John or Johnny Morris may refer to:
Art and culture
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John Morris (piper)
John Morris, aka Morris Sarsfield, aka Muiruich (fl. 1850-75), Irish piper.
Morris was a native of Clydagh, Headford, County Galway, and appears to have been called Morris Sarsfield "from hero worship of the famous general", Patrick Sarsfield ( ...
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John Morris (composer)
John Leonard Morris (October 18, 1926 – January 25, 2018) was an American film, television, and Broadway composer, dance arranger, conductor, and trained concert pianist. He collaborated with filmmakers Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder.
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(1926–2018), film composer often employed by Mel Brooks
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John Chester Brooks Morris or Chester Morris (1901–1970), American actor
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John Morris (actor)
John Charles Morris (born October 2, 1984) is an American film, television and voice actor. He is best known for his role as the voice of Andy Davis in the ''Toy Story'' films.
Career
In 1991 while auditioning for the role of Andy in ''Toy Stor ...
(born 1984), American voice actor
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John Morris (Australian actor)
John Harvie Morris (born 23 March 1963) is an Australian actor and film producer. He is best known for playing doctor Philip Matheson in the television soap opera ''Home & Away'' and Andrew MacKenzie, the first gay character in ''Neighbours''.
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(born 1963), Australian television actor
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John G. Morris (1916–2017), picture editor
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John Meirion Morris
John Meirion Morris (14 March 1936 – 21 September 2020) was a Welsh sculptor.
Morris was born in Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, Gwynedd, where his parents kept a shop. He studied at Liverpool College of Art and later taught the subject at Llanidloe ...
(born 1936), Welsh sculptor
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John Morris (sculptor) (born 1963), English sculptor
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John Morris (filmmaker)
John William Morris (born February 23, 1969) is an American film screenwriter and producer best known for his collaborations with director Sean Anders, including ''Spirited'' (2022), '' Daddy's Home'' (2015), and ''We're the Millers'' (2013).
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(born 1983), American film screenwriter and producer
Military
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John Morris (soldier) (1617–1649), English army officer
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John W. Morris
John W. Morris (September 10, 1921 – August 20, 2013) was an American lieutenant general who became Chief of Engineers.
Morris was born in Princess Anne, Maryland. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1943 and was comm ...
(1921–2013), U.S. Army general
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John Morris (Medal of Honor) (1855–?), United States Marine Corps corporal who received the Medal of Honor
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John Ignatius Morris
Lieutenant General John Ignatius Morris (29 March 1842 – 1 October 1902) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Military career
Morris was the son of Rev. G. S. Morris, of Bretforton, Worcestershire. ...
(1842–1902), Royal Marines officer
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John Thomas Morris (1931–2015), British Army soldier
* John Morris (activity 1663-1672), British pirate and privateer with
Henry Morgan
Sir Henry Morgan ( cy, Harri Morgan; – 25 August 1688) was a privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. From his base in Port Royal, Jamaica, he raided settlements and shipping on the Spanish Main, becoming wea ...
Politics and law
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John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon
John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon, (born 5 November 1931) is a British politician. He was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for over 41 years, from 1959 to 2001, which included a period as Secretary of State for Wales from 1974 to 1979 ...
(born 1931), British politician, former Attorney-General
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John Morris (Australian politician) (1936–2013), Australian senator
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John Morris (Conservative politician)
John Patrick Morris (1894 - 31 July 1962) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford North from 1931 until 1945. He was educated at secondary school in Bolton, saw active service with the R ...
(1894–1962), British MP for Salford North, 1931–1945
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John Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest
John William Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest, (11 September 1896 – 9 June 1979) was a judge in England and Wales. He was a Law Lord from 1960 to 1975.
Early life
Morris was born in Liverpool, where his father was a bank manager. He ...
(1896–1979), British law lord
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John Morris (judge)
Sir John Demetrius Morris (24 December 1902 – 3 July 1956) was an Australian jurist, who was Chief Justice of Tasmania from 1940 until his death in office in 1956.
Early life and education
Morris was born in 1902 in the Melbourne suburb of H ...
(1902–1956), Australian jurist
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John Carnac Morris (1798–1858), English civil servant of the East India Company
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J. H. C. Morris (John Humphrey Carlile Morris, 1910–1984), academic lawyer
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John Henry Morris Sir John Henry Morris, KCSI (9 April 1828 – 14 September 1912) was an administrator in British India. He was Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces from 1867 to 1883.
References
* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001. ...
(1828–1912), administrator in British India
Religion
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John Morris (Hebraist) John Morris (1595–1648) was an academic, Hebraist and the Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Oxford from 1626.
Born in Dorset, Morris took his B.A. at Christ Church, Oxford in 1613, gaining his M.A. in 1615, a B.D. in 1626 befo ...
(1595–1648), Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford University (1626)
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John Morris (bishop)
John Baptist Morris (June 29, 1866 – October 22, 1946) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock in Arkansas from 1907 until his death.
Biography
Early life
John Morris was bo ...
(1866–1946), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
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John Brande Morris
John Brande Morris, known to friends as Jack Morris (born at Brentford, Middlesex, 4 September 1812; died at Hammersmith, London, 9 April 1880) was an English Anglican theologian, later a Roman Catholic priest. He was a noted academic eccentric, b ...
(1812–1886), English Anglican theologian, later a Roman Catholic priest
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John Edward Morris
John Edward Morris, M.M. (1889–1987) was an American Roman Catholic priest who served as the Prefect of Peng-yang in Korea from 1930 to 1936.
Born in the United States on 1 January 1889, Morris was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Di ...
(1889–1987), American Roman Catholic priest
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John Gottlieb Morris
John Gottlieb Morris (November 14, 1803 – October 10, 1895) was a Lutheran minister who played an influential role in the evolution of the Lutheran church in America. He was also an early American entomologist and a regional specialist in ...
(1803–1895), American Lutheran minister and entomologist
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John Hughes Morris John Hughes Morris (1870–1953) was born in Penrhosllugwy, Anglesey but moved to Liverpool as a young lad. He only received elementary education at Chatsworth School, Liverpool but he had considerable talent, and when he was 22 years of age he cam ...
(1870–1953), English Presbyterian minister, editors and writer
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John Morris (Jesuit)
John Morris, SJ (4 July 1826 – 22 October 1893), was an English Jesuit priest and scholar of Church history.
Life
Early life
Morris was born in Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, then under the British Raj. He was a son of John Carnac Morris, FRS, an ...
(1826–1893), English Jesuit and historical writer
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John Moses Morris John Moses Morris (April 27, 1837 – November 27, 1873) was an American minister, author, and newspaper editor.
Morris, son of Moses and Laura W. Morris, was born in Wethersfield, Conn., April 27, 1837. He graduated Yale College in 1860. In Nove ...
(1837–1873), American minister and author
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John D. Morris
John David Morris (born 1946) was an American young earth creationist. He was the son of "the father of creation science", Henry M. Morris, and served as president of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) from the time of his father's death ...
(born 1946), Christian creationist
Sports
Baseball
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John Morris (pitcher)
John Wallace Morris (born August 23, 1941) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. A left-hander, he appeared in 132 games played, all but ten as a relief pitcher, during all or parts of eight seasons between and for the Philadelph ...
(born 1941), professional baseball pitcher
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John Harold Goodwin Morris or Yellowhorse Morris (1902–1959), American baseball pitcher
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John Morris (outfielder)
John Daniel Morris (born February 23, 1961), is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and California Angels.
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(born 1961), baseball player, played 1986–1992
Cricket
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John Morris (Australian cricketer)
John Morris (5 June 1831 – 9 December 1921) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for New South Wales in 1858/59.
See also
* List of New South Wales representative cricketers
This is a list of male cricketers w ...
(1831–1921), Australian cricketer
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John Morris (cricketer, born 1880), English cricketer
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John Morris (New Zealand cricketer)
John Bentham Morris (9 January 1933 – 9 January 1970) was a New Zealand cricketer and orthopaedic surgeon.
Life and career
Morris was born in London in January 1933, the son of an orthopaedic surgeon, and his family moved to New Zealand when ...
(1933–1970), New Zealand cricketer
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John Morris (South African cricketer) (1940–2011), South African cricketer
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John Morris (cricketer, born 1964)
John Morris (born John Edward Morris, 1 April 1964) is a former English cricketer, who played for England in three Test matches and eight One Day Internationals in 1990 and 1991. He played first-class cricket for Derbyshire from 1982 to 1993, fo ...
, English cricketer
Other sports
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John Morris (footballer, born 1873) (1873–?), Chirk F.C. and Wales international footballer
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John Morris (bowls), former lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand
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John Morris (New Zealand footballer)
John Morris (born 5 March 1950) is an educator and former association football goalkeeper who represented New Zealand at international level. He served as the headmaster of Auckland Grammar School for 19 years before his retirement in 2012.
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(born 1950), New Zealand international footballer
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John Morris (curler)
John C. Morris (born December 16, 1978; nicknamed "Johnny Mo") is a Canadian curler, and two-time Olympic gold medallist from Canmore, Alberta. Morris played third for the Kevin Martin team until April 24, 2013. Morris, author of the book ''Fit ...
(born 1978), Canadian curler
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John Morris (rugby league)
John Morris (born 29 July 1980), is an Australian professional rugby league coach who was the head coach of the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks in the NRL, and a former professional rugby league footballer.
He previously played as a or for the Ne ...
(born 1980), Australian rugby league coach
Others
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John Albert Morris
John Albert Morris (July 29, 1836 – May 25, 1895) was an American businessman widely known as the "Lottery King" and a prominent figure in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing. A native of New Jersey, he benefited from a large inheritance and ...
(1836–1895), American businessman
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John Morris (physician) (1759-1793), American physician
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Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet
Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet (15 July 1745 – 25 June 1819), was a British industrialist, active in copper-smelting and coal-mining in Swansea, South Wales.
Biography
Early life
John Morris was born on 15 July 1745. He was the son of Robert Mor ...
(1745–1819), Welsh industrialist
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John Morris (geologist)
John Morris (19 February 1810 – 7 January 1886) was an English geologist.
Life
He was born in 1810 at Homerton, London, and educated at private schools.
He was engaged for some years as a pharmaceutical chemist at Kensington, but soon bec ...
(1810–1886), geologist
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John McLean Morris
John McLean Morris (September 1, 1914 – April 8, 1993) was an American gynecologist, surgeon and researcher.
Morris was born on September 1, 1914, in Kuling, China, where his father, DuBois S. Morris, was a Presbyterian missionary. He later r ...
(1911–1993), American gynecologist
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John Morris (historian)
John Robert Morris (8 June 1913 – 1 June 1977) was an English historian who specialised in the study of the institutions of the Roman Empire and the history of Sub-Roman Britain. He is best known for his book ''The Age of Arthur'' (1973), whi ...
(1913–1977), English historian
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John Morris (anthropologist)
Major Charles John Morris (1895 – 13 December 1980) was a British mountaineer, anthropologist and journalist, and controller of BBC Radio's Third Programme.
Life
Morris served in the army from 1915 to 1934. After serving in the trenches duri ...
(1895–1980), British mountaineer and journalist
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John Morris (pirate) John Morris (floruit, fl. 1663–1672, last name occasionally "Morrice") was an English buccaneer active in the Caribbean during the 1660s and early-1670s. His son, John Morris the Younger, held a command of his own ship during his father's late ...
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*John Morris, a character in the video game series ''
Castlevania
''Castlevania'' (), known in Japan as is a gothic horror action-adventure video game series and media franchise about Dracula (Castlevania), Dracula, created and developed by Konami. It has been released on various platforms, from early system ...
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John Morris and Sons Salford
John Morris & Sons Limited of Cross Lane, Salford, Manchester, Lancashire, were manufacturers of all kinds of fire fighting equipment from fire engines, manual then motorised, fire retardant foams, and electrical fire alarms, down to firemen's axes ...
, manufacturers of all kinds of fire fighting equipment
See also
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Johnny Morris (disambiguation)
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Jack Morris (disambiguation)
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John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
John Maurice of Nassau (Dutch: ''Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen''; German: ''Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen''; Portuguese: ''João Maurício de Nassau-Siegen''; 17 June 1604 – 20 December 1679), called "the Brazilian" for his fruitful period as ...
(1604–1679), count and (from 1674) prince of Nassau-Siegen
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John Morris-Jones
Sir John Morris-Jones (17 October 1864 – 16 April 1929) was a Welsh grammarian, academic and Welsh-language poet.
Morris-Jones was born John Jones, at Trefor in the parish of Llandrygarn, Anglesey the son of Morris Jones first a schoolmaster ...
(1864–1929), Welsh grammarian, academic and poet
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Jon Morris
Jon Morris (born April 5, 1942) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for fifteen seasons in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played for the Boston/New Englan ...
(born 1942), American college and professional football player
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Jon Morris (ice hockey)
Jon Morris (born May 6, 1966) is an American retired ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New Jersey Devils, San Jose Sharks, and Boston Bruins between 1988 and 1994. Internationally Morris played for the Unite ...
(born 1966), American ice hockey player
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John Morice (disambiguation)
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Jonathan Morris (disambiguation) Jonathan Morris may refer to:
*Jonathan D. Morris (1804–1875), American politician
*Jonathan Morris (commentator) (born 1972), American media correspondent and former Roman Catholic priest
*Jonathan Morris (author) (born 1973), English author, co ...
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Morris (surname)
Morris is a surname of various origins though mostly of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origin. The surname ranked 53 out of 88,799 in the United States and 32 out of 500 in England and Wales.
Origins
Britain
In England and Scotland, the ...
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