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French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)

John Calvin

John Calvin was a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation.

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Church father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)

John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom was a Church Father who served as Archbishop of Constantinople.

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English painter (1776-1837)

John Constable

John Constable was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition.

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American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

John Dewey

John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer.

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17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)

John Dryden

John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate.

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Priest, friar, philosopher, theologian, college teacher

John Duns Scotus

John Duns Scotus was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher and theologian.

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President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, also known as JFK, was the 35th president of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.

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English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (1792–1871)

John Frederick William Herschel

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint and did botanical work.

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English novelist and playwright (1867–1933)

John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright.

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