John May may refer to:
Business
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John May (angel investor)
John May is an American venture capitalist, the Managing Partner of the New Vantage Group, which has organized five angel investing organizations in the Washington, D.C. area since 1999, placing funds into more than 50 companies.
Biography
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, manager of Business Angel investment groups
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John May (shipwright)
John May Sr or Jan Maij (1694 – 1779) was an English shipwright from Chatham who served from 1758-1779 as Master Shipbuilder of the Amsterdam Admiralty.
Career
John May was hired in 1728 by the Amsterdam Admiralty. In 1727 this Admira ...
, English shipwright in Dutch service
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John May (youth worker) (born 1964), chief executive of Career Academies UK and member of the World Scout Committee
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John C. May, president and CEO of
John Deere
Deere & Company, doing business as John Deere (), is an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment, ...
Clergy
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John May (bishop)
John May (Meye) (died 1598) was an English academic and churchman, who became Bishop of Carlisle. He also served the House of De Vere as cleric in Buckinghamshire.
Life
He was a native of Suffolk and brother of William May. He matriculated a ...
(died 1598), Bishop of Carlisle
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John May (priest) Henry John May was the Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, from 1890 until 1893. Previously he had been priest in charge at Enmore, Guyana, Vicar of ''St Swithin's, West Bank Demerara'' and the Rural Dean
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(died 1893), Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana
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John L. May
John Lawrence May (March 31, 1922 – March 24, 1994) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mobile (1969–1980) and Archbishop of St. Louis (1980–1992).
Early life and education
John May was born in E ...
(1922–1994), Archbishop of St Louis
Politics
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John May (Australian politician) (1844–1917), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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John May (North Carolina politician)
John Milton May (January 21, 1950 – May 31, 2017) was a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He was appointed by Governor Beverly Perdue to represent District 49 in the House on April 21, 2010, after being selected b ...
(1950–2017), member of the North Carolina legislature
Sport
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Jack May (tennis) (1925–2012), Australian tennis player
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John May (Australian footballer)
John May (born 15 April 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). May was recruited to play for Essendon's under-19s from West Coburg in the Essendon District Football Le ...
(born 1951), Australian footballer who played for Essendon
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John May (cricketer) (1849–?), English cricketer
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John May (footballer, born 1878)
John May (15 April 1878 – 25 July 1933) was a Scottish footballer who played for Abercorn, Derby County, Rangers, Morton and Scotland.
Football career Club
May played as a left half-back (comparable to a modern midfielder) and started his c ...
(1878–1933), footballer who played for Rangers FC
Other
* John May (1744–1790), founder of
Maysville, Kentucky
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John May (gangster)
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day 1929. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park, Chicago garage on the morning of February 14 ...
, car mechanic for the Moran gang, killed in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
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John May (judge)
Sir John Douglas May, PC (28 June 1923 – 15 January 1997) was a British Court of Appeal judge appointed by the British Government to investigate the miscarriages of justice related to the Maguire Seven and other miscarriages linked to IRA bomb ...
(1923–1997), British judge who headed the May Inquiry into "Maguire Seven" miscarriage of justice
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John May (Medal of Honor)
John May (1836 – March 19, 1886) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 6th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas-Indian Wars. He was one of thirteen men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against the Kiowa at the ...
(1836–1886), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
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John May (police officer)
Superintendent John May (1775–1855) was the first commander of the Metropolitan Police "A" Division, which policed the Whitehall area of London. Since the divisional station house was adjacent to the offices of the Joint Commissioners, ...
(1775–1856), superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police
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John Wilder May
John Wilder May (1819–1883) was an American jurist who served as chief justice of the Boston Municipal Court and District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Early life
May was born on January 28, 1819, in Attleboro, Massachusetts to L ...
, American judge
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John May (''V''), episode of the 2009 miniseries ''V''
See also
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Johnny May
Johnny May (born 1945) is a Canadian Inuit, Inuk bush pilot living in Kuujjuaq, known as being the first Inuk pilot in eastern Canada. He is credited with saving the lives of many Inuit in search-and-rescue missions and operating medevac airpla ...
, Canadian Inuk bush pilot
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May (surname)
May is a surname of Germanic (Saxon) and, independently, of Gaelic origin. There are many variants used in English-speaking countries, as well as several variants used in Germany. The Scottish May is a sept of Clan Donald. The surname "May" ...
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Jack May
Jack Wynne May (23 April 1922 – 19 September 1997) was an English actor.
Early life and education
May was born in 1922 in Henley-on-Thames, and was educated at Forest School in Walthamstow. After war service with the Royal Indian Navy in Bri ...
(1922–1997), English actor
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J. Peter May
Jon Peter May (born September 16, 1939 in New York) is an American mathematician working in the fields of algebraic topology, category theory, homotopy theory, and the foundational aspects of spectra. He is known, in particular, for the May ...
(Jon Peter May, born 1939), American mathematician
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