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. Continue reading

Once again, First Names First! A chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us – let them! Continue reading

Another piece in our series First Names First! Pick one of the names that you see below. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. This time it is all about Kevin! Continue reading

This is one in the series of articles titled _First Names First _and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Continue reading

Yet another piece in the series of articles titled First Names First. Below is a chronological list of persons with their first name here. Your task is to pick one, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived all have something to tell us - let them! Continue reading

This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Continue reading

This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Continue reading

Here’s another one for the series “First Names First”! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us - let them! Continue reading

Here is another piece in the series “First Names First” - all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, encouragement, empathy, etc. Give a couple of minutes of your life to this. Continue reading

This is the second piece in the series First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present a chronological list of persons with their first name (or the name they mainly use) here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, encouragement, empathy, etc. Continue reading

This is one in the series of articles titled First Names First and it is all for pure entertainment! We present an alphabetical list of persons with their first names here, and your task is to pick one. Then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Continue reading

[caption id=“attachment_2081” align=“alignright” width=“409”]Birth certificate of Marilyn Monroe[/caption] This is a series of articles titled “First Names First” and it is all for pure entertainment! Below you can see the list of first names - male and female. Your task is to pick one (with a link). Then choose one of the persons with that first name, follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and then see what if anything he or she could contribute your life with. Continue reading