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John Strong (mariner) John Strong was an English mariner. During an expedition from London to South America in 1689–91, commanding HMS ''Welfare'', he discovered the sound between the two main islands in the Falkland Islands. He named it Falkland Sound for Anthony C ...

, English captain who made the first recorded landing on the Falkland Islands, in 1690 *

John Strong (Michigan politician) John Strong, Jr. (April 7, 1830 – April 2, 1913) was an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.John Strong (Vermont politician) John Strong (August 16, 1738 – June 16, 1816) was an early Vermont farmer, militia officer and government leader who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. Biography John Strong was born in Salisbury, Connecticut on August ...

(1738–1816), American politician *

John Franklin Alexander Strong John Franklin Alexander Strong (October 15, 1856 – July 27, 1929) was a Canadian-born journalist who was the second governor of Alaska Territory from 1913 to 1918. Background John Franklin Alexander Strong was born in Salmon Creek, a small fa ...

(1856–1929), Alaskan politician *

John Strong (educationalist) John Strong CBE FRSE FEIS LLD (15 January 1868 – 7 October 1945) was a 20th-century British educationalist. He was one of the creators of the Education Act (Scotland) 1918. This brought the many poorly-funded private Catholic schools in Scotlan ...

(1868–1945), British educationalist *

John Clifford Strong John Clifford Strong (14 January 1922 – 24 September 2003) was Governor of the Turks and Caicos The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Tur ...

(born 1922), British governor of the Turks and Caicos, 1978–1982 *

John Anderson Strong John Anderson Strong (18 February 1915 – 15 December 2012) was a Scottish physician/internist and academic, who served as Professor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and the President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburg ...

(1915–2012), Scottish surgeon and academic *

John D. Strong John Donovan Strong (1905-1992) was an American physicist and astronomer. Strong, one of the world’s foremost optical scientists, was known for being the first to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus and for developing a number of innov ...

(1905–1992), professor of physics and astronomy *

John S. Strong John S. Strong is an American academic, who is the Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Bates College. Strong specializes in Buddhist studies and with emphasis on the Buddha's biography, relics, and the legends and cults of ...

(born 1948), American religion academic *

John Strong (actor) The ''AVN'' (''Adult Video News'') Hall of Fame has honored people for their work in the adult entertainment industry since 1995.Johnny Strong John Christopher Strong (born July 22, 1974) is an American actor, composer, and musician. He is best known for his roles in ''Black Hawk Down'' (as Medal of Honor recipient Randy Shughart) and ''The Fast and the Furious'' as Leon. Aside from a ...

(born 1974), actor *

John Strong (sportscaster) John Strong is an American television play-by-play broadcaster who is the lead play-by-play voice for '' MLS on Fox''. His work has appeared on NBC, Fox, ESPN among other networks. He is a former radio host on 750-AM "The Game" in Portland, Oreg ...

(born 1985), TV sportscaster *

John Strong (colonist) John Strong (16101699) was an English-born New England colonist, politician, Puritan church leader, tanner and one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut and Northampton, Massachusetts as well as the progenitor of nearly all the Strong families in ...

(1610–1699), English-born New England colonist and politician * John Strong Sr. (1798–1881), English–American farmer and politician

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* Mrs. John L. Strong, a privately held American luxury company and manufacturer of custom papers and stationery

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