John Perkins (disambiguation)
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John Perkins may refer to:
- John Perkins (rugby player)John Perkins (rugby player)John Perkins is a former international rugby union player.Perkins made his debut for Wales on 19 February 1983 versus Scotland. He played club rugby for Pontypool RFC.- References :...
Wales international rugby union player - John Perkins (author) (b. 1945), American economist, activist and author
- John Perkins (Australian politician)John Perkins (Australian politician)John Arthur Perkins was an Australian politician and journalist.Perkins was born at Gocup near Tumut, New South Wales and educated at public schools in Tumut and Cooma. He was a member of the Cooma Municipal Council from 1902 to 1909 and mayor in 1904 and 1908...
(1902–1977), Australian politician - John Perkins, Jr.John Perkins, Jr.John Perkins, Jr. was an antebellum U.S. Representative from Louisiana, and then a senator in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....
(1819–1885), U.S. Representative from Louisiana - John M. PerkinsJohn M. PerkinsJohn M. Perkins is an American civil rights activist. He is founder and president of the John M. Perkins Foundation in Jackson, Mississippi.-Biography:Born June 16, 1930, he grew up on a plantation as a sharecropper in the 1940s...
, American civil rights activist - Johnny PerkinsJohnny PerkinsJohn Eugene "Johnny" Perkins was an American football wide receiver in the National Football League who spent his entire career with the New York Giants. Perkins was born in Franklin, Texas. He played college football at Ranger College before transferring to Abilene Christian University...
(1953–2007), American football receiver with the New York Giants - Jack PerkinsJack PerkinsJack Perkins is an American reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman. He has been dubbed "America's most literate correspondent" by the Associated Press....
, reporter - Jack Perkins (racing driver)Jack Perkins (racing driver)Jack 'Perko' Perkins is an Australian V8 Supercar driver for James Rosenberg Racing in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series. He is the son of Australian motor racing legend Larry Perkins, in whose team Perkins Engineering, he drove between 2006 and 2008...
- John Perkins (Royal Navy officer)John Perkins (Royal Navy officer)Captain John Perkins, Royal Navy was a British naval officer.Perkins, nicknamed Jack Punch, was the first black commissioned officer in the Royal Navy. He rose from obscurity to be one of the most successful ship captains of the Georgian navy...
Captain, Napoleonic War
See also
- John Bryan Ward-PerkinsJohn Bryan Ward-PerkinsJohn Bryan Ward-Perkins CMG, CBE, FBA was a British Classical architectural historian and archaeologist, and director of the British School at Rome.-Background:...
(1912–1981), British Classical architectural historian - John Perkins CushingJohn Perkins CushingJohn Perkins Cushing , called "Ku-Shing" by the Chinese, was a wealthy Boston sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist...
(1787–1862), American sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist