John Clay may refer to: *

Sir John Clay Sir John Clay was a combatant in the Wars of the Roses who fought on the Yorkist side in the Battle of Tewkesbury, fought on 4 May 1471. King Edward IV of England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land bor ...

, combatant in the Wars of the Roses *

John Clay (chaplain) John Clay (1796–1858) was an English cleric and prison chaplain. His reporting on inmates of the prison at Preston, Lancashire made him a national figure. Early life John Clay was born in Liverpool on 10 May 1796, the fifth son of Thomas Clay, ...

(1796–1858), English prison chaplain *

John Clay (cricketer, born 1924) John Desmond Clay (25 October 1924 – 11 February 2011) was a right-handed batsman who played for Nottinghamshire between 1948 and 1961, captaining the side in his final year. He was Nottinghamshire's only professional captain before the disti ...

(1924–2011), English cricketer *

John Clay (offensive tackle) John Clay may refer to: * Sir John Clay, combatant in the Wars of the Roses * John Clay (chaplain) (1796–1858), English prison chaplain * John Clay (cricketer, born 1924) (1924–2011), English cricketer * John Clay (offensive tackle) (born 1964), ...

(born 1964), American football player *

John Clay (running back) John Clay (born January 4, 1988) is a former American football running back. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In high school, he r ...

(born 1988), American football player *

John Cecil Clay John Cecil Clay, 1875–1930, was an American illustrator known for genre and caricature paintings. Clay was born in Ronceverte, West Virginia to a long-time Southern family. He was a student of Henry Siddons Mowbray at the Art Students League of ...

(1875–1930), American illustrator *

John Granby Clay John Granby Clay (1766–1846), was a British Army general. Early career Clay was appointed ensign on 6 Nov 1782, in a Scottish independent company, commanded by Captain, afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel James Abercrombie, then stationed in the nort ...

(1766–1846), British general *

John Morrison Clay John Morrison Clay (February 21, 1821 – August 10, 1887) was a Kentucky thoroughbred breeder, a son of statesman Henry Clay, and a husband of Josephine Russell Clay and the brother of Henry Clay, Jr. and James Brown Clay. He was also called ' ...

(1821–1887), American horse breeder * John P. Clay (1934–2013), investment banker and founder of the Clay Sanskrit Library *

John Randolph Clay John Randolph Clay (September 29, 1808 – August 15, 1885) was an American diplomat. Biography Clay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1808, the second child of parents Joseph (1769–1811) and Mary Ashmead Clay (1782–1871) and younger ...

(1808–1885), American diplomat *

Johnnie Clay John Charles Clay (18 March 1898 – 11 August 1973) was a Welsh cricketer who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan from 1921 to 1949. He also played one Test match for England in 1935. Personal life and war service Clay was born in Bonvil ...

(1898–1973), English cricketer *

The Red-Headed League "The Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in ''The Strand Magazine'' in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed Leag ...

, an 1891 short story by Arthur Conan Doyle with a character named John Clay

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