John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dawson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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John Dawson (actor) John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dawson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* John Dawson (actor) (1919–1984), played Mr. Mumford in ''Rentaghost''
*John Dawson (musician) (1945–2009), American singer and guitarist with the New Riders of the Purple S ...
(1919–1984), played Mr. Mumford in ''
Rentaghost
''Rentaghost'' is a British children's television comedy show, originally broadcast by the BBC between 6 January 1976 and 6 November 1984. The show's plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for a firm called Rentaghost, which ...
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John Dawson (musician) (1945–2009), American singer and guitarist with the New Riders of the Purple Sage
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John Dawson (anchor)
John Dawson (born December 19, 1969) is a British television journalist, former news anchor at Bloomberg TV in Europe and Asia, and the founder of Acara Strategy, an Asia-based public relations firm.
While at Bloomberg, Dawson interviewed head ...
(born 1969), British television journalist
Politics and law
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John Dawson (1762–1814)
John Dawson (1762March 31, 1814) was a Virginian lawyer, soldier and politician who served in the War of 1812 and a term in the Continental Congress as well as several terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before his death in office.
Early ...
, American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia
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John Dawson Jr.
John Dawson Jr. (July 8, 1765 – June 3, 1823) was the sixteenth intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two terms from 1806 to 1808.
Early life
Dawson was born on July 8, 1765, to John Dawson and Joanna Broughton Monck.
Care ...
(1765–1823), intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina
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John Bennett Dawson
John Bennett Dawson (March 17, 1798 – June 26, 1845) was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana.
Early life
Born near Nashville, Tennessee on March 17, 1798, he ...
(1798–1845), American politician, U.S. Representative from Louisiana
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John Littleton Dawson
John Littleton Dawson (February 7, 1813 – September 18, 1870) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Dawson was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Brownsville, Penn ...
(1813–1870), American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
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John W. Dawson
John W. Dawson (October 21, 1820 – September 10, 1877) was Governor of Utah Territory in 1861.
Born on October 21, 1820, in the pioneer settlement of Cambridge in Dearborn County, Indiana, he was a lawyer, a farmer and a newspaper editor ...
(1820–1877), American politician, governor of Utah Territory
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John A. Dawson (Canadian politician) (1826–1902), member of Canadian House of Commons from Pictou
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John Dawson (Australian politician) (fl. 1861), member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
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John Shaw Dawson
John Shaw Dawson (June 10, 1869 – February 9, 1960) was a Scottish-born Kansas attorney who served as Kansas Attorney General, and as a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from January 11, 1915, to January 11, 1937, and chief justice from Januar ...
(1869–1960), Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
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John R. Dawson
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
(1950–2003),
United States Ambassador to Peru
The following is a list of United States ambassadors, or other chiefs of mission, to Peru. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently ''Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.''
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John Dawson (Illinois politician) John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dawson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* John Dawson (actor) (1919–1984), played Mr. Mumford in ''Rentaghost''
*John Dawson (musician) (1945–2009), American singer and guitarist with the New Riders of the Purple S ...
(), candidate in the
Science and medicine
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John Dawson (surgeon)
John Dawson (1734 – 19 September 1820) was both an English mathematician and physician. He was born at Raygill in Garsdale, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where "Dawson's Rock" celebrates the site of his early thinking about conic se ...
(1734–1820), British mathematician and surgeon
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John Frederic Dawson (1802–1870), English entomologist and taxonomist
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John William Dawson (1820–1899), Canadian geologist
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John Dawson (botanist)
John Wyndham Dawson (1 February 1928 – 11 March 2019) was a New Zealand botanist.
Early life and education
Dawson was born in Eketāhuna on 1 February 1928. He was educated at Eketahuna District High School and Christchurch Boys' High School. ...
(1928–2019), New Zealand botanist
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John M. Dawson
John Myrick Dawson (30 September 1930 in Champaign, Illinois – 17 November 2001 in Los Angeles) was an American computational physicist and the father of plasma-based acceleration techniques. Dawson earned his degrees in physics from t ...
(1930–2001), American computational physicist
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John Leonard Dawson
John Leonard Dawson (30 September 1932 – 16 May 1999) was an English surgeon particularly known for his work in the field of liver disease. He pioneered several surgical techniques, including radical tumour resection, injection sclerotherapy a ...
(1932–1999), British physician, Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Household
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John W. Dawson Jr.
John W. Dawson Jr. (born February 4, 1944) is Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University at York. Born in Wichita, Kansas, he attended M.I.T. as a National Merit Scholar before earning a doctorate in mathematical logic fro ...
(born 1944), American mathematician
Sports
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John Dawson (cricketer, born 1871)
John Miles Dawson (3 November 1871 – 3 December 1948) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of John Miles of Tadcaster, he was born at Wighill in November 1871. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Trinity College, Camb ...
(1871–1948), English cricketer
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Johnny Dawson
John W. Dawson (December 20, 1902 – January 6, 1986) was an American amateur golfer and golf course architect.
Dawson was born in Chicago, Illinois. Although he was a lifelong amateur golfer, his amateur status was rescinded by the United State ...
(1902–1986), American amateur golfer
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Johnnie Dawson
Johnnie Dawson (November 8, 1914 – August 6, 1984) was an American Negro league catcher between 1938 and 1942.
A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Dawson made his Negro leagues debut in 1938 with the Kansas City Monarchs, and played with t ...
(1914–1984), American Negro leagues baseball player
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Peter Dawson (cricketer)
John Peter Dawson (22 August 1946 – 23 November 2013) was an English cricketer. Dawson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off spin. He was born in Chester, Cheshire and educated in Wales at Rydal School.Published by Associat ...
(John Peter Dawson, 1946–2012), English cricketer
Others
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John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington
Earl of Portarlington is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1785 for John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington, who had earlier represented Portarlington in the Irish House of Commons. He was the son of William Dawson, 1st Visco ...
(1744–1798), Irish peer
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John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington
John Dawson, 2nd Earl of Portarlington (26February 178128December 1845) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.
Family
He was the son of John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington (1744–1798) who had been created Earl of Porta ...
(1781–1845), Irish peer
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John Dawson (slave trader)
John Dawson (died 1812) was a Liverpool slave trader.
Captain John Dawson, in , captured the French East Indiaman . When ''Carnatic'' came into Liverpool, she was said to be worth £135,000 and the richest prize ever taken and brought safe into ...
(died 1812), British slave trader
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John Barkley Dawson
John Barkley Dawson (November 10, 1830 – December 27, 1918) was a US Rancher and namesake of the town of Dawson, New Mexico
Dawson (also Mountview) is a ghost town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. Dawson was the site of two separ ...
(1830–1918), American rancher, namesake of Dawson, New Mexico
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John A. Dawson (geographer), British academic in the fields of geography and marketing
See also
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Jack Dawson (disambiguation)
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