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Lonnie Johnson may refer to: * Lonnie Johnson (musician) (1899–1970), American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, and songwriter * Lonnie Johnson (inventor) (born 1949), American inventor of the Super Soaker * Lonnie Johnson (American football) (born 1971), former American football player * Lonnie Johnson Jr., American football player * Lon Johnson Lonnie Barton Johnson is an American politician. He is the former chairperson of the Michigan Democratic Party, having served in that position from 2013 through 2015. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2012 election for the 103rd district i ...

Lonnie Johnson (musician)
Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin.Herzhaft, Gérard (1979). ''Encyclopedia of the Blues''. Biography Early career Johnson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in a family of musicians. He studied violin, piano and guitar as a child and learned to play various other instruments, including the mandolin, but he concentrated on the guitar throughout his professional career. "There was music all around us," he recalled, "and in my family you'd better play something, even if you just banged on a tin can." In 1917, Johnson joined a revue that toured England, returning home in 1919 to find that all of his family, except his brother James, had died in the 1918 influenza epidemic. He and his brother settled in St. Louis in 1921, where they performed as a d ...
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Lonnie Johnson (inventor)
Lonnie George Johnson (born October 6, 1949) is an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, whose work includes a U.S. Air Force-term of service and a twelve-year stint at NASA, where he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He invented the Super Soaker water gun in 1989, which has been among the world's bestselling toys ever since. Early life Johnson was born in Mobile, Alabama. His mother, who finished high school, worked as a nurse's aide and his father, who didn't finish high school, was a World War II veteran. His father explained the basic principles of electricity to Johnson at an early age. Stating that he "always liked to tinker with things," Johnson earned the nickname "the Professor" from kids in the neighborhood. He once tore up his sister's doll to see what made the eyes close. He also tried to cook up rocket fuel in a saucepan but in doing so almost burned down the house. As a teenager, Johnson attended Williamson High School (Alabama), Willia ...
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Lonnie Johnson (American Football)
Lonnie Demetrius Johnson (born February 14, 1971 in Miami, Florida) is a former American football tight end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 1994 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State. Johnson also played for the Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The tea .... References 1971 births Living people Miami Senior High School alumni American football tight ends Florida State Seminoles football players Buffalo Bills players Kansas City Chiefs players Players of American football from Miami {{tightend-1970s-stub ...
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Lonnie Johnson Jr
Lonny or Lonnie is a given name usually used for males. People * Lonny Baxter (born 1979), American former basketball player * Lonny Bereal (), American R&B singer, songwriter and producer * Lonny Theodore Ted Binion (1943–1998), American casino executive * Lonny Bohonos (born 1973), Canadian former National Hockey League player * Lonny Calicchio (born 1972), American football player * Lonny Chapman (1920–2007), American actor * Lonny Chin (born 1960), English model and Playboy Playmate of the Month * Lonnie Chisenhall (born 1988), American baseball player * Alonzo Clayton (1876–1917), American horse racing jockey * Lonnie Coleman (1920–1982), American novelist and playwright known for the Beulah Land trilogy * Lonnie Dennis (born ca. 1938), Canadian football player * Lonnie Dixon (1932–2011), American collegiate basketball official * Lonnie Donegan (1931–2002), Scottish skiffle musician known as the King of Skiffle * Lonnie Ford (born 1979), American football pl ...
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