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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…

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…

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…

Crockett Johnson

Name at birth: David Johnson LeiskCrockett Johnson was the pen name of David Johnson Leisk, a New York artist whose most famous work was the children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955). He…

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson became the 17th president of the United States after the 1865 assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was an unlikely man for the job: he had been a poor tailor in Tennessee before…

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,…