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Jack A. Davenport Jack Arden Davenport (September 7, 1931 – September 21, 1951) was a former Golden Gloves boxer and a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions and sacrifice of life during the Korean War. ...

(1931–1951), boxer *

John Davenport (rally driver) John or Jack Davenport may refer to: Sports * Jack A. Davenport (1931–1951), boxer * John Davenport (rally driver), co-winner of the 1968 RAC Rally and British Leyland's Director of Motorsport from the end of 1976. * John Davenport (baseball) ...

, co-winner of the 1968 RAC Rally and British Leyland's Director of Motorsport from the end of 1976. *

John Davenport (baseball) John or Jack Davenport may refer to: Sports * Jack A. Davenport (1931–1951), boxer * John Davenport (rally driver), co-winner of the 1968 RAC Rally and British Leyland's Director of Motorsport from the end of 1976. * John Davenport (baseball), ...

, born 1922, American baseball player in

1954 New York Giants (MLB) season The 1954 New York Giants season was the franchise's 72nd season. The Giants won the National League pennant with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses and then defeated the Cleveland Indians in four games in the World Series. It was the team's final ...

Politicians

John Davenport (Connecticut politician) John Davenport (January 16, 1752 – November 28, 1830) was a United States representative from Connecticut. Biography Born in Stamford in the Connecticut Colony, he pursued academic studies, and graduated from Yale College in 1770. He engag ...

(1752–1830), U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1799–1816 *

John Davenport (industrialist) John Davenport (29 September 1765 – 12 December 1848) was one of the most financially successful English industrial potters, founder of the Davenport Pottery firm in Longport in The Potteries. He served as the Conservative M.P. for Stoke from 18 ...

(1765–1848), British pottery manufacturer and member of parliament for Stoke-upon-Trent, 1832–1841 *

John Davenport (Ohio politician) John Davenport (January 9, 1788 – July 18, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born near Winchester, Virginia, Davenport attended the common schools. He moved to Ohio in 1818 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. Davenport settled in Bel ...

(1788–1855), U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1827–1828

Actors

* Jack Davenport (born 1973), British actor

Others

* John Davenport (minister) (1597–1670), Puritan minister and colonist in New Haven Colony *

John Davenport (orientalist) John Davenport (8 June 1789 – 1877) was a British orientalist and writer. He is best known for his book '' An Apology for Mohammed and the Koran''. Life He was born on 8 June 1789, in London. His father was from Staffordshire. Like his father, ...

(1789-1877), British orientalist scholar * John Davenport (trade unionist) (died 1941), British trade unionist * Otis Blackwell (1932–2002), musician who used the pseudonym John Davenport * John M. Davenport (1842–1913), Church of England clergyman and writer *

John Thistlewood Davenport John Thistlewood Davenport (1817–1901) was an English pharmacist and businessman.

(1817–1901), English pharmacist and businessman *

John Davenport (economic journalist) John A. Davenport (September 11, 1904 – June 8, 1987) was an American journalist and writer, the editor of Barron's, a longtime editor of Fortune and a career-long exponent of the moral and economic case for free markets. Davenport was born in ...

(1904–1987) * John Davenport (journalist), former host of '' Washington Week'' *

John Davenport (critic) John Lancelot Agard Bramhall Davenport (10 May 1908 – 27 June 1966) was an English critic and book reviewer who wrote for, amongst other publications, '' The Observer'' and '' The Spectator''. He was a mentor to the critic Nora Sayre. Life The ...

(1908-1966), British poet and critic

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