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
* John Grant (novelist) (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
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Johnny Grant (radio personality)
Johnny Grant (May 9, 1923 – January 9, 2008) was an American radio personality and television producer who also served as the honorary mayor of Hollywood, in which capacity he was often present at Hollywood community functions, including the u ...
(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
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John Robert Grant
Captain John Robert Grant (1729–1790, aged 61) fought in the American Revolution and then became an American Loyalist and the first British settler of Summerville, Nova Scotia.
Family
Captain Grant was born in Strathspey, Scotland, along wi ...
(1729–1790), British soldier, American Loyalist and the first British settler of Summerville, Nova Scotia
* John Grant (Royal Navy officer) (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 ...
(1932–2000), British Labour and SDP Member of Parliament
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John Grant (Gunpowder Plot)
John Grant (c. 1570 – 30 January 1606) was a member of the failed Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to replace the Protestant King James I of England with a Catholic monarch. Grant was born around 1570, and lived at Norbrook in Warwickshire. ...
(c. 1570–1606), one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot
* John Grant (Manchester politician), Manchester councillor for Whalley Range
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John Grant (Australian politician)
John Grant (1857 – 19 May 1928) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was married to the politician Mary Anne Grant.
Life
Born in Abernethy, he received a primary education before becoming a stonemason. Migrating to the Colony o ...
(1857–1928), Australian Senator
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John Grant (Queensland politician)
John Bramwell Grant (born 1954) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2015, representing the electorate of Springwood.
Grant was born in Brisbane, and opera ...
(born 1954), member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2015
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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
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John James Grant
John James "Jim" Grant (born January 17, 1936) is a Canadian politician and soldier who served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
Early life and education
Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Grant attended Mount Allison University, g ...
(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 ...
(1774–1848), Scottish politician
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John Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart
John Peter Grant, 13th Earl of Dysart (born 22 October 1946), styled Lord Huntingtower from 2003 to 2011, also known as Johnnie Grant, is a Scottish peer and landowner. Together with his son James, he is responsible for Rothiemurchus, in the S ...
(born 1946), Scottish peer, landowner and conservationist
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John Peter Grant
Sir John Peter Grant, GCMG, KCB, (28 November 1807 – 6 January 1893), was a British colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal (1859–1862) and as Governor of Jamaica.
Life
John Peter Grant was born in London on 28 N ...
(1807–1893), British colonial administrator
Sports
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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 ...
(born 1950)
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John Grant (Scottish footballer)
John Grant (16 June 1931 – 28 January 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Hibernian, Raith Rovers and the Scotland national team.
Grant signed for Hibs in 1949, but had to wait until 1954 to make his league debut ...
(1931–2021)
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John Grant (footballer, born 1891)
John Wylie Grant (1891 – after 1915) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward throughout Europe in the early part of the twentieth century.
Career
Born in London, Grant played in Ireland for Cliftonville, in Swede ...
, English
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John Grant (footballer, born 1981)
John Anthony Carlton Grant (born 9 August 1981) is a former English Association football, footballer who last played for Droylsden F.C., Droylsden as a Forward (association football), striker and previously played for a variety of other Englis ...
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
* John C. Boileau Grant (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 ...