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 a proprietor of the colonial Province of Pennsylvania (later the American state – the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after 1776). He was the eldest son of the colony's founder, William Penn (1 ...
(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)
John Penn (or John Penn, Jr. or John Penn of Stoke) (22 February 1760 – 21 June 1834) was the chief proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania as of 1775 (now the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States) and a politician and writer. He an ...
(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 American Founding Father who signed both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a delegate of North Carolina.
Biography
Penn was born near Port Royal in Caroline C ...
(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 politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham from 1891 to 1903.
John Penn was the eldest son of the marine engineer John Penn. He was educat ...
(1848–1903), MP for Lewisham 1891–1903
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John Penn (architect)
John Penn (11 March 1921 – 14 February 2007) was a British architect. He was born in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire, and died in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Penn was educated at Eton, and then at Trinity College, Cambridge. He studied History at Cam ...
(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 centu ...
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