John Drake may refer to: * John Drake (mayor) (died c. 1433), medieval mayor of Dublin * John Drake (died 1628) (1556–1628), English politician *

John Drake (privateer) John Drake (c. 1560–1600s) was an English privateer who attempted an ill-fated incursion against the Spanish Empire on the shores of the Río de la Plata. He was the nephew of Francis Drake. Biography Around 1583, John Drake and his crew de ...

(c. 1560–1600s), English pirate *

Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet Sir John Drake, 1st Baronet (4 April 1625 – 6 July 1669) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Drake was the son of Sir John Drake of Mount Drake and Ashe, and his wife Eleanor Boteler, daughter of John Boteler, 1 ...

(1625–1669), English politician * John R. Drake (New York politician) (1782–1857), U.S. Representative from New York *

John Poad Drake John Poad Drake (1794–1883) was an inventor and artist from Stoke Damerel, in present-day Devon. He worked at the Plymouth Dockyard. He later painted in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1815), Montreal and New York. He later returned to England and patented ...

(1794–1883), inventor and artist *

John Drake (1826–1895) John Burroughs Drake (January 17, 1826 – November 12, 1895) was a hotelier who was part owner of the Tremont House hotel in Chicago, Illinois.Berger, Miles L., "They Built Chicago: Entrepreneurs Who Shaped a Great City's Architecture," Bonus B ...

, American hotel magnate *

John M. Drake John Miller Drake (December 31, 1830 – December 11, 1913) was a Union Army officer in the 1st Oregon Cavalry and the 1st Oregon Infantry regiments during the American Civil War. He eventually reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. He led on ...

(1830–1913), Union Army officer during the American Civil War *

John Drake (1872–1964) John Burroughs Drake Jnr. (1872–1964) and his brother Tracy Drake were the developers and proprietors of the Chicago hotels, the Blackstone Hotel and Drake Hotel, he was the son of John Drake Snr., who was also a hotelier.Berger, Miles L., "T ...

, American hotel magnate *

John Drake (cricketer) John Drake (1 September 1893 – 22 May 1967) was an English first-class cricketer, who played three matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1923 and 1924, when he also turned out for their Second XI. Born in Tong Park, Baildon, Yorkshire, ...

(1893–1967), English cricketer *

Johnny Drake John William "Zero" Drake (March 27, 1916 – March 26, 1973) was an American football player. He was the first round pick (10th overall) by the Cleveland Rams, their first ever draft pick, in the 1937 NFL Draft The 1937 National Football Lea ...

(1916–1973), American football player *

John W. Drake John W. Drake (February 10, 1932 – February 2, 2020) was an United States of America, American microbiologist and geneticist, working for over half a century in the field of mutagenesis and DNA repair. Education and early career He completed ...

, American microbiologist *

John Drake (rugby union) John Alan Drake (22 January 1959 – 13 December 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union footballer who represented the All Blacks and Auckland as a tighthead prop. He played twelve times for New Zealand including eight test matches. He debuted for ...

(1959–2008), New Zealand rugby footballer *John Drake, singer for the band The Amboy Dukes

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* John Drake (''Danger Man''), character of the eponymous series

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