John Crawford
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John Crawford may refer to:
- John Crawford (economist)John Crawford (economist)Sir John Grenfell Crawford AC CBE was an economist and a key architect of Australia's Post-War growth.Born in Sydney, among the positions he held were Adviser to the World Bank, Washington D.C., Director, Australian Japanese Economic Research Project, and Chairman, Advisory Board, Australian...
(1910–1984), Australian economist - John Crawford (actor)John Crawford (actor)John Crawford was an American actor.Crawford was born Cleve Allen Richardson in Colfax, Washington. In films from the 1940s, Crawford appeared in bit parts for many years before playing leads in several films in the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s...
(1920–2010), American actor - John Crawford (ice hockey) (1916–1977), Canadian hockey player
- John Crawford (Manitoba politician)John Crawford (Manitoba politician)John Crawford was a Canadian politician.Born in Kintail, Huron County, Ontario, the son of James Crawford and Catherine McGregor, Crawford received his education in the Port Albert public school, and after spending six years in a flour mill in Port Albert moved to Gladstone, Manitoba...
(1856–1928), Manitoba politician - John W. CrawfordJohn W. CrawfordJohn William Crawford was an American medical doctor and politician who served as the 25th Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.-Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts:Crawford was the Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1890.-Bibliography:...
(1846–?), American medical doctor and mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts - John Wallace CrawfordJohn Wallace CrawfordJohn Wallace Crawford , known as "The Poet Scout", was an American Civil War veteran, an American Old West scout, and a poet of western lore. He was a scout for General George Crook and General Phil Sheridan, friend of Wild Bill Hickok and co-actor, performer and scout with William F. Cody...
, American Civil War veteran, American Old West scout, and poet of western lore - John Willoughby CrawfordJohn Willoughby CrawfordJohn Willoughby Crawford QC served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada from 1873 to 1875.Born in 1817 in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland, the son of George Crawford, John Crawford came to Canada as a child when his family settled in Brockville, Ontario. He married Helen...
(1817–1875), Member of the Parliament of Canada - John Neville Crawford (1886–1963), Surrey and South Australia cricketer
- John R. CrawfordJohn R. CrawfordJohn Randolph Crawford was an American bridge and backgammon player...
(1915–1976), contract bridge and backgammon player, known for the Crawford-rule - John Crawford (author)John Crawford (author)SPC John Crawford is an American Iraq War veteran and writer originally from Palatka, Florida known for his bestselling memoir The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell, about his tour in Iraq. In the early 2000s, Crawford, already an Army veteran, had enlisted in the Army National Guard to help pay for...
, Iraq war veteran and author of The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq - John Crawford (musician)John Crawford (musician)John Buckner Crawford is a singer-songwriter whose efforts with the band Berlin were an essential part of their rise to fame in the early 1980s. Crawford's career as a musician began in junior high after breaking his leg during a basketball game...
(born 1960), bassist on the band Berlin - John Martin Crawford (scholar)John Martin Crawford (scholar)John Martin Crawford was an American physician and scholar who translated the Finnish epic Kalevala into English based on a previous German translation by Franz Anton Schiefner published in 1852, to be published for the first time in 1888....
(1845–1916), U.S. physician; first translator of the Finnish Kalevala into English - John Crawford (sculptor)John Crawford (sculptor)John Crawford was a talented Scottish Sculptor, apprenticed to John Mossman. He attended Glasgow School of Art, where he won many prizes and attracted the attention of art collectors. He set up his own studio in 1858 and was one of the many British sculptors who worked with John Thomas on the new...
(1830–1861), Glasgow sculptor - John Martin CrawfordJohn Martin CrawfordJohn Martin Crawford is a Canadian serial killer.-Crimes:Crawford was sentenced in 1981 to 10 years imprisonment for manslaughter in the killing of Mary Jane Serloin, in Lethbridge, Alberta....
, Canadian man currently incarcerated for killing four native women - John Crawford (engineer)John Crawford (engineer)John H. Crawford is an American computer engineer and the chief architect of the Intel 80386 and Intel 80486 microprocessors. He also co-managed the design of the Intel P5 Pentium microprocessor family. Crawford was the recipient of the 1995 Eckert–Mauchly Award. He was awarded the IEEE Ernst...
, computer engineer who won the 1995 Eckert-Mauchly Award - John Crawford (Wisconsin politician)John Crawford (Wisconsin politician)John Crawford was an American pioneer and politician.Crawford was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to William Crawford and Mary Sampson. When his mother died in 1810, his father and family moved to Chester, Vermont. Crawford himself moved to St. Lawrence County, New York, where he worked for local...
(1792–1881), American pioneer and politician - Johnny CrawfordJohnny CrawfordJohn Ernest "Johnny" Crawford is a prolific American character actor, singer and musician. At 12, Crawford rose to fame for playing Mark McCain, the son of the Lucas McCain character , in the popular 1960s ABC western series, The Rifleman, which aired from 1958 to 1963...
(born 1946), American actor and musician
See also
- Jack Crawford (disambiguation)Jack Crawford (disambiguation)Jack Crawford may refer to:*Jack Crawford , sailor of the Royal Navy known as the "Hero of Camperdown"*Jack Crawford , Australian tennis player of the 1930s...
- John CrawfurdJohn CrawfurdJohn Crawfurd , Scottish physician, and colonial administrator and author, was born in the island of Islay, Scotland...
(1783–1868), Scottish colonial administrator