Cannan
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Cannan is a surname, and may refer to:
  • David Cannan
    David Cannan
    John David Qualtrough Cannan MHK is currently the Member of the House of Keys for Michael and Chairman of the Isle of Man Water Authority. He is the son of former Chaplain of the House of Keys, Rev Canon Charles Cannan. He was educated at King William's College and was a businessman in the tea and...

  • Denis Cannan
    Denis Cannan
    Denis Cannan was a British dramatist, playwright and script writer. Born Denis Pullein-Thompson, the son of Captain Harold J. Pullein-Thompson and novelist Joanna Cannan, he changed his name by deed poll in 1964. His younger sisters were Josephine, Diana and Christine Pullein-Thompson.Born in...

  • Edwin Cannan
    Edwin Cannan
    Edwin Cannan was a British economist and historian of economic thought. He was a professor at the London School of Economics from 1895 to 1926....

    , British economist
  • Gilbert Cannan
    Gilbert Cannan
    Gilbert Cannan was a British novelist and dramatist.-Early life:Born in Manchester of Scottish descent, he got on badly with his family, and in 1897 he was sent to live in Oxford with the economist Edwin Cannan...

  • James Harold Cannan
    James Harold Cannan
    Major General James Harold Cannan, CB, CMG, DSO, VD was an Australian Army brigadier general in the First World War and the Quartermaster General during the Second World War....

  • Joanna Cannan
    Joanna Cannan
    Joanna Cannan was a writer of pony books and detective novels. Her pony books were aimed primarily at children.Youngest daughter of Oxford don Charles Cannan and Mary Wedderburn, also cousin of Gilbert Cannan, it is perhaps her children she is best known for, being mother to Josephine...

  • John Cannan
    John Cannan
    John David Guise Cannan is a British criminal and former car salesman who was convicted in 1988 of murder and sexual offences...

    , a British convicted murderer
  • May Wedderburn Cannan
    May Wedderburn Cannan
    May Wedderburn Cannan was a British poet who was active in World War I.-Early life:She was the second of three daughters of Charles Cannan, Dean of Trinity College, Oxford .In 1911, at the age of 18 she joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment, training as a nurse and eventually reaching...

  • Ron Cannan
    Ron Cannan
    Ronald "Ron" D. Cannan is a Canadian Member of Parliament and member of the Conservative Party of Canada. An advertising consultant by profession, Cannan was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2006 federal election and represents the riding of Kelowna—Lake Country...


See also

  • Cannon (surname)
    Cannon (surname)
    Cannon is a surname of Scottish origin, and may refer to:* Abraham H. Cannon, a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 19th century* Annie Jump Cannon, astronomer* Anthony Cannon, American football linebacker...

  • Cannan (region)
    Canaan
    Canaan is a historical region roughly corresponding to modern-day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, and the western parts of Jordan...

  • Canaan (anime)
    Canaan (anime)
    Canaan is a 13-episode anime television series, conceptualized by Type-Moon co-founders Kinoko Nasu and Takashi Takeuchi, based on the scenario that they created for the Nintendo Wii visual novel 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de, which is noted for being one of the few games to be have been awarded a...

  • Canan
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