John Young
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Sports
- John Young (baseball)John Young (baseball)John Thomas Young is a former Major League Baseball player. He played two games at first base for the Detroit Tigers in , going 2-for-4 at the plate....
(born 1949), American baseball first baseman - John Young (cricketer, born 1863)John Young (cricketer, born 1863)Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1876, was named John YoungJohn William Young was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1894....
(1863–1933), English cricketer - John Young (cricketer, born 1876)John Young (cricketer, born 1876)Another Derbyshire cricketer, born in 1863, was named John Young.John Henry Young was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1899 and 1901....
(1876–1913), English cricketer - John Young (footballer)John Young (footballer)-Playing career:Young played for Bradford City and Sunderland before joining Port Vale in the summer of 1912. His debut came in a 5–0 defeat at Stalybridge Celtic in a Central League match on 3 September 1912, the awful result was compounded by the twisted knee he gained during the match which...
, soccer player - John Young (Scottish footballer)John Young (Scottish footballer)John Young is a Scottish former association football player and manager.- External links :*...
(born 1951), soccer player - John Young (soccer player)John Young (soccer player)John Young is a retired Scottish Association football midfielder who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League.Reardon attended Hartwick College, where he played soccer from 1977 to 1979. His freshman season, he was part of the Hawks' NCAA Men's Division I Soccer Championship and...
(born 1957), retired Scottish football (soccer) midfielder
Politics
- J. Smith YoungJ. Smith YoungJohn Smith Young was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana. He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, but grew up in Arkansas on a family plantation. He attended Centenary College, graduating in 1855. After several years managing the plantation, he earned a law degree...
(1834–1916), American politician - John Andrew YoungJohn Andrew YoungJohn Andrew Young was an Democratic politician from Texas who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1957 to 1979....
(1916–2002), American politician from Texas - John Duncan YoungJohn Duncan YoungJohn Duncan Young was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Owingsville, Kentucky, Young attended the common schools....
(1823–1910), US congressman from Kentucky - John Young, 1st Baron LisgarJohn Young, 1st Baron LisgarJohn Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, Bt, GCB, GCMG, PC was the second Governor General of Canada, in office from 1869 to 1872.-Biography:...
(1807–1876), Canadian colonial administrator - John Young (Canadian politician)John Young (Canadian politician)John Young was a member of the Parliament of Canada.- Early life :Young was born in Ayr, Scotland. His family had no particular social position or money. His father William was a cooper by trade....
(1811–1878), - John Young (governor)John Young (Governor)John Young was an American politician.He was born in Chelsea, Vermont. As a child, he moved to Freeport , Livingston County, New York. He had only basic schooling but, by self-study accumulated a knowledge of classics and became a law clerk, becoming admitted to the bar in 1829...
(1802–1852), Governor of New York - John Young (Hawaii)John Young (Hawaii)John Young was a British subject who became an important military advisor to Kamehameha I during the formation of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was left behind by Simon Metcalfe, captain of the American ship Eleanora, and along with a Welshmen Isaac Davis became a friend and advisor to Kamehameha...
(c. 1742–1835), British-born government advisor of Kamehameha I - John Young (jurist)John Young (jurist)Sir John McIntosh Young AC KCMG was an Australian jurist. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria 1974-91, the Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria 1974-95, and the Chief Scout of Australia 1989-96....
(1919–2008), Australian jurist - John Young (Scottish politician)John Young (Scottish politician)John Young was a Scottish politician. He was a Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland from 1999 to 2003....
(1930–2011), Conservative and Unionist Member of the Scottish Parliament - John Young (seigneur)John Young (seigneur)John Young was a seigneur, businessman, judge and political figure in Lower Canada.He may have been born in Scotland around 1759. Young became a merchant in London and came to Quebec City in 1783 to collect debts from a bankrupt firm there on behalf of firms from London and Glasgow. He entered...
(c. 1759–1819), Scottish-born Canadian land entrepreneur, jurist, and politician - John Darling YoungJohn Darling YoungMajor John Darling Young, JP was Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire from 1969 to 1984.He served in the Second World War with the Life Guards and in addition to the Lord Lieutenancy he also served as High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire for 1960 and as a member of Buckinghamshire County Council for...
(1910–1988), Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, 1969–1984
Business
- John A. YoungJohn A. YoungJohn A. Young is an American business executive. He was chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard from 1978 to 1992. He also formerly served as a director of Wells Fargo & Company.-Biography:Young was born in 1932 in Nampa, Idaho...
(born 1932), American business manager - John Hardin YoungJohn Hardin YoungJohn "Jack" Hardin Young is a trial lawyer who has a reputation for work in election law and electoral recounts. He was on the team of lawyers for the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 Florida election recount and the Bush v. Gore case, and is portrayed in the HBO film "Recount"...
, American attorney (aka Jack Young) - John Young (businessman)John Young (businessman)John Carlton Young is a British-born Australian accountant and businessman, who established the Great Southern Group, an agribusiness managed investment scheme group of companies. Great Southern Group was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999, and went into administration in 2009...
, Australian entrepreneur - John Young (merchant)John Young (merchant)John Young was a Scottish-born merchant, author and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Sydney County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1824 to 1837....
(1773–1837), Scottish merchant in Nova Scotia
Arts
- John Chin YoungJohn Chin YoungJohn Chin Young was a painter who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on March 26, 1909. He was the son of Chinese immigrants and began drawing at the age of eight, stimulated by Chinese calligraphy, which he learned in Chinese language school. Young had his first and only art lessons while a student...
(1909–1997), American painter - John Paul YoungJohn Paul YoungJohn Paul Young is an Australian pop singer who had a 1978 worldwide hit with "Love Is in the Air"...
(born 1950), Australian singer - John Russell YoungJohn Russell YoungJohn Russell Young was an American journalist, author, diplomat, and the seventh Librarian of the United States Congress from 1897 to 1899.-Biography:...
(1840–1899), American writer, diplomat & Librarian of Congress - John Young (actor)John Young (actor)John Young was a Scottish actor. He is the father of the actor Paul Young.Some of his credits include Doomwatch, Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Life of Brian , Chariots of Fire, Time Bandits and Rab C. Nesbitt.-External links:...
(1916–1996), Scottish actor - John Young (cinematographer)John Young (Cinematographer)John Young is an Australian cinematographer and naturalist. He has been consulted in numerous books and magazine articles about wildlife, in particular birds, including:*Hawks in Focus by Jack Cupper*Nocturnal Birds of Australia, a CSIRO publication...
(born c. 1960s), Australian - John Young (composer)John Young (composer)John Young is an electroacoustic music composer born March 4, 1962 in Christchurch, New Zealand, and currently living in Leicester, UK.He studied at the University of Canterbury, completing a doctorate on the manipulation of environmental sound sources in electroacoustic music...
(born 1962), New Zealand-born composer - John Young (musician)John Young (musician)John Young is a British progressive rock keyboardist and singer from Liverpool.-Biography:Young spent his early years at the Liverpool Cathedral where he was classically trained on the keyboard and voice. His first bands were mainly semi-pro jazz rock bands, and he played in these into the mid 1980s...
(born 1956), British keyboardist - John G. YoungJohn G. YoungJohn G. Young is an American director, producer and writer. He graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase .His works include Parallel Sons in 1995, The Reception in 2005 and Rivers Wash Over Me in 2009. He has also produced Garden in 2004. Most of his materials are related to gay...
, American director, producer and writer - John Lloyd YoungJohn Lloyd YoungJohn Lloyd Mills Young is an American actor and singer. In 2006, he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys. He is the only American actor to date to have received a Lead Actor in a Musical Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics...
(born 1975), American actor and singer - John Sacret YoungJohn Sacret YoungJohn Sacret Young is an author, producer, director, and screenwriter primarily in television. Young has been nominated for seven Emmys and seven Writers Guild of America Awards, winning two WGA Awards....
, author, producer, director, and screenwriter - John Zerunge YoungJohn Zerunge Young-Biography:Born in Hong Kong in 1956, John Young Zerunge moved to Australia in 1967 during China’s Cultural Revolution. He read philosophy of science and aesthetics at the University of Sydney, then studied sculpture and painting at Sydney College of the Arts...
(born 1956) Hong Kong-born Australian artist
Science
- John Wesley YoungJohn Wesley YoungJohn Wesley Young was an American mathematician who, with Oswald Veblen, introduced the axioms of projective geometry, coauthored a 2-volume work on them, and proved the Veblen–Young theorem.-Publications:* with Oswald Veblen, Ginn and co., 1910–1918-References:*...
(1879–1932), American mathematician - John Young (astronaut) (born 1930), American
- John Zachary YoungJohn Zachary YoungJohn Zachary Young FRS , generally known as "JZ" or "JZY", was an English zoologist and neurophysiologist, described as "one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century .....
(1907–1997), English zoologist
Other
- John Francis YoungJohn Francis YoungJohn Francis Young VC , was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
(1893–1929), Canadian soldier - John F. Young (1820–1885), American Episcopal bishop of Florida, translator of the hymn Silent Night
- John Willard YoungJohn Willard YoungJohn Willard Young was a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He is one of the few individuals to have been an apostle of the LDS Church and a member of the First Presidency without ever having been a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.-Early life and apostolic...
(1844–1924), American religious leader - John Young (bishop)John Young (bishop)John Young was an English academic and bishop.-Life:He was educated at Mercers' School in London, and graduated BA at the University of Cambridge in 1552. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1553, and Master there in 1567...
(c. 1532–1605), English academic and Anglican bishop of Rochester - John Young (Cryptome) ( fl. 2000s), American activist and architect
- John Young (naval officer)John Young (naval officer)John Young was a captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War, commander of the which was lost at sea....
(c. 1740–1781), American sailor - John Young (pioneer)John Young (pioneer)John Young was an American surveyor and pioneer. He is best known as the founder of Youngstown, Ohio, a village that eventually became one of the nation's largest steel producers. Young, a native of Whitestown, New York, first surveyed the area in 1796 and settled there soon after...
(1763–1825), American surveyor - John Young (Regius Professor)John Young (Regius Professor)John Young was an English Catholic clergyman and academic. He was Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and was later imprisoned by Elizabeth I. He is not John Young , Master of Pembroke Hall later in the century, and afterwards Bishop of Rochester.-Life:He is said to have been a native of...
(1514–1580), English Catholic clergyman and academic - John J. Young, Jr.John J. Young, Jr.John Jacob Young, Jr. was United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 2001 to 2005 and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics from 2007 to 2009....
, U.S. Defense Department official - John Kenneth YoungJohn Kenneth YoungThe Very Reverend John Kenneth Young was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana from 1948 until 1957. Born in 1914 he was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, ordained in 1939 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon and began his career with curacies at St James, West...
(born 1914), Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, 1948–1957 - John Dragon YoungJohn Dragon YoungJohn Dragon Young was a scholar of Chinese history who was also the first history scholar to become an elected member of parliament in Hong Kong under British rule.-Published works:...
(1949–1996), scholar of Chinese history - John Orr YoungJohn Orr YoungJohn Orr Young was an American advertiser who, with Raymond Rubicam, founded the Young and Rubicam advertising agency....
(1886–1976), American advertiser
Other meanings
- John Young ParkwayJohn Young ParkwayState Road 423, known for most of its length as John Young Parkway, and Lee Road east of Orange Blossom Trail, is a four- and six-lane surface road in the U.S. state of Florida. SR 423 is completely inside Orlando, Florida and runs from SR 408 north to U.S...
, in Florida, named for the American astronaut - USS John Young (DD-973)USS John Young (DD-973)USS John Young , named for Captain John Young USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer of the United States Navy. The ship was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi.-History:...
, American warship, named for the American naval officer
See also
- Jack Young (disambiguation)
- Johnny Young (disambiguation)Johnny Young (disambiguation)Johnny Young is an Australian singer.Johnny Young may also refer to:*Johnny Young *Johnny Young , politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada*Johnny "Man" Young, blues musician-See also:...
- John Young Brown (disambiguation)
- John Yonge (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Young (disambiguation)