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John VII Palaeologus: Byzantine emperor who reigned for several months in 1390 by seizing control of Constantinople from his grandfather, the emperor John V Palaeologus.
John VIII: pope from 872 to 882.
John VIII Palaeologus: Byzantine emperor who spent his reign appealing to the West for help against the final assaults by the Ottoman Turks on the Byzantine Empire.
John William Friso: Dutch prince of Nassau-Dietz and of Orange and stadholder of the provinces of Friesland and Groningen, whose rejection as stadholder by five of the seven Dutch provinces in 1702 marked ...
John X: pope from 914 to 928. He was archbishop of Ravenna (c. 905-914) when chosen to succeed Pope Lando about March 914.
John XI: pope from 931 to about 935.
John XI Becchus: Greek Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (1275-82) and leading Byzantine proponent of reunion between the Greek and Roman churches.
John XII: original name Ottaviano, English Octavian pope from 955 to 964.
John XIII: pope from 965 to 972.
John XIV: pope from 983 to 984.
John XIX: pope from 1024 to 1032.
John XV: pope from 985 to 996, who carried out the first solemn canonization in history by papal decree.
John XVI: antipope from 997 to 998.
John XVII: original name Sicco, or Secco pope from June to December 1003. Chosen by the patrician John Crescentius III, he succeeded Pope Sylvester II. John was merely a puppet of the ...
John XVIII: pope from 1004 to 1009.
John XXI: pope from 1276 to 1277, one of the most scholarly pontiffs in papal history.
John XXII: second Avignon pope (reigned 1316-34), who centralized church administration, condemned the Spiritual Franciscans, and, against Emperor Louis IV, upheld papal authority over imperial elections.
John XXIII: one of the most popular popes of all times (reigned 1958-63), who inaugurated a new era in the history of the Roman Catholic church by his openness to change, shown ...
John, Acts of: an apocryphal (noncanonical and unauthentic) Christian writing, composed about AD 180, purporting to be an account of the travels and miracles of St. John the Evangelist. Photius, the 9th-century patriarch ...
John, Augustus: Welsh painter who was an accomplished portraitist, muralist, and draughtsman.
John, Errol: Trinidadian-born actor and playwright who wrote Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1958), for which he won The Observer's prize for best new playwright in 1957 and a Guggenheim fellowship in ...
John, Gospel According to: fourth of the four New Testament narratives recounting the life and death of Jesus Christ; John's is the only one of the four not considered among the Synoptic Gospels (i.e., ...
John, letters of: three New Testament writings, all composed sometime around AD 100 and traditionally attributed to John the Evangelist, son of Zebedee and disciple of Jesus. The author of the first letter ...
John, Little Willie: rhythm-and-blues singer of the 1950s whose vocal style anticipated soul music.
John, Sir Elton: British singer, composer, and pianist who was one of the most popular entertainers of the late 20th century. He fused as many strands of popular music and stylistic showmanship as ...
Johne's disease: serious infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium (or Bacillus) paratuberculosis. Although principally a disease of cattle, it can affect horses, sheep, deer, and goats. Cows may not show signs of the ...
Johns Hopkins University: privately controlled institution of higher learning in Baltimore, Md., U.S. Based on the German university model, which emphasized specialized training and research, it opened primarily as a graduate school for ...
Johns, Jasper: American painter and graphic artist who is generally associated with the Pop art movement.
Johnson City: city, Washington county, northeastern Tennessee, U.S. It lies in a valley in the southern Appalachian Mountains, about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Knoxville and just west of Elizabethton. The ...
Johnson City: city, seat (1890) of Blanco county, south-central Texas, U.S., 40 miles (64 km) west of Austin. The hometown of President Lyndon B. Johnson, it was founded in 1879 by James ...
Johnson, Amy: pioneering female aviator who first achieved fame as a result of her attempt to set a record for solo flight from London to Darwin, Australia.
Johnson, Andrew: 17th president of the United States (1865-69), who took office upon the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln during the closing months of the American Civil War (1861-65). His lenient Reconstruction ...
Johnson, Ban: U.S. professional baseball administrator and first president of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs (1900-27).
Johnson, Blind Willie: African-American gospel singer who performed on Southern streets, noted for the energy and power of his singing and for his ingenious guitar accompaniments.
Johnson, Bunk: black American jazz trumpeter, one of the first musicians to play jazz and a principal figure of the 1940s traditional jazz revival.
Johnson, Charles Anthony: original name of Sir Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke, second raja of the Brooke Raj (q.v.).
Johnson, Charles Spurgeon: U.S. sociologist, authority on race relations, and the first black president (1946-56) of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. (established in 1867 and long restricted to black students). Earlier he had founded ...
Johnson, Colin: Australian Aboriginal novelist and poet who depicted the struggles of modern Aboriginals to adapt to life in a society dominated by whites.
Johnson, Cornelius: Baroque painter, considered the most important native English portraitist of the early 17th century.
Johnson, Diane: American writer and academic, best known for worldly and satiric novels set in California that portray contemporary women in crisis.
Johnson, Eliza: American first lady (1865-69), the wife of Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States.
Johnson, Eyvind: one of the few working-class novelists to bring not only new themes and points of view to Swedish literature but also to experiment with new forms and techniques of the ...
Johnson, Harry Gordon: Canadian-born economist who managed to synthesize divergent economic viewpoints. He was one of the more important economists of the post-World War II era, with a published output that dwarfed those ...
Johnson, Hiram: reform governor of California (1911-17) and a U.S. senator for 28 years (1917-45), a Progressive Republican and later a staunch isolationist.
Johnson, J.J.: American jazz composer and one of the genre's most influential trombonists.
Johnson, Jack: first black to hold the heavyweight boxing championship of the world.
Johnson, James P.: highly influential black American jazz pianist who also wrote popular songs and composed classical works. A founder of the stride piano idiom, he was a crucial figure in the transition ...
Johnson, James Weldon: poet, diplomat, and anthologist of black culture.
Johnson, John H.: magazine and book publisher, the first African American to attain major success in those fields.
Johnson, Kelly: highly innovative American aeronautical engineer and designer.
Johnson, Lady Bird: American first lady (1963-69), the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States, and an environmentalist noted for her emphasis on beautification.
Johnson, Lonnie: prolific black American musician, singer, and songwriter, one of the first major blues and jazz guitarists.
Johnson, Louis: New Zealand poet who rejected the rural themes and parochial nationalism of traditional New Zealand poetry in favour of the themes of everyday suburban life and ordinary human relationships.
Johnson, Lyndon B.: 36th president of the United States (1963-69). A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the United States Senate, Johnson was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency ...
Johnson, Magic: American basketball player who led the National Basketball Association (NBA) Los Angeles Lakers to five championships.
Johnson, Michael: African American sprinter, perhaps the most eminent figure in athletics (track and field) in the 1990s. For much of the decade he was virtually unbeaten in the long sprints-the 200-metre ...
Johnson, Osa: American explorer, filmmaker, and writer who, with her husband, made a highly popular series of films featuring mostly African and South Sea tribal groups and wildlife.
Johnson, Pauline: Canadian Indian poet who celebrated the heritage of her people in poems that had immense appeal in her lifetime.
Johnson, Philip C.: American architect and critic known both for his promotion of the International style and, later, for his role in defining postmodernist architecture.
Johnson, Rafer: American athlete, who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
Johnson, Reverdy: constitutional lawyer, U.S. senator from Maryland (1845-49, 1863-68), attorney general under President Zachary Taylor (1849-50), and minister to Great Britain (1868-69). Able to grasp either side of an issue, he ...
Johnson, Richard M: ninth vice president of the United States (1837-41) in the Democratic administration of President Martin Van Buren.
Johnson, Robert: British composer and lutenist, who wrote music for a number of plays, including several by William Shakespeare, and was considered one of England's leading lutenists.
Johnson, Robert: American blues composer, guitarist, and singer whose eerie falsetto singing voice and masterful, rhythmic slide guitar influenced both his contemporaries and many later blues and rock musicians.
Johnson, Robert L.: American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African American majority owner of a major professional sports team in the United States.
Johnson, Robert Wood: American manufacturer who helped further the cause of modern surgery by developing antiseptic bandages and dressings.
Johnson, Samuel: English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters.
Johnson, Sir William, 1st Baronet: pioneer in the Mohawk Valley, New York, whose service as colonial superintendent of Indian affairs was largely responsible for keeping the Iroquois neutral and even friendly to the British in ...
Johnson, Thomas: American Revolutionary War leader, first governor of Maryland (1777-79), and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1792-93).
Johnson, Tommy: African-American singer-guitarist, one of the most evocative and influential of blues artists.
Johnson, Uwe: German author noted for his experimental style. Many of his novels explore the contradictions of life in a Germany divided after World War II.
Johnson, Walter: American professional baseball player who had perhaps the greatest fastball in the history of the game. A right-handed thrower with a sidearm delivery who batted right as well, Johnson pitched ...
Johnson, William: associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1804 who established the practice of rendering individual opinions-concurring or dissenting-in addition to the majority opinion of the court. A deeply ...
Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen: Liberian politician and economist, who was president of Liberia from 2006. She was the first woman to be elected head of state of an African country.
Johnston Atoll: unincorporated territory of the United States in the central Pacific Ocean, about 825 miles (1,330 km) southwest of Honolulu. It consists of four small islands on a raised coral atoll ...
Johnston, Albert Sidney: Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861-65); his death in the second year of the war was considered an irreparable loss by the South.