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John

John is a common English name and surname:

John (first name)
John (surname)

John may also refer to:

Religious figures

John Hyrcanus, ruler of Judea 134 - 104 BC
John the Baptist (c. 7 BC - c. 30 AD), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ
John the Apostle (c. 6 - c. 100 AD), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus
John the Evangelist, the author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with the Apostle
John of Patmos, the Seer of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with the Apostle
John the Presbyter, an obscure figure either identified or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos
Pope John of Alexandria (list), the name of 19 Patriarchs of Alexandria
Saint John (list)

Papacy

Pope John or Antipope John, a Roman Catholic papal name
Pope John I
Pope John II
Pope John III
Pope John IV
Pope John V
Pope John VI
Pope John VII
Pope John VIII
Pope John IX
Pope John X
Pope John XI
Pope John XII
Pope John XIII
Pope John XIV
Pope John XV
Antipope John XVI
Pope John XVII
Pope John XVIII
Pope John XIX
Pope John XX (a numbering never actually used; also see Pope John (numbering))
Pope John XXI
Pope John XXII
Antipope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII

Rulers and other political figures

John of Austria (disambiguation) (three people)
John of Bohemia (1296-1346), called John the Blind, king from 1310
John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, better known as Hans of Denmark (1455-1513)
John of England (1166-1216), king and younger brother of Richard I
John I of Hungary or János Szapolyai (1487-1540), king from 1526
John II Sigismund Zápolya (1540-1571), king of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania
John of Poland (three people)
John of Scotland also known as John de Balliol (c. 1249-1314), king from 1292-1296
John, Prince of Portugal:
Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos (1349-1397)
Infante João of Portugal (1400-1442), Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz
Infante John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431-1457)
Infante John, Duke of Viseu (1448-1472), 3rd Duke of Viseu, 2nd Duke of Beja, King Manuel I's older brother
John of Lancaster (João de Lencastre) (1501-1571), 1st Duke of Aveiro
João, Crown Prince of Portugal (1537-1554)
Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842-1861)

Fictional characters

John (Doctor Who), appearing in the Doctor Who TV Comic strip
John (Tomorrow People), appearing in the children's science-fiction TV series The Tomorrow People
John from Cincinnati, eponymous TV character
John-117, main character in the Halo video game series
John, the head of the fictional Visitors force to Earth in the science-fiction franchise V

Other people

John the bookmaker controversy, a cricket betting scandal in 1994–95 in which Australian cricketers were involved with an Indian bookmaker identified only as "John"
John Doe, generic name for any male

Artworks

Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, books of the biblical New Testament
"John" (1988), a singe from French singer Desireless's album François

Other

Dear John letter, a letter sent breaking off a relationship
A slang term for restroom
John (prostitution), a slang term for a person who patronizes prostitutes
Placeholder name name for male of unknown identity.
John (ship), a ship that disappeared off the coast of SE Australia in 1806
Tropical Storm John, tropical cyclones appearing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
John the Ripper, a password strength checking program (the executable program is simply "john")

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "John" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Breton, Czech, French, Portuguese, Simple English.

Translation(s) in other languages: Arabic: يوحنا, Bulgarian: Йоан, German: Johannes (Begriffsklärung), Spanish: Juan (desambiguación), Esperanto: Johano (nomo), Persian: یوحنا, Korean: 요한, Hebrew: יוחנן, Latvian: Džons, Japanese: ヨハネ, Romanian: Ioan (dezambiguizare), Russian: Йон, Chinese: 約翰.


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