John Lees
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John Lees may refer to:
- John Lees (artist)John Lees (artist)John Lees is an American contemporary expressionist artist who works primarily in painting.Lees received the 2005 Francis J...
(born 1943), American contemporary artist - John Lees (bodybuilder)John Lees (bodybuilder)John Lees was an English bodybuilder and later a professional wrestler who won Mr. Universe in 1957. He has taken part in the following bodybuilding competitions:*1949: Mr Britain - HSL, 3rd*1950: Mr Britain - HSL, 3rd...
, English bodybuilder - John Lees (inventor)John Lees (inventor)John Lees of Turf Lane, Royton, Lancashire was an inventor who made a substantial improvement to machinery for carding cotton.He improved the carding machine in 1772 by adding a feeder to it...
, English textile machinery inventor - John Lees (musician) (born 1947), English musician from Oldham, who founded the rock group Barclay James Harvest
- John Lees (politician)John Lees (politician)John Lees was a businessman, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Scotland around 1740 and came to the town of Quebec with his family around 1761. With Alexander Dawson, he formed a company in 1773 that was involved in importing goods and supplying the British Army; they also...
(c. 1740 – 1807), Canadian politician
See also
- Jack LeesJack LeesJack Lees was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Belper in Derbyshire from 1929 to 1931....
, MP for Derbyshire, England - John Lees-JonesJohn Lees-JonesJohn Lees-Jones was a British Conservative Party politician.He was first elected to Parliament at the 1931 general election as Member of Parliament for the Manchester Blackley constituency, and he was re-elected at the 1935 election. At the 1945 general election, he was defeated by Labour's...
, British politician