeles, CA USA (1984) John Cochran* Survivor S26 Contestant – Washington D.C. USA (1987) John Boyega* actor – London, England (1992) John Gibson* hockey goalie – Pittsburgh, PA USA (1993) Johnny Gaudreau* hockey player – Salem, NJ, USA (1993) Updated 17.10.2021