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 Ralston (American football)

John Randolph (actor)

John Randolph (Emanuel Hirsch Cohen): American character actor for stage, film, and television

John Rawls

John Ray

John Reinhardt

John Edward Reinhardt

John Ridley (footballer)

John Ridley (English footballer, born 1952)

John Roberts (Welsh footballer)

John Robertson (Olympic sailor)

John Rodriguez

John Rolfe

John Rolfe (c. 1585–1622)

John Roll

John M. Roll — U.S. District Judge and victim of the 2011 Tucson shooting

John Roper, Baron Roper

John Roper, Baron Roper (1935–2016)

John Rosbrugh

John Rosbrugh (c.1714–1777), Presbyterian Minister and Revolutionary War Chaplain

John Ross (Cherokee chief)

John Ross Robertson

John Ross Robertson (1841–1918) — Canadian publisher, politician and philanthropist

John Rowlands (author)

John Rowlands (Welsh-language author and literary scholar)

John Ruskin

John Ruskin: Victorian art critic, writer, and social reformer

John S. McCain Jr.

John S. McCain Sr.

John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945) — U.S. Navy admiral of the Pacific campaign

John Saldivar

John Saldivar (Belizean politician)

John Salt (bishop)

John William Salt: Anglican bishop and Bishop of St Helena (1999–2011)

John Schofield

John Sears (political strategist)

John P. Sears (1940–2020): American Republican political strategist and attorney

John Shakespeare

John Shakespeare

John Shakespeare (c.1530–1601): Stratford glover and municipal officer

Father of William Shakespeare; a Stratford-upon-Avon glover who held local office, experienced later financial decline, and whose family background helped shape his son's social st

John Shirley-Quirk

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel: English actor (1942–2020)

John Simon (critic)

John Smith (explorer)

John Smith (Labour Party leader)

John Smith (Labour Party leader, 1938–1994)

John Smoltz

John Solomon (rugby union)

John Solomon (rugby union) — Australian international and Wallabies captain

John Spellman

John Spellman — American politician and former governor of Washington

John Stabb

John Stabb: Singer and Figure of the Washington, D.C. Punk Scene

John Starks

John Steell

John Steinbeck

John Stewart Bell

John Stuart Mill

John Surtees

John Surtees — Motorcycle and Formula One Champion

John T. Myers

John T. Noonan Jr.

John T. Noonan Jr.: Judge, Legal Scholar, and Moral Theorist

John Tanton

John Tavener

John Taylor (jazz)

John Teerlinck

John Tenniel

John Tenniel (1820–1914), British illustrator and cartoonist

John Tenta

John the Apostle