John Rogers
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Europeans
- John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr) (c. 1500–1555), editor and part translator of the Matthew Bible, and the first English Protestant martyr under Queen Mary
- John Rogers (c.1570–1636)John Rogers (c.1570–1636)John Rogers , sometimes referred to as "Roaring" John Rogers, for his fiery preaching style, was a well-known English Puritan clergyman and preacher.-Life:...
, Puritan vicar of Dedham, Essex, "one of the most awakening preachers of the age" - John Rogers (Fifth Monarchist)John Rogers (Fifth Monarchist)John Rogers was a Fifth Monarchist preacher of the 1650s, and later a physician.-Background:He was born at Messing in Essex, the second son of the clergyman Nehemiah Rogers, by his wife Margaret. Because of his religious views, he was turned out by his father in 1642. He returned to studies of...
(1627–c. 1665), Fifth Monarchist writer - Sir John Rogers, 1st BaronetSir John Rogers, 1st BaronetSir John Rogers, 1st Baronet was an English politician and merchant.He was the eldest son and only surviving child of John Rogers and his wife Elizabeth Payne, daughter of Sir Robert Payne. Rogers entered the English House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Plymouth in 1698, representing the...
(c. 1649–1710), English MP for Plymouth 1698–1700 - Sir John Rogers, 2nd BaronetSir John Rogers, 2nd BaronetSir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet was an English lawyer and politician.Baptised at St Andrew's, Plymouth, he was the only son of Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Vincent, daughter of Spencer Vincent. In 1710, he succeeded his father as baronet...
(1676–1744), British MP for Plymouth 1713–1722 - Sir John Rogers, 3rd BaronetSir John Rogers, 3rd BaronetSir John Rogers, 3rd Baronet was a British lawyer and politician.-Background:Baptised in Cornwood, he was the oldest son of Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet and his wife Mary Henley, daughter of Sir Robert Henley. Rogers was educated at New College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1724...
(1708–1773), British MP for Plymouth 1739–1740 - John Rogers (MP)John Rogers (MP)John Rogers was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Helston from 1784 to 1786.-References:...
(1750–1832), British MP for Helston - John Rogers (divine)John Rogers (divine)John Rogers , divine was born at Plymouth on 17 July 1778. He was the eldest son of John Rogers, the M.P. for Penryn and Helston and Margaret, daughter of Francis Basset....
(1778–1856), clergyman and writer - Sir John Rogers, 6th BaronetSir John Rogers, 6th BaronetSir John Leman Rogers, 6th Baronet was a British politician and composer.Born in Plymouth in Devon, he was the eldest son of Sir Frederick Rogers, 5th Baronet and Jane Lillicrap, daughter of John Lillicrap. Baptised in Cornwood on 5 October 1780, Rogers was educated at Winchester College in 1795...
(1780–1847), British MP for Callington - John Rogers (Irish lawyer)John Rogers (Irish lawyer)John Rogers was the Attorney General of Ireland 1984 – 1987. He was educated at Rockwell College and Trinity College, Dublin.The Labour Party demanded the right to choose the Attorney General in the coalition government of 1984....
, Attorney General of Ireland, 1984–1987 - John Rogers (footballer)John Rogers (footballer)John Rogers was an Irish soccer player during the 1970s.John played for Bohemians amongst others during his career in the League of Ireland. He came through the youth ranks at Bohs alongside David Mason and Ken McGlynn....
, Irish footballer - John Rogers (English footballer)John Rogers (English footballer)John Charles Rogers is an English former footballer who played as a centre-forward.He moved from Burscough to Wigan Athletic, then competing in the Northern Premier League, in 1972...
(born 1950), striker with a long career in non-league soccer - John Rogers (rugby player)John Rogers (rugby player)John Henry Rogers was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Moseley Rugby Football Club and international rugby for England. In 1890 Rogers became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club....
(1867–1922), England international rugby union player - Johnny Rogers (rugby), rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s for Bridgend (RU), Cardiff, Great Britain (RL), and Huddersfield
- John Rogers (RAF officer)John Rogers (RAF officer)Air Chief Marshal Sir John Robson Rogers KCB CBE is a former senior Royal Air Force commander.-RAF career:Educated at Brentwood School, Rogers joined the Royal Air Force in 1950...
(born 1928), British air marshal
North Americans
- John Rogers (American football), Temple University coach
- John Rogers (baseball)John Rogers (baseball)John Ignatius Rogers , was part-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies from to , and majority owner from 1899 to . He also owned the Philadelphia Phillies of the short-lived National Football League of 1902.Rogers was born to Irish immigrant parents in Philadelphia on May 27, 1844...
(1844–1910), part-owner of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1883 to 1899, and majority owner from 1899 to 1903 - John Rogers (Continental Congress) (1723–1789), patriot in American Revolution, delegate to Continental Congress
- John Rogers (Cherokee chief)John Rogers (Cherokee chief)John Rogers was the last elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West, elected 11 October 1839 by the faction of Old Settlers who rejected the unity constitution of September 1839. The rejectionist faction gained no further adherents and the effort died the next year. Rogers was the nephew...
, last elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation West - John Rogers (Harvard)John Rogers (Harvard)John Rogers was an English academic in early Colonial America. Eldest son of minister Nathaniel Rogers, he was born in Coggeshall, a small town in Essex, and immigrated to New England with his family in 1636. In 1649, at age 19, in the recent settlement of Cambridge , he earned a B.A...
(1630–1684), educator; president of Harvard University - John Rogers (ice hockey)John Rogers (ice hockey)Alfred John Rogers is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 14 games in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars.- Career statistics :-External links:...
(born 1953), Canadian ice hockey player - John Rogers (New York politician)John Rogers (New York politician)John Rogers was a Representative from New York. He was born in Caldwell, New York on May 9, 1813. He completed preparatory studies, the moved to Black Brook, Clinton County, in 1832 and engaged in the manufacture of iron. He was supervisor of the town of Black Brook for ten years and held other...
(1813–1879), U.S. Congressman from New York - John Rogers (sculptor)John Rogers (sculptor)John Rogers was an American sculptor who produced very popular, relatively inexpensive figurines in the latter 19th century.He became famous for his small genre sculptures, popularly termed "Rogers Groups", which were mass produced in cast plaster...
(1829–1904), sculptor from Salem, Massachusetts, noted for small statuettes - John Rogers (writer)John Rogers (writer)John Rogers is a screenwriter, comedian, film producer, and comic book writer. Although born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he attended McGill University in Montreal and is better known publicly as a Canadian writer...
, film producer, writer of comics and screenplays - John A. RogersJohn A. RogersJohn A. Rogers is a physical chemist and materials engineer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.-Education:Rogers obtained BA and BS degrees in chemistry and in physics from the University of Texas, Austin, in 1989. From MIT, he received SM degrees in physics and in chemistry in 1992...
, physical chemist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - John F.W. RogersJohn F.W. RogersJohn F.W. Rogers is a partner at Goldman Sachs. He was Chief of Staff at Goldman to CEOs Jon S. Corzine and Henry Paulson. He is said to have been current United States Treasury Secretary Paulson's closest advisor while at Goldman, as well as a member of United States Secretary of State James...
(born 1956), Goldman Sachs partner - John H. Rogers (Arkansas politician)John H. Rogers (Arkansas politician)John Henry Rogers was an attorney, a federal judge and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born near Roxobel, North Carolina, Rogers moved to Mississippi in 1852 with his parents, Absalom and Harriet Rogers, who settled near Madison Station. His father became a wealthy planter, owning land worth...
(1845–1911), U.S. Representative from Arkansas - John H. RogersJohn H. RogersJohn H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992, which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole.- External links :* official MA House website* profile...
(born 1964), Massachusetts state representative - John Haney RogersJohn Haney RogersJohn Haney Rogers, born 1822 in Tennessee, died December 27, 1906 Merced, California, was a pioneer of the California Gold Rush, and was one of the first known group of European-Americans to travel through Death Valley, California, in December 1849....
(1822–1906), pioneer in the California Gold Rush of 1849 - John Henry RogersJohn Henry RogersJohn Henry Rogers was a United States Congressman from Arkansas and United States federal judge.Rogers was born in Roxobel, North Carolina to Absalom Rogers and his wife Harriet Rice. He moved with his parents to Mississippi in 1852, settling near Madison Station...
(1845–1911), U.S. federal judge - John Jacob RogersJohn Jacob RogersJohn Jacob Rogers was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Rogers was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University in 1904 and from Harvard Law School in 1907. He practiced law in Lowell, starting in 1908...
(1881–1925), Massachusetts Congressman, 1913–1925 - John M. RogersJohn M. RogersJohn Marshall Rogers is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.- Background :Rogers received his B.A. from Stanford University and his J.D...
(born 1948), Federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - John Rankin RogersJohn Rankin RogersJohn Rankin Rogers was the third Governor of the state of Washington. Elected as a member of the People's Party before switching his affiliation to the Democratic Party, Rogers was elected to two consecutive terms in 1896 and 1900, but died before completing his fifth year in office.-Early...
(1838–1901), Governor of Washington, 1897 - John T. RogersJohn T. RogersJohn T. Rogers won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Reporting, based on his coverage of the inquiry leading to the impeachment of federal judge George W. English.-References:...
(1882–1937), Pulitzer Prize winner - John W. Rogers, Jr.John W. Rogers, Jr.John Washington Rogers, Jr. is an investment manager who founded Ariel Capital Management , which is the United States' largest minority-run mutual fund firm, in 1983. He is chairman and CEO of the company. He served as the Board President of the Chicago Park District for six years in the 1990s...
(born 1958), Ariel Capital/Princeton basketball - Johnny RogersJohnny RogersJohn Bernard Rogers Bakker is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at 6'10" and 225 lbs he played the power forward position and played collegiately at Stanford University and the University of California, Irvine.- NBA :Rogers was selected with the 10th pick of the second...
(born 1963), American basketball player
See also
- John Rodgers (disambiguation)
- Roger Delano HinkinsRoger Delano HinkinsRoger Delano Hinkins , known and published as John-Roger, is an American author, public speaker, and founder of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness , as well as several other New Age spiritual and self-help organizations.-Early life and education:Hinkins was born on September 24, 1934, and...
(born 1934), also known as John-Roger, of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness