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Magic Johnson
Name at birth: Earvin Johnson, Jr.Earvin "Magic" Johnson led the Los Angeles Lakers to five national championships in the 1980s, then abruptly retired from basketball in 1991 after announcing that he…Rian Johnson
Rian Johnson wrote and directed 2019's Knives Out and was nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay. A film school student from USC, Johnson's first feature, Brick, earned critical raves in 2005,…Samuel Johnson
A towering figure of 18th-century English literature, Samuel Johnson gained fame from his conversation and wit as much as from his writings. The son of a bookseller, Johnson moved to London in the…Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson outplayed Tiger Woods and a field of other golf greats to win the 2007 Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Johnson graduated from Drake University in 1998. He turned pro the…Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson is the former Republican governor of New Mexico who ran for the U.S. presidency as a Libertarian in 2012 and 2016. Before Johnson entered politics in 1994, he was in the construction…Robert Johnson
Name at birth: Robert SpencerRobert Johnson was an influential Mississippi blues singer and songwriter who supposedly sold his soul to Satan "at the crossroads" in exchange for his remarkable talent…Denis Johnson
Denis Johnson was an American writer whose 2007 novel Tree of Smoke won the National Book Award. He was also a poet, journalist and playwright whose work is often described as stories of lost and…Boris Johnson
Name at birth: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel JohnsonBoris Johnson became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on July 24, 2019, after the resignation of Theresa May. After a tumultuous three years…Johnson, Guy
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Guy, c.1740–1788, Loyalist leader in colonial New York, b. Ireland. He emigrated to America as a boy and married (1763) a daughter of Sir William Johnson, whom he succeeded as…Tenure of Office Act
(Encyclopedia) Tenure of Office Act, in U.S. history, measure passed on Mar. 2, 1867, by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson; it forbade the President to remove any federal…Trending
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