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John Belushi

Pudgy and manic, John Belushi was hugely popular in the late 1970s, when he starred on Saturday Night Live and played the crass Bluto Blutarski in the campus comedy Animal House (1978). Belushi won…

John Ashcroft

John Ashcroft, a longtime Missouri political figure, was appointed U.S. Attorney General in 2001 by George W. Bush. Until 2005 Ashcroft served as the 79th Attorney General. Ashcroft graduated from…

John Bunyan

John Bunyan's 17th-century book The Pilgrim's Progress is classic literature's most famous Christian allegory. Bunyan grew up in a village outside Bedford, England, the son of a tinker (or brazier…

John Bryson

John Bryson is the environmentalist and businessman who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 2011-2013. Born in New York, John Bryson graduated from Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon in…

John Bolton

John Bolton was installed as America's ambassador to the United Nations by President George W. Bush on August 1, 2005, serving in that post for just over 16 months. He later became National Security…

John Coltrane

American jazz great John Coltrane emerged in the 1950s, playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. He is considered one of the greatest American musicians of…

John Cleese

John Cleese is a British actor who went from being "the tall one" on Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-74) to being a ubiquitous presence in films, television and advertising. Cleese started out in…

John Cena

John Cena became a dominant figure in the professional wrestling business of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005, and over the next decade became the WWE's World Heavyweight Champion a record…

John Candy

A classic big-guy comedian, John Candy played a series of exasperating but lovable lugs on Canadian television and in the movies and is remembered best for his role opposite Steve Martin in Planes,…

John Calvin

Name at birth: Jean CauvinFew theologians have had more influence on Western Christian thought and culture than John Calvin, one of the fathers of the Reformed branch of Protestant Christianity.…