John Townsend may refer to: * John Townsend (author) (born 1952), American psychologist and author *

John Townsend (basketball) John Frederick "Jake" Townsend Sr. (September 20, 1916 – December 4, 2001"John Townsend Sr. had been attorney, former professional basketball player". ''The Indianapolis Star''. December 6, 2001. C10.) was an American basketball forward and cen ...

(1916–2001), American basketball player *

John Townsend (MP for Greenwich) John Townsend (2 April 1819 – 22 December 1892) was a British actor and Liberal Party politician. Born in Deptford, in the south eastern suburbs of London, Townsend was the son of an auctioneer and estate agent in the neighbouring town of ...

(1819–1892), British politician and member of Parliament for Greenwich *

John Townsend (educator) John Townsend (24 March 1757 – 7 February 1826) was a Congregationalist minister, and founder of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, the first public institution in England for deaf children. Life Townsend was born in Whitechapel, London in 1757, ...

(1757–1826), English Congregationalist minister and founder of school for deaf children *

John Townsend (footballer) John Townsend (born 16 June 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Originally from Sale, Townsend came to Melbourne and made his league debut in 1962. He played as a ...

(born 1943), Australian rules footballer * John Townsend (Irish politician) (1737–1810), Irish MP for Dingle, Doneraile and Castlemartyr * John Townsend (mayor) (1783–1854), 37th mayor of Albany, NY * John Townsend (MP for Warwick), English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1597 to 1614 * John Townsend (New York City) (1789–1863), New York politician *

John Townsend (Oyster Bay) John Townsend ( 1608–1668) was an early settler of the American Colonies who emigrated from England before 1642 when his son, Thomas, was baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam. Townsend was a signatory to the Flushing Remonstr ...

(1608–1668), early settler of the American colonies *

John Townsend (Wisconsin politician) John Townsend (born May 23, 1938) is a Wisconsin politician and legislator. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Townsend graduated from Wayne State University. He served on the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Common Council. Townsend was elected to the Wisconsin ...

(born 1938), Wisconsin politician * Johnny Townsend (American football) (born 1995), American football player *John Townsend (1732–1809), cabinet maker of the

Goddard and Townsend The Goddard and Townsend families of Newport lend their name to an extensive body of New England furniture associated with Newport, Rhode Island in the second half of the 18th century. Family of artisans The Townsend and Goddard families were ...

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John G. Townsend Jr. John Gillis Townsend Jr. (May 31, 1871 – April 10, 1964) was an American businessman and politician from Selbyville in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served one term as Governor and two terms as U.S. S ...

(1871–1964), American businessman and politician, governor and senator from Delaware * John Kirk Townsend (1809–1851), American naturalist *

John P. Townsend John Pomeroy Townsend (1832–1898) was an American financier of the Gilded Age. He proudly claimed descent from "old Puritan stock", tracing his ancestry to a Thomas Townsend who settled at Lynn, Massachusetts in 1637. Business career Townsend ...

(1832–1898), American financier * John Rowe Townsend (1922–2014), British children's author *

John Richard Townsend John Richard Townsend List of fellows of the Royal Society of Arts, FRSA (1930 – 2013) was a painter who was born in Nottingham. His father was Art Director at Thomas Forman & Sons printers. Townsend left school aged 14 and studied art at No ...

(1930–2013), British painter * John Sealy Townsend (1868–1957), Irish physicist *

John Selby Townsend John Selby Townsend (August 24, 1824 – April 23, 1892) was an American judge and politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Townsend was born on August 24, 1824, in Morganfield, Kentucky to James Townsend a planter and large slaveo ...

(1824–1892), American Democrat legislator and jurist from Iowa *

John Townsend (musician) The Sanford-Townsend Band was a rock and roll band that scored a hit single in 1977 with "Smoke from a Distant Fire". History The Sanford-Townsend Band featured keyboardists Ed Sanford (from Montgomery, Alabama) and Johnny Townsend (from Tusca ...

, musician with the Sanford-Townsend Band

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