John Day, John Daye or Jon Day may refer to:
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John Day (Nova Scotia legislator)
John Day (before 1755 – November 1775) was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Newport Township from 1765 to 1769 and Halifax Township from 1774 to 1775 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
He was the son of D ...
(died 1775), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia
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John Day Jr.
John Day (died November 18, 1792) was a soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Newport township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1785 to 1791.
He was the son of John Day and Henrietta Maria Cottnam. Day served a ...
(died 1792), soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia
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John Day (judge)
John Day (18 February 1797 – 15 February 1859) was a Liberian politician and jurist who served as the 2nd Chief Justice of Liberia from 1854 until his death in 1859.
Born in Hicksford, Virginia, Day was the brother of Thomas Day, a famed Am ...
(1797–1859), Liberian politician and judge
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John Charles Day (1826–1908), English judge
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John Adam Day
John Adam Day (6 July 1901 – 7 June 1966), was a Liberal Party (UK), British Liberal Party parliamentary candidate who later became a prominent Conservatism in the United Kingdom, Conservative in Devon local government.
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He was the s ...
(1901–1966), politician in Devon, England
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John Day (Indiana politician)
John Joseph Day (born August 25, 1937) is a former Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives
The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state o ...
(born 1937), Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives
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John Day (Australian politician) (born 1955), Western Australian politician
* John Day,
Transport Workers Union of America
Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. This article discu ...
Local 100 Vice President
Sportspeople
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John Barham Day (1793–1860), English jockey and trainer
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John Day (cricketer, born 1812)
John Day (5 March 1812 – ''unknown'') was an English first-class cricketer active 1829–35 who played for Nottingham Cricket Club (''aka'' Nottinghamshire). He was born in Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a ci ...
, English cricketer
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John Day (horseman) (1819–1883), English jockey and trainer
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John B. Day
John Bailey Day (September 23, 1847 – January 25, 1925) was an American tobacco merchant who became an owner and manager in professional baseball of the late 19th century. He was the first owner of the franchise now known as the San Francisco ...
(1847–1925), manager of the New York Giants in 1899
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John Day (jockey)
John Day (1856–1885) was an Australian jockey, remembered for winning the 1870 Melbourne Cup. As a child he was a leading figure in the sport of pedestrianism.
History
At age eight, Day was touted as Australian champion pedestrian, having be ...
(1856–1885) Australian champion pedestrian and 1870 Melbourne Cup winner
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John Day (cricketer, born 1881)
John William Day (15 April 1881 – 9 November 1949) was an English first-class cricketer active 1903–07 who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire. He was born in Sutton-on-Trent; died in Saxilby.
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(1881–1949), English cricketer
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John Day (merchant) John Day, John Daye or Jon Day may refer to:
People
Politicians
* John Day (Nova Scotia legislator) (died 1775), merchant and politician in Nova Scotia
*John Day Jr. (died 1792), soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia
*John Day (judge) (1797 ...
(fl. 1497–98), English merchant, author of a letter referring to existence of lost book ''
Inventio Fortunata''
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John Day (printer)
John Day (or Daye) ( – 23 July 1584) was an English Protestant printer. He specialised in printing and distributing Protestant literature and pamphlets, and produced many small-format religious books, such as ABCs, sermons, and translations ...
(c. 1522–1584), English Protestant printer, also known as John Daye
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John Day (dramatist)
John Day (1574–1638?) was an English dramatist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
Life
He was born at Cawston, Norfolk, and educated at Ely. He became a sizar of Caius College, Cambridge, in 1592, but was expelled in the next year f ...
(1574–c. 1638), English dramatist
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John Day (carpenter) (died 1774), first recorded death in a submarine
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John Day (trapper)
John Day (ca. 1770 – February 16, 1820) was an American hunter and fur trapper in the Pacific Northwest, including present-day Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Western Montana and Southern British Columbia.
Biography
John Day was born i ...
(c. 1770–1820), American hunter and trapper
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John Day (architect)
John Day ( 1798–1802) was an Irish architect and builder active in the southeast of Ireland in the nineteenth century. He was related to architects William Day and Martin Day, both of County Wexford.
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(fl. 1798–1802), Irish architect from County Wexford
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John Day (priest) (1802–1879), clergyman in the Church of Ireland
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John Day (botanist) (1824–1888), Victorian orchid collector and illustrator
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John Medway Day (1838–1905), Australian journalist and activist
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John Other Day (fl. 1862–1912), Native American who sought peace between Indian tribes and white settlers
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John H. Day
John Hemsworth Osborne-Day (25 August 1909 – 24 April 1989 ) was a South African marine biologist and invertebrate zoologist who was born in Sussex and who died in Knysna. He is best known for his work on the taxonomy of ...
(1909–1989), South African marine biologist and invertebrate zoologist
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John A. Day (1913–2008), American meteorologist, educator and sky-watching evangelist
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John Day (historian)
John Moulton Day (3 April 1924 – 17 February 2003) was an American historian.
Biography
Born in Evanston (Illinois) in 1924, John Day taught at the Paris VII - Denis-Diderot University of Paris, in Israel, in the United States and at the U ...
(1924–2003), American historian
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John Day (computer scientist) (born 1947), ARPANET pioneer and early RFC contributor
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John Day (RAF officer)
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Romney Day, (born 15 July 1947) is a retired senior Royal Air Force commander and a military advisor to BAE Systems.
Early life and education
John Day was born in England in 1947, however during the first nine years ...
(born 1947), British air marshal
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Johnny Daye (1948–2017), American soul music singer
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John Day (biblical scholar) (born 1948), professor of Old Testament Studies
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Jon Day (born 1954), British civil servant
*Jon Day (born 1962), member of
The Charlatans
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Jon Day (writer) (fl. 2010s), British writer, critic and academic
Places
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John Day, Oregon
John Day is a city located about north of Canyon City in Grant County, Oregon, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 26 and 395. The city was named for the nearby John Day River, which had been named for a Virginian member of the 1811 Astor Expe ...
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John Day River
The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people, the original inhabitants of the region. Undammed along its entire ...
, a tributary of the Columbia River in northeastern Oregon
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John Day River (northwestern Oregon), a different tributary of the Columbia River
Other uses
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''John Day'' (film), a 2013 Indian film
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John Day Company
The John Day Company was a New York publishing firm that specialized in illustrated fiction and current affairs books and pamphlets from 1926 to 1968. It was founded by Richard J. Walsh in 1926 and named after John Day, the Elizabethan printer. ...
, a New York publisher founded in 1926
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John Day Dam
The John Day Dam is a concrete gravity run-of-the-river dam spanning the Columbia River in the northwestern United States. The dam features a navigation lock plus fish ladders on both sides. The John Day Lock has the highest lift (at ) of any U ...
, a dam on the Columbia River
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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon. Located within the John Day River basin and managed by the National Park Service, the park is known for its well-preserved l ...
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