John
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John is a common English name and surname:
John may also refer to:
- John (given name)John (given name)John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, which is in turn a form of the Greek , Iōánnēs. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew name , , which means "God is generous"...
- John (surname)John (surname)John as a last name could also refer to South Asian last name infusion by British colonies. It could be traced to mixed ancestry or colonial adaptation of the name by the locals. Many last name in South Asian countries are found to have mixed ancestry...
John may also refer to:
Religious figures
- John HyrcanusJohn HyrcanusJohn Hyrcanus was a Hasmonean leader of the 2nd century BC.-Name:...
, ruler of Judea 134–104 BC - John the BaptistJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
(c. 7 BC – c. 30 AD), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ - John the ApostleJohn the ApostleJohn the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles...
(c. 6 – c. 100 AD), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus- John the EvangelistJohn the EvangelistSaint John the Evangelist is the conventional name for the author of the Gospel of John...
, alleged author of the Fourth Gospel, traditionally identified with the Apostle - John of PatmosJohn of PatmosJohn of Patmos is the name given, in the Book of Revelation, as the author of the apocalyptic text that is traditionally cannonized in the New Testament...
, the Seer of the Book of Revelation, traditionally identified with the Apostle - John the PresbyterJohn the PresbyterJohn the Presbyter is an obscure figure of the early Church who is either distinguished from or identified with the Apostle John, by some also John the Divine. He appears in fragments from the church father Papias of Hierapolis as one of the author's sources and is first unequivocally distinguished...
, an obscure figure either identified or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos
- John the Evangelist
- John MarkJohn MarkJohn Mark is a character in the New Testament. According to William Lane, an "unbroken tradition" identifies him with Mark the Evangelist. John Mark is mentioned several times in the Acts of the Apostles...
, possibly the same as Mark the EvangelistMark the EvangelistMark the Evangelist is the traditional author of the Gospel of Mark. He is one of the Seventy Disciples of Christ, and the founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the original four main sees of Christianity.... - Pope John of Alexandria (disambiguation) (list), the name of 19 Patriarchs of Alexandria
- Saint John (disambiguation) (list)
Papacy
- Pope JohnPope JohnPope John has been the most common papal name in the Roman Catholic Church, used by 21 popes, though the numbering of them has been irregular through history owing to antipopes and differences in old lists...
or Antipope John (disambiguation), a Roman Catholic papal name - Pope John IPope John IPope Saint John I was Pope from 523 to 526. He was a native of Siena or the Castello di Serena, near Chiusdino. He is the first pope known to have visited Constantinople while in office....
- Pope John IIPope John IIPope John II was pope from 533 to 535.He was the son of a certain Projectus, born in Rome and a priest of the Basilica di San Clemente on the Caelian Hill. He was made pope January 2, 533. The basilica of St. Clement still retains several memorials of "Johannes surnamed Mercurius"...
- Pope John IIIPope John IIIPope John III was pope from 561 to July 13, 574. He was born in Rome, of a distinguished family. The Liber Pontificalis calls him a son of one Anastasius. His father bore the title of illustris, more than likely being a vir illustris...
- Pope John IVPope John IVPope John IV was elected Pope of the Catholic Church, after a four-month sede vacante, December 24, 640.Pope John was a native of Dalmatia . He was the son of the scholasticus Venantius. At the time of his election he was archdeacon of the Roman Church, an important role in governing the see...
- Pope John VPope John VPope John V was pope from July 685 to August 2, 686. John V was the first pope of the Byzantine Papacy allowed to be consecrated by the Byzantine emperor without prior consent, and the first in a line of ten consecutive popes of eastern origin...
- Pope John VIPope John VIPope John VI was a Greek pope from Ephesus who reigned during the Byzantine Papacy from October 30, 701 to January 11, 705. His papacy was noted for military and political breakthroughs on the Italian peninsula. He succeeded to the papal chair two months after the death of Pope Sergius I, and his...
- Pope John VIIPope John VIIPope John VII was pope from 705 to 707. The successor of John VI, he was of Greek ancestry. He is one of the popes of the Byzantine captivity.-Biography:...
- Pope John VIIIPope John VIIIPope John VIII was pope from December 13, 872 to December 16, 882. He is often considered one of the ablest pontiffs of the ninth century and the last bright spot on the papacy until Leo IX two centuries later....
- Pope John IXPope John IX-Early life:Little is known about John IX before he became Pope. Born in Tivoli in an unknown year, he was ordained as a Benedictine priest by Pope Formosus...
- Pope John XPope John XPope John X, Pope from March 914 to May 928, was deacon at Bologna when he attracted the attention of Theodora, the wife of Theophylact, Count of Tusculum, the most powerful noble in Rome, through whose influence he was elevated first to the see of Bologna and then to the archbishopric of...
- Pope John XIPope John XIPope John XI was a Pope from March 931 to December 935.-Parentage:The parentage of John XI is still a matter of dispute. According to Liutprand of Cremona and the "Liber Pontificalis," he was the natural son of Pope Sergius III , Pope John XI (910? – December 935) was a Pope from March 931 (at...
- Pope John XIIPope John XIIPope John XII , born Octavianus, was Pope from December 16, 955, to May 14, 964. The son of Alberic II, Patrician of Rome , and his stepsister Alda of Vienne, he was a seventh generation descendant of Charlemagne on his mother's side.Before his death, Alberic administered an oath to the Roman...
- Pope John XIIIPope John XIIIPope John XIII of Crescenzi family served as Pope from October 1, 965, until his death.Born in Rome, he spent his career in the papal court...
- Pope John XIVPope John XIVPope John XIV was Pope from December, 983 to August 20, 984, successor to Pope Benedict VII He was born at Pavia, and before his elevation to the papal chair was imperial chancellor of Emperor Otto II , and was the latter's second choice.His original name was Pietro Canepanova, but he took the...
- Pope John XVPope John XVPope John XV , Pope from 985 to 996, succeeding Boniface VII . He was said to have been Pope after another Pope John that reigned four months after Pope John XIV and was named "Papa Ioannes XIV Bis" or "Pope John XIVb"...
- Antipope John XVIAntipope John XVIJohn XVI , born , , was an antipope from 997 to 998.-Life:He was born of Greek descent and was a native of Rossano in Calabria, southern Italy. At the time the region was a territory of the Byzantine Empire and John was the chaplain of Theophanu, the Empress consort of Emperor Otto II , who had...
- Pope John XVIIPope John XVIIPope John XVII , born John Sicco, and the son of another John Sicco, was born in the region of Rome then referred to as Biveretica...
- Pope John XVIIIPope John XVIIIPope John XVIII was Pope in Pisa from 1004 to 1009. He was born Fasanius at Rapagnano, near Ascoli Piceno, the son of a Roman priest named Leo....
- Pope John XIXPope John XIXPope John XIX , born Romanus, was Pope from 1024 to 1032.He succeeded his brother, Pope Benedict VIII , both being members of the powerful house of Tusculum...
- Pope John XXPope John XXThere has never been a Pope John XX, because the 20th pope of this name, formerly Petrus Hispanus, when elected Pope in 1276, decided to skip the number XX and to be counted as John XXI instead...
(a numbering never actually used; also see Pope John (numbering)Pope John (numbering)The numbering of Popes John do not occur in strict numerical order. These discrepancies are due in part to a now discounted belief in another Pope John between John XIV and John XV, and the antipapacy of John XVI.-References:...
) - Pope John XXIPope John XXIPope John XXI, , born Pedro Julião Pope John XXI, , born Pedro Julião Pope John XXI, , born Pedro Julião (Latin, Petrus Iulianus (c. 1215 – May 20, 1277), a Portuguese also called Pedro Hispano (Latin, Petrus Hispanus; English, Peter of Spain), was Pope from 1276 until his death about eight...
- Pope John XXIIPope John XXIIPope John XXII , born Jacques Duèze , was pope from 1316 to 1334. He was the second Pope of the Avignon Papacy , elected by a conclave in Lyon assembled by Philip V of France...
- Antipope John XXIIIAntipope John XXIIIBaldassarre Cossa was Pope John XXIII during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church regards him as an antipope.-Biography:...
- Pope John XXIIIPope John XXIII-Papal election:Following the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, Roncalli was elected Pope, to his great surprise. He had even arrived in the Vatican with a return train ticket to Venice. Many had considered Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, a possible candidate, but, although archbishop...
Rulers and other political figures
- John of Austria (disambiguation)John of Austria (disambiguation)John of Austria may refer to:People* John of Austria , general and illegitimate son of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor* John of Austria the Younger , Spanish general and political figure...
(three people) - John of Bohemia (1296–1346), called John the Blind, king from 1310
- John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, better known as Hans of Denmark (1455–1513)
- John of EnglandJohn of EnglandJohn , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death...
(1166–1216), king and younger brother of Richard I - John I of Hungary or János Szapolyai (1487–1540), king from 1526
- John II Sigismund ZápolyaJohn II Sigismund ZápolyaJohn II Sigismund Zápolya was King of Hungary from 1540 to 1570 and Prince of Transylvania from 1570–1571.-Family:The son of King John I and Isabella Jagiełło, he succeeded his father as an infant...
(1540–1571), king of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania - John of Poland (disambiguation) (three people)
- John of ScotlandJohn of ScotlandJohn Balliol , known to the Scots as Toom Tabard , was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.-Early life:Little of John's early life is known. He was born between 1248 and 1250 at an unknown location, possibilities include Galloway, Picardy and Barnard Castle, County Durham...
also known as John de Balliol (c. 1249–1314), king from 1292–1296 - John, Prince of PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
:- Infante João, Duke of Valencia de CamposInfante João, Duke of Valencia de CamposInfante Dom John of Portugal was the son of Portuguese King Peter I and a Castilian noblewoman named Inês de Castro that had arrived in Portugal as a maid of Infanta Constance of Castile, recently married to Pedro I .-Background:Considering John an Infante of Portugal is a debatable subject...
(1349–1397) - Infante João of PortugalInfante João of PortugalThe Infante João, 1st Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz, Colares and Belas was a Portuguese infante of the House of Aviz, Constable of Portugal and master of the Portuguese Order of St. James .- Life :Infante John was the son of King John I of Portugal and his wife Philippa of Lancaster...
(1400–1442), Lord of Reguengos de Monsaraz - Infante John of Coimbra, Prince of Antioch (1431–1457)
- Infante John, Duke of ViseuJohn, Duke of ViseuInfante John of Viseu was the older son of Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu and of his wife Infanta Beatrice of Portugal....
(1448–1472), 3rd Duke of Viseu, 2nd Duke of Beja, King Manuel I's older brother - John of Lancaster (João de Lencastre) (1501–1571), 1st Duke of Aveiro
- João, Crown Prince of Portugal (1537–1554)
- Infante João, Duke of BejaInfante João, Duke of BejaInfante João of Portugal was a Portuguese infante and member of the House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Infante João was born in Lisbon the third son of Queen Maria II of Portugal and King Ferdinand II...
(1842–1861)
- Infante João, Duke of Valencia de Campos
- Iohannes (consul 456)Iohannes (consul 456)Iohannes was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.- Biography :Iohannes is known only through the inscriptions that recorded him as the Consul of year 456, when he was chosen by the Eastern court to hold this office together with Varanes; in the West, however, he was not recognised, as the...
, a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire - Iohannes (consul 467)Iohannes (consul 467)Iohannes was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.- Biography :His family came from Lychnidus. In 467 he was consul posterior, chosen by the Eastern court, together with Illustrius Pusaeus...
, a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, advisor to Emperor Zeno - John the ScythianJohn the ScythianJohn the Scythian was a general and a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire who fought against the usurper Leontius and in the Isaurian War .- Biography :John was an officer of the East Roman army...
, a general and politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, consul in 498 - John the HunchbackJohn the HunchbackJohn the Hunchback or John Gibbo was a general and a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire.- Biography :John was a native of Selymbria, modern Silivri in Turkey....
, a general and politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, consul in 499
Fictional characters
- John (John and Gillian), appearing in the Doctor Who TV comic strip
- John (Tomorrow People)John (Tomorrow People)John is a fictional character from the British television series The Tomorrow People. John's first appearance is in "The Slaves of Jedikiah", and appeared in every episode until the series ended. John is portrayed by Nicholas Young.-Overview:...
, appearing in the children's science-fiction TV series The Tomorrow People - John from CincinnatiJohn from CincinnatiJohn from Cincinnati is an American television drama, set against the surfing community of Imperial Beach, California, that aired on HBO from June 10, 2007 to August 12, 2007. It is the result of a collaborative effort between writer/producer David Milch and author Kem Nunn, whose novels have been...
, eponymous TV character - John-117Master Chief (Halo)Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 is a fictional character and protagonist of the Halo fictional universe, created by Bungie. Master Chief is a player character in the trilogy of science fiction first-person shooter video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, and Halo 3 and will appear in the...
, main character in the Halo video game series - John, the head of the fictional Visitors force to Earth in the science-fiction franchise V
- Red JohnRed JohnRed John is a fictional character and the leading antagonist on the CBS crime drama The Mentalist. He is a serial killer who murders many people in California, Nevada, and Mexico...
, the antagonist of The MentalistThe MentalistThe Mentalist is an American police procedural television series which debuted on September 23, 2008, on CBS. The show was created by Bruno Heller, who is also the show's executive producer... - Dr. John Michael "J.D." Dorian, MD of TV sitcom "Scrubs" played by actor Zach Braff
- Dr. John H. Watson, MD a fictional veteran Army surgeon who served in Afghanistan and best friend of Sherlock Holmes
- John Sheppard a fictional veteran US Air Force Officer who served in Afghanistan stars on TV series "Stargate Atlantis" is played by actor Joe Flanigan
- John Carter is a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He is the protagonist is a series of novels taking place on the planet Mars.
- John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (actually "Viscount Greystoke" is the English name of Tarzan of the Apes
- John Bosley is a fictional character in the 1976-1981 television series Charlie's Angels.
- Detective John Munch, a fictional character played by actor Richard Belzer on the TV police-procedural series "Law & Order"
Other people
- John of Antioch (chronicler)John of Antioch (chronicler)John of Antioch was chronicler in the 7th century. He was a monk, apparently contemporary with Emperor Heraclius . Gelzer identifies the author with the Monophysite Patriarch John of Antioch, who ruled from 630 to 648.John of Antioch's chronicle, Historia chronike, is a universal history...
, a chronicler of the 7th century - John the bookmaker controversy, a cricket betting scandal in 1994–95 in which Australian cricketers were involved with an Indian bookmaker identified only as "John"
- John DoeJohn DoeThe name "John Doe" is used as a placeholder name in a legal action, case or discussion for a male party, whose true identity is unknown or must be withheld for legal reasons. The name is also used to refer to a male corpse or hospital patient whose identity is unknown...
, generic name for any male
Artworks
- books of the biblical New Testament:
- Gospel of JohnGospel of JohnThe Gospel According to John , commonly referred to as the Gospel of John or simply John, and often referred to in New Testament scholarship as the Fourth Gospel, is an account of the public ministry of Jesus...
- 1 John
- 2 John
- 3 John
- Gospel of John
- "John" (1988)John (song)This page is for the song by Desireless. For the page of Lil Wayne's song, click here: John "John" is a synthpop song recorded by French singer Desireless. It was the second single from the album François on which it is the tenth track. Following the huge success of "Voyage Voyage", it was released...
, a song from French singer Desireless's album François
Other
- John, slang for a person who patronizes prostitutes
- John, slang for toiletToiletA toilet is a sanitation fixture used primarily for the disposal of human excrement, often found in a small room referred to as a toilet/bathroom/lavatory...
- John (ship)John (ship)The John was an Australian sloop of 30 tons that was owned by John Palmer & Co. It was built at Woolloomooloo in Sydney and registered on 11 June 1803. In November 1806 it sailed from King Island in Bass Strait with a crew of five aboard and a cargo of seal skins. It was never seen again....
, a ship that disappeared off the coast of SE Australia in 1806 - Tropical Storm John (disambiguation), tropical cyclones appearing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
- John the RipperJohn the RipperJohn the Ripper is a free password cracking software tool. Initially developed for the UNIX operating system, it currently runs on fifteen different platforms...
, a password strength checking program (the executable program is simply "john") - John, a 1927 play by Philip BarryPhilip BarryPhilip James Quinn Barry was an American playwright born in Rochester, New York.-Early life:Philip Barry was born on June 18, 1896 in Rochester, New York to James Corbett Barry and Mary Agnes Quinn Barry. James would die from appendicitis a year after Philip's birth, and his father's marble and...
- John (Lil Wayne song)
- "john", an iamamiwhoamiIamamiwhoamiiamamiwhoami is an electronic music and multimedia project headlined by Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee. Videos released from the project's YouTube channel have spread virally. The first clip was uploaded on December 4, 2009, and was forwarded to a number of music journalists and blogs. Another...
song
See also
- Yahya
- Johnny (disambiguation)
- JonJonJon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, meaning "God has given", or an alternate spelling of John, meaning "God is gracious". In the year of 2008, Jon was the 527th most popular name in the United States; its popularity has declined steadily since its peak in 1968 as #65...
- Ivan (disambiguation)