John Palmer may refer to:

People

Politicians

* John Palmer (fl. 1377–1394), English politician *

Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet (1735– 11 February 1817) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1780. Palmer was the only surviving son of Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Carlton and was baptised on 20 February 1 ...

(1735–1817), British politician *

John Palmer (1785–1840) John Palmer (January 29, 1785 – December 8, 1840) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1817 to 1819. Biography He was born in Hoosick, Rensselaer Count ...

, U.S. congressman from New York *

John Palmer (1842–1905) John Palmer (March 22, 1842 – April 15, 1905 in Albany, New York) was an American politician who served as Secretary of State of New York from 1894 to 1898. Early life Palmer was born in Stapleton, Staten Island, a son of John and Rebecca ...

, secretary of state of New York and commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic *

John Hinde Palmer John Hinde Palmer (1808 – 2 June 1884) was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1868 and 1884. Early life Palmer was the son of Samuel Palmer of Dulwich Common and his wife Ma ...

(1808–1884), English barrister and Liberal Party politician *

John William Palmer John William Palmer (August 20, 1866 – November 3, 1958) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born on a farm near Macks Creek, Missouri, Palmer attended the local schools. He taught school in Hickor ...

(1866–1958), U.S. Representative from Missouri * John M. Palmer (politician) (1817–1900), U.S. Civil War general and governor and senator from Illinois * John R. Palmer (1809–1877), Michigan politician

Architects

John Palmer (architect) John Palmer (28 January 1785, Bishop Middleham, County Durham – 23 August 1846, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester) was an English architect who practised in Manchester. He was buried in the graveyard of St. Augustine's Chapel, which he had desi ...

(1785–1846), English architect *

John Palmer (Bath architect) John Palmer (c. 1738 – 19 July 1817) was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of Bath, Somerset, UK. He succeeded Thomas Baldwin as City Architect in 1792. He died in Bath. Some works * St Jame ...

(1738–1817), English architect

Religious figures

John Palmer (Unitarian, 1729?–1790) John Palmer (1729?–1790) was an English Unitarian minister. Life He was born about 1729 in Southwark, where his father was an undertaker. His parents were independents, and he was educated for the congregational ministry, under David Jennin ...

, English minister, active in the Midlands and north *

John Palmer (Unitarian, 1742–1786) John Palmer (1742–1786) was an English Unitarian minister. Life The son of John Palmer, wig-maker, he was born at Norwich. He was a protégé of John Taylor, who began his education, and, on becoming divinity tutor at Warrington Academy, place ...

, English minister, active in the south *

John Palmer (Master of Magdalene College) John Palmer (died June 1607) was an English clergyman and academic who was Master of Magdalene from 1597 to 1604, but died in a debtors' prison. Palmer was of Kent. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in Autumn 1567. He was awarded ...

(died 1607), English clergyman and academic *

John Palmer (Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia) John Palmer was a priest who worked as a missionary for the Anglican Church in Melanesia. Palmer was born at Woodstock, Oxfordshire and baptised on 19 November 1837. He was educated at St John's College, Auckland and ordained Ordination is ...

(1837–1902)

Military

* John M. Palmer (politician) (1817–1900), U.S. Civil War general and governor of Illinois * John McAuley Palmer (general) (1870–1955), American First World War general and military theorist

Sports

* John Palmer (cricketer) (1881–1928), English cricketer *

Johnny Palmer John Cornelius Palmer (July 3, 1918 – September 14, 2006) was an American professional golfer. Born in Eldorado, North Carolina, Palmer won seven times on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s, and was a member of the Ryder Cup team 1949. Palme ...

(1918–2006), golfer *

Bud Palmer John Shove "Bud" Palmer (born John Palmer Flynn; September 14, 1921 – March 19, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. He was a member of the New York Knicks during the team's first three seasons in the Basketball Association of A ...

(John S. Palmer; 1921–2013), New York Knicks player

Music

John Palmer (musician) John Michael "Poli" Palmer (born 26 May 1943 in Worcester) is an English rock musician who was a key member in the progressive rock band Family. Though he was not an original member, he was regarded as being integral to the group's sound. He p ...

(born 1943), English musician *

John Palmer (composer) John Palmer (1959) is a British composer, pianist and musicologist. John Palmer began his music career as a pianist and keyboard player in the mid-seventies. In the 1980s he studied piano with Grazia Wendling and Eva Serman at the Lucerne Scho ...

(born 1959), composer of instrumental and electronic music * John F. Palmer (1870?–?), American songwriter

Criminals

*John Palmer, alias of highwayman

Dick Turpin Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's trade as a butcher ear ...

(1705–1739) *

John Palmer (criminal) John Edward Palmer (September 1950 – 24 June 2015) was an English criminal, former market trader and gold dealer, involved in various criminal activities including mortgage and timeshare fraud. The police believed that much of his alleged � ...

(1950–2015), convicted time-share fraudster, nicknamed "Goldfinger"

Other people

John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne John Roundell Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne, (24 March 1940 – 12 February 2021), was a British peer, ecological expert, and businessman. He was one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the enactment of the H ...

(1940–2021), British peer and businessman *

John Palmer (actor) John Palmer (c. 1742–1798) was an actor on the English stage in the eighteenth century. There was also another John Palmer (1728–1768) who was known as Gentleman Palmer. Richard Brinsley Sheridan nicknamed him Plausible Jack. Birth and youth ...

(1742?–1798), English actor *

John Palmer (author) John Leslie Palmer (4 September 1885, Paddington, London – 5 August 1944) was an English author. Under his own name, he wrote extensively about early English actors and about British literary figures. He also wrote fiction under the collaborat ...

(1885–1944), English author *

John Palmer (Commissary of New South Wales) John Palmer (17 June 1760 – 27 September 1833) was a commissary of New South Wales, responsible for the colony's supplies. He arrived with the First Fleet in 1788, and was opposed to those who plotted against Governor William Bligh. One of ei ...

(1760–1833) *

John Palmer (director) John Palmer (May 13, 1943 – May 15, 2020) was a Canadian theatre and film director and playwright."Palmer, J ...

(1943–2020), Canadian film and theatre director *

John Palmer (postal innovator) John Palmer of Bath (1742 – 16 August 1818) was a theatre owner and instigator of the British system of mail coaches that was the beginning of the great British post office reforms with the introduction of an efficient mail coach delivery se ...

(1742–1818), inventor of the lightweight mail coach *

John Palmer (colonial administrator) Captain John Palmer (c.1650 – c.1700) was an English soldier, lawyer and colonial administrator. In the earlier 1670s Palmer moved from Barbados to the Province of New York, and he was then appointed ranger of Staten Island. Thomas Rudyard made ...

(c. 1650 – c. 1700), first Englishman to purchase land in the Rockaway Peninsula *

John Palmer (TV journalist) John Spencer Palmer (September 10, 1935 – August 3, 2013) was an American news correspondent, television broadcaster and news anchor for NBC News. Career NBC News Palmer worked for the NBC network over the course of 40 years, first from 1962 to ...

(1935–2013), former NBC News correspondent * John Horsley Palmer (1779–1858), English banker and Governor of the Bank of England * John J. Palmer (born 1965), metallurgist and author of ''How to Brew'' * John Anderson Palmer (born 1965), American philosopher * John Ross Palmer (born 1974), American artist *

Johnny Ace Palmer Johnny Ace Palmer is an American micromagic, close-up magician. He is famous within the worldwide magical community for his prodigious sleight-of-hand abilities. Early life Palmer was born in Warren, Ohio, in 1960 and attended Lakeview High School ...

(born late 1950s), American magician

Characters

* John Palmer (''Home and Away''), fictional character * Johnny Palmer (''Family Affairs''), fictional character

Buildings

John Denham Palmer House The John Denham Palmer House (now also known as the Oxley-Heard Funeral Home) is a historic house in Fernandina Beach, Florida. It is located at 1305 Atlantic Avenue. On July 3, 1986, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Plac ...

, a historic site in Fernandina Beach, Florida * John C Palmer Elementary School, a public elementary school in Mayfair, Chicago, Illinois

Ships

* ''John Palmer'' (1807 ship) * ''John Palmer'' (1810 ship) * ''John Palmer'' (1814 schooner), a ship wrecked in Bass Strait in 1818