John White
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Musicians
- John White (composer)John White (composer)John White is an English composer and musical performer.-Life:White trained and taught at the London Royal College of Music...
(born 1936), English musician - John White (singer)John White (singer)John I. White was a western music singer. He was born in 1910 and originated from Washington, DC. Working under various stage names, such as the Lone Star Ranger, and the Lonesome Cowboy, he flourished as a performing and recording artist in the 1920s and 1930s. His first recordings were for...
(born 1910), American country music singer, writer on the genre of western music - John Simon WhiteJohn Simon WhiteJohn Simon White was an American opera director, vocal coach, and stage manager of Austrian birth. He was the managing director of the New York City Opera from 1970-1980.-References:...
(1910-2001), American vocal coach and opera director
Politicians
- John White, Governors of JamaicaGovernors of JamaicaThis is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys in Jamaica after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica....
- John White (Australian politician)John White (Australian politician)John Charles White was a Tasmanian Labor politician during the years 1986 to 1999. He is the son of Alfred White ....
, member of Tasmanian state parliament, 1986–1998 - John White (City of London MP), Member of the English Parliament for the City of LondonCity of London (elections to the Parliament of England)The City of London was a Parliamentary constituency of the Parliament of England until 1707.-Boundaries and history to 1707:This borough constituency consisted of the City of London, which was the historic core of the modern Greater London...
- John White (1634–1713)John White (1634–1713)John White was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire from 1679–1685, from May 1689 to 1690 and then finally from 1691 until 1698.-References:...
, British Member of Parliament for Nottinghamshire - John White (1699–1769), British Member of Parliament for East Retford
- John White (Frontenac County)John White (Frontenac County)John White was a lawyer and politician in Upper Canada. He was the first attorney general for Upper Canada....
(c. 1761–1800), Canadian politician - John White (Irish politician)John White (Irish politician)John White was an Irish politician, farmer and produce merchant. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1923 general election as a Farmers' Party Teachta Dála for the Donegal constituency. He was re-elected at the June 1927 and September 1927 general elections. At the 1932 general election,...
, Irish Farmers' Party / Cumann na nGaedhael politician, TD for Donegal, 1923–1933 - John White (Kentucky politician)John White (Kentucky politician)John White was a prominent U.S. politician during the 1840s.White was a native of Kentucky and practiced law there. White was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1832...
(1802–1845), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives - John White (Liberal MP)John White (Liberal MP)John White was an Ontario lumber merchant and political figure. He represented Halton in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1874....
(1811–1897), Canadian politician - John White (Conservative MP)John White (Conservative MP)John White was an Ontario machinist and political figure. He represented Hastings East in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1871 to 1887....
(1833–1894), Canadian politician - John D. WhiteJohn D. WhiteJohn Daugherty White was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of John White.Born near Manchester in Clay County, Kentucky, White attended a private school until 1865 and Eminence College and the University of Kentucky at Lexington until 1870.He was graduated from the law department of the...
(1849–1920), American politician from Kentucky - John White (loyalist)John White (loyalist)John White is a former leading loyalist in Northern Ireland. He was sometimes known by the nickname 'Coco'. White was a leading figure in the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Defence Association and, following a prison sentence for murder, entered politics as a central figure in the Ulster Democratic...
, convicted murderer, Northern Ireland - John White (Maryland politician)John White (Maryland politician)John White is currently the Chairman and CEO of Compass Marketing, Inc., and was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in 2006 in Maryland's 3rd congressional district to replace incumbent Democrat Ben Cardin, who successfully ran for the U.S. Senate. His opponents were Democrat John Sarbanes...
, U.S. Congressional candidate in Maryland - John White (New Zealand politician)John White (New Zealand politician)John White was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the West Coast, New Zealand.White and Edmund Barff contested the Hokitika electorate in the 1871 general election, with White being successful. He represented the electorate until the end of the term in 1875 when he retired.-References:...
(1830-1876), New Zealand politician - John White (Ontario politician)John White (Ontario politician)John White was a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister in Ontario, Canada, and Member of Provincial Parliament for London South from 1959 to 1975...
, provincial cabinet minister - John White (unionist)John White (unionist)John Phillip White was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1911 to 1917....
(1870–1934), president of the United Mine Workers of America - John F. White, Jr.John F. White, Jr.John F. White, Jr. is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He later served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council.-References:...
, Pennsylvania politicians - John White (Welsh politician)John White (Welsh politician)John White was a Welsh lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1645.White was from a family of merchants from Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He was the second son of Henry and Jane White...
(1590–1645), lawyer and MP for Southwark, 1640–1645 - John C. WhiteJohn C. WhiteJohn Coyle White was an elected and appointed Democratic official from Texas. He was the longest-serving Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, first elected in 1951 and serving until his resignation in 1977. White was the youngest person elected to statewide office in Texas...
, Chairman of the U.S. Democratic National Committee - Robert John WhiteRobert John WhiteRobert John White, known as John White, is an Ulster Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.White was Mayor of Coleraine from 1977 to 1980, having been Deputy Mayor from 1973. He was elected to the council at every election from 1973 to 1993....
, President of the Ulster Unionist Party and former Mayor of Coleraine - John Baker WhiteJohn Baker WhiteJohn Baker White started his career as a political activist becoming a director of a private organisation dedicated to fighting left-wing subversion. He became an amateur spy in Nazi Germany before becoming a propaganda agent during World War II. In 1945, he was elected a Conservative politician...
(1902–1988), British politician - John E. WhiteJohn E. WhiteJohn E. White was an American banker and politician who served as the Massachusetts Auditor.-Early life and education:White was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on December 13, 1873...
(died 1943), American politician - John Bazley WhiteJohn Bazley WhiteJohn Bazley White was an English cement manufacturer and Conservative politician.White was born at Balham, the son of John Bazley White and his wife Mary. His father was a cement maker, who had pioneered the use of portland cement and acquired the cement making plant at Swanscombe, established by...
, British Member of Parliament for Gravesend, 1886–1892
Scientists and medical professionals
- John White (biologist)John White (biologist)John G White co-developed confocal microscopy and mapped the complete nervous system of C. elegans, consisting of 302 neurons and over 7000 synapses. The study was published in 1986 by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London , and is considered to be the first work in the...
, co-developed confocal microscopy and mapped the complete nervous system of C. elegans - John White (scientist)John White (scientist)Professor John William White, CMG, FRS, FAA, FAIP, FRACI, FRSC BSc. , D.Phil is currently Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Research School of Chemistry, The Australian National University....
, Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry - John White (surgeon)John White (surgeon)John White was an English surgeon and botanical collector.White was born in Sussex and entered the Royal Navy on 26 June 1778 as third surgeon's mate. He was promoted surgeon in 1780, and was the principal surgeon during the voyage of the First Fleet to Australia...
(1756–1832), Surgeon-General of New South Wales - John Graham White (1913-2008), British clinical psychologist, Liverpool
Sportsmen
- Jock WhiteJock WhiteJohn "Jock" White was a Scottish footballer. He played for Albion Rovers and Heart of Midlothian in his native country and Leeds United in England. He also gained two caps for the Scotland national team...
(1897–1986), Scottish footballer, born John White - John White (footballer born 1986), English football player
- John White (footballer born 1937), Scottish international footballer for Falkirk and Tottenham Hotspur
- John White (rower)John White (rower)John Galbraith White was an American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the gold medal as member of the American boat in the eights competition.-External links:*...
(1916–1997), American rower - John White (squash player)John White (squash player)John White is a former World No. 1 squash player.White finished runner-up at both the World Open and the British Open in 2002. He won the PSA Masters title in 2003 . He also won the British National Championships in 2004...
(born 1973), Scottish squash player - John H. White (motorcycle racer), British motorcycle racer
- John Henry WhiteJohn Henry WhiteJohn Henry White was a running back who played ten seasons in Canadian Football League for the BC Lions. He was a part of the Lions 1985 Grey Cup winning team.-Honors:White was enshrined in the Louisiana Tech University Hall of Fame, Class of 1995....
, Canadian football player - J. T. WhiteJ. T. WhiteJohn T. "J.T." White was a college football assistant coach, and a second-team 1947 College Football All-American center who played for national championship teams at both the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. White also played basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes men's...
, American football player and coach - John White (jockey), Irish Steeplechase rider who was first past the post in the void 1993 Grand National1993 Grand NationalThe 1993 Grand National was scheduled on 3 April 1993 to be the 147th official renewal of the Grand National horse race, held annually at Aintree near Liverpool, England....
Writers
- John White (Christian author)John White (Christian author)John White was an Evangelical Christian author and international speaker who worked with International Fellowship of Evangelical Students of Latin America and published many books under InterVarsity Press....
, author of the Archives of Anthropos series - John White, alias of Augustine BradshawAugustine BradshawDom Augustine Bradshaw was a Benedictine monk. Born John Bradshaw near Worcester in 1575 to recusant Roman Catholic parents, he was sent to Royal Grammar School Worcester . He was sent to St...
(1575–1618), Benedictine monk - John Herbert WhiteJohn Herbert WhiteJohn Herbert White was co-author with Richard Clewin Griffith of the first three editions of the famous chess opening treatise Modern Chess Openings. It was first published in 1911 and is still in print...
, co-author of Modern Chess Openings
Others
- John White (actor)John White (actor)John Michael White is a Canadian film, television and commercial actor. He began acting during the mid-1990s, appearing on the television series' Goosebumps where he acted on the second goosebumps episode The haunted mask 2 He potrayed the character, Steve. and The Adventures of Shirley Holmes,...
(born 1981), Canadian actor - John White (art historian)John White (art historian)John Edward Clement Twarowski White, CBE is an English former art historian and was formerly the head of the Department of History of Art at the University College London . In 1992 he was made an Honorary Fellow of UCL...
, English former art historian - John White (bishop)John White (bishop)John White was an English bishop, a Catholic who was promoted in the reign of Mary Tudor.-Life:He was born in Farnham, Hampshire and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1529, M.A. in 1534, and D.D. in 1555.He was Warden of Winchester College from...
(1510–1560) , English bishop - John White (colonist and artist) (c. 1540–c. 1593), governor of the Roanoke Colony, first English colony in America
- John White (minister) (1575–1648), English Puritan clergyman
- John White (moderator)John White (moderator)John White was a minister of the Church of Scotland. He served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1925 and again at the reunion Assembly of 1929...
(1867-1951), minister of the Church of Scotland and Moderator of the General Assembly in 1925 and 1929 - John F. WhiteJohn F. WhiteJohn F. White was president of the Cooper Union from 1969 until 1979, President of National Educational Television and was a special assistant at the ASPEN Institute.- References :...
(1917–2005), American academic administrator - John G. WhiteJohn G. WhiteJohn Griswold White was a prominent Cleveland attorney, a chess connoisseur, and a bibliophile. "Over a period of some fifty years he conducted a determined quest, throughout the world, for desirable additions to his library." Chess historian H.J.R...
, Cleveland attorney and collector of books about chess, folklore, and Orientalia - John H. White (photojournalist), African-American photographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
- John Sylvester WhiteJohn Sylvester WhiteJohn Sylvester White was a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-born American actor.He was best known for his starring role as "Keith Barron" on the television soap opera Search for Tomorrow from 1951 to 1952, and many years later, to a different generation as the crabby, diminutive high school...
(1919–1988), American actor - John P. WhiteJohn P. WhiteDr. John P. White BS, MA, PhD is an American university professor and a former Government official who served in the Clinton Administration.White is the Robert and Renee Belfer Lecturer at the John F...
, American academic and public servant - John Chambers White, (c. 1770 – 1845), Royal Navy admiral
- John T. WhiteJohn T. WhiteJohn T. White was a native of Frederick County, Maryland, known both for his extended service as a school administrator and superintendent and also for his work as a poet...
(1856-1924), Maryland school administrator and author of proposed alternate lyrics to the Maryland state song
See also
- Jack White (disambiguation)
- Jon White (disambiguation)
- Jonathan White (disambiguation)
- John Whyte (disambiguation)