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British political figures
- John Campbell, 1st Earl of LoudounJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of LoudounJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun was a Scottish politician. He was the eldest son of James Campbell of LawersJohn Campbell married Margaret, the daughter of George Campbell around 1620. Margaret was heir to her grandfather Hugh Campbell, first Lord Loudoun, who resigned his peerage in John's...
(1598–1661), Lord Chancellor of Scotland, President of the Privy Council - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of ArgyllJohn Campbell, 2nd Duke of ArgyllField Marshal John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, 1st Duke of Greenwich KG , known as Iain Ruaidh nan Cath or Red John of the Battles, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Early Life:...
(1678–1743), Scottish soldier, Lord Steward, Lord Lieutenant of Surrey - John Campbell of CawdorJohn Campbell of CawdorJohn Campbell of Cawdor , was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Inverness Burghs and Corfe Castle.He was also the Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.-References:...
(1695–1777), British MP for Pembrokeshire - John Campbell, 5th Duke of ArgyllJohn Campbell, 5th Duke of ArgyllField Marshal John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll , styled Marquess of Lorne from 1761 to 1770, was a Scottish soldier and nobleman.-Military career:...
(1723–1806), Scottish MP for Glasgow Burghs and for Dover, Lord Lieutenant of Argyllshire - John Campbell, 1st Baron CampbellJohn Campbell, 1st Baron CampbellJohn Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell PC, KC was a British Liberal politician, lawyer, and man of letters.-Background and education:...
(1779–1861), English MP for Stafford, Dudley and Edinburgh, Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor of England - John Campbell, 7th Duke of ArgyllJohn Campbell, 7th Duke of Argyll-External links:...
(1777–1847), Scottish MP for Argyllshire 1799–1820, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland - John Campbell, 9th Duke of ArgyllJohn Campbell, 9th Duke of ArgyllJohn George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, VD, PC , usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883...
(1845–1914), Scottish MP for Argyllshire 1868–1878 and Manchester South, Governor General of Canada - John Campbell (Scottish politician)John Campbell (Scottish politician)John Campbell was a Scottish politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire, 18 June 1708–25 April 1722 and 23 January 1725–28 September 1727.-References:...
(c. 1660–1729), MP for Dunbartonshire, 1708–1722 and 1725–1727 - John Campbell (Northern Irish politician) (1862–1929), Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament
- John Campbell (Irish politician)John Campbell (Irish politician)John Campbell was the Member of Parliament for South Armagh from 9 October 1900 - 1906.-References:...
(born 1870), Member of the United Kingdom Parliament from Ireland - John Campbell (1798–1830)John Campbell (1798–1830)John Campbell was a Scottish advocate and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Dunbartonshire from 1826–1830....
, MP for Dunbartonshire, 1826–1830 - John Dermot CampbellJohn Dermot CampbellJohn Dermot Campbell DL was a Northern Irish businessman and Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament in both United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Parliaments. He was killed during World War II in a plane crash....
(1898–1945), Northern Irish businessman and Ulster Unionist MP - John Ross CampbellJohn Ross CampbellJohn Ross "Johnny" Campbell , best known as "J.R. Campbell," was a British communist activist and newspaper editor. Campbell is best remembered as the principal in the so-called Campbell Case...
(1894–1969), Scottish communist activist and newspaper editor - John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and HollandJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and HollandJohn Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland , son of Sir John Campbell of Glen Orchy, and of the Lady Mary Graham, daughter of William Graham, 1st Earl of Airth and 7th Earl of Menteith, was a member of Scottish nobility during the Glorious Revolution and Jacobite risings and also known as...
(1636–1717), Scottish MP for Argyllshire 1669–1674 - John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and HollandJohn Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and HollandJohn Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland a Scottish nobleman born in Breadalbane, Scotland to John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland and Lady Mary Rich. In 1685 he married Lady Frances Cavendish, daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Lady Frances...
(1662–1752), Lord Lieutenant of Perthshire, Chief Justice in Eyre - John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and HollandJohn Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and HollandJohn Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland KB , styled Lord Glenorchy from 1716 until 1752, was a Scottish nobleman, diplomat and politician.-Background and education:...
(1696–1782), Scottish MP for Saltash and Ordford, Master of the Jewel Office, Vice-Admiral of Scotland - John Campbell, 1st Marquess of BreadalbaneJohn Campbell, 1st Marquess of BreadalbaneLieutenant-General John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane FRS , known as John Campbell until 1782 and as The Earl of Breadalbane and Holland between 1782 and 1831, was a Scottish soldier and landowner....
(1762–1834), also 4th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland - John Campbell, 2nd Marquess of BreadalbaneJohn Campbell, 2nd Marquess of BreadalbaneJohn Campbell, 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane KT, PC, FRS , styled Lord Glenorchy until 1831 and as Earl of Ormelie from 1831 to 1834, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician.-Background and education:...
(1796–1862), English MP for Okehampton and for Perthshire, Lord Chamberlain of the Household - John Campbell, 6th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1824–1871)
- John Campbell, 10th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1919–1995)
- John Gordon Drummond CampbellJohn Gordon Drummond CampbellJohn Gordon Drummond Campbell was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician who served from 1918 to 1922 as the Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey....
(1864–1935), British Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Thames, 1918–1922
British military and naval personnel
- John Campbell, 4th Earl of LoudounJohn Campbell, 4th Earl of LoudounMajor-General John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun was a British nobleman and army officer.-Early career:Campbell inherited the peerage on the death of his father in 1731, becoming Lord Loudoun. The earl raised a regiment of infantry that took part in the Jacobite Rising of 1745 on the side of the...
(1705–1782), General in North America - John Campbell, of StrachurJohn Campbell, of StrachurGeneral John Campbell, 17th of Strachur was a Scottish soldier and minor nobleman, who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Pensacola, and succeeded Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester as Commander-in-Chief in North America in 1783 following the end of the American War of...
(1727–1806), General at Pensacola - John Campbell of Stonefield (1753–1784), Lieutenant-Colonel at Mangalore
- Sir John Campbell, of Ava, 2nd Baronet (1807–1855), Major-General, killed in attack upon the Redan
- Sir John William CampbellJohn William CampbellSir John William Campbell, 1st Baronet, CB was a major-general in the British Army who served in the Crimean campaign in 1855, in the China campaign in 1860 and in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879-80. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1886...
(1836–1915), 1st Baronet (1836–1915), Major-General, R.A., served in Crimea, China, Afghan War, Zhob Valley - John Vaughan CampbellJohn Vaughan CampbellBrigadier-General John Vaughan Campbell VC CMG DSO was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Campbell was 39 years old, and a temporary lieutenant-colonel in...
(1876–1944), Brigadier-General, First World War, ADC to the King 1919–1938 - John Charles CampbellJohn Charles CampbellMajor-General John Charles "Jock" Campbell VC, DSO & Bar, MC was a Scottish officer in the British Army, recipient of the Victoria Cross.-History:Campbell was born in Thurso...
(1894–1942), Major-General, known by the nickname Jock, Victoria Cross recipient
United States political figures
- John Campbell (Kentucky) (c. 1735–1799), Kentucky state senator
- John Campbell (1765–1828)John Campbell (1765–1828)John Campbell was a United States Representative from Maryland. Born near Port Tobacco, he studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced...
, United States congressman from Maryland - John Campbell (U.S. Treasurer)John Campbell (US Treasurer)John Campbell was the 5th Treasurer of the United States, serving under both Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. He was in office from May 26, 1829 to July 20, 1839. Campbell has the distinction of being the first Treasurer to be born a citizen of the United States.-External links:* *...
, Treasurer of the United StatesTreasurer of the United StatesThe Treasurer of the United States is an official in the United States Department of the Treasury that was originally charged with the receipt and custody of government funds, though many of these functions have been taken over by different bureaus of the Department of the Treasury... - John Campbell (1795–1845), United States congressman from South Carolina
- John Campbell (diplomat) (born 1944), American diplomat
- John Archibald CampbellJohn Archibald CampbellJohn Archibald Campbell was an American jurist.Campbell was born near Washington, Georgia, to Col. Duncan Greene Campbell...
(1811–1889), United States Supreme Court justice - John Hull CampbellJohn Hull CampbellJohn Hull Campbell was an American Party member in the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Pennsylvania....
(1800–1886), United States congressman from Pennsylvania - John G. CampbellJohn G. CampbellJohn Goulder Campbell was a delegate from Arizona Territory in the United States House of Representatives....
(1827–1903), United States territorial delegate from Arizona - John P. Campbell, Jr.John P. Campbell, Jr.John Pierce Campbell, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Campbell pursued an academic course.He studied law....
(1820–1888), United States congressman from Kentucky - John B. T. Campbell III (born 1955), United States congressman from California
- John Allen CampbellJohn Allen CampbellJohn Allen Campbell was a politician and officer in the U.S. Army. During the Civil War, he advanced from lieutenant to brevet brigadier general. He was appointed the first Governor of Wyoming Territory in 1869 and again in 1873...
(1835–1880), U.S. politician - John Wilson CampbellJohn Wilson CampbellJohn Wilson Campbell was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, and a United States federal judge.Born near Miller's Iron Works, Augusta County, Virginia, Campbell attended the common schools.He taught school....
(1782–1833), U.S. federal judge, congressman from Ohio
Canadian political figures
- John Campbell (Nova Scotia politician)John Campbell (Nova Scotia politician)John Campbell was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby in the Canadian House of Commons in 1887 as a Conservative member....
(1849–1887), 19th Century Conservative member of the Canadian Parliament from Nova Scotia of Digby - John Campbell (Quebec politician)John Campbell (Quebec politician)John Campbell was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an insurance agent and businessman by career....
(born 1936), 20th Century Liberal member of the Canadian Parliament from Quebec - John Campbell (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1720–1790), Commodore Governor for Newfoundland
- John Campbell (Upper Canada politician)John Campbell (Upper Canada politician)John Campbell was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Frontenac in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1830 to 1834 as a Reformer....
(1789–1834), politician in Upper Canada - John A. Campbell (Manitoba politician)John A. Campbell (Manitoba politician)John Archibald Campbell was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, as a member of the Manitoba Liberal Party....
(1872–1963), Manitoba politician - John Murray CampbellJohn Murray CampbellJohn "Jack" Murray Campbell is a former provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1989.-Political career:...
former Alberta MLA
Athletes
- John Campbell (athlete) (born 1949), New Zealand athlete
- John Campbell (footballer born 1870)John Campbell (footballer born 1870)John Campbell was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland as a forward. He was the brother of Sunderland manager Robert Campbell.-Club career:...
(1870–1906), Sunderland and Newcastle United forward - John Campbell (footballer born 1871)John Campbell (footballer born 1871)John James Campbell was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Aston Villa, Third Lanark and the Scotland national team.-Career:...
(1871–1947), Celtic and Aston Villa forward - John Campbell (footballer born 1877)John Campbell (footballer born 1877)John William Campbell was a Scottish footballer who played for Linthouse, Partick Thistle, Blackburn Rovers, Rangers, West Ham United, Hibernian and the Scotland national team....
(1877–1919), Blackburn Rovers and Rangers forward - Johnny CampbellJohnny CampbellJohn "Johnny" Peter Campbell was a footballer from Derry, Northern Ireland.Campbell grew up playing Gaelic football at school. He was also an accomplished sprinter, and an Ulster champion over 100 and 200 metres. He first played football for Foyle Harps, before being signed-up by Derry City, and...
(1923–1968), Fulham wing forward - Johnny Campbell (footballer born 1910)Johnny Campbell (footballer born 1910)John "Johnny" Campbell was a Scottish professional footballer who scored 116 goals from 205 games in the Football League playing as a forward for Leicester City and Lincoln City.-Career:Campbell was born in Stevenston, Ayrshire...
(1910–1999), Leicester City and Lincoln City forward - Johnny Campbell (footballer born 1928)Johnny Campbell (footballer born 1928)Johnny Campbell was an English footballer who played as a winger.Campbell played league football for Gateshead between 1949 and 1956, scoring 45 goals in 181 league appaearances before moving to non-league Consett in 1956.-Sources:...
, Gateshead winger - John Campbell (American football) (born 1938), American football player
- John Campbell (harness racing) (born 1955), Canadian harness racing driver
- John Campbell (rower)John Campbell (rower)John Alan Campbell was a British rower who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.Campbell was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge. He rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1920. In 1920 he was a crew member of the British boat, which won the silver medal in the...
(1899–1939), British rower and Olympic silver medalist - John Campbell (rugby league)John Campbell (rugby league)John Dennison 'Dinny' Campbell was a national representative for Australia in rugby union before switching codes and playing rugby league for the Eastern Suburbs club during the 1910-12 and 1921 seasons....
, Australian rugby league footballer - John Campbell (baseball)John Campbell (baseball)John Millard Campbell was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for one season with the Washington Senators. For his career, he appeared in one game and pitched one inning, allowing an unearned run.An alumnus of the University of Alabama, he was born in...
(1907–1995), Washington Senators pitcher
Other people
- John Campbell (architect)John Campbell (architect)John Campbell was an architect, responsible for many government buildings in New Zealand.Born in Scotland, he travelled to New Zealand in 1882 after training in Glasgow under John Gordon. From 1883 to his retirement in 1922 he worked for the government, holding the title of Government Architect...
(1857–1942), practised in New Zealand - John Campbell (author)John Campbell (author)John Campbell was a Scottish author. He contributed to George Sale's Universal History, and wrote a Political Survey of Britain...
(1708–1775), Scottish author - John Campbell (bassist)John Campbell (bassist)John Steven Campbell is the bassist and a founding member of the groove metal band Lamb Of God.Unlike many bass players who will use four and five string basses, Campbell at one time played a self modified three-stringed Guild Pilot bass, excluding the higher G-string...
(born 1972), American musician, bassist for Lamb of God - John Campbell (biographer)John Campbell (biographer)John Campbell is a British political writer and biographer.His works include biographies of Aneurin Bevan, Edward Heath, and Margaret Thatcher, the last consisting The Grocer's Daughter and its sequel The Iron Lady...
, British political biographer - John Campbell (blues guitarist)John Campbell (blues guitarist)John Allen Campbell was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.-Biography:...
(1952–1993), American blues guitarist - John Campbell (broadcaster)John Campbell (broadcaster)John Campbell is the presenter of Campbell Live, a primetime 7.00pm current affairs programme on TV3 in New Zealand.-Early career:...
(born 1964), television personality in New Zealand - John Campbell (Falkirk)John Campbell (Falkirk)John Campbell was a successful businessman who settled in the Falkirk, Scotland area in the nineteenth century.He was born in 1834 in Kilmartin, Craignish in Argyllshire to James Campbell and Elizabeth McPherson. About 1873 John came to Redding from Glasgow as a storeman at the Redding Coal Company...
(born 1834), Scottish baron and businessman who settled in Falkirk - John Campbell (jazz pianist)John Campbell (jazz pianist)John Campbell is a jazz pianist born July 7, 1955 in Bloomington, Illinois. He studied piano privately as a youth, then attended University High School and, briefly, Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois before moving to Chicago in the mid 70s, then to New York in the...
(born 1955), American jazz pianist - John Campbell (philosopher)John Campbell (philosopher)John Campbell is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California in Berkeley, California. Before moving to Berkeley, Campbell taught at Oxford University for a number of years, eventually holding the Wilde Professorship of Mental Philosophy...
(born 1956), Professor of Philosophy at the University of California - John Campbell (London clergyman)John Campbell (London clergyman)Rev. Dr. John Campbell was a Congregationalist divine, and minister at Whitefield's Tabernacle in London. He was only the second successor of its founder, the Methodist, George Whitefield...
(1795–1867), mid-19th century minister of Whitefield's Tabernacle, Moorfields, London - John Campbell (missionary)John Campbell (missionary)John Campbell , was a Scottish missionary and traveller.He attended the Royal High School and was at one time apprenticed to a goldsmith. Campbell helped found the Magdalene Society, a Religious Tract Society of Scotland in 1793, and the Missionary Magazine in Edinburgh in 1796...
(1766–1840), Scottish missionary in South Africa - John Campbell (snooker player)John Campbell (snooker player)John Campbell is a former Australian professional snooker player, who was over 6 feet tall, who consistently reached the last 16 of many ranking tournaments, peaking at number 18 in the world rankings in 1986...
(born 1953), Australian snooker player - Sir John Campbell, 7th Baronet (1807–1853), Lt-Governor of St Vincent 1845–1853
- John A. Campbell (lumber executive)John A. Campbell (lumber executive)John Aloysius Campbell was a timber executive who served as president of the Pacific Lumber Company in the 1990s.-Early life:Campbell was born on June 20, 1941 in Leura, New South Wales, outside of Sydney, Australia...
(1941–2008), timber executive who served as president of the Pacific Lumber Company in the 1990s. - John C. CampbellJohn C. CampbellJohn C. Campbell was born in La Porte, Indiana, on 14 September 1867 to Gavin and Anna Barbara Campbell, and grew up in Steven's Point, Wisconsin...
(1867–1919), American educator known for surveying life in the Appalachians - John Edward CampbellJohn Edward CampbellJohn Edward Campbell was a mathematician, best known for his contribution to the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula.-Biography:...
(1862–1924), mathematician credited for the Campbell-Hausdorff formula - John Francis CampbellJohn Francis CampbellJohn Francis Campbell , Celtic scholar, educated at Eton and Edinburgh, was afterwards Secretary to the Lighthouse Commission...
(1821—1885), scholar of Celtic folklore and language, inventor - Sir John Logan CampbellJohn Logan CampbellSir John Logan Campbell was a prominent New Zealand public figure. He was the son of Doctor John Campbell and his wife Catherine. He was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Auckland".- Early life:...
(1817–1912), prominent figure in the history of Auckland, New Zealand - John R. CampbellJohn R. CampbellJohn R. Campbell was President of Oklahoma State University during 1988http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0CFDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t6wMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4711,4603399&dq=john+campbell+oklahoma-state&hl=en-1993 and where he served further during 1993-99. He was also professor of animal science at OSU., Michigan...
, 20th century American academic - John W. Campbell (New York)John W. Campbell (New York)John Williams Campbell was a millionaire American financier. Campbell succeeded his father in a management role at Credit Clearing House. He kept an office at Grand Central Terminal in New York City...
(1880–1957), American financier - John W. CampbellJohn W. CampbellJohn Wood Campbell, Jr. was an influential figure in American science fiction. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction , from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction.Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in...
(1910–1971), editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact - John Y. CampbellJohn Y. CampbellJohn Young Campbell is a British-American economist. He is a professor and Chairman of the Economics department at Harvard University.- Early years :...
(born 1958), professor of economics at Harvard University - John Campbell, author of the webcomic pictures for sad childrenPictures for sad childrenPictures for Sad Children is a webcomic by John Campbell which began in 2007. The comic, first focusing on the adventures of Paul, "who is a ghost," has since branched out to introduce other characters, such as Gary, whom Paul is forced to train at a call center after Paul initially lost his job...
- Sir John Campbell (Northern Irish politician) (1862–1929), consultant surgeon and a Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament
- Constable John Campbell, awarded the George Medal for his part in foiling the Linwood bank robberyLinwood bank robberyThe Linwood bank robbery was a bank robbery in Linwood, near Glasgow, in 1969. Three police officers were shot in the aftermath, including two fatally, and two officers were later awarded George Medals...
- John William Wallace Campbell, known as Wal CampbellWal CampbellJohn William Wallace "Wal" Campbell was an Australian anti-Catholic journalist and refrigeration mechanic....
(1906–1979), Australian anti-Catholic journalist
See also
- Jack Campbell (disambiguation)
- Jon Campbell, American musician and songwriter
- Jonathan CampbellJonathan CampbellDr Jonathan Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies & Early Judaism in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Bristol in Bristol, United Kingdom....
(born 1964), British theologian