John Law
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John Law may refer to:
- John Law (economist)John Law (economist)John Law was a Scottish economist who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself and that national wealth depended on trade...
(1671–1729) - John Law (bishop)John Law (bishop)John Law DD was an English mathematician and clergyman who began his career as a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and went on to become chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Church of Ireland bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh , Killala and Achonry , and finally of Elphin .He was a...
DD (1745–1810) was an English mathematician - John Law (sociologist)John Law (sociologist)John Law is a sociologist currently on the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University and key proponent of Actor-network theory. Actor-network theory, sometimes abbreviated to ANT, is a social science approach for describing and explaining social, organisational, scientific and technological...
- John Law (film director)John Law (film director)John Law Ma, also known as Mar Lo or Lo Mar, was a Hong Kong film director and screenwriter best known for his films of the 1970s.-Film career:...
, Hong Kong film director - John Law (New Zealand)John Law (New Zealand)John Law is a politician and former mayor of the Rodney District Council, New Zealand. He was one of the five mayors heading the main local government entities generally considered as making up the Auckland metropolitan area , with his district being the smallest and northernmost entity...
, mayor of Rodney District in New Zealand - John Law (representative)John Law (representative)John Law was an American politician who represented Indiana in the United States House of Representatives from 1861-1865. He was the son of Lyman Law, and grandson of Richard Law, and Amasa Learned....
(1796–1873), U.S. Representative from Indiana - John Law (Burning Man)John Law (Burning Man)John Law is an American artist, culture-jammer, and co-founder of the Cacophony Society. He is also a co-founder of the Burning Man Festival which evolved out of the spirit of the Cacophony Society when a precursor solstice party was banned from San Francisco's Baker Beach and merged with another...
, American artist - John Law (comics)John Law (comics)John Law is a fictional character created by writer-artist Will Eisner in 1948. Law is an eyepatched, pipe smoking Crossroads Police Department detective, who, with his shoeshine boy sidekick Nubbin, is featured in several adventures planned for a new comic series...
, comic-book character created by Will Eisner - John Law (Australian rules footballer)John Law (Australian rules footballer)John Law is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne during the 1980s.Law was a half back flanker and captained North Melbourne in both 1988 and 1989.-External links:...
(born 1959), former Australian rules footballer - John B. LawJohn B. LawJohn B. Law was the third head college football coachfor the Manhattan College Jaspers located in New York, New Yorkand he held that position for two seasons, from 1930 until 1931.His career coaching record at Manhattan was 8 wins, 5 losses, and 2 ties...
, head college football coach for the Manhattan College Jaspers, New York, 1930–1931 - John Law (musician)John Law (musician)John Law is a British jazz pianist and composer born in London, to British and Austrian parents. He started classical piano at the age of four, playing in public at the age of six...
- John Phillip LawJohn Phillip LawJohn Phillip Law was an American film actor with over one hundred movie roles to his credit. He was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Phyllis Sallee and the brother of actor Thomas Augustus Law .He was best known for his roles as the blind angel Pygar in the science fiction cult...
(1937–2008), American film actor - "John Law", single by the band Dropkick MurphysDropkick MurphysDropkick Murphys are an Irish-American punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and making a name for themselves locally through constant playing and yearly St....
- John Law, personification of law enforcement