John Dierkes (1905 - 1975)

American actor of film and television. Dierkes appeared in the films, “Oklahoma Crude” (1973), “The Omega Man” (1971), “The Haunted Palace” (1963), “X Cool” (1963), “The Alamo” (1960), “Valerie” (1957), “Prince Valiant” (1953), “Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde” (1953), The Thing From Another World” (1951) and “MacBeth” (1948). Appeared in many […]

John Dioguardi (1914 - 1979)

Organized Crime Figure. Known as “Johnny Dio”, he was a Captain in the Luchese Organized Crime Family. A powerful labor racketeer and union boss, he was indicted for hiring a small-time criminal named Abe Telvi to throw acid in the face of labor columnist Victor Riesel in 1956, who was blinded in the attack. The […]

John Donaldson Voelker (1903 - 1991)

John Voelker was born in Ishpeming, Michigan on June 29, 1903, to George and Anne Voelker. He attended Northern Michigan Coilege (now University) from 1924 to 1925 before transferring to the University of Michigan Law School, graduating in 1928. While at the University of Michigan, he met and married Grace Taylor. They married on August […]

John Donne (1572 - 1631)

Donne was born in London, into a recusant Roman Catholic family when practice of that religion was illegal in England. Donne was the third of six children. His father, also named John Donne, was of Welsh descent and a warden of the Ironmongers Company in the City of London. Donne’s father was a respected Roman […]

John Doucette (1921 - 1994)

John Doucette (January 21, 1921 in Brockton, Massachusetts – August 16, 1994 in Banning, California) was a film character actor. He was a balding, husky man remembered for playing mob muscle and western bad guys in movies. According to the Internet Movie Data Base, between 1943 and 1987, Doucette appeared in some 260 movies and […]

John Downs (1913 - 1994)

Actor. Born John Morey Downs in Brooklyn New York, son of Morey H. Downs, a Navy Lieutenant, who would be posted to San Diego, California in 1921. At the age of eight, Downs was picked up by Hal Roach Studios and cast in the Our Gang comedy shorts beginning with “The Champeen” in 1923, he […]

John Drew Barrymore (1932 - 2004)

Barrymore was born in Los Angeles, California to John Barrymore and Dolores Costello. His parents separated when he was 18 months old, and he rarely saw his father afterward. Educated at private schools, he made his film debut at 18, billed as John Barrymore Jr. In 1958, he changed his middle name to Drew, although he […]

John Dunsworth (1946 - 2017)

John Dunsworth studied acting at the University of Guelph, but dropped out in his fourth year. He went on to act in numerous CBC radio dramas, and has had starring roles in many stage productions at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax. In 1970, Dunsworth leased an abandoned building on Halifax’s waterfront, and converted it into a […]

John Dye (1963 - 2011)

John Dye was born in Amory, Mississippi, one of three sons, to James and Lynn Dye, a furniture manufacturer and homemaker. He was introduced to acting by playing the role of the youngest von Trapp child in a school production of The Sound of Music at Cleveland High School (CHS) in Cleveland, Tennessee. He performed […]

John E. Brent (1889 - 1962)

Architect. He was Buffalo’s first professional African-American architect and the second African-American to design a “colored” YMCA, Buffalo’s Michigan Avenue YMCA. He was also a founding member of the Buffalo chapter of the NAACP.  (bio by: Deleon Todd)

John Eachard (1970 - 1697)

Cleric, Author, Master of St. Catherine’s College and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (bio by: David Conway)

John Earl Graves (1927 - 2001)

Information officer for the United States Department of State. One of the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran from 1979 to 1981 (bio by: Erik Lander)

John Edgar Hoover (1895 - 1972)

Law Figure. He served as director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Chief for over forty eight years until his death.  Born in Washington, D.C. three blocks behind the Capitol in the Seward Square neighborhood, his family had been civil servants for generations and his father served in this capacity with the Coast […]

John Edward Carew (1970 - 1868)

Sculptor. He was primarily known for sculptures of historical subjects in London. His projects included the “Death of Nelson”,  at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London, and his statues of Dick Whittigton at London’s Royal Exchange and of Edmund Kean at the Drury Lane Theatre. (bio by: s.canning)

John Eldredge (1904 - 1961)

Actor. He was a notable character performer whom appeared in hundreds of feature films and television programs. He began his career on Broadway and made his big screen debut in “The Man with Two Faces” (1934), followed by “Flirtation Walk” (1934). Among his other film credits are, “High Sierra” (1941), “Angels in the Outfield” (1951), […]

John Elliott (1858 - 1925)

Artist. Most known for his mural decorations, some of more notable in America being “The Vintage” and his ceiling painting which is in the Boston Public Library.  (bio by: Laurie)  Family links:  Spouse:  Maud Howe Elliott (1854 – 1948)* *Calculated relationship Inscription:John ElliottThe True HeartedBorn in England, April 22, 1858Died in Charleston, SC, May 26, […]

John Ellis Kimberly (1970 - 1928)

Businessman. A Paper Magnate, he was one of the co-founders of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Kimberly-Clark is famous for such products as Kleenex, Kotex, Huggies, and Depends.  Family links:  Spouse:  Helen Cheney Kimberly (1845 – 1932)*  Children:  John A Kimberly (1867 – 1954)*  James Cheney Kimberly (1871 – 1961)*  Mary Emma Kimberly Shirk (1881 – 1979)* […]

John F Kennedy (1917 - 1963)

John F Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known as Jack Kennedy or by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963. Notable events that occurred during his presidency included the […]

John F Kennedy Jr (1960 - 1999)

John F Kennedy Jr Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kept secret diaries that were found by his wife, Mary, who committed suicide last year in the midst of a contentious divorce. The Post, which was provided copies of the journals by a source, previously reported how the volumes detailed RFK’s “lust demons” while chronicling his […]

John Farleigh (1900 - 1965)

Artist. He was a painter of subject pictures as well as landscape and architectural scenes, particularly images of post-blitz London. Although often remembered for his engravings which appear in works by D.H. Lawrence and George Bernard Shaw, Farleigh also wrote on artistic technique and published an autobiography, “Graven Image” in 1940. He also painted the […]

John Farrow (1904 - 1963)

Farrow was born in Sydney, Australia, the son of Lucy Villiers (née Savage; 1881-1907), a dressmaker, and Joseph Farrow (1880-1925), a tailor’s trimmer. His mother died when he was three years old. His parents were both of English descent. Farrow was educated at Newtown Public School and Fort Street Boys’ High School and then started […]

John Fell (1625 - 1686)

Bishop of Oxford and Dean of Christ Church. His legendary strictness made him unpopular and he is the original of the nursery rhyme:’I do not love thee, Dr. Fell / The reason why I cannot tell;/ But this I know, and know full well, /I do not love thee, Dr. Fell.’ (bio by: David Conway)

John Fielding (1970 - 1780)

Magistrate and Social Reformer. The brother of ‘Tom Jones’ author Henry Fielding. In his late teens, John was blinded in an accident while serving in the Navy, but did not allow this disability to blight his life. With assistance from Henry he studied law, and the duo worked together as magistrates, fighting corruption within the […]

John Fitzgerald (1863 - 1950)

John Fitzgerald was born in Boston to Irish businessman/politician Thomas Fitzgerald (1830–1913) of Bruff, County Limerick, and Rosanna Cox (1833–1923) of County Cavan. He was the fourth of twelve children. Both of his sisters, Ellen and Mary, and his eldest brother, Michael, died in infancy. Fitzgerald’s brother Joseph had severe brain damage from malaria and […]

John Flaxman (1755 - 1826)

Artist. Considered as one of the greatest British sculptor of his day, particularly renowned for his church memorials.

John Forsythe (1918 - 2010)

The eldest of three children, Forsythe was born as Jacob Lincoln Freund on January 29, 1918, in Penns Grove, New Jersey, to Blanche Materson (née Blohm) and Samuel Jeremiah Freund. Blanche was born in Pennsylvania, to David Hyat Blohm, a Russian Jewish immigrant, and to Mary S. Materson, who was born in Maryland, to Jewish […]

John Francis Bunny (1894 - 1971)

Motion picture actor and comedian. Son of silent-era actor John Bunny. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Faye Bunny (1896 – 1978)

John Francis Queeny (1859 - 1933)

Business Magnate. After working as a buyer for Meyer Brothers Drug Company in St. Louis, Queeny established his own small chemical company in 1901 and began producing saccharin locally because no company in the United States produced it. He called his firm Monsanto. The firm expanded rapidly and John became the chairman of the board. […]

John Fred (1941 - 2005)

John Fred During the psychedelic era, John Fred and the Playboy Band climbed to No 3 on the UK charts with “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)” but no one was sure whether this oddball record was an example of psychedelia or a satiric comment. In truth, the lead singer and songwriter, John Fred Gourrier, loved […]

John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872)

Artist. He learned engraving from his father, and for a while earned his living as an engraver of bank notes. He did serious study of landscape painting in Europe between 1840 and 1847, when he returned to New York and established his studio. He traveled often to the American west and to Europe. He shared […]