John Howard (disambiguation)
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John Howard
, Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007.
John Howard may also refer to:
John Howard
John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
, Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007.
John Howard may also refer to:
- John Howard (adventure racer)John Howard (adventure racer)John Howard is considered the central pioneer of adventure racing.Very few individuals have dominated endurance sports in the way John dominated adventure racing...
, New Zealander considered the pioneer of adventure racing - John Howard (American actor)John Howard (American actor)John Howard was an American actor noted for his work in film and television.-Background:Born John R. Cox, Jr. in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of what is now Case Western Reserve University. At college he discovered a love for the theater, and took part in student productions...
(1913–1995), American actor - John Howard (artist), American poster artist
- John Howard (athlete)John Howard (athlete)John Armstrong Howard was a Canadian track and field athlete thought to be the first black Olympic athlete from Canada, competing in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Howard was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to a barber...
(1888-1937), Canadian athlete who ran in the 1912 Summer Olympics - John Howard (author)John Howard (author)John Howard is an English author, born in London in 1961. His fiction has appeared in several anthologies and the collection The Silver Voices. The majority of Howard’s stories have central and eastern European settings; many are set in the fictional Romanian town of Steaua de Munte...
is an English author born in 1961 - John Howard (Australian actor)John Howard (Australian actor)John Howard is an Australian stage and screen actor. Howard is best known for his appearances in the film The Club, and the television series SeaChange, Always Greener, All Saints and Packed To The Rafters.-Film:Howard's first role was in 1978's My Boys Are Good Boys, in a minor role...
(born 1952), Australian actor - John Howard (British Army officer) (1912–1999), best known for leading a vital assault during D-Day in the Second World War
- John Howard (cyclist)John Howard (cyclist)John Kennedy Howard is an Olympic cyclist from the United States, who set a land speed record of 152.2 miles per hour while motor-pacing on a pedal bicycle on July 20, 1985 on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats...
(born 1947), Olympic cyclist who set a land speed record on a pedal bicycle - John Howard (fighter)John Howard (fighter)John J. Howard is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing welterweight division.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:He made his first UFC debut on January 31, 2009 against Chris Wilson at UFC 94 winning by split decision....
, mixed martial arts fighter - John Howard (lacrosse)John Howard (lacrosse)John Douglas "Hezzy" Howard was an American educator and college lacrosse player and coach. He coached the University of Maryland lacrosse team from 1966 to 1969 and amassed a 32–7–1 record. He attended Washington College, where in 1956 he received the Jack Turnbull Award as the...
(1935–2008), American educator and lacrosse player and coach - John Howard (MP) (1863–1911), British Member of Parliament for FavershamFaversham (UK Parliament constituency)Faversham was a parliamentary constituency centered on the town of Faversham in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
1900–1906 - John Howard (optometrist)John Howard (optometrist)John N. Howard was president of the Optical Society of America in 1991. He is the founding editor of the scientific journal Applied Optics and retired chief scientist of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory....
, President of the Optical Society of America in 1991 - John Howard (prison reformer)John Howard (prison reformer)John Howard was a philanthropist and the first English prison reformer.-Birth and early life:Howard was born in Lower Clapton, London. His father, also John, was a wealthy upholsterer at Smithfield Market in the city...
(1726–1790), English prison reformer of the 18th century - John Howard (public health administrator)John Howard (public health administrator)John Howard is a physician, professor, and public health administrator. He served a 6-year term as the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and was appointed to be a special coordinator to respond to the health effects of the September 11 attacks...
, American public health administrator - John Howard (singer-songwriter)John Howard (singer-songwriter)John Howard is an English singer-songwriter, pianist and recording artist. With his February 1975 debut album Kid in a Big World , Howard emerged as a late voice of the glam-pop wave of the early 1970s...
, English singer-songwriter and pianist - John Howard (UK businessman)John Howard (UK businessman)John Howard is a British businessman/entrepreneur who plays a significant role in many companies in East Anglia, including being a former member of the board of directors of Cambridge United F.C.....
, British businessman - John Howard (UK politician)John Howard (UK politician)John Melbourne Howard was a British Conservative Party politician.Howard was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon. He served in the Royal Navy, 1941–46, in minesweepers during World War II, holding the rank of sub-lieutenant. He worked as a chartered accountant.In the 1945 general election,...
(1913–1982), British Member of Parliament, 1955–1964 - John Howard, 1st Duke of NorfolkJohn Howard, 1st Duke of NorfolkJohn Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman, soldier, and the first Howard Duke of Norfolk...
(1430–1485), Duke of Norfolk and Lord High Admiral - John D. HowardJohn D. HowardJohn D. Howard is CEO of Irving Place Capital and was Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns. He is the manager of the $3 billion Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Fund III...
, US businessman and private equity investor, head of Irving Place Capital - John Eager HowardJohn Eager HowardJohn Eager Howard was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1789, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congress, Congress of the United States and the US Senate. He was born in and died in Baltimore County...
(1752–1827), U.S. Senator from Maryland - John Eliot HowardJohn Eliot HowardJohn Eliot Howard was an English chemist of the nineteenth century, who conducted pioneering work with the development of quinine....
(1807-1883), English chemist. - John Galen HowardJohn Galen HowardJohn Galen Howard was an American architect.He is best known for his work as the supervising architect of the Master Plan for the University of California, Berkeley campus, and for founding the University of California's architecture program...
(1864–1931), American architect in the early 20th century - John George HowardJohn George HowardJohn George Howard, born John Corby, was the City of Toronto, Canada's official surveyor and civil engineer...
(1803–1890), born John Corby, Canadian architect - John Tasker HowardJohn Tasker HowardJohn Tasker Howard was an early American music historian, radio host, writer, lecturer, and composer...
(1890–1964), American music historian and composer - John Howard (sprinter) (born 1981), Micronesian sprinter
- John Howard (mathematician)John Howard (mathematician)John Howard , was a British schoolmaster and poet who as a mathematician worked on the geometry of the sphere.-Biography:Howard was born in the Fort George garrison, near Inverness, in 1753. He was the son of Ralph Howard, a private in the British Army, and he was brought up by relations in Carlisle...
(1753-1799), Scottish mathematician - John Howard (tennis), American professional player of the early 1950s
See also
- John WagnerJohn WagnerJohn Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since.He is best known for his work on...
, who used the nom de plume John Howard - Jack Howard (disambiguation)