John Casimir
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John Casimir may refer to:
- John II Casimir of PolandJohn II Casimir of PolandJohn II Casimir was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania during the era of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke of Opole in Upper Silesia, and titular King of Sweden 1648–1660. In Poland, he is known and commonly referred as Jan Kazimierz. His parents were Sigismund III Vasa and...
(1609–1672) - Johann Casimir of SimmernJohann Casimir of SimmernJohn Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern was a German prince and a younger son of Elector Frederick III, Count Palatine of the Rhine. A firm Calvinist, he was a leader of mercenary troops in the religious wars of the time, including the Dutch Revolt...
(1543–1592) - John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-CoburgJohn Casimir, Duke of Saxe-CoburgJohn Casimir of Saxe-Coburg , was a duke of Saxe-Coburg.He was the third but eldest surviving son of John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, and Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Simmern-Sponheim....
(1564–1633) - John Casimir (clarinetist)John Casimir (clarinetist)John Casimir was a New Orleans jazz clarinetist and bandleader, best remembered as the leader of The Young Tuxedo Brass Band for some 20 years up to his death....
(1898–1963) - John Casimir, Count Palatine of KleeburgJohn Casimir, Count Palatine of KleeburgJohn Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg was the son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and the founder of a branch of Wittelsbach Counts Palatine often called the Swedish line, because it gave rise to three subsequent kings of Sweden, but more commonly known as the Kleeburg ...
(1589–1652), father of Karl X Gustav of Sweden - John Casimir EhrnroothJohn Casimir EhrnroothJohan Casimir Gustavovich Ehrnrooth was a Swedish-speaking Finnish soldier in the service of Imperial Russia, who also acted as Prime Minister of Bulgaria....
, Finnish soldier - John Casimir Zichy WoinarskiJohn Casimir Zichy WoinarskiJohn Casimir Zichy Woinarski is a noted Australian ornithologist. He was awarded the 2001 Eureka Prize for Biodiversity Research. In the same year he was the recipient of the D.L. Serventy Medal, awarded by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union for outstanding published work on birds in the...
, Australian ornithologist