John Kay may refer to: *

John Kay (flying shuttle) John Kay (17 June 1704 – c. 1779) was an English inventor whose most important creation was the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. He is often confused with his namesake, ( John Kay's essay on the ...

(1704–c. 1779), English inventor of the flying shuttle textile machinery *

John Kay (spinning frame) John Kay was an English inventor best known for the development of the spinning frame in 1767, which marked an important stage in the development of textile manufacturing during the Industrial Revolution. Born in Warrington in Lancashire, England ...

(18th century), English developer of the spinning frame textile machinery * John Kay (caricaturist) (1742–1826), Scottish caricaturist * Sir John Kay (judge) (1943–2004), Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales *

John Kay (musician) John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat; 12 April 1944) is a German-born American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf. Early life He was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad O ...

(born 1944), musician and lead singer of Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf *

John Kay (Poet Laureate) John Kay was a fifteenth-century English poet who described himself as the ''versificator regis'' (which would develop into the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom) to Edward IV of England Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 Apri ...

(14th century), English Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom *

John Kay (economist) Sir John Anderson Kay, (born 1948) is a British economist. He was the first dean of Oxford’s Said Business School and has held chairs at the London School of Economics, the University of Oxford, and London Business School. He has been a fello ...

(born 1948), Scottish economist, ''Financial Times'' columnist and author *

John Kay (cricket journalist) John Kay (12 January 1910 – 16 February 1999) was a British cricket correspondent for the ''Manchester Evening News'' from the end of the Second World War to 1975 and for the ''Brighton Argus''. He toured Australia for the 1950-51 Ashes series f ...

(1910–1999), British cricket correspondent for ''The Argus'' * John Kay (journalist, born 1943) (1943–2021), British journalist convicted of the manslaughter of his wife, worked on Rupert Murdoch's ''The Sun'' * John Kay (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer of the 1870s and 1880s * John Caius the Elder (fl. 1480), or John Kay, poet * John Kay (poet born 1958), British poet and teacher * John Kay (English footballer) (born 1964), English former footballer * John A. Kay (1830–?), architect in Columbia, South Carolina, US * John Albert Kay, electrical engineer *

Jon Kay Jonathan Francis Kay (born 8 November 1969 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire) is an English television presenter, newsreader, and journalist based in the West of England known for his work on BBC News. Early life Kay was born on 8 November 1 ...

(born 1969), BBC broadcast journalist * Johnny Kay (born 1940), lead guitarist for Bill Haley & His Comets from 1961 to 1967

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