John, Johnny, or Johnnie Dawson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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John Dawson (actor) (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, whic ...
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John Dawson (musician)
John Collins Dawson IV (June 16, 1945 – July 21, 2009), nicknamed "Marmaduke", was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the leader and co-founder of the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage. He sang l ...
(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), 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 (1813–1870), American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
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John W. Dawson (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
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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) (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
Sir John William Dawson (1820–1899) was a Canadian geologist and university administrator.
Life and work
John William Dawson was born on 13 October 1820 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where he attended and graduated from Pictou Academy. Of Scotti ...
(1820–1899), Canadian geologist
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John Dawson (botanist) (1928–2019), New Zealand botanist
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John M. Dawson (1930–2001), American computational physicist
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John Leonard Dawson (1932–1999), British physician, Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Household
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John W. Dawson Jr. (born 1944), American mathematician
Sports
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John Dawson (cricketer, born 1871) (1871–1948), English cricketer
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Johnny Dawson (1902–1986), American amateur golfer
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Johnnie Dawson (1914–1984), American Negro leagues baseball player
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Peter Dawson (cricketer) (John Peter Dawson, 1946–2012), English cricketer
Others
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John Dawson, 1st Earl of Portarlington (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) (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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