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John Milton
John Milton wrote essays, sonnets and, most importantly, Paradise Lost, considered by many scholars the greatest epic poem of the English language. Milton was a Londoner and received his education…John McCain
John McCain was a U.S. senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He was the Republican nominee for president in 2008. A 1958 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, John McCain had a 22-…John Mayer
John Mayer attained pop stardom with his first album, Room For Squares (2001). A breakout hit in 2002, the album earned Mayer TV guest spots and spawned the hit song "Your Body is a Wonderland."…John Paul I
Name at birth: Albino LucianiAlbino Luciani was elected to replace Paul VI as head of the worldwide Catholic Church in 1978, becoming Pope John Paul I -- only to die himself 33 days after his…John Oliver
John Oliver is the British political comedian who began hosting the American TV show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in 2014. John Oliver was born in Birmingham and attended Cambridge University…John Singleton
John Singleton is the California filmmaker whose first movie, 1991's Boyz N the Hood, made him an Oscar-nominated director at the age of 24. He died in 2019 after suffering a major stroke at the age…John Proctor
John Proctor was the real person who inspired a character of the same name in The Crucible, Arthur Miller's 1953 play about witch trials in Massachusetts. In 1692, doctors and ministers in Salem…John Phillips
John Phillips was the co-founder and leader of the 1960s pop group The Mamas and The Papas. The quartet included Phillips, his wife Michelle Phillips, Denny Doherty and Cass Elliot. John Phillips…John Updike
After moving from Harvard and Oxford to a staff position on The New Yorker magazine, John Updike turned his talent and brainy pedigree into a successful 50-year career as a novelist, essayist and…John Tyler
John Tyler was the 10th president of the United States. The child of an old Virginia family, he graduated from the College of William and Mary at age 17 (not an unusual age for that time) and went on…Trending
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