John Penn may refer to:
*Descendants of William Penn, 1st proprietor of Pennsylvania:
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John Penn ("the American")
John Penn (January 28, 1700 – October 25, 1746) was an American-born merchant who was proprietor of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania, which became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania following American independence obtained in victory in the ...
(1700–1746), son of William Penn, 2nd proprietor of Pennsylvania, inherited 50% interest in Colony, died childless
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John Penn (governor) (1729–1795), son of Richard Penn, Sr. and grandson of William Penn, colonial governor of Pennsylvania, his 25% interest in the Colony was lost in the American Revolution
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John Penn (writer) (1760–1834), also called John Penn of Stoke, son of Thomas Penn and grandson of William Penn, 5th proprietor of Pennsylvania, his 75% interest in the Colony was lost in the American Revolution
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John Penn (North Carolina politician)
John Penn (May 17, 1741 September 14, 1788) was an Founding Fathers of the United States, American Founding Father who served multiple terms in the Continental Congress, and who signed both the United States Declaration of Independence, Declara ...
(1741–1788), Continental Congressman from North Carolina, signer of the Declaration of Independence
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John Penn (engineer)
John Penn (1805–1878) was an English marine engineer whose firm was pre-eminent in the middle of the 19th century due to his innovations in engine and propeller systems, which led his firm to be the major supplier to the Royal Navy as it mad ...
(1805–1878), British marine engine engineer
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John Penn (Conservative politician)
John Penn (30 March 1848 – 21 November 1903) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham (UK Parliament constituency), Lewis ...
(1848–1903), MP for Lewisham 1891–1903
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John Penn (architect) (1921–2007), British architect
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Jack Penn (1909–1996), surgeon
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John Garrett Penn (1932–2007), United States federal judge
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John S. Penn (born 1926), American politician the New Jersey General Assembly
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John Penne, MP for
Melcombe Regis
Melcombe Regis is an area of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of Radipole, it seems only to have developed as a significant settlement and seaport in the 13th cen ...
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