2242 Celebrities With "Joh" Name

John Ray

John Ray was a 17th century English naturalist. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, works, achievements, career and timeline.

Born: 29 November 1627 British

John Venn

John Venn was a British mathematician, philosopher and logician. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 04 August 1834 British

John Tyndall

John Tyndall was an Irish physicist. This biography of John Tyndall profiles his childhood, life, academic career, achievements and timeline.

Born: 02 August 1820 British

John Hanning Speke

Discoverer of the source of the Nile

John Hanning Speke was an English explorer who became the first European to reach Lake Victoria in east Africa. This biography of John Hanning Speke provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 04 May 1827 British

John Smeaton

John Smeaton was an English engineer famously known as the ‘Father of Civil Engineering’. This biography of John Smeaton provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 08 June 1724 British

John Cockcroft

John Cockcroft was a British Physicist who shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ernest Walton for their work on splitting the atomic nucleus. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 27 May 1897 British

John Smith

John Smith was an English soldier and explorer who played a significant role in the establishment of Jamestown in North America. This biography of John Smith provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline

Born: 06 January 1580 British

John Gay

Dramatist & Poet

John Gay was an English poet best known for his ballad opera, ‘The Beggar’s Opera’. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 30 June 1685 British

John Bright

British Radical and Liberal Politician

John Bright was a British Liberal politician. This biography provides detailed information on his childhood, profile, life, achievements and timeline.

Born: 16 November 1811 British

John Colet

Renaissance Humanist

John Colet was an English theologian who was a major promoter of Renaissance humanism during the late 15th and early 16th century. This biography of John Colet provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline

Born: 31 December 1467 British