Biographies

Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.

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John Mayhew

John McAfee 2020 presidential campaign

John McAfee's 2020 Presidential Campaign

John McCarthy

John McCarthy: Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence and Creator of Lisp

John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey

John McConnell

John McCormack (ice hockey)

John McEnery

John McEnery: English Actor and Playwright (1943–2019)

John McGraw

John McGraw: Major League player and long-time manager

John McKenzie

John Mercer Langston

John Milton

John Mitchel

John Monckton

John Monckton — Australian backstroke swimmer

John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh

John Moses Browning

John Moses Browning — American firearms designer

John Murtha

John Murtha: Long-serving U.S. Representative and Defense Appropriations Leader

John Myers (radio executive)

John Myers (radio executive): British radio executive and broadcaster

John N. Abrams

John N. Abrams (1946–2018) — U.S. Army four‑star general

John N. Brandenburg

John N. Brandenburg (1929–2020)

John N. Mather

John N. Mather: Contributions to Singularity Theory and Hamiltonian Dynamics

John Newbery

John Newbery — 18th-Century Pioneer of Children's Books

John Newton

John Newton (1725–1807): hymnwriter, former slave ship captain and Anglican clergyman

John Nicholson

John Nicholson: British officer, administrator, and figure of the 1857 uprising

John O'Leary (golfer)

John O'Meally

John O'Meally — Australian bushranger (1841–1863)

John O'Rourke (footballer)

John O'Rourke (footballer, 1945–2016)

John of England

John of England (King John): reign, Magna Carta and historical legacy

John of Scotland

John of the Cross

John Oxley

John Oxley — Royal Navy officer and early Australian explorer

John P. White

John P. White (1937–2017)

John Papit

John Papit (1928–2015)

John Patrick (dramatist)

John Paul Hammerschmidt

John Paul Hammerschmidt: Long-serving Arkansas Congressman and Republican leader

John Peisley

John Peisley (1835–1862) — early Australian bushranger

John Perry Barlow

John Perry Barlow: Cyberlibertarian, Lyricist, and Internet Freedom Advocate

John Philip Holland

John Philip Saklil

John Pickstone

John Pierik

John Pierik — Dutch skeet shooter (1950–2018)

John Pinette

John Pinette (1964–2014)

John Pinto

John Pinto (1924–2019): Navajo code talker and long-serving New Mexico state senator

John Pope (military officer)

John Pope (Union Army general)

John Prine

John Prine: American Singer-Songwriter and Folk-Country Storyteller

John Quarmby

John Quarmby — English character actor (1929–2019)

John Quinn (wrestler)

John R. Broxson

John R. Cunningham