John Grant (author)
Paul le Page Barnett (22 November 1949 – 3 February 2020), known by the pen name of John Grant, was a Scottish writer and editor of science fiction, fantasy, and non-fiction.
Biography
Born Paul le Page Barnett in Aberdeen, Scotland, Grant h ...
(1949–2020), pseudonym used by science fiction writer Paul Le Page Barnett
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John Grant (children's author)
John Grant (22 May 1930 – 23 February 2014) was a Scottish author and illustrator, possibly best known as the author of the ''Littlenose'' series of children's stories, which he read on the BBC's '' Jackanory'' in 55 programmes from 1968 to 1986 ...
(1930–2014), Scottish writer and illustrator known for the ''Littlenose'' series
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John Grant (novelist)
John Grant (born 1933), professionally known under pen name Jonathan Gash, is a British doctor and writer, best known as the author of the Lovejoy series that was adapted to television by Ian La Frenais He has also written under the name of Grah ...
(born 1933), writes under the pen name Jonathan Gash
* John Grant (pipe-major) (1876–1961), Scottish bagpipe player
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John Grant (musician)
John William Grant (born July 25, 1968) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter who holds both American and Icelandic citizenship. He came to prominence as the co-founder, lead singer, pianist, and primary songwriter for the alternative ...
(born 1968), lead vocalist with The Czars
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John Grant (screenwriter)
John Grant (December 27, 1891 – November 19, 1955) was a comedy writer best known for his association with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Costello called him their "chief idea man". Grant contributed to Abbott and Costello's radio, film and ...
(1891–1955), wrote for Abbott and Costello
* John Grant (born 1960), pseudonym Jock Strap, vocalist with London punk band
The Straps
The Straps are an England, English streetpunk band, formed in 1977 in Battersea, South London by vocalist Howard Jackson and guitarists Dave Reeves & Steve MacIntosh & Brad Day on drums John Moreau Grant (1895–1986), Canadian naval officer
* Johnny Grant (radio personality) (1923–2008), American radio personality
* John Grant, character in ''
Action for Slander
''Action for Slander'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Clive Brook, Ann Todd and Googie Withers. The plot is about an army officer who is falsely accused at cheating at cards by a man whose wife he had an affai ...
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* John Grant, character in ''
Wake in Fright
''Wake in Fright'' (initially released as ''Outback'' outside Australia) is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Evan Jones, and starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay and Jack Thomps ...
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Military
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John Duncan Grant
Colonel John Duncan Grant (28 December 1877 – 20 February 1967) was a British Indian Army officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth for ...
(1877–1967), British soldier
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John Gildroy Grant
John Gildroy Grant, VC (26 August 1889 – 25 November 1970) was a soldier in the New Zealand Military Forces during the First World War. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that ...
(1889–1970), New Zealand soldier
* John Robert Grant (1729–1790), British soldier, American Loyalist and the first British settler of Summerville, Nova Scotia
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John Grant (Royal Navy officer)
Rear-Admiral John Grant (13 October 1908 – 28 February 1996) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Reserve Fleet.
Naval career
Grant joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in the battleship in 1926. He specialised in anti-submarin ...
(1908–1996), admiral who commanded the Reserve Fleet of the Royal Navy
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Johannes Grant
Johannes Grant or Johannis Grandi was a mercenary employed by the Byzantine Empire at the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Contemporary Greek and Latin accounts referred to him as being German, although Runciman has suggested he may actually have ...
, Scottish engineer who fought in the Siege of Constantinople
Politics
* John Gaston Grant (1858–1923), U.S. Representative from North Carolina
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John Grant (British diplomat)
Sir John Douglas Kelso Grant (born 17 October 1954) is a retired British diplomat whose last diplomatic post was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union between 2003 and 2007.
He now has a small number of part-tim ...
(born 1954), British diplomat and head of the UK's Mission to the European Union
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John Grant (British politician)
John Douglas Grant (16 October 1932 – 29 September 2000) was British politician who served as an MP of the United Kingdom parliament from 1970 to 1983. He was as a member of the Labour Party until he left in 1981 to join the new Social Democ ...
John Grant (Canadian politician)
John Grant (June 1, 1841 – December 12, 1919) was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cassiar from 1882 to 1890 and Victoria City from 1890 to 1894 in the Legislative Assembly of British C ...
(1841–1919), Scottish-born merchant and political figure in British Columbia
* John James Grant (born 1936), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
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John Peter Grant (MP)
John Peter Grant (21 September 1774 – 17 May 1848) was a Scottish politician from Inverness-shire who sat in the House of Commons for English constituencies between 1812 and 1826.
Life
John Peter Grant was born in 1774. Educated at Edinburg ...
John Grant (American football)
John David Grant (born June 28, 1950) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL), playing seven seasons with the Denver Broncos.
Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Grant graduated from its Capital High S ...
John Grant (rugby league)
John Grant (born 19 March 1950) is an Australian businessman, rugby league football administrator and former chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission which controls rugby league in Australia. A former player of the 1970s, he was a Qu ...
John Grant Jr.
John Christopher Grant Jr. (born November 7, 1974) is a Hall of Fame professional lacrosse player who has played in Major League Lacrosse, the National Lacrosse League, and the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Grant Jr. was named men's lacrosse Offen ...
(born 1974), Canadian lacrosse player
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Jackie Grant
George Copeland Grant (9 May 1907 – 26 October 1978), known as Jackie Grant, was a West Indian cricketer who captained the Test side from 1930 to 1935. He was later a missionary in South Africa and Rhodesia.
Appointed to the Test captainc ...
John Grant (neurosurgeon)
Dr John MacDonald Falconar Grant, AO, OBE (14 August 1922 – 10 November 2013) was an Australian neurosurgeon and disability sport administrator. He was President of the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games Organising Committee. He played a leading ro ...
(1922–2013), neurosurgeon and disability sport administrator
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John C. Boileau Grant
John Charles Boileau Grant (1886–1973) was a British-Canadian anatomist, who was the Chair of Anatomy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine from 1930 to 1956. Grant is best known for his textbook ''Grant's Atlas of Anatomy'' and '' ...
(1886–1973), British-Canadian anatomist
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John Marion Grant
The execution of John Grant (April 12, 1961 – October 28, 2021) took place in the U.S. state of Oklahoma by means of lethal injection. Grant was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of prison cafeteria worker Gay Carter.
Grant's execution f ...
(1961–2021), American convict executed in Oklahoma
* John T. Grant (1813–1887), American railroad builder
* John T. Grant (judge) (1920–2010), justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
* John W. Grant (1867–1938), Atlanta merchant and banker in the late 19th century
See also
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Jack Grant (disambiguation) Jack Grant may refer to:
*Jack Grant (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1983), Australian rules footballer
*Jack Grant (footballer, born 1883) (1883–1954), Australian rules footballer
*Jack Grant (rugby union) (born 1994), Australian rugby union foo ...