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John McPhee

John McPhee wrote non-fiction essays for The New Yorker and published books on a variety of subjects, from oranges and rivers to tennis and nuclear engineering. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for…

John Conyers

John Conyers, Jr. was a long-serving United States Congressman from the 13th District of Michigan, an area that includes metropolitan Detroit. He resigned in December of 2017 after being accused of…

John Prine

Singer and songwriter John Prine won Grammys and praise from every corner for his simple, honest way of expressing complex emotions, from his debut album in 1971 until his death in 2020 from the…

John McEnroe

Name at birth: John Patrick McEnroe, Jr.John McEnroe became one of the world's top tennis players in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and his tendency to argue with umpires was a cause celébré that…

John Lewis

John Lewis was beaten nearly to death in Selma, Alabama while marching for voting rights in 1965, and went on to become one of America's most prominent civil rights leaders and a member of the U.S.…

John Barrymore

John Barrymore(John Blythe)actorBorn: 2/15/1882Birthplace: Philadelphia Film and stage actor known for his acting skills and tempestuous personal life. In 1922 and 1923, he gave 101 performances as…

John Chancellor

John Chancellorjournalist, television news anchorBorn: 7/14/1927Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois Award-winning journalist whose assignments included the 1957 desegregation of Central High in…

John Houseman

John Houseman(Jacques Haussmann)actorBorn: 9/22/1902Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania Having begun his career as a theater director and then working with Orson Welles on both the Negro Theatre Project…

John Larroquette

John LarroquetteactorBorn: 11/25/1947Birthplace: New Orleans Emmy Award-winning actor who portrayed womanizing Asst. D.A. Dan Fielding on Night Court (1984–92). He played John Hemingway, a reformed…

John Lithgow

John LithgowactorBorn: 10/19/1945Birthplace: Rochester, New York Tony Award-winning stage, television and film actor known for his dry humor. His films include The World According to Garp (…