John Jackson
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Politicians
- John Jackson (Tampa)John Jackson (Tampa)John James Jackson II served as the 9th mayor of Tampa, Florida.-Biography:John James Jackson II was born in County Monaghan, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his brother in 1841. The brothers traveled to New Orleans where John worked as an Assistant City Engineer for two years...
(1809–1887), mayor of Tampa, Florida - John Jackson (UK politician)John Jackson (UK politician)Sir John Jackson was a Unionist Member of Parliament for Devonport, from 1910–18, retiring from politics when his constituency was merged into another....
(1851–1919), Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport, 1910–1918 - John Edward JacksonJohn Edward JacksonSir John Edward Jackson KCMG was a British diplomat.Born in London, Jackson was a scholar at Ardingly College and went on to study at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He was later commissioned in the RNVR. Demobbed in 1946 in the rank of sub-lieutenant, Jackson joined the Foreign Office the...
, British diplomat - John G. Jackson (politician)John G. Jackson (politician)John George Jackson was a U.S. Representative and federal judge from Virginia, the son of George Jackson, brother of Edward B...
(1777–1825), Virginia politician and federal judge - John Jay Jackson, Jr.John Jay Jackson, Jr.John Jay Jackson, Jr. was a United States federal judge, first from Virginia, and then from West Virginia, at the time of its creation as a separate state.-Early life and career:...
(1824–1907), Virginia and West Virginia politician and federal judge - John Robert JacksonJohn Robert JacksonJohn Robert Jackson was an Irish-born rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Greenwood in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1909 to 1916 as a Conservative....
(1859–1925), rancher and politician in British Columbia, Canada - Sir John Jackson, 1st Baronet (1763–1820), British businessman and MP for Dover and one of the Jackson BaronetsJackson BaronetsThere have been eight Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Jackson, one in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and six in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
- John Jackson (Gold Coast), colonial governor in Gold Coast, (now Ghana)
Scientists
- John Hughlings JacksonJohn Hughlings JacksonJohn Hughlings Jackson, FRS , was an English neurologist.- Biography :He was born at Providence Green, Green Hammerton, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, the youngest son of Samuel Jackson, a yeoman who owned and farmed his land, and the former Sarah Hughlings, the daughter of a Welsh revenue collector...
(1835–1911), neurologist, namesake of Jacksonian seizure - John Jackson (astronomer)John Jackson (astronomer)John Jackson was a Scottish astronomer.Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he was educated at Paisley Grammar School, studying a range of subjects including the sciences and French and German, but not Latin or Greek, which were compulsory if he intended to sit the entrance examinations for...
(1887–1958), Scottish astronomer - John David Jackson (physicist) (born 1925), Canadian–American physicist and author of a graduate textbook on electrodynamics
Artists and entertainers
- John M. JacksonJohn M. JacksonJohn Murice Jackson is an American actor, best known for playing Rear Admiral A. J. Chegwidden on the CBS series JAG....
(born 1950), American actor best known for playing the J.A.G. on JAG - John Jackson (painter)John Jackson (painter)John Jackson was an English painter.Jackson was born in Lastingham, Yorkshire, and started his career as an apprentice tailor to his father, who opposed the artistic ambitions of his son...
(1778–1831), British painter - John Jackson (engraver)John Jackson (engraver)John Jackson was an English engraver.Jackson was born at Ovingham, Northumberland in 1801, and was apprenticed to the wood engraver Thomas Bewick. After a quarrel with his master, Jackson went to London and worked for the wood engraver William Harvey.Jackson made engravings for Northcote's Fables...
(1801–1848), English wood engraver - Johnny Jackson (musician) (1951–2006), drummer with the Jackson 5
- John Jackson (blues musician)John Jackson (blues musician)John Jackson was an American Piedmont blues musician; his music did not become primary until his accidental "discovery" by folklorist Chuck Perdue in the 1960s...
(1924–2002), American Piedmont blues musician - John Jackson, legal name of rapper FabolousFabolousJohn David Jackson , better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper of African American and Dominican descent. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Part of his early popularity arose from his hit single "Can't Deny It" in 2001, from his debut...
- J.J. Jackson (media personality) (1941–2004), American radio and television personality
- John Adams JacksonJohn Adams JacksonJohn Adams Jackson was a noted American sculptor.Jackson was born in Bath, Maine, and apprenticed to a machinist in Boston, where he gave evidence of talent by modelling a bust of Thomas Buchanan Read. There he studied linear and geometrical drawing and produced crayon portraits...
(1825–1879), American sculptor
Sportspeople
- John Jackson (offensive tackle) (born 1965), former NFL offensive tackle
- John Jackson (wide receiver)John Jackson (wide receiver)John Jackson is a sports commentator who works for ESPN Radio 710 and FSN West and formerly played professional American football. "JJ," as he is referenced by his on-air colleagues, co-hosts the Lexus Gauntlet Show and the USC Press Conference Show, and serves as an analyst for Trojans Live...
(born 1967), former NFL player - Johnny Jackson (American football)Johnny Jackson (American football)Johnnie Bobby Jackson is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers ....
, cornerback - John Jackson (baseball)John Jackson (baseball)John Lewis Jackson was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1933.-External links:...
(1909–1956), former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1933 - J. D. Jackson (basketball)
- John Jackson (boxer)John Jackson (boxer)"Gentleman" John Jackson was a celebrated pugilist of the late 18th century.He won the title Champion of England in a fight on 15 April 1795 in which he beat...
(1769–1845) - John Jackson (boxer born 1986)
- John Jackson (cricketer)John Jackson (cricketer)John "Foghorn" Jackson was a Nottinghamshire and All-England Eleven cricketer who was generally reckoned to be the outstanding fast bowler of the 1850s.Born in Bungay in Suffolk, Jackson was affectionately known as "Foghorn"...
(1833–1901), English cricketer - John Jackson (footballer)John Jackson (footballer)John Jackson is an English former footballer who made 656 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Millwall, Ipswich Town and Hereford United.-Career:...
(born 1942), goalkeeper who played for Crystal Palace F.C. - John Jackson (footballer born 1923)John Jackson (footballer born 1923)John Jackson was a footballer who played in The Football League for Stoke City. He made four appearances for Stoke.-References:...
, footballer for Stoke City - John Jackson (football manager)John Jackson (football manager)-Early life:Jackson was born in 1861, living in the Midlands, where he had a playing career with several local clubs. -Managerial career:Jackson managed Brighton's first professional football club, Brighton United. The club folded in 1900, and a replacement, Brighton & Hove Rangers was formed....
, first manager of Brighton and Hove Albion - John Jackson (Lancashire cricketer)John Jackson (Lancashire cricketer)John Jackson was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire. He was born in Lancaster and died in Birmingham....
(1841–1906), English cricketer - John Jackson (Somerset cricketer)John Jackson (Somerset cricketer)John Alfred Stewart Jackson was a Chilean cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm leg spin bowler, he played seven times for the Chile national cricket team against Argentina between 1922 and 1938...
(1898–1958), Chilean cricketer - John Jackson (sport shooter)John Jackson (sport shooter)John E. Jackson was an American sport shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team military rifle competition and the bronze medal in the 600 metre free rifle event...
(1885–1971), American Olympic sport shooter - John Jackson (Virgin Islands boxer)John Jackson (Virgin Islands boxer)John Jackson is an amateur boxer from the Virgin Islands who qualified for, and boxed in, the 2008 Olympics at welterweight. He is one of the sons of boxer Julian Jackson, and his brother Julius Jackson qualified at light-heavyweight....
(born 1989), Olympic boxer from the Virgin Islands - John Angelo JacksonJohn Angelo JacksonJohn Angelo Jackson was an English mountaineer, explorer and educationalist.-Early life:He was brought up and educated in Nelson, Lancashire. Before World War II, he was apprenticed in pharmacy. However, at the outbreak of war, he left to volunteer for the R.A.F. in which he served for six...
(1921–2005), mountaineer - John Jackson (Worcestershire cricketer)John Jackson (Worcestershire cricketer)John Frederick Cecil Jackson was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Oxford University. He scored 0 and 6....
(1880–1968), English cricketer - Bud Fowler (John Jackson, 1858–1913), pioneer black baseball player and club organizer
- John David Jackson (boxer)John David Jackson (boxer)John David Jackson , is a former professional boxer who held world titles in the light middleweight and middleweight divisions, and later became a boxing trainer after his career ended.-Professional Career:...
(born 1963), former super welterweight boxer - John James JacksonJohn James JacksonJohn Jackson is a British bobsledder and Royal Marines commando.-Career:He took up bobsleighing at the age of 28 and in September 2005 he trialled at the University of Bath and won a place in the Europa Cup Team. Just 4 months later he was selected to compete as a driver in the Europa Cup team...
(born 1977), British bobsledder and Royal Marines commando
Others
- John Jackson (bishop)John Jackson (bishop)John Jackson was a British divine and a Church of England bishop for 32 years.-Career:Jackson was appointed rector of St James, Westminster, London in 1846....
(1811–1886), bishop of Lincoln and of Bishop of London - John G. Jackson (writer)John G. Jackson (writer)John Glover Jackson was a Pan-Africanist historian, lecturer, teacher and writer. He promoted ideas of Afrocentrism, Black atheists, and Jesus Christ in comparative mythology....
(1907–1993), African-American cultural historian and writer - John Jackson (law professor), American law professor at Georgetown University
- John Arthur JacksonJohn Arthur JacksonJohn Arthur Jackson was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected at the general election in January 1910 as Member of Parliament for Whitehaven, but lost his seat at the December 1910 election....
(1862–1937), British Conservative Party politician - John Francis JacksonJohn Francis JacksonJohn Francis Jackson DFC was an Australian fighter ace of World War II, credited with eight aerial victories. Born in Brisbane, he was a grazier and businessman when he joined the Royal Australian Air Force Reserve in 1936...
(1908–1942), Australian fighter ace of World War II - John Jackson (Derbyshire politician)John Jackson (Derbyshire politician)Frank Lawson John Jackson is a retired British Conservative politician who seved as a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1964....
(1919–1976), British Conservative politician - John Jackson (businessman)John Jackson (businessman)John Jackson is an author and campaigner, a current Chairman at the solicitors firm Mishcon de Reya, and a former Chairman of the Countryside Alliance. Qualifying as a barrister in 1954, he had a career in business and the technology industries during the 60s, 70s and 80s: most notably with...
(born 1929), author and campaigner - John K. JacksonJohn K. JacksonJohn King Jackson was an American lawyer and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, mainly in Florida and the Western Theater of the conflict...
(1828–1866), American lawyer and soldier - John Paul JacksonJohn Paul JacksonJohn Paul Jackson was a member of the controversial Kansas City Prophets, whose practice and doctrine came under fire in the 1980s and '90s. He is the founder of Streams Ministries International, a Christian group that deals especially with the practice known as prophecy...
, member of the Kansas City Prophets - John Andrew JacksonJohn Andrew JacksonJohn Andrew Rhodes Jackson was born on a Country plantation in Sumter County, South Carolina. His grandfather was a stolen slave from Africa. John Andrew's mother was named Betty and his father was known as Dr. Clavern, because of his ability to cure snake bites. John Andrew had five brothers and...
, American slave - J. B. JacksonJ. B. JacksonJohn Brinckerhoff "Brinck" Jackson, J.B. Jackson, was a writer, publisher, instructor, and sketch artist in landscape design. Herbert Muschamp, New York Times architecture critic, stated that J.B...
(1909–1996), writer and sketch artist in landscape design
See also
- Jack Jackson (disambiguation)
- Johnny Jackson (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Jackson (disambiguation)
- Jackson (name)Jackson (name)Jackson is a common surname of English and Scottish origin. It literally means "son of Jack". In 1980 Jackson was the 24th most popular surname in England and Wales...