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Paul Johnson (historian)
Paul Johnson may refer to: Musicians *Paul Johnson (producer) (1971–2021), American producer and DJ *Paul Johnson (singer), British soul singer of the 1980s * Paul Johnson (guitarist), American *Paul Francis Johnson, Australian bassist, frontman of Mr Floppy and Poontang Government and politics *Paul Johnson (American politician) (born 1959), former mayor of Phoenix, Arizona *Paul Johnson (Canadian politician) (born 1952), former Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament *Paul Johnson (civil servant), city manager of Toronto since 2022 * Paul B. Johnson Jr. (1916–1985), American politician, governor of Mississippi 1964–1968 *Paul B. Johnson Sr. (1880–1943), American politician, governor of Mississippi 1940–1943 *Paul Johnson (United States Air Force) (born 1958), USAF general and Distinguished Service Cross recipient Scholars and clergy *K. Paul Johnson (born 1953), library director and writer *Paul Johnson (economist) (born 1967), British civil servant and economist * Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (producer)
Paul Leighton Johnson (January 11, 1971 – August 4, 2021) was an American house disc jockey and producer. He was known for his self-taught DJ style of house music, mentoring and inspiring younger producers, and for a series of singles, including his 1999 worldwide hit single "Get Get Down". Musical career Johnson first began DJing in Chicago in 1984 when he was 13, throwing his first party at his eighth grade graduation. He started working as a producer in 1987, doing tracks for Chicago house labels Dance Mania, Relief, Cajual, Nite Life, Undaground Therapy, Defected, DJax Up Beats, Peacefrog, and Moody.Biography ''AllMusic'' His song "Get Get Down" became an international hit, sustaining airplay for several years in clubs and was a top 5 hit on the UK Singles Chart and a top 3 hit in Greece. The song reached number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart in December 1999. In 1997, Johnson and his partner Radek started the Chicago house label Dust Traxx, and has w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (baseball)
Paul Oscar Johnson (September 2, 1896 – February 14, 1973) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ... during the and seasons. References Major League Baseball outfielders Philadelphia Athletics players Baseball players from Windham County, Connecticut 1896 births 1973 deaths People from Thompson, Connecticut {{US-baseball-outfielder-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (comics)
Paul Johnson (born 13 October 1958) is a British comic book artist. Biography Paul Johnson orbited the peripheries of the British comic book industry in the early 1980s, self-publishing and appearing in short-lived publications such as ''Pssst!'' and ''Escape''. His first major comics work was the graphic novel ''London's Dark'' but he came to international attention when he painted the art on ''The Road to Nowhere'', the fourth and final chapter of ''The Books of Magic'' mini-series, written by Neil Gaiman and released by DC/Vertigo in 1993. Johnson worked abroad for Marvel Comics (''Interface'', ''Hellraiser'', ''Children of the Voyager''), DC Comics (''Mercy'', ''Invisibles'', ''Legends of the Dark Knight'') and Dark Horse Comics (''Aliens'') before working in Britain's home-grown industry for ''Crisis'', '' 2000 AD'', and the Eaglemoss publication ''Spinechillers''. In 2000 Johnson was awarded a grant by the Arts Council of Great Britain to run a series of comic book works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (book Artist)
Paul Johnson is a book artist and teacher in the United Kingdom. He is best known as a pop-up and movable book artist and for his work as a teacher of book art and children’s literacy. Johnson, the founder of the Book Art Project, an initiative that teaches writing to children through book making, has made books with over 200,000 children and over 25,000 teachers worldwide. Early life and education Johnson grew up in Norwich, England. He attended the Norwich University of the Arts and Rabindranath Tagore’s University of Santiniketan in India before getting his PhD from York University. After experimenting with poetry and performance art, Johnson began to make his own books in his early 40s. As Educator In 1987, while an art educator at the Manchester Metropolitan University, Johnson launched the Book Art Project, designed to advance writing and communication skills through courses, publications and workshops for teachers and children. Johnson is the author of almost 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul America
Paul Johnson (February 25, 1944 – October 19, 1982), better known as Paul America, was an American actor who was a member of Andy Warhol's Superstars. He starred in one Warhol-directed film, ''My Hustler'' (1965), and also appeared in Edie Sedgwick's final film ''Ciao! Manhattan'' (1972). Warhol years According to America, he met artist Andy Warhol at Ondine, a New York City discotheque in mid-1965. Warhol found America to be "unbelievably good looking - like a comic strip drawing of Mr. America, clean cut, handsome, very symmetrical". Warhol invited America back to his studio called The Factory located at 231 East 47th Street. America ended up moving into the studio and was eventually christened "Paul America" by Warhol. The name may have derived from Paul's former residence, the Hotel America. America later said he often had problems with the name given: In 1965, America was cast as the lead character in '' My Hustler'', written by Chuck Wein. ''My Hustler'' was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (wheelchair Athlete)
Paul Johnson (October 9, 1966 – June 10, 2020) was a Canadian wheelchair tennis player and Paralympic athlete who competed at international level events and was Canada's former number one wheelchair tennis player. He participated at the Paralympic Games four times; he competed in athletics once at the 1988 Summer Paralympics then played wheelchair tennis three times consecutively from 1992 to 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from .... Johnson died at the age of 53 in his hometown. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Paul 1966 births 2020 deaths Track and field athletes from Victoria, British Columbia Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Canada Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Wheelc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (squash Player)
Paul Johnson (born 18 July 1972) is a former professional squash player from England. Squash career Paul Johnson played for Greenwich in the London Youth Games when growing up and was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2011. Johnson reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in 1999. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games, he won a gold medal for England in Kuala Lumpur, in the men's doubles (partnering Mark Chaloner), and a bronze medal in the men's singles. Johnson and Chaloner were also men's doubles bronze medalists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Johnson won the British National Championship title in 1999. Johnson was involved in a remarkable match in the first round of the British Open against Peter Nicol Peter Nicol (born 5 April 1973) is a former professional squash player from Scotland, who represented first Scotland and then England in international squash. In 1998, while still competing for Scotland, he became the first player from the UK ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (rugby League, Born 1988)
Paul Johnson (born 13 March 1988) is an English professional rugby league footballer. He previously played for the Widnes Vikings in the Super League. Signing for St. Helens from amateur side Blackbrook ARLFC, Johnson plays as either a or . He has international honours at amateur level, having featured for Great Britain Community Lions. He was named in his first 19-man squad ahead of the derby with Wigan Warriors on Friday 31 July 2009. He also made the 19 for the 21 August 2009 game against the Huddersfield Giants but again dropped out. Début season (2010) Johnson made his first grade début for St Helens in 2010's Super League XV, coming off the bench to play in a 30–22 win at home to the Huddersfield Giants. Move to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats It was announced that Johnson's first year with Saints would be his last, as he secured a two-year contract at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He has been allocated the shirt number 17. Johnson made his début in the Festive Trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (rugby League, Born 1978)
Paul Johnson (born 25 November 1978) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, Emerging England and Lancashire, and at club level for the Wigan Warriors ( Heritage № 901), the Bradford Bulls ( Heritage №), the Warrington Wolves ( Heritage № 1276), the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats ( Heritage № 1073) and the Crusaders RL ( Heritage №), as a or . Background Johnson was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. Wigan Warriors Johnson made his professional début from the bench as a 17-year-old for Wigan in 1995. He played for Wigan from the interchange bench in their 1998 Super League Grand Final victory over Leeds. Johnson played for Wigan from the interchange bench in their 2001 Super League Grand Final loss to Bradford. Johnson played for Wigan from the interchange bench in the 2003 Super League Grand Final which was lost to Bradford. Bradford Bulls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (rugby League, Born 1970)
Paul Frederick Johnson (born 24 July 1970) is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. Playing career A Papanui Tigers player in the Canterbury Rugby League competition, Johnson played for Papanui Tigers from 1989 to 1993 after playing Rugby Union for the Christchurch Rugby Club. During this period Johnson played for the Canterbury Emerging Players Team in 1991 and 1992 In 1993 to 1995 Johnson was selected in the Canterbury Team and was in the side that bet Auckland in 1993, coming off the bench in the Provincial grand final. Johnson was then named in the touring squad for the 1993 New Zealand national rugby league team tour of Great Britain and France, replacing an injured Brent Todd. However, Paul wasn't selected to play in a test and therefore not an official Kiwi.Coffey and Wood ''The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League'' . p.334. Johnson did not play a test while on tour but played in several tour matches against dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (ice Hockey)
Paul Herbert Johnson (May 18, 1935 – July 17, 2016) was an American ice hockey forward. Career Johnson was a member of the United States hockey team that won the gold medal at Squaw Valley, California, during the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall .... He scored the pivotal go-ahead goal in the medal round game against Canada. Personal life Johnson died on July 17, 2016, at the age of 81. References External links * * Minnesota's Mister Hockey 1953 - http://www.mnhockeyhub.com/news_article/show/106156-mister-hockey * US Hockey Hall of Fame - http://www.ushockeyhalloffame.com/page/show/829976-paul-johnson * Miracle on Ice 1960 - http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/article/2010-02/original-golden-boys * * 1935 births 2016 deaths Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (footballer, Born 1992)
Paul Johnson (born 5 April 1992) is an English former professional footballer who plays for Spennymoor Town as a central defender. Career Hartlepool United Born in Sunderland, Johnson joined Hartlepool United at the age of 12. He turned professional in 2010, making his senior debut in April 2011. In May 2011 he signed a new contract with the club. And next season, he had a successful three-month loan spell at Conference North side Workington where he received praise from the Reds' manager Darren Edmondson with him saying "Paul has been fantastic for us, he's grown as a player and learned more about the game than playing meaningless Reserve games. It's been a pleasure to aid his development. He returns to Hartlepool an improved footballer and shows what effect the non league can have on the development of young talent." He was an unused substitute in a 2–1 win away at Bury shortly before he was loaned to local rivals Darlington for the rest of the season. He made his debut a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
