John Fletcher may refer to:
Politicians
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John Fletcher (MP for Rye) (by 1490–1545 or later)
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John Fletcher (Canadian commissioner), sent to frontier Manitoba, in 1816, with
William Bachelor Coltman
William Bachelor Coltman was a politician, active in the early 19th century.
He was born in Great Britain, and traveled to Canada in 1799.
He worked as a merchant in Quebec City, and purchased a schooner, and entered into a partnership with his br ...
when rival fur traders started killing one another
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Sir John Fletcher, 1st Baronet (1841–1924), British MP for Hampstead
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John Fletcher (New Zealand politician)
John Shearer Fletcher (22 December 1888 – 15 February 1934) was a New Zealand member of the House of Representatives for in Auckland. Born in Scotland, he came to New Zealand in 1916 to join his brothers in their construction business, out o ...
(1888–1934), New Zealand Member of Parliament for Grey Lynn
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(1883–1965), Queensland state MP and cricketer
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John Fletcher (South Australian politician)
John Fletcher (9 December 1883 – 5 June 1958) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Mount Gambier from 1938 to 1958 as an independent.
He was one of 14 of 39 lower house MPs at the 1938 el ...
(1883–1958), South Australian state MP
Religion
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John William Fletcher
John William Fletcher (born Jean Guillaume de la Fléchère; 12 September 1729 – 14 August 1785) was a Swiss-born English divine and Methodist leader. Of French Huguenot stock, he was born in Nyon in Vaud, Switzerland. Fletcher emigrated to E ...
(1729–1785), early Methodist divine
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John Fletcher (priest) (died 1848), English Roman Catholic priest and writer
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John Wesley Fletcher
John Wesley Fletcher (January 24, 1940 – June 21, 1996) was an American defrocked Assemblies of God pastor, known for his role in the PTL scandal involving Tammy Faye Bakker and Jim Bakker.
Early life
Fletcher was born in Durham, North Caroli ...
(1940–1996), Assemblies of God pastor
Others
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John Aubrey-Fletcher (1912–1992), British soldier and cricketer
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John C. Fletcher, American ethicist, see
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities is an American learned society dedicated to promoting research and the exchange of ideas in bioethics and related disciplines in the humanities. It was founded in January 1998 from the merger betwee ...
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John Gould Fletcher
John Gould Fletcher (January 3, 1886 – May 10, 1950) was an Imagist poet (the first Southern poet to win the Pulitzer Prize), author and authority on modern painting. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, to a socially prominent family. After a ...
(1886–1950), Pulitzer Prize winner
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John Fletcher (businessman) (born 1951), former CEO of Australian retail company Coles Group
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John Fletcher (cricketer, born 1893), Australian cricketer
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John Fletcher (playwright)
John Fletcher (1579–1625) was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; during his lifetime and in the early Restorati ...
(1579–1625), Jacobean playwright
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John Fletcher (rower), American rower, gold winner at the
1979 World Rowing Championships
The 1979 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August – 9 September 1979 at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia.
Medal summary
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
This table does not include th ...
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John Fletcher (tubist) (1941–1987), London Symphony Orchestra
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John Edward Fletcher
John Edward Fletcher (18 January 1940 – 1 June 1992) was a British-Australian scholar best known for his research and publications on Athanasius Kircher as well as several other Germans who had lived in and/or influenced Australia.Brian Taylor, ...
(1940–1992), Australian-British scholar
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Jack Fletcher, American voice actor
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John Walter Fletcher
John Walter Fletcher (11 May 1847 – 28 February 1918) is widely regarded as the "father of Australian soccer". He was also prominent in New South Wales (NSW) as a teacher and a magistrate.
Biography
Early life
Fletcher was born in London, t ...
(1847–1918), pioneer of soccer (association football) in Australia
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John Fletcher (American football)
John Hamilton Fletcher, Sr. (March 31, 1901 - June 4, 1977) was a college football player.
College Football
Fletcher was a prominent fullback for the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia, selected All-Southern in 1922. Walter Camp ga ...
, college football player
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John Fletcher (ice hockey), American ice hockey goaltender and coach
See also
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