John Davidson
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John Davidson may refer to:
- John Andrew DavidsonJohn Andrew DavidsonJohn Andrew Davidson was a Manitoba politician. He was briefly the leader of Manitoba's Conservative parliamentary caucus in 1894, and later served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Hugh John Macdonald and Rodmond P. Roblin.Davidson was born in Thamesford, Canada West...
(1852–1903), Canadian politician - John Davidson (actor)John Davidson (actor)John Davidson was an American film actor. He appeared in 148 films between 1915 and 1963.He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
(1886–1968), American actor - John Davidson (admiral), Australian admiral
- John Davidson (botanist)John Davidson (botanist)John Davidson was a notable Scottish-Canadian botanist. Born in Aberdeen, he worked at the University of Aberdeen before being appointed the first Provincial Botanist of British Columbia...
(1878–1970), British Columbia's first Provincial Botanist - John Davidson (general)John Davidson (general)John Wynn Davidson was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and an American Indian fighter. In 1866, he received brevet grade appointments as a major general of volunteers and in the regular U.S. Army for his Civil War service,-Biography:Davidson was born in...
(1824–1881), a US Army major general - John Davidson (poet)John Davidson (poet)John Davidson was a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist, best known for his ballads. He also did translations from French and German...
(1857–1909), Scottish poet and playwright - John Davidson (entertainer)John Davidson (entertainer)John Hamilton Davidson, Sr. is an American singer, actor and game show host known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991....
(born 1941), American television actor and game show host - John Davidson (ice hockey) (born 1953), Canadian NHL hockey player and executive
- John Davidson (traveller)John Davidson (traveller)-Early life:He was son of a tailor and army clothier in Cork Street, London, and originally from Kelso, and was born on 23 December 1797. He went to school at a private academy near London, and when sixteen years old at his own request was apprenticed to Savory & Moore, the chemists and druggists,...
(1797–1836), English traveller in Africa - John Frank DavidsonJohn Frank DavidsonJohn Frank Davidson is a British chemical engineer and former Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge.-Early life:He attended Heaton Grammar School in Heaton, Newcastle...
(born 1926), chemical engineer awarded a Royal Medal in 1999 - John Humphrey DavidsonJohn Humphrey DavidsonMajor General Sir John Humphrey 'Tavish' Davidson DSO KCMG CB was a British army officer and Member of Parliament. He was born in Mauritius to George Walter Davidson, a merchant, and his wife Johanna, and some time before 1890 they moved back to England...
(1876–1954), British major general and politician - John James DavidsonJohn James DavidsonJohn James Davidson was Labour MP for Glasgow Maryhill from 1935 to 1945....
, British MP, 1935–1945 - J. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount DavidsonJ. C. C. Davidson, 1st Viscount DavidsonJohn Colin Campbell Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson GCVO CH, CB, PC , known before his elevation to the peerage as J. C. C. Davidson, was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician, best known for his close alliance with Stanley Baldwin...
(1889–1970), British politician - John Davidson, sufferer of Tourette's Syndrome and the subject of a BBC documentary John's Not MadJohn's Not MadJohn's Not Mad is a QED documentary made by the BBC in 1989. It was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of the 50 Greatest Documentaries.-Overview:...